Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-19
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An Open Letter
to the readers u
"Daddx's Evening Fairy Tales"
fPena II
Mary Graham Bonner
ALSO author Of .'Daddy's Bedtime Animal
htoriea. "Daddy's Beitine Fairy Bto-
ries. "naddy's Bedtime Bird Siories,"
"Daddy's BEDTIME Outdoor Stories"
Dear Girls and Boys and Grown Ups

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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 have seen many of my readers
with my eyes shut, ind at this time
love to shut my eyes and think of
those renders. can see them In small
rooms and big rooms; rooms where
there are good old warm lamps BY
which osread and rooms where alsssl.
tne tights shine dawn on tile nageess,
OF gas Hight. ARd ] see them reading
sQf that hest Of all fiends-SaAtR
Claus--an.d Of his dog, Boy d the
NortA, and Of Santa's magic telescope.
3sstlllrough which he can elthe aMtlea al
his many friends when they open their
gifts on Christmas morning. II nee
them reading Of old Mr.. Giant and
Witty Witch and the Fairy Wondrous
Secrets and the Dreamland King, Of
Gypsy Haze and Aidgie Moon and the
good Old Man himself and Mr.. Sun,
And AS can see them reading In all
these rooms all over the country wish
I knew them all. For I'd like to tell
them that they are really the creators
Of these stories! It is because they.
like them, because they encourage and.
enthuse and because I please them
that I want to 60 on and on making
them better and better all the time.
When one Is not welcome In q house
II makes one feel III at ease and en-
bRFFpsRedi but when one is cordially
greeted one feels so happy and il at
ones best. So It is / give you of my
best, my very best, because you have
given me Of your cordially, which I
feel even when can neither see 1t nor.
hear It. n.
So at this time when New Year is
beginning, I could not resist writing!
to all Of you--every one Of you! Z.
To the boys aud girls have d 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 1 know,
TO keep from showing their little shouts
right straight intosa story every so
;often!s And there viii be new friends,
too lots Of new ones, but the old ones
win not be lost. They'll alltbe on hand,
grunting, cackling, Growing, quacking,
Esquealing, shrieking, chattering, whis-
pertng, smiling-andS dancing and hop
Ing that you'll like them all as they
like yen Ike VI i.i "a
And Margaret II. Fifer viii be max.
Ing them look their best In her won
dsf|.f Att IRAiett Ae orky Pig grunted to-
me III tRnfidence not long ago (but he
told ME ! 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 all his family. And the Fairies
vel, the Fairies say she's just like IA
Fairyland ar'tIst almost too good to
be true! S35ss Ell 3,
s But my letter must come to an end 4
With loving holiday greetings and a
the happlest Of happy New Years Is /
every friend Of "Daddy's Evening Fairy
Tales, !. girls and boys and grown.ups5
and in-betweens, i remain your yerv5
sincere story. companion. '' s55S5
.s Il n Try GRAHAM BONNER :s ISL