HOLIDAY FUN

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 38, 16 February 1929, Page 15

HOLIDAY FUN

Dear Fairiel, —Did you go anywhere for your holidays? I went to Pukerua Bay.

One day I went for a picnic there, all amongst the trees and rocks, and after lunch some girls and boys and I went to an old tunnel; they said it was haunted. It was" unused, because half way it was broken and cracked. Of course, when they, the boys, said it was haunted, we were anxious to see it. We had to cross' a railway line and climb down a bank to it, and one gii+ cut her arm, but she didn't, mind.

Oh I It looked so eerie and queer. Through a wide crack a long shaft of light fell; in tho distant part all was still except for a.tapping of Water dripping from the ceiling. "It's the, old ghost coming up the end of the tunnel," said one of the boysr '/• The girls began, to giggle hysterically. ■ '. • .

Suddenly ouo of tho boys said: "I bet I'm not scared to run up to the broken end, and shout, and then come back again." "I'll cqme, too," said another. ' "I say, you'd botter not. It'll break a bit more," wo warned them, but all the same they went. When they got to the broken part, they never shouted, but came hurrying back. "I say, we heard another crack! We d better get out of this," they said. After that we were all thirsty, so we went to a lovely little stream and had a good drink.—Tons of love, / . "IRISH MAEY.'^ Miramar. Dear Fairiel,—Wu went camping to Silverstreani. This was a new kind of holiday for^us, because I had never slept in a tent before. Oh, dear Fairiel, we Were awakened so early in the morning with such singing of birds which wo never hear in Wellington. y We were afraid that sometimes we should find the days.long, but they went all too quickly, because by the time the milk had been fetched and wo had had breakfast and cleared away wo went to play tennis, and as there were not many people out at our camping place, except at the weekend, wo had a good time. Then, the swimming pool was near, and we would have a swim, and it was all too soon bedtime. Wo did not want to leave camping, but going away at Christmas time, we had to leave all our 4 presents behind, and wo were eager to see them again. Then Wellington again. The sea. \V,e have spent the rest of the holidays bathing on fine days* and'l got so sunburnt one day I did not like to be touched. We spent one day at the. Zoo, and do you know, Fairiel, that thit was tho first time I. had ever eeeu the peacock with his tail up, and both of them were walking round so proudly. I had a rido. on the elephant, too, and I put my hand on her back and itwas so hard. EVELYN SIRED. ■ Eosencatli. Dear Fairiel, —I have at last settled down to write to you, or rather typewrite. Aro' you keeping quite well? I have had lovely .holidays, although I did not go away;.l think I have enjoyed my holidays just as well. What with picnics, bathing, and other amusements I have had hardly one spare day. One day I went to tho Zoo. I: was especially, interested in the baby monkoys. I brought some sweets . and nuts with me, and it was great fun to see them take- all the paper off them. ■Among the nuts wero some monkey nuts, find it was very hard for the little, ones to crack the hard shells on them, but the bigger ones soon cracked them. Wo then went to where the lious were being fed, and it was great to see the lions pacing up, and down waiting for their turn, and the lionesses were given their share first while the lion was made to go into his den. Another day I thoroughly enjoyed was a picnic to Day's Bay. Wo went by the quarterpast ten boat on a Sunday morning, and arrived at our destination at 11 o 'clock. Wo first went up to the bush to find a suitablo spot to leave our cases, baskets, and other utensils we had brought

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