TWINKLETOES AND TWEEZLETWUM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1082, 20 September 1930, Page 29

TWINKLETOES AND TWEEZLETWUM

Everyone was bustling u> and tv in the Fairy King’s Palace for b - daughter, Tv. inkletoe.-, had been invitee to a grand ball in honour of Twcealotwum, the Elf King’s twenty-second birthday. Tweezletwum was a very haughty elf. and he would lia\‘* notiun'to do with anyone whom he thought was no: important or rich enough. «»i course it was a great honour for thy B’airv King’s daughter to be invited because Tweezletwum hardly ever in vited fairies to his ball:*, even if they were important. Everyone wanted Twinkletoes t j look her best, so her maids were dressing her in the most expensive irock. composed of crimson poppy petals. Thru . the fairy cobbler, aad made her the daintiest pair of crimson slippers to match, while the Royal Crown-makers had made her a beautiful buttercup crown, studded with dewdrops, gathered just before the sun rose. Even Twinkletce’s water-lily coach was being washed and ornamented in honour of the coming occasion. The coachman brushed his blackbird stced> till they shone, then on the neck of each he fastened a crimson cord, t which he attached the reins. At last everything was ready, and the time had come »o depart. Twinkktoes, very much excited, daintily tripped do wn the marble steps. There, a t the bottom. her coach stood waitirt. and it was not long before she.h.o* settled herself and told her coachman to drive off. When Twinkletoes arrived at Tweezletwum’s palace she found it in a blaz«; of light, which she afterward learned was supplied by the glow-worn l family and relations. Her coachman helped her out. and then drove oft. leaving Twinkletoes very much excited in front of the palace steps- She followed another fairy to the top of the stairs, and there she was greeted very warmly by Tweezletwum himself, who told her to go into the ballroom and enjoy herself. Twinkletoes will never forget ti.a; night: she danced and danced till it seemed her little crimson slippers wouid be worn through. At last she felt so tired and hot that she though' she had better go into the garden to revive. Just as she was abou to sit l down she felt her crown being roughly [ pulled from off her head. She put up | her hand to stop it. but she was just ! too late, for, living away in the air was Tweezletwum's pet magpie with her crown in his beak. He had been attracted by the dewdrops in the cro.vn and so had taken it away to examine it more closely* Fortunately for Twinkletoes. Tweezletwum had seen his magpie take her crown. and so he apologised very humbly and begged her to tak** a beautiful crown of stars to replace it. At first Twinkletoes declined, then, after much pressing on Tweezletwum's part, she consented and allowed him to place it on her curly head. Soon after that T-.vinkletoes came to live with Tweezletwum. and the fairy and elf kingdoms were united. _ and Tweezletwum was no longer haughty. —Xola Craig, aged 15. | A TABLOID STORY } Once upon a time there was a princess who was very beautiful. Ther*I was a prince in a far land. Now the : prince had heard of her and wished to j marry her. Next day lie started his I journey. When he drew his coach up he saw her standing on the step. t held out his hand for her and the prir:- ! cess took his hand and stepped into i the coach. And soon they were married and lived happily ever after. —Joan Conroy, aged 7. PUZZLERS Word Square: —• I—To1 —To spring. * 2—A gil l’s name. 3 Objectives. -I—A nuisance. * * * Word Diamond: 1— The beginning of bid. 2 An extinct bird. .3—Tied. 4 An insect. 5 The end of bid. * V * Hidden Sunbeam in the Hollow Tree; tIAYDUE DENSOD. Answers to last week's puzzlers: Word Square: Cares. Alone. Route. ♦ Kilter. Seers. Word Diamond: D. Kea. Dense. Ass. E Hidden Sunbeam: Valerie Titehener.