DEAR UNTO MY HEART

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 11 July 1928, Page 21

DEAR UNTO MY HEART

I have a tiny white elephant about half an inch long and not quite that nigh, carved out or ivory. It was given to me by my aunt when I was in England and' is very "Dear unto my heart." It probably came from India originally, as my uncle is a sailor. I have always liked elephants and this one, with its tiny .black eyes, is very dear to mo, small though it be.—Nora Slaney, Parnell, age 13. • • • • "Dear unto my heart" is a lovely sleeping doll which my father bought me three years ago. I value this very much because it is so pretty.—Lily Rojrers, Buckland, ape 8. ♦»e » • One tiling very "Dear unto my heart" is the first badge I received in the scouts. This is the tenderfoot badge. As it was "given to me by tne scoutmaster under whose charge I was at Kariwarra and whom I may never see again, I treasure It very much.—Ronald Fitzgerald, Ohakune, age 12. » » * • One thing ""Dear unto my heart" is a small weather-house. In this weatherhouse an old man comes out if it i> wet, and an old woman if fine. j treasure this not so much for its vain*', as for the fact that it. belonged to my grandmother who gave it to me when she left Auckland.—John H. Metcalf, Mount Eden, age 12. • • • • Very "Dear unto nxy heart" is a very ragged but precious piece of paper on which is printed the very first copy of the "Young Folk's Budget." It was greatly delighted at it the day it wa« published, so have kept it ever since and shown it to many of my friends.— Gwen Gavin, Epsom, age 12. • • » • "Dear unto my heart" is a small basket made of sweet-smelling hay, sent to me by my grandmother who lives in Canada. I nave had it for three years and it is still sweetly perfumed, i have never seen another like it and I hope to keep it for many years.— Beryl Parnell, Kopu, ape 10. * » • • "Dear unto my heart" is a small gold bracelet given me by my aunt when I was one year old. It is too small for me now, but I keep it and treasure it as one of mv oldest possessions.—Kathleen Haves, Epsom, age 12. Lying in the bottom of my treasure cupboard is a photograph of Mary Pkrkford. It was given to me by a schoolmate of mine, on my last birthday. As I ]ovp this friend very much I shall always treasure it.-—Olga Bradley, Edendale, age 12. 9 # • • One thing "Dear unto my heart, but, which has only been in my possession for a few month;, is an old leather jewel case, which my mother won when she was a irirl and ha« now given to me ae a keepsake. —Joyce Maseman, Devonport, age 12.