Jean de Bosschère (1878-1953) was an Belgian writer and Symbolist painter. His color-plates may be placed beside the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen.
FRITILLA AND THE RED FLYING-FISH
Frontispiece
While he sat there, smoking, lost in the most
delicious daydreams, his pleasant little wife Redy
came in with her arms full of flowers.
" Wishing does not seem to be much good," said Smaly despondently.
" Wishing never is any good," answered Redy, " unless one does something
more than wish. If we want to find our three little girls we must set
out and look for them."
The next moment the tears were pouring down their faces. " Oh, oh, it's burning
me ! " cried poor Redy." It must be made ofred pepper and spice !" wept Smaly.
Smaly studied the good-natured face of this personage, and asked him simply :
" Who are you ?"
Then the Kangaroo-Confectioner said a surprising thing. He replied :
" I am the Architect."
THE CITY CURIOUS
Finally, even the Sponges, which the Wigs carried in their hands, and with which they had
been drying the hedges, jumped out of their hands. Each Sponge unfolded little legs and started running
towards the jam.
THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE " WIGS " BECAUSE OF
THEIR LARGE PERUKES
THESE CREATURES DID NOT RESEMBLE ANYTHING THAT
REDY AND SMALY HAD SEEN UP TO THEN
LAPTITZA AND PAPYLICK
SOME OF THE DANCES WERE VERY COMPLICATED
KISIKA IN HER SEDAN-CHAIR
THE PICNIC WHICH FOLLOWED WAS AN
UNFORGETTABLE REPAST
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