SUNSET SCENE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 3

SUNSET SCENE

While the King stood there, with his mouth open, the Queen stiddenfy. aughed, her eyes dancing. "I didn t tninK you I 3l^ /ffi'ted the King. "I do want some breakfast! What's the meaning of all this?" And then the Queen pxllained that she and the Lord High Chancellor had played a J«eJoke on him tn <;how him how cross ano any ««= himself had been. The King joined in th™ laughter, and that morning he had = nirp boiled egg for breakfast. Vver since then he has eaten all. his mils and has steadily puton weight, nut n rwond|«t« him stop eating in the beginning? I will leave that for you tp find out-

The writer of this story, who asked fnr a criticism of it, will see that we have 3 aTered m it°slightly, to bring out the humour of the plot more fully. AU our young writers should note thev have an amusing idea like this tney should not be content merely to outline the idea in the barest way, but should use their imagination and sense of humour to bring out all the funny possibSuiesf We often receive stories which have the germ of an amusing idea, but they are so short and matter-of-fact that the humour is only hinted at before the ■ story is ended.