Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-23
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Fitting Win the Fairies
by DADDY
CHAPTER vi
LEARNING How to Fly

Learning HOW 10 Fly
Doggy and Billy spread their newly
L made wings and set themselves to
fly. They thought they would be able
to soar at once and join the fairies
in frolic in the air.
But when they Huttered their wings
they didn't rise as expected. They
just Topped about and lost their BAL
ance.
Hey, be careful of those WINGS
anxiously cried Legs, the wingmaker.
"Why don't you fly as you shouldf'
Because we never had wings like
these before and have to learn how to
use them," answered Peggy tartly. She
was bit cross, for she felt very awk-
ward and uncomfortable, instead of
graceful and airy, as she had expected.
1--WE will teach you how to use your
WINGS said Filter Flash. He and
another fairy took hold of the tips of
Peggy'3 wings and lifted her into the
air. AS they sailed upward. Peggy
found one reason why she hadn { been
able to fy-that was because she had
tried to fly standing upright, while the
fairies flew lying down, just as swim =
lay out straight like the fairies, her
wings bore her up very we'll and the
two fairies carried her easily.
Billy, as he was borne aloft by a
pair of fairies, struggled to keep stand /.
ing upright. AS result, he huttered
and struggled and made lot of work
for the fairies.
Ely on your stomach" cried Peggy
to him. Billy looked at her in aston :
ishment, wondering how any one could
possibly fly on ones stomach. But
when he saw how she was flying, lying
down, he at once Strengthened out and
then he went on smoothly without any
more trouble.
The fairies carried them high above
the beach. Peggy and Billy wondered
how the fairies planned to teach them,
They found out in hurry. The fair
les were going to teach them just as
boys teach puppy how to swim--by
throwing it into the water and letting
it paddle ashore.
LET Co." cried Filter Flash, and
at that he and the. other fairies let &c
of Billy and Peggy.
That scared the children at first, just
as n new swimmer is scared when the
teacher let's go Of him. But almost al
once the two found that their wings
we're holding them up. They were not
dropping as they would have done II
they hadn't had wings. They were Just
skimming along smoothly and evenly
All they had to do was to keep theil
beneath held them up nicely. They
hadn't learned to fly yet, but the skim.
ming was fun-so much fun that Peggy
found herself humming:
"Oh, what fun to skim along:
1t makes me want to sing a song
Peggy looked down to see where sh,
was sailing to and found she was ovel
the water of the bay. This gave her {
little thrill, for she thought what woult
happen il she should tumble in.
In the bay fishes were swimming
Peggy could see them plainly through
the clear water. Among the fishes wa'
a porpoise, such as she had ridden wher
being saved from the turtles. She ben
down to watch the porpoise, lost he
balance and before she knew 1t she wa
diving for the water. Down she went
splash, into the bay.
Now my pretty wings will b.
spoiled" thought Peggy. "And per
haps III be drowned"
But she wasn't drowned and he
wings were not spoiled. She flutteret
them in trying to save herself, and t
her surprise she rose from the wate
were not harmed bit. She futtere,
darting as fast as any Of the fairies
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