A HIDDEN BIRD.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 15

A HIDDEN BIRD.

Wlion you have found the namea of these things, take two eojisecutivo letters from each name arid avj'iuige these groups to make the name of a brilliant tropical bird with a long neck and long legs. Can you:discover it, Wisp-'Onos?

I were you. The falrios ran build new vll* liit'us in tlio twinlillug of au pyc. Poggy Shirley, Mvin.^-Wlnit a delightful drlvo tli'ilt was, regcy. . . . Wnllliiglon eim looU v dream cily .from. ■ tlio tup* of tlio hilla, siictlitlly at nlglit. "Fi«2y Wuity," '" Mastorton.-JBirllidnys ara . jo]ly' IhiijSH. , . . I am afraid I haven't met tlmt "friendly cow, .nil red and \yhito.". Woulrln't have . been Unit one witji a bell on 1(3 neck. Or could it? ■ ; 'fAussis Girl." Blenheim,—A now lltllc puppy pliiy)Ng about and a nteo ljitUcii to coino? ' What fiin you're all going, to have?' . . . Yes, I've heard of tho (Sugnunq family nnd Wiffred the rabbit. Il'hcy lmvq jolly times, but so dp wp. ..''•. "Rosebud." Petone."-Still, the sooner you. go liaoU to leasona. tl)o spucr. will you,be i>uttlHß your books away uga}n. Isn't' that so? ;..,'_.. "Bookworm," Northland. —I enosscd you wouhl Jovo it. ... It's very sure that your flowers, too, thought tliat winter had mislaid himself and Siiring hud-jirrivod before her time. I saw even anenomos put In the liardens, but tho big cold winds and rains aro oih "Kain, and Sprins Was flod to wait lier right hour, ... ■ , . "Esmeralda," „ Featherstqn.-rlt always hurts mo to see those, sweet blooms battered and shattered in tIW mails, tliOnglit It's no fault of tho' postmen. Tllank you for tlie tliought, anyway, "Esmeralda.'1 . . . That Is one'of the brightest and bbst of the magazines. Joan Stoekwell, Well|nj»on.—Somehow I don't thing It was the printer this time, Joan. Those teeny weeny figures have a naughty way of hiding their rapes undor tho Ink. "Country Lass," Wellington.—One of tlio newsiest of letters, .... That big pussy-willow will bo a glorious sight when the Spring calls out the catkins. . , Pon't those wee blrdtj Just love the rod borrlen, specially In these hungry days .of theirs ? . . . Hopa mothe; .Is better now. Kathleen O'Brien, Wellington.—Short and swpot,. JCathloon. . ■ Patty O'Brien. Wolllnston.—lt Is great fun, isn't lit ' , . . Pattie Campbell, Lower Hutt.—But last Christmas Is such a long, long way off how, I'attio.. .. . . Of course, Barbara may comq along. "Wendy," Kllbirnie,-i-I, too, am hoping that that dream will come triie ono of these Saturday nights. Then there'll bo room for almost everybody that over was. :'■'. "Pearly," Lya.|l Bay.^-A lot of presents would make un for the party that didn't happen. . . . I think Mummy whs right about that kitten. Miirgarot Anderson, Karorl.—Lucky little ■ sister to have all those 'preUles at 4! "Petor Pan," W»!l«s»<>wn.'-'CHiito a big budget of things for tliq Itthg-' ; • ■, I don't wonder you love Kosoir^leiiiiin- i "Bnow Queon," Happy Valley.-r-I wonder what lliat scurrying 'little brown, tiling could have been, Small Thing?,: T . :■[■;.', ;■ . Joyco . Rogers, .mir»ni*r,'-vV<JU must let us linow who wins that match, Joyce It sounds as though it's going to bo awfully exciting. "Jack Frost," MiraiDar.^Giieselng, the puzzles is one thing and writing a letter is another. We like • you to do both, Master Juck. "Bubs," Miramar.—We'll pimply luvvo to talk to Paddy, won't yveo, "Jjubs"'/ You're a lucky girl to have a doll just. UKo a real baby. .-' . ■' ..