The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-02
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PETER eNoME's BALL
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party. or rather, a ball outside his
cave. where two big dining-room ban
quet tables WERE" said Daddy.
The tables were so big they could
be used for dancing and there could
be two bands playing. When one got
tired OF playing the other band would
begin. and the different fairyland mu-
sicians could take turns about play
ing in the band.
Fairy Ybab would give the direc-
lions. but they would take turns so
everyone could enjoy the party.
These were Peter GnOme's plans.
He wanted to give mis- ball for the
Every-Day-Is-Nice club. They had
been keeping to the rules of the club
better than ever and had been telling
so many others about, it, making 9TH
ers feel that every day was nice and
that something could be done on every
day. So Peter Gnome thought he
should give them all a ball. so as to
let them all know how pleased he was.
He sent around his invitations by
the Breeze Brothers. and asked every
one to come the following evening as
the sun went down. He explained to
Mr.. Sun that he was giving a moon
light ball this time, so Mr.. Sun wasn't
in the least bit hurt.
Anyway, Mr.. Sun was tired and
sleepy and said that he knew his eyes
couldn't possibly keep open for an eve
ming party-they had never been able
TO and he was too old a chap to be
taught anything new.
$50 Mr.. Moon was invited and he
said he might be a few minutes late,
but he'd surely come
The ball began the following eve
ming just after Mr.. Sun had gone to
bed. The Breeze Brothers had taken
around all the invitations so they were
all at the ball-the fairies, gnOmes,
elves, COLLINS, brownies, DOGGY family,
and old Mr. Giant and Witty. Witch.
sit commenced in this way. Peter
GnOme stood outside his cave as all
the guests came trudging up the long
wooded walk which was an uphill
walk, but very beautiful one. They
passed ferns and little wild flowers as
they walked along and they picked
them up and brought them as gifts to
Peter GnOme.
THE first guest to arrive though was
Fairy Princess Twilight Bell, for Pc
ter Gnome had asked her to come a
little ahead of the others.
las soon as she had arrived and had
made Peter GnOme a beautiful bow,
and he had made her one he told her
to call to the guests to hurry.
"This he had planned to ask her to
do, so that all through the woods could
be heard the beautiful voice of Fairy
Princess TwiIight-BeIl, calling all the
fairies to the ball.
Fairy Princess Twilight-Bell raised
her lovely little head and opened her
small red mouth
Come to the ball. come to the ball.
All. all, all,
Come to the ballr
"Her lovely voice sounded all
through the woods and the little wood
land, fairyland people all came hurry
ing along.
'sThey kept coming faster and faster
and more and more kept coming. Fairy
Ybab started the music, and she sang
this,
To sing and to dance
For we know the best way
is to love every day.
'For they knew they were being Civ
en- the party because they hadn't grum-
bled about the days
after the guests had all arrived and
had thrown OF their wraps there was
great excitement for they were all
dressed to look like the different days,
all smiling and wearing great signs
which read like this:
"'Pm happy Monday OF last week.
1t rained but they all played and didn't
grumble about me-
"And another read, I'm windy Tues
day of the week before last. blew
everything I could because Mr. Wind
made me, but no one grumbled, ev-
eryone only laughedr And so on! And
Peter GnoIne'S ball was q great sue