Cho-Cho and the Health Fairy : $b Six storiesGriffith, Eleanor Glendower
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Cho-Cho and the Health Fairy : $b Six stories
Griffith, Eleanor Glendower
Hygiene -- Juvenile literature
Leaving the dark home of Ignorance, they traveled through the sweet
scented forest, back to the garden of the Fairy Health. There they found
that the Cat had told them true, for the Oat Field was beautiful beyond
words. The blue sky smiled above, and the summer wind blew over it,
carrying the perfume of a thousand flowers, and all the world seemed
full of peace.
“Cat, dear Cat, what can we do for you?” said Cho-Cho.
“Only this,” said Puss, “help me to fight Ignorance.”
From his finger the Cat took two tiny rings. One he gave to Cho-Cho and
one to the Fairy.
“If ever again this cruel Witch arises to destroy the Children’s
Oatmeal, turn this ring upon your finger twice and say:
“Knowledge, Knowledge,
Wherever you be,
Come, Oh, come,
The Children need Thee!”
And as he said this, Puss waved a gay “Good-bye” and walked gracefully
away.
[Illustration: [Cat]]
[Illustration: _He saw a little boy thin and pale._]
The Wonderful Window
Cho-Cho, a tiny Elf, built his house upon the roof of a tall office
building in a great city. He chose a sunny corner of the chimney, and
there with sticks and strings, brought to him by his friends, the
Sparrows, he erected a cozy little Home.
On the outside, it was quite pretty, but after you entered the door and
saw the fire on the hearth, and Cho-Cho’s armchair and books beside it,
you decided that it was the most charming little house in all that noisy
city.
Now within this house was a Magic Window, and from this window Cho-Cho
could look into all the homes where Children lived.
Sitting beside the Magic Window one day, Cho-Cho beheld a sight that
filled his heart with pity. In a dingy room he saw a thin, pale little
Boy, sitting beside a rough table, on which the only food was some cheap
buns and coffee. As Cho-Cho looked, he saw the Child try to raise the
heavy cup to his lips, but his little hands were far too weak, and it
fell with a crash upon the floor, breaking into many pieces, and
spilling the coffee. Now this Child loved coffee, because all his life
he had been used to drinking it. As he saw the coffee wasted on the
floor, he laid his head upon the table and cried and cried and cried.
Presently he fell asleep.
As he slept, Cho-Cho stood beside him, and taking his hand, led him far,
far away from the great city and all its noise and danger. When the
little Boy woke, he was walking down a quiet country road and Cho-Cho
was with him. Wild grass and violets grew along this road, and far away
on either side stretched fields of lovely clover, whose pink blossoms
swayed in the wind.
Passing through a gateway, they entered the field. And now they saw an
old farm house surrounded by trees. In the door stood a Sweet-faced
Woman, who looked at them with kindly interest.
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