The Washington times., 1914-01-23
How The COLLINS Were Out
Tricked.

,THE fairies and the soblins, as
you know, are not always good
Il friends, because the goblins are
a little jealous of the power that
the fairies possess, and then they are
too fond of playing tricks on the little
fairies to please these little folk.
One night the goblins found out that
the fairies were to hold a revel in a
dell and they had not been invited. so
they decided to play a trick on the
fairies and frighten them for not send
ing them an invitation.
In this dell grew many flowers, and
that was one reason the fairies select
ed this place, where there were little
bushes of flowers and ferns and all
sorts Of flowers and when the goblins
looked about trying to think of some
thing they could do to frighten the
fairies one of them said: THE flowers
will be the very things to hide under"
What good will that do if we hide"'
asked another goblin. We want them
To see ds."
NO we DON'T said another, What
we want to do is to hide and then
frighten them, but how will we trighten
them? That is the question
Il can tell you" said one goblin. I'VE
can hide under the flowers and when
tie fairies come they will be sure to
aIight on a flower. They always do II
there are any Then all We have to do
is Jump UP and carry them off to some
dark place before they can cali their
firefiies. 1t is moonlight and the fire.
flies will not be with them. They are
having a picnic all by themselves In a
| dark marsh far away from here.
The gobIins agreed that this last
plan was a good one so that night they
| went into the dell and hid themselves
/ under the flowers.
By and by the fairies came flying into
| the dell and just as the goblin said,
| they alighted on the flowers and began
Hardly had they dore SO when UP
| jumped the naughty goblinS each with a
| fairy on his shoulders and off they
| scampered.
But they were not quick enough for
| the little fairies, and before they reach
| ed a dark spot the fairy Queen called
| on the fairies TO touch the gobltns with
| their wands.
| The Queen was sitting ia her little
! carriage, and when the goblinS jumped
| up she saw what happened and could
| think what was to be done.
| The gOblins, of course, had not count
| ed on this, and the first thing they
knew, or rather the first thing they felt,
| was a sting from the wands and then
! all was dark.
| The goblinS were turned to stone and
| all over the dell in the place of the
pretty flowers were small rocks.
| That was A very narrow escape for
you, my dears.' said the Queen when
| the fairies had gathered around her;
| those tricky little gObIins were out
tricked this time. They had not counted
on me to be here and tell you what
| to do
! Away flew the fairies and left the
| stones because il was getting almost
! time for the sun to rise, and when he
did he was surprised to see the rocks
| instead of the pretty flowers with their
upturned faces to greet him.
| He looked and he smiled, thinking the
! flowers must be hiding under the rocks,
| but his warmest smile failed to bring
! forth the flowers, and when night came
| the sun was very sad and he sank from
sight very slowly. hoping to catch a
| glimpse OF the fairies and beg them 10
| help him find his flowers.
| Just as his head disappeared he saw
! the moon and a thought came to MIR.
| Sun I'll send message to Mr..
Moon,' he thought, by one of the
stars
| So he called very softly to star not
| far away and asked IL to tell the moon
| about all the rocks in the dell and ask
him 70 please get his friends, the fairies.
to look for his flowers The little star