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HUMOROUS STORY Most members seemed to prefer sending lists of pen-names to writing humorous stories. The entries were very few and, on the whole, disappointing. There were no outstanding paragraphs, and even the winning entry was not exceptionally good. It is difficult, even for grown-ups, to write stories that are really funny, and there are very few humorists in the book world. When you are a little older you will enjoy the writings of men like Sir James Barrie, Stephen Leacock, and A. A. Milne, but just now you will be finding much to laugh at in “Alico in Wonderland,” for there Isn’t anything quite so funny as the adventures of Alice with the Duchess and the Mad Hatter, or the droll sayings of the sleepy dormouse, Is there? The best entry was sent by Eunice Julian, Lovin. “The Poultice” is nicely expressed and is not too plainly "frying to be funny.”
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 264, 3 August 1929, Page 26
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153COMPETITIONS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 264, 3 August 1929, Page 26
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