. In happy far-away land . Jacks head, only heand one other youth, Johnny Long, who had won the prize at the jumpingcontest for two years, were left to try. Higher the bar was raised, and higher, till the herald cried that it hadbeen placed where it was the year before, when Johnny Long had cleared it,with the highest jump the people of Far Away Land had ever seen. Thepeople set up a cheer at that, and Johnny Long, drawing a deep breath, ranforward, and with a mighty effort leaped over the bar as he had done the yearbefore. Unless I can do as well as that, thought Jack, I shall lose the prize.
. In happy far-away land . Jacks head, only heand one other youth, Johnny Long, who had won the prize at the jumpingcontest for two years, were left to try. Higher the bar was raised, and higher, till the herald cried that it hadbeen placed where it was the year before, when Johnny Long had cleared it,with the highest jump the people of Far Away Land had ever seen. Thepeople set up a cheer at that, and Johnny Long, drawing a deep breath, ranforward, and with a mighty effort leaped over the bar as he had done the yearbefore. Unless I can do as well as that, thought Jack, I shall lose the prize. He looked at the great crowd of people standing up in their seats to seebetter, and saw his mother and Jill waving their hands at him. He took thewhite stone from the pocket of his coat, lying on the grass, and held it up forJill to see. Thc-n he laid it down, sprang forward, and leaped over the baras Johnny Long had done. Great cheers went up at that, for Johnny Long, as you know, was the 88 THE WAYS OF THE FAIRY CRUMPS. best jumper the people had ever seen, and this was thehighest jump he had ever herald rode out again. Hear ye! he cried. Two lads have leapedhigh enough to deserve the Kings prize. Two ofthem have jumped as high as any who came to tryin other games in other years. So His Majesty hasdecreed that they shall try a higher jump to see whichis the better. They shall try to leap over the hatwhich the Kings great-grand father, who was the tallestman in all Far Away Land, wore. So the red hat of King Coles great-grandfather was tied at one side ofthe bar, and all the crowd sat as still as mice, to see Johnny Long try a higherjump than he had ever tried before. Jack watched the bar as it was raisedtwo inches higher, and it was so far above his head, that but for the fairy, hewould quite have lost heart. Johnny Longs face was pale, but he ran forward again and sprang into theair. A moment later the bar fell to the ground. Johnny Long had failed. Hecould not jum
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