River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-19
I'm Open Letter
to the readers Of
"Dsddy's Evening Fairy Tales"
from
Mary Graham Bonner
Also author " "Daddy's Bedtime Animal
Stories" "Daddy'e Bedtime Fairy eto-
ries," "Daddy's Bedtime ksrd Stories"
"Daddy's Bedtime Outdoor Stsyiee."

Dear Girls and Boys and Grown-Ups
and In-Betweens:
When the holiday season comes
along authors become little holder,
you know, and creep out from their
caves or away from their pencils and
pens and typewriters and try to catch
glimpses of some of their readers. It's
not possible for them to see them all.
But l have seen many of my readers
with my eyes shut, and at this time
love to shut my eyes and think of
those readers. i can see them In small
rooms and big rooms, rooms where
there are good old warm lamps by
which to read and rooms where cleo
trio lights shine down on the pages,
or gas light. And l see them reading
of that best of all friends-Santa
Claus-and of his dog. Boy of the
North, and of Santa's magic telescope,
through which he can see the smiles of
his many friends when they open their
gifts on Christmas morning. l see
them reading of old Mr.. Giant and
WHY WHICH anu lhC diAs NoiiNi eu'
Secrets and the Dreamland King, of
Gypsy Haze and Midgie Moon and the
good Old Man himself and Mr.. Sun.
And as l can see them reading in all
these rooms all over the country l wish
/ knew them all. For I'd like to tell
them that they are really the creators
of these stories! 1t is because they
like them, because they encourage and
enthuse and because l please them
that / want to go on and on making
them better and better all the time.
When one is not welcome in house
it makes one feel Ill at ease and EN-
barrassed; but when one is cordially
greeted one feels so happy and is ut
ones best So it is / give you of my
best, my very best, because you have
given me of your cordiality, which |
feel even when / can neither see it nor
hear it.
So at this time when a New Year is
beginning, / could not resist writing
to all of yOu-eyery one of you!
To the boys and girls / have few
little secrets to tell. Your same friends
will be coming to you in the year TO
come. Porky Pig and Brother Bacon
are far too greedy, as you and know,
to keep from showing their little shouts
right straight into a story every so
often! And there will be new friends,
too-lots of new ones, but the old ones
will not be lost. They'll all be on hand,
grunting, cackling, growing, quacking,
squealing, shrieking, chattering, whis-
pering, smiling and dancing and hop
ing that you'll like them all as they
like you!
And Margaret NJ. Fifer will be maxi
ing them look their best in her won
derful pictures. Porky Pig grunted to
me in confidence not long ago (but he
told me l might tell this to his real
friends) that no pictures had ever done
him justice until Margaret nj. Fifer
came along--and that that was true
of oil his family. And the Fairies
well, the Fairies say she's just like a
Fairyland altist-almost too good to
be true!
But my letter must come to an end .
With loving holiday greetings and
the happiest of happy New Years to
every friend of ''Daddy's Evening Fairy
Tales girls and boys and grown-ups
and in-betweens, ! remain your very
sincere story-companion.
MARY GRAHAM BONNER.