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  By CHRISTINA GOWANS WHYTE

  The Adventures of Merrywink

  Illustrated by M. V. WHEELHOUSE.

  This story won the L100 prize in the Bookman competition for the beststory for children.

  This story tells of a pretty little child who was born into Fairylandwith a gleaming star in his forehead. When his parents beheld this starthey were filled with gladness and fear, and they carried their littleFairy baby, Merrywink, far away and hid him, because of two oldprophecies: the first, that a daughter should be born to the King andQueen of Fairyland; the second that the King should rule over Fairylanduntil a child appeared with a star in his forehead. Now, on the veryday that Merrywink was born, the little Princess arrived at the Palace;and the King sent round messages to make sure that the child with thegleaming star had not yet been seen in Fairyland. The story tells us howMerrywink grew up to be brave and strong, and fearless and truthful.