THE CHINA MAIL CHILDREN'S SUPPLEMENT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1939.
JANE AND FRED'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE - ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
By GEOFF HAYES,
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WE LEFT JANE. AND FREDDIE WITH THEIR GOOD FRIEND PETE, LOOKING IN THE CANDY SHOP THAT SMELLED SO SWEET.
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LEAVING CANDY MOUNTAIN
IN HASTY RETREAT THEY SPIED A QUEER DWELLING|| AND UP SPOKE OLD PETE:
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NEXT PETE TOOK THEM IN- TO. THE GREAT, CRYSTAL HALLS, WHERE SANTA'S WEE HELPERS MAKE BRIGHT CHRISTMAS BALLS.
|"THE GIRLS MAKE OUR CANDY--||\"IF YOU'LL JUST· FOLLOW ME "THEY BLAST OUT BIG BOULDERS
EXCEPT THE HARD KIND.
WE HAVE A BIG MOUNTAIN WHERE ALL THAT IS MINED.
MISS JATOP
'NOW HERE'S AN ODD HOUSE
BUT YOU CAN'T GO INSIDE HER, FOR THIS IS THE WORKSHOP
OF ATOP, THE SPIDER."
AN ELDERLY ELF,
YOU SHALL SEE FOR YOURSELVES.|| AND LOAD THEM ON TRAINS, THESE MEN ARE THE MINERS--|| THEN OFF TO OUR FACTORY AND RIGHT JOLLY OLD ELVES.|| WHERE IT'S CUT INTO CANES
"A SPIDER !" CRIED JANIE,
"BUT WHAT AN ODD NAME! "PRAY, WHAT DOES SHE DO?" SHE'S CALLED ATOP, YOU SAY." *SHE SPINS CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS||"IT'S NOT STRANGE, SAID PETE, FOR KIDDIES LIKE YOU." *FOR SHE SPINS ALL THE_DAY.”“”
WHILE ANOTHER OLD ELF,
THE ROUND JOVIAL TYPE.||WHO WAS QUITE LONG AND LEAN, WAS BLOWING BIG BALLS MERRILY PAINTED THEM
FROM A SOAP-BUBBLE PIPE. RED, YELLOW AND GREEN.
THEN A MUCH YOUNGER ELF, WHO WAS AGILE AND SPRY
HUNG THEM ON CEDAR TREES. IN THE BRIGHT SUN TO DRY.
"CAN YOU GO"
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