Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-21

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fore. She flew to the top of tree
which was about a mile from the
meadow.
ooh, how pretty" she exclaimed as
she caught sight of a round red object
on a bough near her.
81 am sure it is an apple" she said
a few minutes later, because Mr..
Bluebird told me the other day that
apples were round and red l do wish
1 could find a small one"
After flying around for a few min
utes she found crab apple tree and
picked a small crab apple; she bit
piece off and found out it was good,
but not half as good as dewberries
and honey.
Erica ate half the apple and threw
the rest away.
"Oh! / do want some dewberries."
she cried land I am sure l can find
some if 1 look right good"
But she looked in vain, for no dew
berries were to be found, so after a
long search she gave up in dispair,
She flew to the top of another tree
and while there made the acquaintance
of a beautiful bird.
"Oh it is going to rain" exclaimed
the bird looking up to the sky where
dark clouds were already beginning
to appear.
Erica S nedTJ SANK. JI, IL lldu
only obeyed mother and not have come
here" she sobbed.
what is the matter?" asked the
bird kindly.
IF the rain gets on my WINGS" ex-
planned Erica, ''they will stick to me
and 1 will never be able to fly again"
why don't you fly over to the
meadow and get under an umbrella
before it begins to rain?" said the bird.
81 am too small" answered Erica.
"And of course 1 couldn't get there in
time"
Then you may get on my back and
[ will take you." the bird said.
The bird flew very fast and Erica
got there before it began to rain.
home and she never wished to leave
her mother again. Your niece.
MADELINE EVANS.
Palms, R. F. D. box 1876.
While she slept meath the cream and
pink umbrella Mr.. Horned Toad passed
by it on his daily walk. He spied
Erica asleep and hoped toward her.
He thought to himself. what a
pretty creature! She must be fairy
and seeing clouds in the summer sky
he hoped underneath a toadstool
nearby
After a while Erica awoke ana was
glad she had shelter from the rain
which was pelting down. Happening
to glance over at an umbrella nearby
she noticed a homely, scary-looking
creature beneath it. She was not much
frightened because she thought it
would not come through the rain to
her umbrella, even if it did want to
injure her.
So she sat under her stool and looked
out at the rain unconcernedly. When
Mr.. Horned Toad found that the fairy
was awake he decided to go over and
speak to her.
He hoped quickly over to her and
got beneath the pink umbrella. Erica
was very much frightened and flew
out into the rain. The sprite hurried
to another toadstOol, but the toad fol-
lowed her, calling:
Il won't hurt you. Get into shelter,
but Erica paid no heed. She flew on
till she was tired, and-what WAS the
trouble with her wings? They felt so
helpless and wet! Erica could not fly,
so the horned toad caught her and
pushed her beneath a blue and cream
stool and kept her there till the show
er abated.
Then Mr.. Horned Toad carried the
naughty fairy to his home, where she
had her soaked wings mended and
dried, as well as Mrs. Toad could do
such a delicate job.
After this was completed Erica went
to sleep on a bed which seemed very
hard and coarse to what she was ac-
customed.
When she awakened the sprite was
given some food but she could not
eat such food as the toads ate, so she
grew very hungry. She could not fly
we'll enough to go back to the heather
bell land, and she grew sad and lonely.
The next evening Mrs. Toad pro-
nounced Erica's wings strong enough
to bear the fairy's weight, but said
that the sprite would have to rest
sometimes if she was going home.
That was just what Erica did and was
glad to leave dreary Toadland.
She flew gayly along till she became
tired and her wings ached. Then she
sat down to rest. AS she sat there
strange-looking creature came toward
her Erica had never seen a dog be-
fore and was rather frightened as it
came nearer the dog spied the fairy,
and if she had not flown very quickly
she might have been injured.
After a long fight she arrived back
nd fair oil n