The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
SEVENTH GRADE
MISS WRITES
FABLED YARN
Turns Imagination Into
Pen Picture and Tells
Of Princess.
THE PRINCESS SUNSHINE.
BY Evelyn Stanford, Seventh Grade
Jefferson school

By Evelyn Stanford, Seventh Grade,
Jefferson school.
Once in a beautiful palace on the
edge Of large river. there ,iived a
beautiful princess named Sunshine.
Everybody loved her. except an
old wicked fairy. who belonged to a
rival tribe.
One day while little Sunshine was
playing on the lawn an old woman
came by and said, Little girl, pray
take me to Tinkerton. 1 am SO old
i can hardly crawl along"
warm-hearted little Sunshine took
pity on the old woman and said,
Poor old woman, 1 will take you
there willingly" So she started on.
helping the old woman - .
When they got to- the 'Tangle
Woods" the woman stopped, took
whistle from her pocket, then picked
up a stone and hit poor little sun
shine Cwho had been looking on with
awe), and at that instant the latter
turned to a bird.
sunshine was so terrified that she
was now laughing and showing her
ugly yellow teeth. Now l have
YOU. l am the old fairy" she cried.
When Sunshine heard this she
turned to fly. but the old woman
caught her by the wings and yelled,
$50 you were going to fly away,
huh? Well, just for that you stay
in this shape until you have been
married to Prince Lovingly three
days" and with that she disap-
peared-
Little Sunshine flew away, and as
she passed the boundary line of her
country she saw another bird lying
on the top of a tower. She at once
flew to see what was the matter.
When she alighted on the tower
she hoped over to where the bird
was lying. The latter tapped one
wing. and in bird motions it meant
Come here"
Sunshine looked down at the little
birds face. The latter began to
speak, saying, Little Sunshine, go
down the glen and to an old house.
and in 1t you will find a key. Go
upstairs and into the room on whose
door is marked Beware" There
will be a person inside who will tell
you what to do afterward. Good
by, my dear And so saying it flew
away.
sunshine few away from the
tower and down into the glen. fol-
lowing the directions Of the little
bird.
when she had flown upstairs she
perched on the door-knob of the
door marked "Beware!' and unlock
IN
TTpon entering she saw a handsome
man tied to post.
Come. little bird. and free me
and YOU will be amply rewarded"
he said.
Sunshine flew over and started to
pull at the ropes with her beak and
feet.
She worked for two days and two
nights. and on the third day the
ropes broke.
Dear little bird. am Prince Low
ingIy. and some wicked fairies i'm
prisoned me here and said that I
would not be free until the beauti-
full Princess Sunshine should come
TO free me. She has not come, but
YOU have. Now how shall / reward
you2" (And to her surprise she had
gotten her speech back again), so
she said. Please marry me-"
Il will" said the prince. So they
were married Immediately. The
next day the prince started to drink
his wine for dinner, but Sunshine
knocked the glass from his hand,
saying. Please don't drink that"
This sort Of thing continued for
C3) three days, and the third time
Sunshine did II he was so angry that
he took his sword and started to kill
the bird, but at that instant the lat
ter stood in her real form, beautiful
Sunshine.
"Oh! dear prince. love you and I
tried to prevent you from drinking
that wine because the wicked fairy
had put poison in II. but now she
has lost power over US. Come. sit
down and I will tell you my story"
Then Princess Sunshine related all
that had happened to her. and when
she had finished Prince Lovingly
took her in his arms and hugged
and kissed her. So they lived hap
PLY ever afterward.