The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-03-19
MISCELLANY.


Far away, in distant country, there lived,
neither father nor mother, nor indeed, any
one in the world to love and take care of him.
A wooi-cutter had found him in the woods
and given him something to cat, allowing the
child to go with him as he worked but when
after many months the man had sold wood
enough, he wanted to return home, but he had
a wife and children of his own, and therefore
as best he could. Kurt begged very hard to
go with the wood-cutter, but the man told him
he had mouths enough to fill already and So
giving the lad loaf of bread and some goats
milk cheese, bade him goodbye and trudged
off.
When the little boy found himself all alone
in the great woods, he felt very sad and fright
ened. The wood-cutter had often left him
alone before, and he did not think of being
afraid, but now he knew the man would never
come back, and he felt very desolate. lie had
never been out of the woods in his life, and he
did not know his way out All day long he
wandered mournfully about, crying as if his
heart would break. When night came he sat
down under tree and looked up at the bright
moon that sent its beams down as if to cheer
and guard him. AS he sat there sorrowful,
suddenly he heard soft little voice call:
Kurt, Kurt what makes you 50 sad ?'
Kurt looked all around but saw nobody ;
and he thought he must surely be dreaming.
Presently small twig of a tree, beneath which
he was sitting, trembled as if with the weight
of little bird, and again he heard the same
voice saying:
"Tell me, Kurt, why are you sad?
Now the little boy looked up at the slender
spray, and there rested upon it, and swinging
to and fro in the fresh night air, was a tiny
figure clad in robes as bright as moonshine,
with wings like butterfly of many colors,
and crown like the hues of the rainbow upon
its head. The little being looked at Kurt with
kind air, and said once more
"What is the matter, little Kurt? Tell me ;
l am Queen of the Fairies,
Then Kurt did not feel at all afraid of the
beautiful little creature, who had such a sweet
voice and tender eyes, and so he told her the
wood-cutter had left him in the woods with
no one to take care of him, and he was afraid
he would starve in the forest and die. The
Fairy Queen listened very kindly to all he told
her, and then said "Come with me, Kurt,
and I will try to do something to help you"
She foated down from the trees as she spoke
and beckoned Kurt to follow. The boy obey
ed, and followed her through the green alleys
of the forest till they came to a thick clump
of trees, where there seemed no opening. Still
the little fairy noated on through the leaves,
and Kurt, too, pressed forward, when, to his
surprise, the branches parted, making path
for him and closing as he passed, until he
found himself standing in beautiful meadow
where the moonlight shone full and clear, and
fountains of crystal water went sparkling up
like Jewels in the moonshine. Birds, whose
breasts and wings seemed set with rubies and
precious stones, flew gayly about in groves of
graceful trees singing all the while such wild
sweet strains as made the boys heart thrill
with strange delight.
Flowers far more beautiful than any which
grew in the woods sprung up at every step,
or hung in long garlands from tree to tree
while crowds of lovely little creatures, only
less beautiful than the Fairy Queen herself,
hid in the flower cups or peeped from beneath
the leaves sometimes swinging by the flower