A Little World for Little People

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 460, 15 September 1928, Page 29

A Little World for Little People

FRIENDSHIP IS A STEADY LIGHT SHINING IN DARK PLACES *>

UNDER THE SEA

DEAK me," said the Doorkeeper, “what remarkable things happen under the sea. I had no idea that enchanted birds lived hundreds of fathoms deep, or that the King of Pishes was known as Spinnyback.’ How would you like a sea-anemone for a buttonhole?” \®rj much indeed, answered the .Toyshop man, “but, I doubt if anyone is ever likely to give me one. I had a curious dream last night, due to reading those competition stories. I thought that 11; ipp\ Town was under the sea, and that Doctor Spring Sunshine was trying to grow violets and daffodils in the ocean bed. the Kittle Thought- was busy sea-weeding to make room for everything to be planted, but, as fast as he cleared a space, it would close over again. He had fins in place of wings and was looking most distressed about it. The Dawn Lady was swimming about, wringing her hands and saving, ‘Where are my coral ear-rings? Who has taken my coral'ear-rings.” And nobody seemed to know.” “And what was I doing?” asked the Doorkeeper. “Oh,” laughed his friend, “you were baling water out of the Plaee-of-You-Never-Can-Tell with a child’s toy bucket, and you had lost those famous keys of yours. The Pixie Postmen were digging for them with winkle shells over a great expanse of sand.” “And what were you doing?” “I? I was directing everything and putting up ‘Business as usual’ signs in the submerged Joyshop window. The Woodpecker felt quite happy, because he had become an enchanted bird and found he could sing quite tunefully. He was trying over ‘A Hundred Fathoms Deep,’ and all the other nautical songs he had ever heard.” “And were the Love Flowers still blooming on the Happiness Tree?” “Those are everlasting flowers. Time and tide has no effect on them.” “And was the Wishing Well there?” asked the Doorkeeper, with interest. “Yes, but we had to drop shells down it, instead of pebbles.” “And were there any new Sunbeams coming down Tiptoe Street ?” “Bless your heart, yes. They were coming down in shoals.” “Hush, here comes the Dawn Lady with 'some of the painting competition pictures. She looks rather absorbed. Do you think she knows anything about this?” . “We shall soon see,” chuckled the Joyshop man. “Dawn Lady, I have been meaning to ask you . . . Did you see anything more of those coral ear-rings you lost last night?” “Coral ear-rings that I lost last night?” echoed the Dawn Lady.. “How and where? You * might jus.t as well ask me if . vq\ T doughnuts grow on breadfruit kL/ trees, because I can’t even re- — l k member having had any.” V