Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28

(second Prize)

SEEMED TO De lying IN a sweet
smelling meadow, and the apple
blossoms over me hung into the
murmuring brook which trickled
through the clover to join the noisy
river.
Soft music came to me; soft, ripping,
tender-like zephyrs; then louder, like
the rushing of a mighty wind; then the
deep music of the oceans roar, SEEM
ing to come from the pink laden apple
tree over me, and from the thickest
clusters Of pink and white six of the
loveliest creatures came tripping and
skipping forth and circled around me.
At last the fairy queen came around
to my head, and 1 watched, hardly dar-
ing to breathe for fear Of soaring the
lovely little creatures. Her pretty,
SWaying little form was wrapped in the
gauziest blue, like the butterfy's wings,
and her shining tresses fell in ringlets
over her bare shoulders.
Come, don't be afraid" she said,
smiling, and slipped her plump, white
arm around my waist. / could feel my
self rising, and seemed to grow small
er. I asked her if l ever would grow
large again, and go back to you. "Only
on one condition." my little hostess said,
that, to always believe in fairies"
1 promised faithfully to do this, and
we entered the gates of Fairyland. We
wandered through green meadows and
orchards, where the fish jumped and
played in the sparkling fountains.
1 soon became tired and sleepy, and
was put to bed in large pink rose,
and was just sung to sleep when mann
ma and papa awoke and brought me
back from dreamland. OLA HALL,
Baldwin Park, Vineland school, sew
enth grade.
When 1 started dreaming the first
thing 1 saw was a fairy. She said:
do you believe in fairies?' Eyes,
fairy queen" said I, ST do believe in
fairies" II am not the fairy queen"
she said, 'but I will take you to her
if you wish" Eyes, please, fairy, take
me to her.
IF you promise you believe in fairies
/ will take you to her, ''Yes, 1 will
always believe in fairies," said I. Then
she took me in her arms and away we
went. She told me such beautiful
things about fairyland as we went
higher and higher, and she taught me
what to do when / get into fairyland.
At last we got to the beautiful golden
gate. The fairy pulled the key of the
gate and the gate flew open. Then
we went in and the gate closed again,
and the next moment many of the
beautiful fairies were around me. They
put me in golden carriage and sang
beautiful songs as they walked along
with me. There were three in front
throwing roses on the path and three
played the violin.
where am 1 going now?" I asked.
You are going to the fairy queen"
they said At this I was very happy.
for 1 wished to see the fairy queen.
At last we got to the palace. The
fairies opened the door and took me in
''Oh, Mary, I can't tell you how beau
tiful it was there. There sat the fairy
queen in a golden chair and the fairies.
her servants. were all around her sing
ing and playing and dancing and
throwing roses at her feet, but when
she saw me she gave a sign to them
and they all vanished except the fairy
who took me up to fairyland The
fairy queen said: you are the child
am looking for. Now tell me, do
you believe in fairies?''
Yes, fairy queen,'' said ST do be-
lieve in fairies" At this she was very
happy and said, "You shall have a
present for this" Then the next mo-
ment diamonds and gold lay around
me. "You can have anything you wish
in here,' she said. What would you
want anything except my fairy who
brought me up here
looked around and called but no
fairy was seen. Then heard a noise
and fell down and that Weakened me.
ELIZABETH AGNES,
1851 East Forty-ninth street.
Il dreamt that I was walking along
in the forest behind the house, when I
met beautiful fairy, attired in a shin
ing white dress. She wore on her head
a golden crown which was set with dia-
monGs, rubies pearls and sapphireS.
She told me she was the fairy queen.
1.-THE fairy asked me if I could fly
very well. l said: Why, no, fairy
queen, 1 cannot fly at all; I never
learned how"
g How queer said Mary, L wondered
what~you meant when you said that in
your Sleep
1.-THE fairy queen waved her wand
over me and I began to grow smaller
and smaller 1t seemed to me I shrank
for about an hour, but found out later
on that it was only minute.
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