The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-10

Whore aid yeu re hlmg" asked
lslHieH mother. as delighted as Ici-
ale
Il bought him from an sld old
man | met on the street 40 spoke
with a fhnny GurmaH accent. and
insisted that he only parted from
the bird because he was too poor 20
keep a. lie insisted that q wnn
VERY strange aud remarkable bird"
Ito iH tho dearest bird : eyor
saw. said elsie. pink with delight
| what la the tuna he aingBf"
THE German said It was an old.
German song but he did not know
its name
A thoy were silent n moment. the
/ little bird tipping HIS head first on
/ one side. then ON the other began
bis polite bowling, and whiatlod
those few clear notes. Then be be-
/ gan ngnln and sang himself
straight into their hearts. with hia
tender wiaifui old German melody
Elsie slept that night with his
cage on the table near her bed The
4 FIRST thing IN the morning she heard
I the little melody. and each time she
/ asked him be sang it for her The
/ whole haunehold knew II by heart
I before long Father went off 20
buHIuena WhinliuE % himself Ia
| i,aiaia. talnla. Lalala Mother
hummed Il as she swung IN her low
I r0cAinE chair Elsie sang q as she
went 10 school and down IN the
kitchen. Alice hummed 20 herself
I as she went about her work ia
i.aia, Ia. Ia faiala. Ia Eninla
A few days after the bird arrived.
I Elsie came 10 her father and pulled
! him close TO the cage
Father. he's asking something
when he sings H. Can you underc
stands ! can't. and I've tried. and
I tried
Father listened 10 the little song
all the way through looked TO see
fuii. and answered
ITS only fancy, darling lie
doesn't want anything Some old
German fellow taught him that song
when he was 4 young bird. that's
all
Hut Elsie was not satisfied Every
time she heard the little song she
was sure that the singer WAS plead
/ ing for something
You must know that Elsie vas a
wee BIZ different from most little
girls. She had come % her mother
and father seven years before.
while they we're travelling In the
narz mountains IN Germany. and
every one knows that The greater
part ~ al the FAIRIES aud gnomcs
that ars iefi In the world are there
They are very few, for a. Mr. bar
rie who knows more about fairies
than any one doeal has said. every
time = child says, 4 don't believe In
/ fairlen.H fairy dies 50 there are
not many left
Flaie'a mother anr father settled
/ down in q little house near the edge
az \ forest. on the mountain side. %
wait until their daughter grew old
enough 20 travel
one morning Eiulc'H Young Ger
man nurse took the baby a little
waw into the cool green forest
{ There she sat doWn nnaer tree
ana fell asleep. and aah she might
have known. ali tho fairies sna
rnomea about. crept out 10 have
Z look At the baby Their whispering
and The fuailinr 81 their wings
nvrhe the nurse. bat she was too
I Frlrhtensa 10 move Pretending 20
b. sfiH aaleep. she head their talk
ana saw .ts delight which they took
I IN seeing q mortal child.
4 ~ "a give her gifts. they whia-
rereA one 20 another 4 wise OLD
rnnme shook his head. on. no
I AID he 1T would be Of no use now
eaaxa Ne one Nouid believe. ana
the would never be able To nss
I them
"nut she is 70 pretty ploaassi a
fairy In a roee-eolofcd EoNn. l@ei
yes Yes Le, us Try cried sew
erai others.
~ the pink fairy touched Elsie'a
ears. saying
-f4arn. You shall be able 20
! understand when any creature
/ speaks
Another had Just touched her
eyes. when the little nurse. urged ~
terfof. npranE M. clasplng The baby
I 60 her breast
con. please Coed People. she
/ rhriaked. don't enhcant the baby
/ Whlsk' The fairies were gone ana
The Httie nurre ran home IN great
I fright. never daring 10 tell that she
/ had been 20 careless AZ 10 fall asleep
I IN the forest
So Elsie never knew what had
/ happened When she was We
/ baby she would lia for houra con
/ trntedly listening 70 the talk Of the
/ birds. or the humnlng bees. but a.
/ she grew Older people only laughed
nt her when she said she could an
! dcratand bird or bee talk. there was
no one who could help her use tho
/ fairy gifts so she forgot about them
/ aud they we're almost luat For fairy
/ gifts. like fairy gold. viii fade a~ay
i u they are not properly used. Don [
/ forget that II you cvcr have any.
SO. "a I have anld. she was not
quite Hike other little girla But she
was nice child. believed properly
I Ia fairies "a little girl should