FRIENDLY FAIRIES

Illustrated Children's Book by Johnny Gruelle 1919 - online version

	"I am lost!" the little boy said. "My father went hunting yesterday with all his men and when they were out of sight I took my little horn and followed them, but I soon lost their track, and I have wandered about with nothing to eat. Last night I climbed into a tree and slept!" The three little gnomes wiped the little boy's eyes and led him to their home under the fallen tree. There they finished preparing the dinner and sat about until the little boy had eaten and had fallen asleep. Then the three little gnomes carried him into their house, away back in the trunk of the tree, and placed him upon one of their little beds.
	When the three little gnomes had finished their dinner they lit their pipes and wondered how they might help the little boy find his way home. "Let us go to old Wizzy Owl and see if he can suggest anything!" said one. "Yes, brothers," cried another, "Let us go to old Wizzy Owl." So the three little gnomes went to the home of Wizzy Owl and Wizzy Owl said he would fly high above the forest and try and see the little boy's home.