FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

A STRANGE SWIMMING PARTY

JEREMIAH'S AFTERNOON TEA,

My Dear Little Friends, Here's Priscilla Anne all ready to go for a swim; but she was every bit as ready half an hour ago, and still doesn't seem to have gone much further towards the water. When she left the house, she went straight towards the grassy track that wound down to the beach, where brother Jack and big sister Joan were already splashing about in the water. Priscilla Anne is so fond of swimming that she wasted very little time, I can assure you—until she met Jeremiah. There he was, sitting right in the middle of her path, as she went round the first corner. She *ras so surprised to see him that she stumbled over a ti-tree stump and fell down with a big flop just in front of him. "Dear me, how clumsy you mortals are," were . — —i 'Jeremiah's first words. | "Why didn't you flap your J i wings to stop yourself from , falling?" " Because I haven't j any wings, silly. Little girls can't grow wings at (least, none of those I know 'have any, except when ithey're dressed up as ; fairies. These are only ! arms." "Of course. How j stupid of me not to notice. :But what have you done ; with the rest of your L feathers ?" —— Priscilla Anne laughed. "You mean my dress, don't you? I've put on i« bathing suit instead of my other clothes so that I can go for a swim without spoiling them." "Now, that's funny; I'm thinking of going for a swim myself," said j Jeremiah. Wont you come with me? I know a pool where there are j lots of rnce worms; I had twenty-five last time I was there. You ought to find some fine ones if you dive down to the bottom " "Thank you," said Priscilla Anne politely, "but I don't eat worms. Id much rather have cake. If you come up to the house with me when Ive had my bathe, I m sure Mother will let me give you some of mine." Jeremiah thought for a moment. "Very well," he agreed, "I'll try for worms first and have afternoon tea with you if I can't find any " I H you would like to see what Priscilla Anne's new friend is like, •tart with your pencil m the opening I where the arrow points and trace iround carefully between the lines. f Then you'll have as good a view of f\ . Jeremiah as the little girl who is V«T looking at him so hard.