The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-07-27
LILL's VISIT TO FAIRYLAND.

LILL'S VISIT TO FAIRYLAND.
Lii ran down the garden walk and
through the gate. She generally went
across the lawn and climbed the fence.
That was the pleasantest way, she
| thought. She left the gravel walk fol
the hop-toads, who paraded up and
down it, hopping in a stately manner,
at all hours Of the day and perhaps the
night Lii did not know about that.
She did come out once in the middle Of
the night and ran over the lawn in her
night-dress, just to see what things
were like out of doors at that time OF
night, but everything was so still and
the moon stared at her SO that she ran
back frightened, and cuddled into bed
again. She did not remember about
the hop-toads. But to-day she went
down the walk because it happened to
be the shortest and she was in hurry.
She was going to look for Fairyland.
She did not see why the fairies STAYED
at home now, and did not come around
managing people affairs as they used
to do. She knew all about that, for
she had read a great many histories of
their doings, and she thought it was a
great pity that they had stopped attend
ing to things. She thought it was par
ticularly nice to have all the
wicked people turned into owls
or bears or something horrid,
and all the good people made
very beautiful, i they were not SO
in the first place, as they generally were.
Io be sure, sometimes the good ones
were turned into ugly things by wicked
fairies, but ILL did not care so much
about that, because it never lasted.
They were always turned back again
before long. But how nice it would be
if, when that horrid Tom Wilson
snatched her lunch at recess and ate It
all up, as now and then happened, a
fairy should appear and point a tiny
wand at him and say: s.Go waIlow ia
the mudp' and he should turn into pig
and run away and never come back
again! And there was Mazda Lawrence.
the incest girl in the world. Lii thought,
who was made unhappy twenty times a
day: though she tried hard not to mind
it, by illusions to her, red hair and
freckled face s
''Such big frecklesr' said Lii to her
self, as she ran. 81 don't see WHY the
sun and wind should hit people faces
in spots! If Maida's face was freckle-
color all over she wouldn't care half as
much. If find one single fairy L III ask
her to make Mazda pretty the very first
thing The way to Fairyland is always
behind an old stump or through hol-
low tree, and | just believe can findit.
mean to try, any way"
1t was astonishing how many sttirnps
and hollow trees there were in that old
piece OF woods when Lii came to ex-
anime them all carefully. She gave IL
up at last and threw herself down ON a
patch of fern-moss to rest and think
whether there was any place she had
forgotten. A squirrel ran down ON a
Dough close above her head and chat
tered and scolded at her, and a robin
hoped almost on her ARM, but Lii did
not stir; she did not mind squirrels and
robins. They did not mind her much,
either, they were SO used to seeing her.
But presently she discovered that the
chattering squirrel was saying:
.. What are you doing here, in Fairy
land should like to know? No mortals
allowed here!''
Lii started up and looked around. It
~ Mas .ne same oiu WOOD, OF II 1t was not
t sho co a4 n MOI 1en Inc dinerence, and
LII sas 1Malua lawrence right IN front
" n.l suIrounueq Dy swarm of-whatP
I'm \; ni o h9snss No: lney must DC fairies. \
LII III coulu see enelr lovely little faces,
an IuIneu Toward MAZDA. They patted
e the s ingad d har 'ouc a ner soly IS
s See:1e 20 nave q remarkable effect on
1aalua IN lac1' now tnat LII looked
, mo.1 M I,oseiy sne was not sure that it
y, was s, Malua. II looked Ike her. certain
r y, I ho; .n.,s M 81 no Ireckies and no
~ mar anu LII snought the face the
Ta. ss I !. a she had ever seen.
~ Guy :. ~ Oe 9. anger, sne wonderedP
Iii 0ns = N tne ialfies nuttered close by her
olu W. W. asAed me question cloud.
= Ma;J:, near y, saiu the larry; It
- Malda soul ner real sell. That is
wn nas s aIs,a LOOKS IKE inside Her face.
wi wi v aiways seay as u ls now, but her
soui VIII stay beautiful and grow more
$3.50 yuc su we MAKE it more and more
Aosoay oil iut lille.