A TALE FOR THE TINIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20498, 14 May 1938, Page 19 (Supplement)

A TALE FOR THE TINIES.

(VNCE upon a time there was born on | the Land of the Mortals a little I Princess, and because everyone in J those days believed in Fairies and | would not dream of hurting the Little i Folk in any way, all the Fairies were present at every christening to give the mortal child the loveliest gift they could offer. The Fairy of the Season gave the royal child hair as gold as the ripened wheat and cheeks as red as the rosy apple, Fairy Twinkletoes brought the love of music so that she would always be happy, The Flower Fairy gave her a skin as smooth and white as a rose petal, the Dawn Fairy gave Jewels of silver dew r for happiness, the Night Child brought the peace and calm of the evening and gave her hair as black as night, and The Sky Child gave her eyes as blue as her own kingdom, the skies. Then all the Fairies waited for the Fairy Queen to give her gift, for Her Majesty had said that It was to be a very special gift indeed. But when the Queen laid at the foot of the Royal Baby’s cradle a small gold box they were very surprised for the box did not have a single precious jewel on it. Then the Queen turned to her subjects and said in her sweetest voice, ‘My gift to this Sweet Mortal is the most precious of

THE STORY OF MOTHER'B LOVE

all, for it will never fade nor grow old it can never be lost and never bought, her black hair may fade to silver. th« dew necklace may be lost and all the beautiful gifts may fade, but my gif will remain with her forever. H does not need the brightness of Jewel* to make it precious for if it were in a box of stone then it would be more precious than all the jewels you may find and lovelier than all the beauty which your world may hold." Of course the fairies were all very curious to know what this lovely gift could be and they waited, not very patiently, while the Queen opened the lid. And then they saw the loveliest rose mist, soft as the pink fleecy clouds of the sunset and far more beautiful than the loveliest blooms, and as it settled about the tiny Princess she smiled and fell asleep. ‘What is this beautiful gift Your Majesty,’ asked Fairy Dawn, ‘and why have yve never seen It before?’ ‘That is the gift Mother’s Love’ said the Queen. “And although everything else may fade the Love of a Mother will shine brighter than ever as it grows older and it is the only thing that can live for ever, so I have given it to the Mortals so that they shall always find beauty no matter where they go.”