“Are you ready?” said a voice, and Little Miss Helpful saw a beautiful fairy sitting in a golden chariot.
“Please, good fairy, I cannot leave the chicks,” said the little girl; “a cat might take one.”
“She will watch the chickens until you return,” said the fairy, and she pointed to a little girl in her little chair that looked just like Miss Helpful.
Then Little Miss Helpful stepped into the golden chariot and was soon driving through the woodlands beside the beautiful fairy.
“I am going to take you to a party this afternoon; would you like to go?”
“Very much indeed, thank you,” replied the little girl, and she looked down at her blue silk dress and her little satin slippers and smiled with pleasure.
Suddenly they stopped before a great golden castle, and in a few minutes Little Miss Helpful was walking up the steps with the beautiful fairy. When they were inside the castle the fairy said: “Now I must leave you, but you can find the way yourself. Go down the long hall and open the golden door.”
The fairy disappeared and Miss Helpful started to walk down the long hall. As she went along she saw a pin on the floor, and being a careful little soul she stopped and picked it up. The instant she took the pin from the floor it turned into a beautiful fairy who said, “I will bestow upon thee this gift, thou shalt always be clean and bright as a new pin.”
The fairy disappeared when she had said the words and Little Miss Helpful continued to walk toward the golden door.
Suddenly she saw a half-wilted rose lying in a corner. She picked it up and it turned into a beautiful fairy who said, “Thou shalt be as lovely as a rose, and thy helpful ways like its fragrance bring delight to all who know thee.” This fairy also disappeared and just then the little girl found herself before the golden door.