Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-31

the porch of the tiny house and went
into her mothers kitchen to help her
prepare dinner. She promised she would
bring some dinner to the nursery for
her tiny charge.
This little person, as soon as she was
left alone. decided to return to fairy
land. She flew out into the garden,
and there met a messenger from the
queen. He had been searching among
the flowers for her when butterfly in
formed him where she had gone.
on reaching the queens throne room
Blossom was sentenced by the queen
to imprisonment in the lily in which
she had hidden when Marie found her.
She was pardoned. however, in a few
days, and returned to fairyland.
PEARL CHURCHILL,
III Ceres avenue, Ninth street school.
grade B6 (when school commenccs).
And there were little seats on the
grass.
Marie put Blossom on the tiny bed
inside the playhouse and ran to get
her mother. Her mother was a lovely
lady and told Marie that she shouldn't
have taken the little fairy from the
lily, because perhaps she wanted to
go back to fairyland, but Marie per-
sisted in keeping Blossom.
At night she shut all the doors and
windows of the doll house and poor
Blossom was nearly suffocated. She
could not sleep. but kept thinking
what a naughty fairy she had been.
She tried to get out. but as all the
doors and windows were closed she
could not do it. At last Marie came
in and opened the doors and windows.
She picked Blossom up, not very gent
ly, and took her to a large room with
a table and things like Maries doll
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sitting around the table.
Marie put Blossom on the table and
gave her some coarse stuff they called
oatmeal. but Blossom could not eat it.
Marie then took Blossom back into the
doll house and left her. Blossom
thought she would get away. 1t was so
hot and she wanted some of her dew
and honey that they had for breakfast
in fairyland. She now saw that living
with the earth children was not so
pleasant.
She crawled out the little door and
flew to an open window in the room
and she flew out but she caught one
of her wings on nail that was acci-
dentally in the sill and tore it.
She could not fly. so she fell to the
ground. She hobbled as best she could
to the garden. near the lily where
Marie had taken her to that awful
place.
Mr. Bee flew by getting honey.
ooh! Mr. Bee" she cried, won't you
give me some honey?'
"Too busy" and Mr.. Bee was off.
Just then Blossom saw two objects ap-
preaching
Meanwhile the queen of fairyland
was quite excited about Blossom when
she did not return. She sent little
fairies looking everywhere for her. She
sent two to the lily where she knew
Blossom had hidden and these were the
two objects Blossom saw approaching
her
When the two fairies saw Blossom
thev said:
1.-The queen has been hunting for
you
"she has? Tn glad she remembered
me-"
The two fairies picked up Blossom
and together they flew away with her
to the edge of fairyland. On the way
she told them of her disobedieliCe.
I'm afraid you cannot come back
to fairyland," said one of the fairies
as they got to the edge of fairyland,
"but We'll see,'
They left her and flew to the queen.
She soon appeared and they held a
meeting.
Blossom told of her disobedience and
the queen looked very displeased.
"You know you have disobeyed me in
a way that is hard to forgive" she
said. DO you want want to come
back to fairyland?"
'Yes indeed"
''Will you try to do better?"
Eyes indeed"
''Well, you may try. but you cannot
go to your mother and father, but you
must stay with me as a servant"
Blossom thanked the queen and the
queen gave her a new pair of wings
and made Blossom her handmaiden.
She never wanted to play with earth
children again.
KATHERINE SARGENT.
r. F. D. No. =, box 1O4 seventh
grade, age II, Redlands, Cal,
Dear Aunt Laurie:
When she went into the doll house
who should she find but the queen her
self?
"Oh!" chied she; chow did you come
here?"