Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-04-26
Our aluung folks.
A Wedding among the Fairies.
By MARGARET BOURNE

There was TO be u wedding among the
fairies The bride was q dreary little
thing, and everybody wondered why the
bridegroom wanted to marry her. Her
name was Can't, and she belonged to the
family Donothings She had tears in her
eyes half tue time, and her mouth was
drawn down at the corners as though she
was always just at the point Of crying.
She never stood up alone, gracefully, as
maiden should do. be she fairy or human;
but leaned helplessly on whatever happened
to be near. As she did not always look TO
see what her support was, she sometimes
received a sharp sting from wasp, or was
whlsked over by a grasshopper. None Of
these lessons taught her better which was
great pity.
The bridegroom was a stern fellow, much
older than the bride. He looked cross
most Of the time, and II must be confessed
was not charming. His name was Won't !;
be belonged TO the family Of Obstinates.
His eyes had kind OF determination in
them that was not very pleasant to see.
tie never leaned on anything as poor Can't
did but he did not take pains to help
any body else.
The fairy queen and all her court felt
very anxious about the marriage. Indeed
there was a time when the queen thought
/ that perhaps she ought to forbid it. She
was very DESTROYS that her subjects should
be happy, and had made it a principle
never TO intefere between lovers but in
+ this case she hesitated a long time, because
it seemed so very unfortunate for two peo-
/ pie Of bad dispositions to marry. On the
whole she decided to let tue wedding take
place.
May was chosen for the bridal month
because it was ramed for family connec-
tion of bride and groom. The name was
written down on the ancestral tree Of
each
/ Poor Can't who never liked anything,
+ cried a little, and said to her lover:
Indeed, cam be ready so soon be.
sides there will be no fIe-fies to make it
bright
'Drat the fre-fies said the -surly
+ Won't. I'VE cant OF blame Can't for be-
ing offended at such language Drat the
| fire-fles" he repeated. There will be
the loveliest stars of the year, and moon
beams clear enough to dance on. Fire
flies. indeed =
But persisted the bride, the stars
are SO far off, and moonlight is pale and
cold. always wanted ire-fies at my we'd
ding. | can't bear to give them up Then
she fell TO weeping.
Won't tried TO comfort her though he
would not consent to put of the wedding.
The night came, and most lovely one
it was. Even the blades Of grass had put
on oversklr Of lauze made of the finest
kind of dewdrops The fairy king, queen,
and court were dressed in their Qayest
dresses. An orchestra was placed a little
III the distance. The frogs played the bass
viols and violoncellos, while hundreds of
insects took the higher parts 1t was
rather solemn and sad music but that
suited the taste Of the brida! pair and was
quite in keeping with the occasion. Some
Of the fairies wanted a dance but the
bride and groom had no spirit to lead off,
so it was given up.
The refreshments were very delicate. 1t
was too early for some of the incest dishes
but they had delicious Jelly, made of the
dew of the strawberry blossom, and very
nice ices of apple and peach blossoms.
L ne WINES were OF NiOieJ anu SWeet-Drlar,
very sparkling and nice.
1t was quite a relief to the company
when the time came for the bridal party to
start on their trip. A large Dragon-ay
had been engaged to carry them. He bad |
been waiting on clover-leaf for some time,
waving his large wings and wishing the
bride would hurry. At last she came; and |
the groom put her on the pallion behind
him, then mounted himself He chirruped .
to the DrAgou-fy, waved his hand to the
company, and they were off.
Nobody is wanted on the wedding-trip
so we will not 60 with them.
The queen, who was very gracious and
affectionate. resolved to have a grand |
merry-making to welcome home the pair.
While they were gone, she and her maidens