Anne Knight Children's Stories
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Mr Micks' New Chairs
One day Mr Micks thought he would buy some
new chairs, he put on his coat then his tiny hat. He went to the back
door to make sure that it was locked, seeing he had locked it he went
out. Not forgetting his keys, he shut the front door, making sure it was
locked; and set off along the lane to town.
It was a lovely day, the sun was shining on the green fields as he went
along his way, walking along the lanes and humming to himself. Soon
after a long walk he came to the town, where he could buy his new
chairs. Do you remember I said how small and little Mr Micks was? He had
to be very careful not to get in the way of the big people. Now if you
are small it is very hard to find very small chairs. He went into one
store, went to the furniture dept and looked at the chairs. Even the
children's size was too big. 'All these chairs are not for me. Oh what
shall I do?'
All of a sudden the fairy who had found his vegetables and flowers stood
next to him. 'Come with me Mr Micks, I will show you where you can get
your chairs.' But Mr Micks said: 'But I can't fly like you, I have no
wings. I am just a very small man. I'm not a fairy like you, kind
fairy.'
So the fairy, being a kind fairy, waved her wand and Mr Micks had wings.
'Thank you,' Mr Micks said. So the fairy and Mr Micks began to fly away
from the town out into the country.
The fairy and Mr Micks came to a small field. In this field was a
building, the fairy flapped her wings and told Mr Micks to do the same.
'Here we are. Now in this building you will find what you wanted.' He
went into the building and saw lots and lots of chairs, just his size. A
great beam came over his face. 'Oh how lovely.' He tried a few of the
chairs. He sat on a blue chair, its lovely blue cover was just right for
his house. He turned to the little man who worked there. I will have
those two please,' pointing to two chairs with blue covers. He paid the
little man, who was little like himself, and thanked him.
Now Mr Micks knew he could not carry them as he was too old to carry two
chairs, and a long way from home. 'Would you send them to my house
tomorrow?' he asked the little man and the fairy. The fairy and the
little man said they would bring them to him tomorrow. The fairy took
him back to the road near his home and said goodbye.
When Mr Micks got home the thought he had been dreaming. He had his tea,
then sat down in his old chair wondering about all the things that had
happened. Next morning when he came down he had a big surprise, for
there were two new blue chairs where his old ones had been. How pleased
and happy he was.
by Anne Knight