All the Way to Fairyland: Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp

Author:Evelyn Sharp [Sharp, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781975638900
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Published: 2009-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

by land. Martin wanted to go by sky, but when the Princess said she would much

prefer to go by land as she had come most of the way by sky, the Prime Minister’s son gave in at once and said that he had meant to choose the land road

all the time. So the Toymaker fetched two beautiful rocking-horses and helped the children to mount them, and said he should never forget their visit for the rest of his life. He could not have said more than that, for of course he has been living ever since.

So they rode out of the valley and up the hill-side, and they waved their hands to the Wonderful Toymaker who stood looking disconsolately after them,

and they wished they could have played with him just a little longer. They had

very little time even to wish, however, for the rocking-horses rushed over the ground at such a pace that they could see nothing they were passing; so, after all, they would have been none the wiser if they had come by sky as Martin had wished. Then the townspeople came out of their houses and stared with

amazement, as they saw their King’s daughter and their Prime Minister’s son racing past them on wooden horses; but they had no time, either, to make remarks on the matter before the children were out of sight again, for the wooden horses never stopped until they brought their riders to the palace gates;

and then they disappeared and left Martin and the Princess Petulant knocking for

admission.

Then there was a hullabaloo! The Queen dried her tears and hugged them both, one after another; and the King dismissed the council which had not helped

him in the least; and the Prime Minister was more convinced than ever that his

son would never be Prime Minister; and the two children span their tops before

the whole court and told the story of their adventures. And it was at once written down, word for word, by the Royal Historian, and that is how it has got inside

this book.

The two children never visited the Wonderful Toymaker again; and Martin

never became Prime Minister. One day he became King instead; and it was all because he married the Princess Petulant the moment he was grown up. They thoroughly enjoyed life for the rest of their days, and so did everybody else in the kingdom, down to the Prime Minister and the Royal Historian; and this was

all because they never lost the wonderful tops which had been given them by the

Wonderful Toymaker.

HE CURLED HIMSELF UP IN THE SUN AND CLOSED HIS EYES

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