The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-10

WISH IOf III she naU the power OF the
Princess. All. at once the garden
seemed strange to her, and she heard a
voice saying:
=" If you take rose from me.
You will then Princess be"
She looked up and saw a sunilower
growing in a green howcr-pot which
she had never seen before; and on one
Of the flowers was perched tiny fairy.
"And you can have everything you
wish for except one thing. And if you
wish for that you will lose the rose"
"And what is thatP' asked Lila.
"You must never ask for soap bub-
bles."
THAT shall not" said Lila.
"You will be a Princess as long as
you keep the rose" said the fairy.
Goodbye; now l must go back to
Fairyland."
So the fairy went to Fairyland, and
Lila went home; but no one knew her,
because she was now Il Princess, with
long hair and a golden crown.
II will go up to the CASTLE" said
Lila. "Princesses go to stay there"
At the castle they were expecting q
Princess, SO they thought that Lila
must be the one who was coming, and
they gave her Il grand room to sleep in.
On q table was silver box which Lila
thought would do to keep her rose in.
She would try what her rose could
do, so she thought Of box of toys, and
said:
Rose, rose, bring to me
Everything wish to see"
And scarcely had she spoken when a
maid came to say that a box had come
to her. And, when it was opened,
Lila saw SO many pretty things that
she thought she would like Christ
mas tree. And again she said:
''lsose. rose, bring to me
Everything wish to see."
And in a few minutes Christmas
tree arrived, hung all over with gold
and silver drops. and colored tapers
and bonbons, and gifts of all kinds.
The people at the castle had never
seen such beautiful Christmas tree,
and they did not mind it being there in
summer instead of in winter, when
Lila divided the gifts among them.
Day after day Lila asked her rose
AOK 0OhAOCAAAS AO"s sbuu CtCly uS1y
more and more beautiful things came.
till not only her own room but the
whole castle was full of them. She gave
them away to everyone, for she soon
got tired of them.
Every day she was trying to think of
something she had not got, and at last
she began to long for soap-bubbles,
which we're the only things she must
not have.
But how beautiful thousands and
thousands of soap-bubbles would look
floating about in the sunshine with the
rainbow colors upon them. She could
think of nothing else, and cared for
nothing else, and grew quite sad be-
cause she could not ask for soap-bub-
bles.
"Such little thing" she said to her.
self. 'What nonsense! don't believe
it would do any harm to ask for the
soap-bubbles."
Then she held up her rose and said
to herself: "Shall I, or shall I not?
Yes-no-yes-no-yes, soap bubbles!'
Rose. rose, bring to me
Everything wish to see"
She was in the garden, and there
were some clipped holly-trees not far
off. But no sOap-bubbles came. Lila
grew impatient; she shook the rose and
said:
Rose, rose. bring to me
Everything wish to see."
Then suddenly the air was filled with
soap-bubbles; and one bubble larger
than the others opened, and closed
round the golden rose and foated away
with it higher, higher, higher, till Lila
could no longer see it.
She watched and watched till only
two soap-bubbles were to be seen; and
then she sank on her knees and stretched
out her hands after them.
But it was too late; her rose had gone,
and she was Princess no longer. Hel
hair was as short as it had ever been,
snd her crown had disappeared.
1t was of no use to return to the cas-
tie, as the people would not know her
SO she went back to her own home,
where her father and mother were
wondering what had become of her.
As for the people at the castle, they
never heard of the Princess again; and
all the beautiful things she had given
them vanished one night, for the fair
les came by moonlight and carried them
all away.
what pityr' exclaimed Lila
opening her eyes.
"What is a pity?" asked Lilla's
mother, who had come to look for her
"Why, MOTHER" said Lila, 4" l have
been asleep and have had such pretty
fairy dream, just as good as a story
Then she told her mother all about it
every pretty indeed" said hel
mother; "and you may learn lessor
from it."
"What is that?' asked Lila.
"Why, that people who are Away
wishing for things, and can have al
most anything they wish for, are no
really happier than ethers. Theirs