Where it is summer all the year.
The world is such a happy place
That children, whether big or small,
Should always have a smiling face
And never, never sulk at all.
—GABRIEL SETOUN.
[THE SLEEPING BEAUTY]
I
Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who were very unhappy because they had no children. But at last a little daughter was born, and their sorrow was turned to joy. All the bells in the land were rung to tell the glad tidings.