THE CANDLE TREE

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 24

THE CANDLE TREE

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It stood outside Raymond's bedroom window. "It will soon be time for. the fairies to light the candles," he thought. "I will get up when everybody is asleep. But, alas, just as he was going to bed, drip, drip, came the rain. .. He could have cried himself to sleep, but that would not help, for the fairies would not come when it was raining. Just about.midnight Raymond woke up. He sprang out of bed and looked out,of the window. Sure enough, there was the tree lighted up, with fairies dancing around it. Suddenly the moon went behind a cloud and the fairies vanished. Raymond climbed into bed and went to sleep. In the morning he ran outside to see if it was a dream. He searched under the tree till he found a ring of mushrooms, "SCOTCH HEATHER" (9). Brooklyn. 1

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- RING PEOPLE: , Important news today! My letter is to be about Christmas competitions. So will you please cut it out and put it away in a very safe place before the Fairy Ring is lost and little questions begin popping into the letterbox. As you will see below, there are to be senior and junior prizes for stories, verses, and drawings. It is not necessary for the story to have a Christmas atmosphere. Try to forget everything you have read, go away quietly, by yourself and write something that is fresh and delightful. Too many of the stories sent in are written ' around worn-out plots. Pixie artists must remember to draw with Indian ink and to make firm, clear.outlines. Here are the rules: The competition will be divided into two classes, children over 14 and under 18, and those of 14 and under. Two prizes will be awarded in each section, story, verse, and drawing. Senior slorics' must not exceed 1000 words and junior stories 600 words. Verse entries must not exceed 20 lines. Entries should reach the Ring by Saturday, December 14. Do let's have a record"number of entries! ' v FAIRIEL.

"PLEASE . . . !" "Daisy Dawn."—Writ« to Nance 6tew«rt, 71 Lincoln Road, Masterton. ' , Joan Orr, Main Road, Silverstream, ask» for a pen-friend. . "Anne of Green Gables."—Write to "Cowboy Jim," 63 Perry Street, Masterton. : ' ■ Lois Smyrk. Pemsey Read, Sllverstream, would like to hear from another little girl who Is fond of reading and school* ' "Nellie Deane" (14) ......... Masterton "Red May" (9V Silverstream "Eppie" (6) Seatoun "Maximus" (7) Seatoun "Nancy T." (II) Lyall Bay

. . . AJM ANSWER TO "Riptide." Martinborough.—Successful this time, new elf. A laugh-maliim; jioem, wasn't it? "Miss Nobody," Karori.—Your outlines could still lie more firm, lass. They're very dainty sketches all the same. . ■. "Lassie," Kelbiirn.—Not a glimpse have I caught yet. May I peep at yours? The dream-book story is one of your best. "Princess Delight," Newtown.—rink roses beside my wall, too. A pity It is that Mr. Wind found out. , ' "Hiawatha," Masterton.—Do you mind very much? I "sped they'll forget very soon. I shall watch for your smile when holidays are here.. "Dimples." Morninoton.—The neatest letter of all. What a darling llic Peke puppy must be . . . and how liny. "Griselda," Morninoton.—Cheers for the last of exams. And oven that puzzle didn't stump "Jane Eyre," Grcytown.—Notice the small alterations in your poem, pixie. A very fat letter, it was. "Red May,'' Sllvßrstream.—Nobody had taken it so now you may look for your pen-name every Saturday. How pretty the garden i must ho. . . ■' . . "Little Greycoat," Petone.—They will bo cats next time you see them I 'spect. Kittens Brow magically fast. Did the rain- sprites visit you there, too? v "All-of-Us." Ngahau School.—A party? It sounds a i lovely secret. Is It to he a very special Christmassy one? I "Bosker," Lyttelton.—What names for - the I silver-grey and the hlnck kits? Perhaps the i scraps would make bright pin-cushions, elf. 1 "Peppery Pat," Petone.—lt sounds the nicest story . . . and I'm sure it was packed with | laughs; ■: •:'•■ iAlice M., Miramar.—That witch mustn't be allowed in our Fairy Ring. Suppose you make a story about a Christmas fairy. •"Kelpie," Otaki.—l often hear them rustling through the grasses along the way to the Ring. I hope you will come .. . when mummy brings you to town. ■

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