BLUE SPRING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 236, 5 October 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)

BLUE SPRING.

Hangatiki. Dear Wendy, — Have you ever seen a blue spring? I have, and I thought that I would write and tell you about it. The water in the spring is coloured blue, and because of that it gets its name “Blue Spring.” Looking down into it you can see that the sides of it are made of rock. At the bottom of the spring you can see the water bubbling and throwing up the sand beneath it. As the sand bubbles up you can see numbers of fish which shine all the colours of the rainbow, so the people call them “rainbow fish.”

The spring Is very deep, and the Maoris who own it say it has no bottom. Once another girl and I pushed a 36ft pole down into it, but as it did not even reach the sand we did not try again. Tourists have often tried to catch the beautiful coloured fish in it, but have never succeeded, and they have also tried to break off pieces of the blue rock, but as it is so firm they have never been able to get a piece. On the top of the

water are growing many different kinds of lovely ferns which are not found anywhere else. On the bank around the spring are growing creepers and clematis trees, which reflect in the waters, giving the whole scene a cool, peaceful look. It is a beautiful, quiet spot, Wendy dear, and I often spend a lovely afternoon sitting amongst the creepers, while the darling wee fantails flit twittering in and out of the leaves above me. Wouldn’t you love to have this spot to yourself, Wendy, when you want to get away from Peter Pan and his noisy office? Well, now 1 will close with heaps and heaps of love to both you and Peter Pan. Good-bye. Marjorie Horne. P.S.—I have just been in the hospital, and had an operation, and I did love, to read about your campaign, Wendy. It was one of iny special delights when on Saturday afternoon the nurses would bring me “Star Twinkles.”