The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-07
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BY the name Of Willie. lie lived in III
country, aud had to walk mile to schoo
He vent to school 10 the winter; in tb
ssmmer bic father kept him ct homs I,
help him on the fasN As his father an,
mother wanted him to DO . smart man
he went to school the coolest days ,ha
ever blew. Willie would cry some times
(fks some boys have seen, aud woult
rot want 10 60 to school but bis fathe
would tell him chat to be a smart maa h,
INSET study hard.
OuO very cold morning Willie started
10 school, and the wiad blew SO hard il
almost took bis breath, and his 6acer.
were so numb he could scarcely hold hi.
dinner bucket; but he walked on until
his feet were 40 cold they sched, when
finally he csme to q hay stack. lie
'hought he would climb up on top of i,
and get down in the hay and see if he
could not get warm. He curled up in a
perfect little bundle in the hay; it fels so
warm and mise. He thought he never
wanted to go to school any more
"Well," he kept saying to himself,
"uhat is the use Of going to school?
dislike to 60 so much, and when l get
larger don't intend to Co." He empha.
sized tho don't intend" very strongly.
Il DO wish some good fairy would come
and take ne to live with them. won.
der If fairies really exist? l suppose
they DO, for grandma told me all about
thcm."
"Yes, fairies really exist" said a sweet
little voice behind Willie, when he surned
suddenly arouad aud beheld the prettiest
little lady he ever imagined a person
could be. Her dress was made of but
terays wing, and her cape was made Of
the wing Of dy; her bonect was sin.
gle lily Of the valley, and her veil was
part Of spiders web.
"Oh, good FsiRy," cried Willie, "where
do you iive,-won't you take me to
Fairy Land, and let me live there? |
do dislike to 60 to school so much"
The little lady smiled swee,sy, and
said: "Well, you may live in Fairy
Land if you will do everything the King
and Queen Of Fairies want you to do.
1t is always summer at Fairy Land, and
VIC have splendid times. Once in great
while the King and Queen get mad, and
we have to dojust what they say, The fai
~ that transformed Cinderella lives there
but the greatest trouble We have is Jack
the Giant Killers spirit, which comes
once in every seven years, ana if he finds
an uncommonly larso fairy, and one that
can cat more than one apple seed at one
meal, he treats them as badly as he did
all Of the giants he killed, or banishes
them from Fairy Land, and puts them
into all sorts Of funny shapes for the
airics to laugh at. But if you are not
too large, and dont have too great an
appetite, he will not hurt you"
II am willing to trust to that" said
Willie, fear'cssly.
"Very well," said the little lady, x
will call Cinderella's god mother to trans.
form you into fairy. So she hoped
into her chariot, which was peach bios
som, drawn BY two grass.hoppcrs, and
was soon out Of sight; but presently
Willie saw her coming back and the god
snothor with her, who suddenly stepped
out and took the same wand she had
transformed Cinderella WITH, and tovched
Willie. He was changed Immediately
into one Of the psettiest little fairies ever
Isen. He then jumped into the chariot
With tie god mother aud the. fairy lady,
aud went to Fairy Land. It was not
more than . half mile from the hay
tack, and was between two large noun
'ains. All the fairies had plenty Of
room, for it was very large valley.
At The entrance Of Fairy Land were
;wo large tiger lilies, in which TIVE fairies
lived. They stayed there to keep the
BAD ones from disturbing them for there
re some bad ones, even among fairies.
The King and Queen lived in variegated
'ose, aud they told Willie that a. most
,f tho houses were occupied he might
i've in a butter cup, for that was the
incest house left. He was extremely
happy iu his new home, but once in
while hs would feel like crying. as he
thought Of his father and mother; but
then whom once fairy be could never be
changed, 90 after that he forgot home and
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