A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE j PEOPLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 25

A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE j PEOPLE

JOY BELLS AND PAPER CAPS CHRISTMAS EVE IN HAPPY TOWN » ALL the Joy Bells arc ringing,’” cried the Little Thought, scts\ ting his paper cap at a rahish angle and pirouetting on his little pointed toes. And this paper cap was hangin l ' on the Happiness Tree with ‘Little Thought’ written on it so I know it’s for rue. It’s the first one I have ever had and I can’t help feeling proud of myself. Look at the Doorkeeper dancing The Joy Shop man is excited too. I’m going to stay up all night and watch for that old man in the red coat, and I’m to show him all the names in the big Sunbeam Book so that he won’t miss any of our little people. . . There are the Pixie Postmen playing ‘Snapdragon.’ No one is being sensible at all ” “ H ‘.’^ her^! ’ Cal ' ed the doorkeeper. “You haven’t seen the Place-ot-i ou-Never-Can-Tell, all bung with thistletoe and holly ” “Mistletoe, you mean,” chuckled the Joy Shop man “And if it comes to that you haven’t seen the bon-bons and crackers snd Christmas stockings in the Joy Shop window. Look at the Dawn Lady. She lias her lap full of cards and presents. What lovely things. They are all from the Sunbeams ” “AH I need is a new set of buttons for my velvet jacket,” *aia the Doorkeeper. "And all I need is the chance to keep on making the Sunbeams happy,” said the Joy Shop man. “And I have my paper cap,” said the Little Thought, “and everyone loves me.” ° * “And 1 have everything,” said the Dawn Lady. “A Christmas page full ot splendid stories, drawings and poems, the shins° heav £ we can hardly carry it, and the love of my Sunbeams who have played Father Christmas and filled my stocking over and over again. It is the Sunbeams who ha“e set the Joy Lolls ringing. I can hear them all chattering and laughing in Tiptoe Street. Let us go to meet them and wish them untold joy in this, their first Christmas in Happy Town.” P° ou think they will like me in my paper can*?” asked the Little Thought, anxiously. “Oh, I hope they do »'

The Down Lady