The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-23
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THE BLUE FAIRIES.

yer Fairies.
Hello, Silver Fairies" they called.
What are you doing this fine sum-
mer day." called the Silver Fairies.
Going to give the Shadows
dance" they said. do you want to
Gomez"
Indeed we do" said the Silver Fair
les. Where is the dance to be?"
It's to be at the top Of yonder blue
mountain where we live" said the
Blue Fairies. THE Sky Blue Fairies
are coming to il. Do you see them
all putting on their best blue frocks?"
The Silver Fairies Looked and they
saw the sky was becoming bluer every
single moment.
They looked again and they saw
that the top Of the mountain was as
blue as they had ever seen it, such a
beautiful shade of blue.
who are going to be the guests:"
they asked
WELL" said the Blue Fairies, we've
asked the Fairy Queen and her fol-
lowers and Fairy Princess Joy, and
Fairy Ybab. and Fairy Twilight-B Bell,
and quite number of others"
oh" said the Silver Fairies, what
q lovely party 1t viii be-"
Come then at three o'clock sharp
this afternoon" said the Blue Fairies.
So at the top of the mountain at
| three o'clock all the fairies kept ar
irving from this direction and that.
| c+n,
under blades of grass, and from be-
hind great trees.
The Fairy Queen came dressed up
as daisy, and then came old Witty
Witch, dressed as buttercup. Mr..
Giant was dressed like an OX-eypd
daisy, or Black-Eyed Susan. But the
great fun was when all the Fairy
Queens followers came after the
Fairy Queen, Witty Witch and old Mr..
Giant. They were dressed in turn in
the costume Of the buttercup or the
daisy or the Black-E Eyed Susan.
"a real summer party, a real, early
summer party" shouted the Blue
Fairies
Then the shadows came dancing in.
First they danced in one direction and
then in the other, and Mr.. Sun, who
/ had been invited for some time,
laughed as he danced with all of them.
81 love TO be the dancing partner
for the shadows" he said, "fOr we
know how to dance so many fine
dances together"
The butterflies came as they thought
the daisies and buttercups were real
! at first. They laughed when they saw
| what a joke il was on them, but it
/, was the sort of party they liked, any
| way, with so much beauty and with
old Mr.. Sun as one of the guests.
: Later on. q shower came up, a very
little shower. 1t was invited, too!
1t came so the raindrops could dance
with the sun andEieek like diamonds
and glistening stones.
2 Oh, how everything cleaned and
!. danced and shone. The shower left
/ after q short dance or two, and the
$ sky looked bluer and bluer and so did
the top of, the mountain with all tho
glorious fairies.
Down among the earth people the!
II said
= oh what wonderful day. witt
f such a blue sky and such a blue hill
and such gorgeous colors."
l But it was the Blue Fairies party
Il Later on the humming- birds came
1 as they, too, had been invited.
', We've asked some guests to NEE
you. most especially" the Blue Fair!e
: told them.
And as the humming birds looke'
+ they saw some of their good friends
= the honey-suckles. smiling and wav
re ing TO them.
D. After they had all danced the Blu
m Fairies said:
n "Now we will have supper" An'
at once appeared little toadstool tn
2, bles of many different colors, upol
IL which were delicious dishes for til
Fairyland guests. So they sang an
L ate most luscious food at the Blu
Fairies beautiful party.