IN HAPPY TOWN

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 104, 23 July 1927, Page 27

IN HAPPY TOWN

Happy Town is many miles from Nowhere, and hundreds of miles away from Sorrow. The skies are always blue there, and never a dark cloud is to be seen. When 1 went to Happy Town the first thing I saw was a long lane, where little toadstool houses were scattered about. Small faces were peering out of the windows at me. ami the Pixie Postmen ran hither and thither, delivering their fairy mail. At the gate a lady in a beautiful silken robe welcomed me with a kiss which felt like a soft leaf falling on my cheek. She told me she was the Dawn Lady, and I thought the name exactly suited her. A fairy attendant, clad in a smart uniform of blue, and holding a bunch of golden keys, stood at the entrance of Happy Town. As we walked along the Dawn Lady showed me other places of iaateresi. Near a bower of roses stood a quaint little shop, and on looking in the window I beheld many parcels of different sizes and shapes, and all wrapped in coloured papers. The Dawn Lady pressed my hand. “This little man has a very busy time handling and sorting out these packages, as there are very few who are not seeking all tne happiness within their reach.” To all of us in Happy Town he is known as the man who keeps the Joy Shop. Just as the Dawn Lady finished speaking a small figure with wings on his back appeared as if by magic, and my friepd told me that he was the Little Thought. He bowed gracefully to the Dawn Lady, and, taking my hand, took me to the Place of You Never Can Tell. "We soon came to ;i door in the hedge; a doorkeeper was guarding this, and on his small hat were inscribed the words: “The Doorkeeper of the Place of You Never Can Tell.” He opened the door, and gave us just one glimpse of the beautiful sights within. That was the first of my many visits to Happy Town. Nola Craig (aged 12).