1961-06-17 — Page 3

The light in the forest

ANY moons ago, in the heart of the Prairies,

MANY

there lived a little Red Indian boy by the name of Little Hawk. He was the pride and joy

of his father Big Eagle and his mother White

A FAIRY TALE

Dove. Together with a few relatives they lived BY HANIFA

in two big tepees.

Now, this part of the North American grass and Red Indians could no: get land was practically uninhabited apart from Big along. Eagle's family.

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from large

Miles

away separated by there lived a family of people with two girls and a boy.

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They stood there for a while trying to make out what i:

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Tom's parents

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were old enough not to bellete in fairies, but they did not want to disappoint Life Hawk, they assured him that the fairy would comз very soch.

But as they were walking into the deeper part of the forest, there appeared in the distance glow of a lamp.

the

A few minutes later he found eant. It turned out to be a ior. So the fairy did not let

himself playing joyfully the

with

children.

three Johnson They became fast friends.

them, took him by the hand and led forest, him further away from home of white which Little Hawk was unaware.

Tom taught Little Hawk the Finally, he reached ile white man's way of living and white stone house; the fairy in turn, Little took him in and stood behind teach

Hawk would them Red Indian talk. him. Little Hawk tumed smoke signals around and tried

and everything to tell

her he knew. that his home was a tepee, not a house, but the fairy smiled and pointed to a bed. At the sight of that he forgot thing and got straight into bed and fell fast asleep.

The boy, Tom, was about the same age as Little Hawk, but they never knew that each existed because in a barren part of the big grassland ro

child was allowed to wander too far away from home.

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However, the rule was broken

afternoon. sunny

when Little Hawk followed his father and uncles to go hunting.

They went to a far place where the game was plenty Little Hawk, being a newcomer to the field of hunting, soon lost sight of the elders.

He was fascinated by his sur- roundings as they were quite different from what he saw in his daily life, just a few yards outside his tepee."

Now and then a big rabbit would hop in front of him followed by the little ones. This made him curious and so

he decided to find out where the rabbits came from and where they went.

He followed the next rabbit that came along and chased after it until it went into a burrow. Then he could see nothing else.

he

He forgot completely about home when he saw little animals jumping about. When he could see the animals no more, looked around him and found himself in a large forest, and suddenly he knew it was night. He stretched his arms and remembered that was when he usually got into bed.

THE FAIRY

For the first time in twelve years, he knew what it meant to be lost and alone.

He was so sleepy

now he could hardly open his eyes. And as he was about to slump down onto the grass he saw a very bright star. He did not know whether he himself was walking towards the star or vice versa. But he soon found that the bright star turned out to be a .falty standing in front of him.

He stood there with awe and staring straight at her. She was beautiful.

The fairy said, "Would you like me to take you home?”

The little boy could do nothing but rod. The fairy

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Early the next morning, got up from bed to find himself Surrounded by â number of white children and grown-ups.

Little Hawk cried out with message reading

him down after all; only, this "LITTLE HAWK, COME time instead of the fairy co- HOME, WHITE DOVE VERY ing to take him by the hand and SICK".

It was then that Little Hawk further as they came

lead him home, the light went realised he had been away from thus leading them

teater, out of the come for a Tery long time. forest Then they went home, and toli their parents about Little Hawk and the smoke signais.

So Mr & Mrs Johns00 a great deal of

de exchange of knowledge among sales, though they had no idea cided to take him home them- the four children. They

Being a native, Little Hark weat to school together

where his tepee was.

recognised his way home and and played

However, Little Hawk agreed l the members of the family

soon reached his tapee together.

where ogo with them, telling them that

welcomed him with open arms. maybe the fairy who brought alim to their house

White Do was overjoyed. would be kind enough to take & Mrs Johnson were talk- him back to his mother. ing away with Big Eagle and

his brothers.

There was

HOME

Little Hawk had completely forgotten about his own home He looked at each one very which was too far away to be carefully to see if they meant found. When one day, return any harm but everybody looked ing from school, the children so friendly that it was hard for noticed smoke far away in the him to believe that white people sky.

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When they reached the same forest, they could not änd good fairy at all. Little Have **2.5 brave. He kept telling himself that the fairy

come and take him home.

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When the light disappeared altogether they found themselves in the Prairies.

to leave as their children were Unfortunately, they soon bad waiting at home.

Little Hawk, who had grown to

be very ford of Tam's parents now did not like the ides of their leaving and begged Big Eagle to make

them stay, but in vain.

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Finally, White Dove suggest- ed that they move, out of the Prairies to stay with the John- sons where the children could bare company. Everybody agreed and an hour later, caravan of people, two tapee and some animals were moving out of the Prairies Into the big forest and cut into the 0794 where, in a matter of minutes, Tom and his sisters could be seen waving at them from their

WHEN the school gates clang shut upon you for the last time, and you house find yourself standing outside, you cannot help but feel a tinge of regret at having so quickly completed your academic life.

The classrooms have often resounded with the words "How glad I'll be when I'm finished with all this!" And now you are, but you didn't expect the end to creep so slyly up to pounce on you without warning.

The fact remains, however, treasure box of fate, in which is a part of the human race, that you are on the

outside you will find either failure or and that can be compared to a looking in. The mind flashes success. And it is entirely up large intricate machine, fuzc- back to your first day of school, to

you which one you will toning 24 hours a day. The How far away and vague this select-some will And success, whcle machine is held together day

appeared then to the some failure. Most will find a by nuts and bolts, screws and childish mind.

balance between the two.

nails the less significant part of the human race, the clerks and labourers.

Year by year, by toil and great effort, you have climbed the steps-eleven in all.

However it is through different channels that you To some, it was easy and they

will reach your goal. Some skipped all the

will be insignificant shadows posed way up. To hard others, it was

fitting work, so

about this Immenso hard that at times they tripped

world of ours, simple clerks and stumbled..

and labourers.

Some will be prominent figures known to all. Others will seek deeper into the field of knowledge but all will fight for success.

The key

But now you are all on the landing at the top. And there

It contains the engine, com- of batteries, bulbs and wires. These represent the politicians and scientists.

The whole machine is held together by the nuts and bolts, and kep: functioning by the engine. They cannot carry on without each other. They must co-exist.

Now there is Uttle else to It should be known, however anticipate before, plunging a gate confronts you. The key that few men. have found straight into the planning of failure Of success by sheer your future. Some ceremony, a chance. Your destiny is in your speech or two, toasts to the hands, and it is entirely up to future, a pat or

two on

the you what you mould out of it., back, a certificate, and then you When it is thrown open you No matter how useless or come to it. Plain as day, life see a path leading to the insignificant a man can be, he is unveiled before you

to this gate is not of silver or gold, but of hard work-if you have worked hard enough it will open to you.

GEORGE SCARBO

ZOO'S WHO by STORES.

No more will you do the learning, but the teaching; to more will you be taking advice, but giving it; no more will you 'be working for your educatión but making it work for you and for others.

You have now join the human race.

emerged to

At last, when the tepees werd set up next to the house, children who had never lived

the

in a tepee before spent most at lived happily ever after.

of their time in one, and they

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