The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-20
A Twelfth Might Frollc,

Mamma, SAID l1tLle Helen, just De-
lore going to bed on Twelfth Night,
do fairies really come out and dance
IN the lawn tonight" We'll, Helen"
confessed mamma, Il really don't
know for certain, but l shouldn't be
pit surprised if you looked out after
the moon rose tonight if you saw
some nice little goblin or elf out there
having a beautiful time"
Helen lay awake a long time after
ner goodnight kiss, and pondered
over what mamma had said. But fin
ally the sandman came bobbing along,
and before she knew it she was fast
asleep. The good old moon came UP
at last, shone down on the earth, and
it Just happened that few of its
bright rays came right in through
Helen's window and spread themselves
out over her bed. 1t must have been
this strong light that made her turn
over and look straight up into the
face of the moon. Goodness she
thought. what's the matter with the
old man up there For there he was,
smiling away-and yes, 1 do declare,
he was reckoning to somebody. Il
never knew the man in the moon had
hands before" thought the little girl,
81 wonder if he is motioning to me?"
And she jumped out of bed and ran to
the window, threw it open and peep
ed out. How warm 1t is said Helen
aloud. st do believe I'll go out on the
roof for that old man certainly wants
me to-" And out she jumped. 49,
The green lawn stretched like velvet
| underneath her. and Helen could not
| resist the temptation to go down. She
dropped nimbly to the ladder that was
leaning up against the house, and in a
| minute was standing on the soft grass
beneath.
The old man in the moon kept smil-
| ing away, so Helen couldn't feel
| frightened. even though she was out
of doors all alone, with such kindly
| looking person beaming down on her,
and she felt all the time that some
thing was going to happen. Some
thing did happen, finally, and it was
most unusual. too. First Helen heard
the sound of sweet music, and then
from under a little clump OF trees came
the funniest procession you ever saw.
| If was headed by a large pumpkin
! coach and Helen shouted with glee
when she recognized the occupant as
| Cinderella. Next in line came the
| fairy godmother herself, waving her
wand to the tune of the elfin music
| and she was followed by two tiny little
maidens in whom Helen had no diff
ficulty in recognizing the famous
characters, Snow White and Rose Red
1t was just like opening book OF
fairy stories, and, instead of reading
about all those people, to really see
them, which, of course, was much
nicer. In the whole procession there
was no one omitted who had an!
prominence at all in fairyland. Ever
old Bluebeard was there, but with sucl
a kindly smile on his much-dreadet
face that no one could possibly be tn
slightest bit afraid of him. When tn
whole long procession was over tn
fairies band struck up some part1cula
kind of Twelfth Night music, and tn
festivities began in earnest Eacl
took a partner and the dance com
menced by Cinderella and the prime
leading in a queer mystical figure
which all followed. Helen thought tn
eodmother and Bluebeard were tn
best couple, for the fairy had he
|, wand with her, you see. and did a.
sorts of magic tricks while the dane
wAs going on