The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
Three Fairies and a Boy


Once upon q time there lived in
small country a family with eight
children and they had to work out
for living, for they were very
poor
One day one of the boys was go
ing to work, when he saw three
fairies coming towards him, and
when he got up to them they said
they wanted to take him home
with them and so he said, "All
right" and they took him home.
Beauty and he were out walking
and they went through a woods,
and they heard noise and they did
not know what to do, and the boy
said, Il have a ring in my pocket
and if | put it on we will be back
lone again and so the fairy said,
hut it on He put it on, and
tGey were back home again just
as the boy had said.
One day Beauty went out doors
ana the boy heard her call and he
went out with his gun and he saw
a bNtl anu hC toOh LID sun ctilu
s.lot the bear and then they went
back into the house. When the
10Y went out with his gun he for
Sut to shut the door and the bears
got in the house and they had the
.tler two fairies on the floor try
ing to kill them, but the boy and
e fairy just got in the house in
me. The boy shot those bears
too, and picked up the fairies from
{ floor and laid them in the bed
y 1 gave them some food and soon
after they were well and the boy
aid the fairy were so glad that
ay had saved the other two fair
les lives. So they were happy and
che night it was near Beautys
birthday and this boy gave her a
beautiful ring for her birthday and
they had birthday party for her
She got new dress and silk
libbon to match and the color was
pink, and she got locket and
chain. The ring the boy gave her
vas diamond and it was just the
night before Beauty's birthday.
They never said a word about
the party and about 10 o'clock,
Beauty went to bed and the next
morning came and the boy took
Beauty out for walk, and while
they were walking, the other two
fairies set the table and laid all
the things she got for her birthday
there, and set the table beautiful.
When Beauty and the boy came
back, and when Beauty saw the
table she was happy. She did not
know what to think and then she
asked them what it was for and
they said for her birthday, and she
said how kind they were to have
a birthday party for her, and when
the other fairies birthday came
they had birthday party for them
and when the boys birthday came
he had the biggest birthday party
of them all, for he was the one who
thought to have party for the
fairies.
The boy was out with the three
fairies to party one night and
Beauty gave a beautiful silk dress
and the boy gave locket and the
other two fairies gave a ring,
which was a pearl.
The boy lived with the fairies all
the time, till one month the boy
took sick and few days after he
got worse and he died and the
fairies cried and cried because he
was the one who made everybody
happy in the family. The next
Wednesday he was buried and the
fairies cried more than ever, and
that night came and the fairies did
not know what to do because they
had the boy in their mind.
So morning finally came and aft
or breakfast they went out in the
woods and a bear killed Beauty;
and fox killed Pleasant. and a
wolf killed Handsome, and then all
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