A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 29

A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

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ODD WINGS

FRIENDSHIP IS A STEADY LIGHT SHINING IN DARK PLACES "MTELL,” said the Doorkeeper with a deep sigh of satisfaction, JI “there’s one pair of wings done anyhow.” “Done anyhow?” echoed the Joy Shop man, with a merry twinkle in his eye. “If they’re just done anyhow the Dawn Lady won’t look at your painting. Shouldn’t you be more careful?” “Don’t be foolish, friend,” answered the Doorkeeper, mildly. “You know exactly what I mean. Come here, Little Thought, and look at these wings. You’re a kinder critic.” “But,” said the Little Thought, in an eigitated voice, “you can’t have a pair of wings in different colours. Look, you have painted this’ one green and silver and the other one blu£ and go!d.” “I like variety,” the Doorkeeper stoutly defended himself, “and I took very great care with them.” “Oh, yes, I know, but wings are most important and they are always made in pairs. If you liked, of course, you could paint them all like that and call the picture ‘Odd Wings.’ ” “But nearly all the other wings are hidden. There are really only two whole ones in the picture and they are on different girls. Let us find the Dawn Lady and see what she thinks about it. . . . ” “Well,” sr ; d the Dawn Lady, “you have painted them beautifully, Mister Doorkeeper, but they really are c!cid wings. Xow, I have a suggestion to make. I shall give you a new picture and you may use the Little Thought as a model. How would that do?” “That would be a great honour,” agreed the Doorkeeper, gravely. “Come along, Little Thought. You will have to stand perfectly still on the steps of the Place-of-You-Never-Can-Tell for ten minutes and fifty-five seconds while I capture the colour of your wings.” “Oh, it will be wonderful to see a picture of them,” laughed the Little Thought, happily, “and, even if your painting doesn’t win the competition, the Sunbeams will be glad to know that I have been a model for you. Have you all the colours of the rainbow in your paint-box, Mister Doorkeeper?”