The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13


We tried, and Just where it was last night
Was the mark, right on top of his head.
Margaret Erskine.
WHEN TODDLES WAS A FAIRY.
"Come, Tottie, les go into the yard
an play fairy!" cried Toddles to his
little sister. The morning was warm
and bright, Just like summer, though
it was the first Of October. Every
where the leaves were turning red
and yellow and brown, painting the
landscape to look just like great
autumn picture in the parlor OF Too
dies and Tottie's home.
who'll be fairy this time?" asked
Tottie, gay in the happy anticipation
Of playing a game dear to her and
her brother. who'll be fairy,
! bruver?"
"I'll be fairy, Tottie, for the las
time we played you was fairy, an
you got upon the carriage shed for
the clouds. I'll climb up the elm
tree what has all the limbs a-Srowing
out OF it's sides. It's so easy to
climb"
"All right" agreed Tottie. And
| away the two ran into the big fenced
back yard, where there were a great
many splendid trees Of spreading
limbs, Just the sort Of place for the
game OF "fairy."
Nov, I'll lie down on this bed Of
leaves" said Tottie, dropping On the
| ground, which was strewn with leaves
| Of brilliant coiors that had fallen
from the trees. AN I'll play I'm a
| poor lady what Is very, very sick, an
lying in a hove! An I'll play my lit
tie boy and girl have goned to their
| grandmother for soma bread to keep
| me from starving, an that a great
| wolf meets them On the read en- is
about to eat 'em up when yoC-wno's S
the fairy-comes flying from tie
clouds an tells me OF my little chill
| dern's danger. You touch me with a
wand and 1t makes me well, an
jump up an get into chariot what
you've brought wifi you, an away we
fly like the win and save my chill
dern."
"Oh, yes, that'n be lots of fun"
| declared Toddles. Then ne climbed
into the tree that Tottie had lain
down under, the elm tree with the
many low-growing branches. Once
perched on a spreading limD-aDout
six feet from the groun6-Toddles
said: I'm all ready now, Tottie.
Les begin"
We'll, I'll play I'm calling to my
little boy an girl. Come, Ethel Grac 2
an Harry James, mamma wants a
drink of water. Oh, wnat?-are my
dear children goned? Oh, what will
I do?-I'm so very, very ill.," And
Tottie stretched herself and moaned
as if lying on bed OF sickness. "Oh,
my chil-dern! What will become OF
them? S'pose a wolf should catch
them and eat them III! Oh, what can
do to save them!"
Again To.tie gToaned aloud and
turned on her bed of leaves.
Now play I heard you and am
coming" called Toddles from above.
"All right" said Tottie, in a very
healthy voice.
|
called Toddles in a high falsetto
voice. II can save thou AID you little
chil-oern. They are now being FOL
lowed by a great wolf what means to
de-vour them, clothes ana all, even to
their hair"
"Oh, oh, Oh, good fairy, save my
little chiI-dern!" walled Tottie in a
very weak voice.
| "On, you oughn't to have called me
q fairy yet, for you aren't s'posed to
know who am till l tell yor," cried
Toddles impatiently. Now, play at
you don't know who am. .Iust play
at you call out and ask me-"
"Oh, all right, bruver," said Tottie.
Then she assumed her weak voice
again: "On. kind person, who are
| you?"
I'm a fairy from the Clouds" ex-
plalned Toddles in the high faisetto
voice "And IL thou will go with me
we can overtake your little children
before the wolf gets them"
But l am so i'll that l can't rise
! from my bed Of rags" said Tcttie
writhing as If in pain.
"Ah, I'll make you we'll" said
Toddles, pulling little sprig from
the tree bough to use as a wand. "I'il
wave my wand over you and make
you strong again. Here! One. two
tnree!" And Toddles waved the little
branch above Tottie's head. But in
his eagnerness to wave it well-as be
thought a real fairy would do were
she waving a wanG-the little fellow
leant too far out from the bougn sup
porting him and lost his balance
Down he fell with a bump on the
ground below that made MIN give
forth Shrek like a Comancle In.
dian.
ToItie, hearing the noise of his fall
ing, leaped up in time to save her
self from being in the way OF his
fall, and stood laughing at the pooI
fairy whose wings had failed in tteiI
duty.
"Oh, you looked so funny, bruvar!
said Tottie, between laughs.
"Well, you needn't gigg-e over it,
said Toddles, sitting up and rubbing
his bruised head. 1t didn't feel gCod
to fall like that. If the limbs hadn't
a-caught NE as ] came down l might
ave broke my arm or maybe my leg
or something. But if you're going tC
giggle won't play any more. III lei
the wolf eat up your little CHILDREN
SO will" And Toddles got UP in a
very indignant frame of mind and
shook the 6rv leaves ard dust from
his head and clothes.
"Oh, I'll not giggle any more,
promised Tottie, coming to hel
brothers side and helping TO dust him
off. "Come, les keep on playin' TIL
we've got my little children away
from the bEg wolf. An If we don't
hurry up about it wen be too late"