In the Evening

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 25

In the Evening

Just as the twilight was deepening I looked out over the town. And there I saw lights a-twinkling. By the sea, by the roads, up hill and down. In front of them all was the sea. Above them was the sky. And they twinkled and danced mo merrily. Like fairies dancing by, —Original by Hum* (12). Rongolai. Play School is over. Oh, what fun! Lessons finished. Play begun. Who will run faster. You or me? Who will laugh loudest? Let us see! —Original by Betty Bluebird <10), Well ington.

The School-fairy

.lean was a perfect dunce at spelling, and she really did not know how she was going to improve. Every day she was kept in after school to learn them. but. it was no use, for however hard she tried she could not remember the words. One day after she had finished arithmetic she met a fairy. She had to wait for the teacher to call out the spelling. Should, s-h-o-o-d. "No,” a voice whispered, “s-h-o-u-l-d-.” Jean altered it. and then the next word How surprised the teacher was when she bad them all right. Every day the fairy told Jean how to write the words, and to spell them, until spelling was her best subject, and she needed no more helping. In the examinations the spelling was very hard, but Jean was among the few that had them all right, and as she was good at nearly everything else she enme third to top of the class.—Lucy Locket (9), Eastbourne.