RULES OF THE RING

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1934, Page 20

RULES OF THE RING

1. Address letters to Fairiel, "Fairy Ring," "Evening Post," City Cl. 2. Tell your age, name, and address as well as your pen-name. 3. Always say whether your work Is original or copied, 4. Do drawings on unlined white paper. In. pencil or Indian ink. 5. Leave a margin when writing stories or verse, and write one side of the paper. 6. The Ring closes at 4 o'clook en Wednesday's so post early in the woek. Visiting hours "to the Fairy Ring are three to four o'clock on weekdays.—FAlßlEL. "Betty's Brother," Belmont.-—So ions «. . wasn't it ... but the riddles', qulto made up for it. laddie. ■ . "Rippling Water," Lower Hutt.—Wasn't It thrilling . . . specially the end of the game. Gladys Hodgkinson, Northland.—Still another try for you. ... It seems that nearly. all .pen-names belong, doesn't it? ' ", "Evergreen," City.—They wcro long stories ... and I'm glad you enjoyed them, little elf. "Blue Elf," Kelburn—Wo all welcome you, new pixie, and we're waiting to hear more about you, ■ - , ' ■ "Daisy Dawn," Karori.—Somebody's pen has , been, .busy . . . and Spring Jifet dances ' through'the drawings. ; , "Milkmaid," tyiramar.—Even "long times" slip past, elfkin . . . nnd we're all so glad •, to. know you are better. "Kata," Upper Hutt.—All sorts of new things happening in your part of the world. What is; your real name, pixie! "Penelope Jane," Lower Hutt.—And, did you . bollr manage to answer all those' 'zam . papers?' . i .;....: ■ . "Golden Hair," Lower Hutt.—No elf may change her name . . . and "Golden Hair" is a beau--t if ill plxie-naine. : .-, . "... "Hazel McNabb," Levin.—Guessed! Aro you ■"■ a, new pixie . ; . or did you forget . ~ pen- •'■■■■ namo too? , :■ .■ ■ ■::. , '.'Auto," Samoa.—A little letter from bo fan .' It was a jolly surprise; and a story: too; ; "Golden Bells," Lower Hutt.—Bather J . but they must wait their turn, „ elf. There is a tower of puzzles.1 .. ".._ ; "Merry Elf," Lower Hutt!—-It sounds as though spring-cleaning has begun ■. . ;! and pinkpainted cupboards must look like new again. "Rippling Water," Karori.—The last line of "Two Little Verses" Is from. a welljknown song. Keep it all your o\yn, elf. "Twinkle Toes," Karori.—They would not forget feodlng-timo . . . particularly In August. But perhaps the rain brought earth-worms. Heather McDermid, Plimmerton.—Shell cottage. . . . is it a pisio holiday home? Choose : another namo, doar. • . ' • : George' McDermid, Plimmerton.—And 'you, too, George, vyo have all tlio Dolittlo family in tho ring. " , . ■ ■ ; ■ , "Snowdrift," Lower Hutt.—Practice drawing over so hard, pliie, and soon there will lie a picture In the' King. "Quoen of the Primroses," Island;'Bay.— Read our rules carefully, new pixlo; the 'one-side-' of-tho-paper rule must be kept by all story.makers. ■-. - \ "Wiltlflower," Newtown.—The drawing is nearly suitablo for tho Ring. Try again, p"ixlo. A silver-paper scrapbook? ■ lorely. .-. "R.A.8.," Ngaio.—You liave still: t6! better the ; ■ standard, of. the first, verse, lad. ■ Keep on' trying. .' ■ - ,'■■ \ ■",....■ .■ .- "Riflorous," Porirua.—And what of the others 1 Wore the jumbly jungly jumbles? Suy it six times I ... ; .■-. ■ . ; "Carolina Moon," Brooklyn.—Good work, pixio. Ho has an expression- of real doggy happU uoss. .And did you visit . the,, very new , nephew? ...■'■ .'•'*■• ]