The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-06-06

soon learned The lofsiion OF bpnao
vLsre be hssd.
u II ~s, GOT lons before he oouid tses
on, different places on the litils road
alobs, says writer 10 the Nos York Tri
baos. snd he sa1t explained ihst tbs
earth sd Japiisr spd the other planets
ere shspei like II, sod that oil OF them
travel .rouod the sun.
\ Willie thought for . m ,men;. and then
ssidi
| vish | could 90 10 the edge OF ibs
earth aud look over Wnst would l see,
snntyf
You wonld see the ely. CO. you do nov.
wbsl is the ssy made OH
The sky is made OF air. ssid bis asnt
The little boy looked doubtful. and ssk
cd:
Hos d. Fou knov. saps.f .l1svs you
ever been thsrei Psrhsps Ia better ssk
mamma when she comes home; she'll reel
iy know what the Shy 10 made OF.
Tnst night. as Willie Icy thinking 1t ell
over and wishing that his msmms wss
there TO tell him what tho sky is made Of,
suddenly he saw standing before him =
beautiful fairy. whose dress seemed to be
made OF spiders webs. slisieniss 10 the
moonlight which came through the wio
dow.
I'll tell you what the sky is made Of,
said . sweet voice. becsnse | have been
there: bu', OBJ. desr. | have lost my
wings and can never 90 again. A. the lii
9 fairy said this o shadow seemed to
come across hsr face, 70 II some dark OBJ
jecl had come between her and the moon.
II they've drtpped of by mistake per
hsps you'Il fpd them sgain somewhere,
said Villa.
Mol was sun fairy, and the king Of
the fairies took them away, said Rsdia
(ior that was her nsme). sbskins her
besd sadly.
How me.nl What made you let bim9
said Willie, Indignantly.
Well, to tell ths truth. suppose de
served it, said Radis, slowly and hesitst
ingly.
Sometimes I'm not good. and mother
puts me to bed without any supper, bnt /
never had wings. Ishould think IL would
be jolly,
II is. Yon creeping moftsls don't
know what journeys sun fairy can take.
Why | and the other fairies used 10 carry
water drops away eff TO Jupiter (Which is
bigger world than this) quicker than
you can say Jack Robinson Then when
work wss over we would have such bean
tiiul dances, Did you ever see . rain
bow?
Yes, ever 80 many times. When | vas
quite little boy saw one, and ! thought
there was pot OF gold at sseh end. bat
mother says it was not SO. and that the
rainbow is only the sun shining through
the rain drors.
1t is the sun fairies dsncing. said Rad
10, nodding her hesd. emphslioally, and
our wings have ell those lovely oolors.
Bat, replied Willie. You forgot to tell
me Why the king took away your wings.
Well. I'm ashamed to say, l wss tired
OF working. and thongtt, IS there WAS TO
be sn eclipse Of the sun, could hidsswsy
in the moon and not be noticed. The
moon is such nine place to play 10. You
can dance oil day long. instead OF tugging
away at rain drops. carrying them TO the
clonds. as you have 10 DO here. Rsdls
sighed, regrstiully.
Why didn't yen stay there, thsnf said
Willie.
l did stay there too Isng. l heard the
king say All sun fsiri,s TO work. Qsiol
Grass and hovers. bnds and blossms, are
crying for water to drink | thought
shall never be missed I'll stay here and
play. Then something happened too horri
BILE to tell. said Rsdis. shuddsring.
What wss in said Willie. brssthlsssly,
o. be raised himself 90 one elbow snd
pesrsd into hor face.
Servant fairies OF the king came and
tore of my wings. and fell down. dosn,
down. down. Oh. il was horribleI
ssy, that vas Q mean old king. Why
didn't you 6shsi
Sun fairies are not like yoo; We don,
fshi; We work or play. ssia Rsdis, soorD
Tally
But, she resumed, sadly. without wings
sss no longer sun fairy. and st last
fell into . fast running stream OF water
Nisgsra river kaew II to b., for hsd OF
ten carried drops from IT - the clouds.
snd nov | must A,st on il. / shivered
with the coi5, aud. sotst OF sl. the sup
IN sll the fairies i.it me-. For th frs,
time in my life vas 10 tho dark, saw
= lighted steamer go by. and thought
perhaps / conld conld climb up and get
10 the sun. bat from The tsllest mast the
sun was soi TO be ssen Then l heard .
issriul noise. | conld not even see tbs
stsrs. thought this mast be vhst NOR
Isls call death; bat suddenly | saw The
Ky again, and The rising sun. The wst
,r vas nos smooth. sni around IL was 9
wsll Of brick work. knew where was.
Do you knov7 said R,ii,. smiling cuti
,usiy.
Lst me zee. ssl3 Willie, msJbs 1t vss
between some stones 90 The shore.
No; 1, v. bis place, and the saer !
sss smooib. Perhaps yju csn sness 10 I
minute ! so 80 happy TO see the sun
,ssin and ths fairies dsucipg orcs more
Ironnd M, whes saddeniy there SIS -
,ihsr tsrfible rosr. snd YES 10 ths dark
less as before. sss s.rdsd sloag bresth
essly BY The rushina xs.ef, sai tosstbsr