Wendy Tries Some Nursery Rhymes....

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 22

Wendy Tries Some Nursery Rhymes....

And Finds They Are Harder Than She Imagined. ■ I ' I » * P * - i XPt* ;• Once upon a' was a Ettle girl who—but how many Budgetites remembered th« rest of the old nursery rhyme? Wendy? wais quitesure that she remembered hers, but, as Peter Pan pointed out, one-can sometimes be wrong. As a matter of said Wendy, with a withering glance in poor Tink s direction,' **I once took first prize in a nursery rhyme competition!" A hollow, rumbling sound proceeded from the Crocodile, and even Peter Pan hid a smile. This spurred Wendy to further efforts. "I'll show you," she said, and picked up a paper containing our Nursery Rhyme Competition. ;'* f „ ? ,'T "Here you are," said Peter Pan, pointing to No. 16. "Who do you suppose that is?" Wendy looked just a little taken aback. "Oh! that s easy, she said. "It's— it's—" "Go on," said Tink encouragingly. It would not,'however, be quite fair to tell readers the rest of the conversation. It is a curious fact that .Wendy took Tink aside afterwards and confided that she intends to spend 9ome of her spare time in reading over old nursery rhymes—- *'Just to keep in practice." But now let us turn our attention to those fourteen entrants who were successful in placing, twenty characters correctly, and to the rest of the winners who tied for second place with nineteen. The following is die list of lucky winners:— Heather Smith, Mount Albert, age 1 I, box of soap. Shirley White, Elleralie t age 92, fountain pen. Margaret Blight, Gr&fton, age 8, fountain pen. Beverley White, age. 8, story book. Edna Lewis, Northcote, age 'j-'lij. stationery set. Margaret Stitchbury, Remuera, age 9, pencil case. Yvonne Blennerhassett, Mount Albert, age 6, Mickey Mouse book. Joan Lane, Parnell, age 10, mouth organ. Nancy Parkes. New Lynn, age 13, book. Cedric Hewitt, Milford, age 14, mouth organ. Douglas Rice, Gisborne, age 10, box of plasticine. John Burbidge, Takapuna, age 10, monoplane kitset. Lorna Leman, Mount Albert, age 11, fountain pen. Roy Bullen, New Lynn, age 13, fountain pen. Beverley Forder, Mount Albert, age 14, purse. Nancy Hawk, Epsom, age 8, stationery set. Elsie Calvert, Mount Eden, age 12, box of soap. Jean Ritchie, Gisborne, age 12, pencil case. Betty Fitcliett, Epsom, - age 12, box of soap. June Caldwell, Mount Eden, age 12, box of soap. Pauline Hamilton, Rotorua, age 12, fountain pen. Peter Wilson, Remuera, age 9, mouth organ. Dawn Conway, Royal.: Oak, age 9, leather purse. Jewel Ralph, Huntlyv age 1 I, box of soap. The following readers'have been awarded PINK certificates:—Colleen Austin, Onehunga; Frames-Whale, Onehunga; Patricia Curtis, Motumaoho; David 'Plymouth; Valmai Turner, Mount Eden; Alec Griffin, Ohaiawpi; .Mavis Grant, Rotorua; Patricia McPherson, Heme Bay; Flora M&^Donald, * Gisborne; Merline Dunning, Green Lane; Gerald Haeuslir^Taneatua; Alan.Goulding, Green Lane;* Edna Perry, Penrose';" Marie*" Aickm,-. Remuera; Gwen Jamieson, Waiuku; Althea Howell, Te Kuiti; Brenda Ure, Parnell; Patricia Austin, Onehunga; Betty Finn, Mount Roskill; 'Betty Tunnicliffe, Papakura; Kathleen Grant, Mount Roskill; Marie Waddingham, Epsom; Betty Hallett, Te Kuiti; Betty Hunt, North Auckland; Margaret Timmins, Birkenhead; L.. McKee,. Glen Eden; June AustiiyXDnehunga; Graeme Goodare, Mission Bay; Eleanor Lindesay, Papakuraj; Sheila McCraken, Papatoetoe; Lawrence'Johnstone, Balmoral; Doreen Sharo, Remuera; Barbara Howard, Taiirangai;' C. Cheeseman, Remuera; Peter Bell, r ■ .'wit s:/ -J Epsom. .