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elephant waded through the river, I
laughed. It scared him and he got to
running but was soon ashore. He did
not hurt any of us, only I Rot a little
wet.
As we Were going home his tail bo-
Kan to grow smaller and smaller.
When we got home his tail was so
small that 1 ooulil hardly ride on it.
FLORENCE FATES.
Sawtelle public school, grade 6.
RODE UNDER GROUND
I tear Aunt Laurie:
line night 1 dreamed that 1 went to
the beach and as ! walked along on
the sandy shore 1 heard the ringing of
lulls ami beautiful singing. All at
once out of the ocean came a large
whale. It was lighted with hundreds
oi lights.
On the whale's side was a door, from
which danced out a beautiful little
fairy. She asked mi to come in. I
went in to see what it looked like In
side.
As 1 walked in the lights Were so
brilliant that it dazzled my eyes.
Alter 1 had been in this dazzling
room a few minutes I heard a loud
noise and then 1 was jerked so hard
that I nearly fell down. 1 looked out
of a small window and everything was
a blur. Then 1 knew we were going
through the water.
We rode for a long time, then the
whale stopped with another jerk. I got
out and saw a great many beautiful
fairies, and they all, danced around me.
They took me to their palace, which
was at the bottom of the ocean. They
wert*called the "water fairies."
They had fins so that they could
swim, and they wore fine silk gowns
and their long, black hair was stream
ing down their backs. Then they took
me down to the bottom of the sea.
I saw beautiful shells and different
colored fish. After a while they took
nir back to the palace again. I was
led into an immense dining room. The
window cases were set in with jewels.
The fairies asked me to sit down and
have something to eat. There were
tiny glasses tilled with nectar, and
there were also small cakes. The table
■was set for twenty-one persons. Twenty
plai-es were for the fairies and the
other one was for me.
Alter dinner 1 decided that 1 had bet
ter go home, so the fairies took me
lark to the whale. Just as 1 was go
iiil; through the door into the whale
1 fell asleep. When 1 awakened I
found myself lying shivering on the
floor. HELEN AVERT.
luti West Sixth street, Santa Ana.
WAS ONLY A DREAM
Dear Aunt Laurie:
One night 1 saw a big crocodile on
the floor in my room. It was about
fifty feet long.
"Do you wish to go to the land of
ii,>' crocodiles?" it said.
"Yes," I .said, "if you'll take me."
That I will," said the crocodile.
What is your name, and how will
you take me?" was the question I
asked.
(Jet on my tail," it said.
To my surprise a wooden sent cov
ered with velvet was on its tail. Thin
it jumped out of the window. I
thought it would fall to the ground,
but it did not. Large wing* came out
.if its side, then it flew to Mara.
There were many beautifully colored
crocodiles, but they did not have seats
on th ir mils. I 'asked the one that
was taking me why, and he said that
only tin- servants had seats on their
tails so they could carry their mas
t^ is. Thi- servants were all black or
brown.
The crocodile took me to tin 1 kings
palace, which was made of gold.
Then lie rode me all around Mars on
his tail. .
"Wilmot " called nut mamma, "it is
time to get up." Hx
2641 Pomeroy avenue, age 1-. Corn
well street school, grade A 6.
WOULD EXPLORE THE SKIES
Dear Aunt Lnurie:
When our planet whirls through the
tail of Haltey's comet wouldn't it be
glorious if we could take .1 ride on the
tall? if I were to take a ride on the
, tail of it I would get on the extreme
end. Suppose I could guide the comet
and' •M -wherever I pleased.
First] I would visit Mars and see if
the experiments were really true that
1,,, Lowell made of those queer Inhabi
tants,
M'tcr staying there for a day or two
I would visit Jupiter. I would not stay
there long, and would next visit the
moon. 1 could then see if the. old Bay
ing, "there is a man in the moon,' was
true.
Next 1 would visit Saturn, and then
Venus. By that time I Imagine I would
be rather lonesome, so 1 would go back
to Mars and get some of the strange In
habitants and have them tell me more
of the universe.
Now I must Imagine that I would go
in pursuit of the comet 1910. I would
get on it and visit the rest of the im
portant planets.
Then 1 would get get back on Halley's
and Journey homeward. When I got
home I would get off and let it start on
its next Journey.
RAY I.OOKABAUGH.
Fourth Street school, sixth grade. 246
South I - street, San Bernardino.
THE FAIR BROKE
Dear Aunt Law
One day when the comet was near the
earth 1 lumped on to its tail to take a
ride. Pretty soon the tali broke loose
from the comet and I took a spill. I
landed on the top of a windmill and be-
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Honorable mention—Libbie Lindsay, grade 6, Central school,
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gan to whirl around with it. I lei X" "f
it and fell to the ground. When 1
landed I found myself riding on the tail
of a iliink> y.
When I tame to myself the donkey
was kicking and trying to swing his
tall, but could not. I soon fell oft. and
then the donkey began to laugh at me.
I never after wanted to ride on the
tail of a comet or on the tail of a
donkey nor any other animal's tail.
RfTH LARSON.
Sawtelle city school, sixth grade.
WAS TURNED INTO A LION
1 (ear Aunt Laurie:
One day while 1 was fishing for
salmon in the river near our housp
I was suddenly pulled from my seat
info the water. Whereupon I ft It my
self Bitting on a whale's tail which
wa.s going out toward the sea.
