MORE CURIOUS BEAKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 20

MORE CURIOUS BEAKS

PRISCI^.te s THE (Copied.) Triscilla knows that now and.then, Fairies are dancing down the glen, In silver cobweb ropes they swing. And little happy songs they slrtg. If you wako "P as the . clock strikes twelve, And then wltii a silver spoon you delve, A wee- hole under an : apple tree, And wish as you die, wishes three, Priscilla says that, then i and1 there, ' You'll' soo fairies every'■p'iuNCESS PEGGY." "'WE' ROSE GARDEN." Oueen Rose of the rosebud garden Of girls. Come hither, the dances are done; In gloss of satin, and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose In one. Shine out/ little head i running over with curls, • To the flowers, and be I tlicir sun. I Found by 1 "DANCING TOES' (12). PUDDLE." Maudle Miranda Mar- ' iorld May Wont out to tea on a > summer's day; Everything white from her head to her toe, Everyone smiled when they saw her go. Maudle Miranda Marjorie May Saw a great puddle just . in her way; . ■ Splashed carelessly through It, and then alack 1 , ■ Maudle Miranda; came home all black! Found by "NELLIEKINS" .(11). Newtown. "OLD DOLL." "I want to bo new," said the old doll; . "Oh, Hoi" said the golliwog, I While the fairy doll 1 flitted oft prettily, To tell all Iho rest of tho mob: "He wants to be new, But I don't think he will. For he lies all day on tho wlndow-slll." Found by "MERRY GIRL" (11). Khanc^Uah.

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"WISHES." I wish I were a tin? tirl ■No bigger than an elf; It Is, oh such a bother To have so big a self I I'd have a tiny, cosy house. Just by the garden wall. Half hidden by the holly-hocks That grow to big and tall. My maid would be a spider, With her ipfnnlngwheel and loom, And weave my summer curtains In her little iewlng room. She'd be the greatest use to me. So handy and so small. And open wide my wee front door When fairies came to call. But If a daddy-long-legs came, Or any ugly gnome, She'd open it a chink, and say, "The lady's not at home I" Found by "ROYAL STAR" (13). City. "WE'RE THREE BRETHREN." We're throe brethren out of Spain Come to court your daughter Jane; My daughter Jane, she Is too young, She has no skill In a flattering tongue. It's for her sold she must be sold; So fare you well, my lady gay, We must return another day. "MERRY JACK" (13). City. "MY PUP." Every morning when I wake up, To my door cornea llttto Pup, At the door he makes a din, And Baby calls to him, "Come in I" Next morn, Pup docs just the same. Pup was wild, but now he's tamo. Once he climbed the littl with me And ate real biscuits for his tea. Found by "Fairy Tralee" (II). Upper Hutt. *