Once there was a little child whose name was Dear-My-Soul. Dear-My-Soul loved the trees and the flowers. She loved the sky and the sunshine. Birds and butterflies were her friends. The crickets sang for her. The clover and the bluebells bloomed for her. One night a little fairy came to DearMy-Soul. The fairy said, "Come with me to the land of fairies." The moon smiled down upon them. The clover blossoms nodded good-bye. The fairy and Dear-My-Soul went off into the bright moonlight. They came to a silvery stream. There was a little boat in the stream. The boat was a lily leaf. the boat. They sailed and sailed on the silvery stream, to the misty land of Ba low. The fairy gave Dear-My-Soul two beautiful wings. The moon and stars thought she was a fairy. She danced all night with the fairies. They sipped the honey and drank the dew from the flowers. The stars grew sleepy and hid their eyes. The birds began to call, the flowers to lift their heads. It was time for Dear-My-Soul to return from the misty land, back to the bright sunshine. |