The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-22
Grandmother Gray Story

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wanted to go to the fair.
1t was the first time either of
the fairies ever had been to a fair,
and since they wanted to have as
much fun as possible. they decided
they would do everything as nearly
like real earth people as they pos
sibly could.
When they came to the gate In
the high fence which was all
around the fair grounds, they found
a great crowd of people waiting to
get In, and also they found that
when the people went through the
gate, they had to pay some money.
The poor little fairies didn't
know what to do. In the first
place they didn't have any money,
and In the second place they
couldn't have carried it if they had,
because the money would have
been bigger than they were. And
still they wanted to 60 through the
gate with the real earth people and
do everything just like the hui
mans did, and so guess what they
finally decided to do.
WHAT" asked Marie, as her
grandmother stopped for breath.
One of them crawled behind the
coat collar of big fat man who
was just entering, and the other
slipped into his side pocket, and
so they both got through the gate
without a bit of trouble, except that
that the fat man was pretty hot and
huge bead OF perspiration came
zig-zagging down the back OF his
neck and splashed all over poor
Marjie-grumble-voice, for that was
the name of one of the fairies. be-
fore she had time to jump.
At this, poor Marjie-grumble-
voice thought she was drowned, but
soon she discovered her mistake
and crawled out from behind the
wet coat collar, to dry off. Here
she was joined by her companion
and off they went towards a booth
where there was a fire blazing
away in a cook stove. A short
stout man with white apron on
was slapping round red things
down In sizzling skillet and max
ing great deal Of noise shouting
out strange words in very loud
tone, but he didn't scare the two
adverturesome fairies.
While Marjie-grumble-voice was
drying off by the fire, the other
fairy went exploring. First she
came to a sort Of a white tank, as
1t looked to her, and since the man
seemed to dip something out of it
every once in a while, she decided
to see what it was. 1t looked like
runny mud as she sat on the edge ,
Of the tank and looked in, but when
she dipped the tip Of one finger in
to taste 1t, the cool muddy paste |
burned so, and tasted so hot that
1t made her jump, and ker-splash |
she fell,-right into the mustard |
cup.
Poor Fairy-sticky-toe. for that
certainly was her name. She sure
ly was a sorry sight. Once up on |
the edge of the cup again, she look
ed about in vain for some cool |
clean water. Then suddenly she |
saw a whole pile of big white |
sheets on the counter in the very |
next booth, and although the man
was shouting some foolishnes about
'Hoky-poky," she caught the words
ice cream" and it sounded so cool
and soothing that at once she pro
,eeded to fly over right into the
very middle of the first sheet she
came to-. 1t was lovely and soft,
and just sticky enough to wipe off |
all the horrid old mustard which
was sticking to her wings. but alas!
The poor fairy was enjoying 1t so
much she failed to notice that she
had alighted In the very piece
which the man was wrapping up in
paraffine paper. until too late.
In. her transparent white case,
she was tossed onto the top of the
pile, and fortunately for her, lit
lie girl soon came by who begged
10 hard for some ice cream candy
nat her mother bought her the
yery piece Fairy-sticky-toe was in.
But instead Of unwrapping the
whole piece, the little girl only
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