I don't know why I didn't drown, be
cause 1 was under water, but I
thought i was under an enchantment,
After a while things looked more
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horrible, until I came to a den In the
rocks, where a skeleton came out and
pointed a big kuh at me. I Jumped
further up on the whales back, but it
»iis SO slippery I had to get back
again.
We had gone around a great rock be
fore the skeleton Bred his gun.
We then went to a beautiful palace
all inlaid with gold and silver and
precious stones. The whale told me
that the princess of the sea was there
and had sent for me to live with her.
1 lived with the princess of the sea
for one humin-ii yean, but I thought
it had only been one day, for I grew
no older.
At last I wished to see my folks once
more, and told this to the princess, and
she wept and told me I would never
seee her again if I went home.
I assured her if she would give me
a golden box with ,the charm that held
me enchanted I would come back.
Sii>- at last told me ] might g<>, but
not ti. open the ))ox, or I would be-
COme 8 br'lPt I'll the spot.
Win ii 1 wint up on the whale's back
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it seethed longer than usual, but when
I reached homo my folks were dead
and I thought I would open the box.
No sooner had 1 done so thi/n 1 be
came a horrible lion and began to <}'•
your everybody that came in my way.
One day I was running as fast as I
could, when I ran Into a big whale and
fell In. When I was about to the bot
tom I woke up and found It all a dream.
WALTER TAYLOR. ',
Sawtelle school, grade 6.
AN EXCITING CHASE
Dear Aunt Laurie:
"Once while I was visiting in Africa
some of us boys went out in the jungle.
There was a tame elephant that the
father of one of ii. boys owned, and
ha let us take it to go into the Jungle
with.
When we were about fifteen or
twenty miles from any settlement we .
met a band of wild elephants. The ele
phant we were on got scared and ran
like sixty, but the other elephants
COUld run faster. They were catching
up when the Jolting sent me back till
' I had to grab hold of his tall. We rode
on for over a mile. When I could hang
on no longer I let go and fell back on
a sharp-pointed rock.
One of the elephants still kept up ■
the chase. It ran right over me, and
Just as it got by me I grabbed its tail.
He dragged me for over a mile and
got tired of dragging, so he kicked me
as hard as he could. It sent me about
a block in the air. I landed on the
limb of a big tree, where I could lee
the boys on the elephant just sailing
down the jungle at the rate of a mile
a minute.
Pretty soon they came back. The
elephant had caught them and had
given the tame elephant a kick that ■
' sent the boys a-whlrling. They got on
again and came back and we went
home. LESLIE CLARK.
Sawtelle school, grade 6. -a*-
VISITED FAIRYLAND
Dear Aunt Laurie:
One morning about 4 o'clock 1 saw a
star with a tall on it. I wished I could •
be. up there on that beautiful tail,
when to my great surprise I saw a
beautiful fairy on the tail. She a«ked
me if I would like to go to fairyland
and I said yes, so she took my hand.
and out of the window we flew. Soon
the fairy touched me with her wand
and I was a fairy, too. She then
touched the gate and twelve fairy ser
vants stood before us and bowed.
"I am the queen." Bald the fairy.
We were led into the city by the ser
vants. We soon same to a palace made
of gold and diamonds. When we en
tered the queen said: "This is my
home."
There sat the king on his throne of
diamonds, and the queen took her place
by his side. We went to the dining
room, and there was a table loaded .
with fruits of all kinds and Ice cream.
The king and queen then took me all
over the city. It was getting late, BO
the queen called the stir and took me
home. She told me she would come
and take me to fairyland again gome
other time.
Then I heard a noise and awoke and
found my sister shaking me, and she
was laughing at me for talking In my
sleep. MABEL ROSE.
Fifth grade. Age 11 ye.rs. Geronlmo,
Ariz.
GREW QUITE SMALL
Dear Aunt I,auri< :
tine day I was Bitting in the ROOda
reading. Pretty soon ! pot tired, laid
my books down and started for a walk,
when I met a rabbit.
He asked me what" was the matter.
1 told him 1 was tired and hungry.
He asked me if I wanted to go home
with him, anil when I asked him how
far it was he said, "About a mile." I
was too tired to walk, so he said he
would carry me, but I told him 1 was
too big.
He said I could ride on his tali, but
I was too big, and was going to say ho
when I found myself growing smaller
When i was a little smaller than he
! got on and we went bounding across
the ground faster thin a flyine ma
chine.
We noon reached hi< home, a hole i:i
the ground, We went down the hole
and then we came to a bis room where
there were two chair*, a be,l and a
little talile.
I got supper and was starting- to go,
but he Mid I could stay all night. or
I could live with him if i wanted to
I Raid I would slay all.night.
But just as i went to turn th* light
down to go to bed I woke up and found
myself In grandpao'.i iii« ebalr
KENNETH O. BMELLIE.
Bawtelle school, gride 6.
A,FISH WAR
De-ir Aunt Laurie:
One day I was riding In a ship. I
tumbled overboard. I haw a whale
and I got on his tail.
He dived down In the water ami he
took me to a beautiful palace. i The
outside was made of beautiful shells.
The shells were colored red, white and
blue.
- Then he took me inside and 1 «m a
king and queen mermaid. There were
over 6000 soldiers there and the whale
told them how he came to get me.
Then they said they would make me
their king.. ■ . „
So they put a crown made of shells
around my head. They made a fire
and danced around me. Then they
told me they were going to have war
with some nasty fish.
So the war began and I rod on the
whale's tall for my horse. Instead of
having a captain they had me,
So I had the 6000 soldiers. The battle