"THE BEWITCHED GARDEN"

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 7

"THE BEWITCHED GARDEN"

(Original, by "Tippetty-Toes," aged 11, of Brooklyn.) THE Queen of the Flower Fairies, Daphne Rose, had the most beautiful garden in all Fairyland. Well, one would think that the Queen of Flower's garden should be the best. In it grew poppies, daphne, fredsia, and narcissi, and from it fragments of delicious scent wafted from the gardea to the palace. > One day Giant Hobble-de-Hoy was taking a walk, when unexpectedly -h« saw the beautiful palace glimmering in the bright sunlight. To him it looked the size of a thimble, and chuckling, he picked it up and placed it upon hi« large hand. Screams rang out from the occupants of the palace, but it sounded like tinkling bells to Hobble-de-Hoy. Just then Daphne came to the door and waved her wand. The gians became very small, so he quickly ran off, leaving the palace behind. Next day there marched to the palace a band of goblins', who waited.ia! ambush till the Queen went for her walk. Just as the goblins began to gel impatient, they heard soft footsteps, and suddenly the chief gave the corn* mand, and the. go.blins.darted out and captured Daphne. - She screamed and kicked, but the goblins overpowered her and carried her off. ' ' ' •- >: Soon they reached a very dirty-looking palace, and the Queen was thrusfi into a dungeon, cold and dirty, far different from her beautiful, sweet-smelling garden and warm sunshine. ■ " - ■ At the palace all the fairies were getting worried, arid everyone :thafi went into the garden was turned into a frog, so it was called the bewitched garden. The Fairy King Elves, under the command of Fairiel, plotted to^ gether, and decided to rescue Daphne by getting the goblins to go to a party* On, Tuesday night all the goblins put on . their best things, and left the palace with no one to guard the Queen. But they didn't worry about her; they only thought of the good time they were going to have at the party.; , While the goblins were dancing and enjoying themselves, the fairies and elves crept away to the goblins' palace. Creeping down to the dungeons, they: saw a bunch of keys; hanging on the wall. Tippetty Toes, the leader, opened the door. Out rushed Queen Daphne joyfully, embracing Tippetty Toes and telling the elves her story. Pollyanna rushed forward, and between her and: Tippetty ..Toes they managed to help the poor Queen to her home. ■ '■■• As the happy party, reached 'the bewitched garden Daphrie;sighed, and mvi* muring a few words, she walked'into the garden. 'Lo and beholdi She .did not turn into a frog at all, so, beckoning to the rescuers, went in by the door*. After the party the goblins went to their home, and when they discovered their prisoner gone, the goblins were satisfied, because they were getting -worried, a's they knew the fairies • would cast a spell over them if they held th« Queen too long. . ,- Meanwhile, Daphne and the elves and fairies were rejoicing and fetsting and toasting the Queen's return. No longer was Daphne's beautiful 'ftutftta called "bewitched, but it was so lovely in'the'summer that'even the'j.'bbling delighted in it,''and there wa« no more trouble- between their leader..Giant Hobble-de-Hoy and Daphne Bose.