A HAPPY TOWN TALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 904, 22 February 1930, Page 29

A HAPPY TOWN TALE

All was excitement and happiness in Happy Town. Flags of red, green, blue and purple fluttered from The-Place-of-You-Never-Can-Tell. The smallest Pixie Postman was blowing a new silver whistle, although he carried no mail. The Little Thought flew about, wearing his be£t blue suit. The Joyshop man was distributing balloons, and the Woodpecker tapped on the Hollow Tree with unusual rapidity. As the Doorkeeper unlocked Happy Town’s golden gates to admit a new Sunbeam, his keys jingled merrily. Indeed, anyone -who entered Happy Town just then could have told immediately that something exciting was about to take place. But what was it? The large lawn near the Wishing Well gave away the secret, for there, in the shade of the Happiness Tree, a table was spread with sweets, cakes and fruit of every description. But, best of all, in the centre was a large cake, covered with white icing, and decorated with pink iced roses, while the words, “Many Happy Returns tp the Dawn Lady,” were written in the same shade of pink! Very soon crowds of Sunbeams came skipping along, and each took a seat ro.und the table. The Little Thought soon arrived, bringing with him the Joyshop man and the Doorkeeper, while the Pixie Postmen brought up the rear. The Woodpecker joined them, his glossy feathers shining in the sun. Then came the Dawn Lady, clad in pink and blue. After she had cut the cake, the middle-sized Pixie Postman took everybody a piece. “Because,” he explained, “I can already deliver letters, and so I will now practice delivering cake, as well.” Afterward games began. What fun everyone had! The Woodpecker, for a few minutes, turned into an airplane, and performed some most wonderful flying feats. The Pixie Postmen, who had been practising for weeks, played some merry tunes on their whsitles, and acted as the band. Altogether the birthday ended very happily, and everyone in Happy Town is longing for another to come. —-JUNE SHEARER, aged 9.