Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05
Honorable Mentlonl

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little Marguerite; I will take
u take care of you" and 10, flow
er was swaying in the breeze and Mar
guerite was gone.
Now it happened little princess
was walking through the wood and
spying the pretty flower cried out:
"Oh, nurse, see this beautiful mar
guerite blooming here among the Wild
flowers!" Then she picked 1t and put
it i'm a vase in her own little room
and the flower did not wither but
seemed to grow more beautiful day
by day.
As the princess played with her dolls
the flower wished to be little girl
again. One day the princess was very
sick. No one was allowed to come IN
her room but the doctors and nurses.
She begged for her flower and they
brought it to her and the little flower
called out, "Oh, dear, kind Flora, let
me be a little girl again!" and as they
laid the flower beside the princess
what was their amaZement to find a
beautiful, little blue-eyed golden
haired girl with a dress of rags. But
the princess put her arms around her
neck and kissed her and the doctors
said, "She will get well now; no need
for u.s." And she did get well and they
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Then she said to Marguerite, "Come
with me to my palace and / will send
my messengers to find your sheep
The fairy then raised her wand and
uttered few magical words, and, 10!
there came flying toward them hum
dreds of butterflies, and behind them
a little chariot just big enough to hold
Marguerite and her COMPANION. They
stepped in and the butterflies start
ed on.
Soon they came to large meadow
which seemed full of flowers. In the
center of this field grew large rose
The chariot stopped i'm front of this
flower and the fairy raised her wand.
AS she raised 1t the rose grew larger
and larger until it was massive
petal.
The flower queen took Marguerite by
the hand and led her into the flower
palace Inside were hundreds of little
flower fairies waiting to do their
mistress bidding.
In the center of the palace was
large rose-red halt In this hall was
a magnificent throne hich was a
huge nasturium.
In this the fairy and Marguerite
seated themselves. Then Flora called
a page and bade him go and get
Dandelion.
Dandelion was soon brought in, and
the queen told her to send her mes
sengers, by the help of the wind, far
and wide to look for the sheep.
Then Dandelion went out of the pal
ace and stood very still In the sun.
Soon her golden hair began to turn
gray. Then came the wind and blew
it away, and then blew it back again.
Then Dandelion took her hair TO
90 haiFg said thew
had seen the sheep. They were graz
ing peaceably not very far of.
The flower queen sent her servants
who drove the sheep home. But she
kept the girl and named Hover
after her. Now Marguerite's little mar
guerite throne stands beside the large
one of the flower queen.
PERRY BYERLY.
1910 West Seventh street, Riverside.
Age 12. Grade 7,
ooh, are you the fairy have heard
so much about?" exclaimed Marguerite
in surprise. a.,
have heard much about you, but nave
not succeeded in getting you alone TIL
now"
Then the fairy took her to a little
house in the woods which was sur
rounded by the most beautiful flowers
Marguerite naO ever Steh. InCy "Silt
inside and ate lunch, which was all
ready. The fairy then suggested that
Marguerite should come to flowerland
and live with her,
The poor little girl wept tears of joy
at these words, and said she would be
only too glad to go. But they asked
Marguerite's uncle first, who joyfuly
consented.
Then the fairy got the sheep and
gave them back to their owner. After
doing this kind deed Flora sped away
with the child to fiowerland. 1t was a
very beautiful place, with hundreds or
different kinds of flowers. The best
part of it was that they could all talk
when the fairy asked them to. She
gave them all this power now, and
Marguerite had talk with them.
The kind lady took the child to
beautiful apartment. "This," she said,
showing her a cozy little room, will
be yours. Come with me now, and we
will have dinner"
At this they went through a long
corridor and went in a room. There
Marp1erite saw. to her amaZement,