Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
(HonorabIe Mention)

OF little pebbles. He tossed these up in
the air and caught them like juggler,
and they came down plum buildings.
Then he mixed batter with sand and
water, and poured cakes on a rock and
jumped up so high that he tied his legs
in bowknot and united them again
before he came down, and there were
the fapjacks curled up and tapped
over. He spread them with butter
and honey and made pile, and then
glety gigglety gee!" and digging roast
ed potatoes out of the sand.
he put everything on q rock at the
foot of a date palm and said. Supper
is ready" The prince said, 81 want a
dining room and chairs" Said the
dwarf, "Sit crosslegged on the sand"
The prince froWned and said "Dlinb EN-
a moor" So the dwarf ran around
and aroud the palm tree and a wall Of
pink coral came up, so he was soon
running around on a high wall. He
made white coral table and gold seats.
'Etivni ynapmoc," said the prince. So
the dwarf took large shell and blew
call. Soon came mermaidS trooping
from the sea. Two seals came, but they
couldn't give the password, and the
prince had them lie outside. All the
guests had to say "Gobblety goo" be-
fore they could come in.
The mermaid princess was dressed in
The prince placed her in the seat Of
honor and all sat down. The palm
leaves spread out and made the roof,
and as it was getting dark the dwarf
went up and turned the dates into clus-
ters of lights. This made the pink
walls look pretty, and the dark blue sea
showed through the windows. Mer-
maids on the rocks made music, and
they had a gay supper.
ELLIDA MATHEWS,
Box 6, Ocean Park; age II.
After the dwarf had jumped up and
down six times he found the ice cream
and cake in his hat. The dwarf was
making some cookies when little sill
yer airship came sailing down with a
real live princess in 1t. She stepped out
of the airship when it had reached the
ground.
ENG EN- emos reppus, dink dneirf,"
said the princess.
The dwarf made a noise like geese
when they are mad. He took some
leaves and put them in his hat. He
then threw it up and said: PIN, din,
rim, fin" When it came down he looked
in his hat but to his disappointment he
found lot of squealing pigs.
This made him quite Disguised but
he kept on. He made a hole about q
foot deep and took handful
of clay, leaf, four drops Of water
and two pebbles, and put them in his
hat.
'Ugy, buoy, sugy, mugy," cried the
dwarf.
He looked into his hat and found
some lemon pie. Just then an old man
rode up on beautiful steed. He dis
mounted and came up to the dwarf
and said, II evan emoc OF reppus, ris."
"All right said the dwarf, rather
sullenIy
He took up four rocks and blew at
them rather hard. Then he dipped
them in water and when he took them
out they were little dishes Of pearl. He
took some stems and threw them on
the ground with all his might and they
became knives and forks and spoons.
The fairy queen came sailing in her
golden chariot and she said: 'I evan
emoc OF act, YIN dneirf." at is ready"
picking up big log threw it against a
stump. 1t instantly became a table.
He did the same to five smaller logs
which became chairs.
When the supper was over the fairy
said. I'VE are going to reward you
for -"
MARY" called her mother, and Of
course her story was ended for a
while. VIOLET GERVAIS
GAcIACALu SCLOOl, grade D.,
Age IL years.
Then he looked into his hat again
and found a full dozen of picked
birds. Then he laid them out on the
sand and began to dig a hole; when
he had done this he took a lot Of
sticks out OF his pocket and laid them
in the hole. He said: ''Picki boo, seq,
Jicky." Instantly a little stove ap-
peared with hot fire burning inside.
He picked the birds up one by one,
and carefully placed them in the oven.
This done he stood erect and muir
INJURED to himself, ''Meno, do, doc, de-"
He had no more than finished, when
an abundance of fruit. pies and nuts
with cafe noir appeared before him.
NOW my noble prince said the
dwarf, 1--WE can't eat out here In the
sand, SO we will erect a banquet hall"
With which he proceeded to fulfil his
promise.
He waved his hands wildly in the air
saying magic words all the while.
This lasted about five minutes. Then
all of a sudden the prince heard a
crashing sound like thunder, and to
his amazement, he found a beautiful