If I Knew
JF I knew the box where the smiles were kept, No matter how large the key; Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard, ’Twould open I know for me.
Then over the land and sea so broad I’d scatter the smiles to play; That the children’s faces might hold them fast, For many and many a day.
If I knew a box that was large enough, To hold all the frowns I meet; I would gather them, every one, From nursery, school and street.
Then, folding and holding, I’d pack them in, And turn the monster key; And hire a giant to drop the box, To the depths of the deep, deep sea.
—Copied by Pickles (10), Masterton.
Welcome To The League
NEW’ members: — Peter Fleteher. Wellington. Beano, Wanganui. Jimmy Whistlebritches, Feilding. Paris, Wellington. Kathleen Wilson. Halcombe. Stewy, Upper Hutt. Quack. Wellington. Bashful, Wellington. Bubble, Wellington. Myra Rickus. Wellington. Patricia Clark, Masterton. Will those whose real names are listed above, please send in new pen-names?— Kiwi.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 94, 14 January 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)
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171If I Knew Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 94, 14 January 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)
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