FAIRIEL SENDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 103, 28 October 1939, Page 15

FAIRIEL SENDS

"Max," City.—But which page, laddies . . . do you mfean our page for animals or Bird Page? Send your work along ancl it will be kept safely .till the right time. Love to Brother Miles. "Karen 8.," Lower Hutt. —What a lovely .collection of dolls, Karen. It must be like going to a'fancy dress party to see your '■ toy cupboard. Dutch Tina seems a dar- • ling. "Nancy J.," Seatoun. —Thank you for your •■ little story, Is'ancy. Letterbox. Elf wants to change one or two little mistakes in spelling, then Printer Man shall have it. Keep on practising, dear. ■..'".'■• "Princess P.oppy," Brooklyn.—Good to : hear from you again, elf. We thought one. small mushroom was growing cobwebby. What a splendid Idea to have a cut-out frame for your picture, Tt was the only One of Its kind. "Merry Mavis," City.—-Welcome to you and your chum, Pat. Yes, you may have this pen-name, lass. . I shall look, forward to your flrst visit to , the Ring. "Pioneer Pat," City.—Come right into our Fairy Ring, dear. There are two new mushrooms for you and Mavis, your great friend. I wonder which of you will be flrst to find her work' in- print. ■■■'*' ' ' -.-.■:

"Twink'le'tofls," Karori.—One of the best stories Letterbox Elf has read for weeks, pixiekln. Did you make it up or copy it . . ..- and what shall we call It—"The yictory's Homecoming"? ' '• "Barbara c;".flJelson.—All the way from the snow-capped south! Yes, you may be called "Starry Eyes," Barbara. I'm glad you had a try at the competition, too. "Blinking Billy," Lower Hutt. —Greetings to this mushroom-owner! Letterbox Elf basks me to- tell you that he admires the. goblinrblue .background of your painting. "Pom Pom," Island Bay.—All the soft shades of a tapestry pattern you wove Into. your painting, "Pom Pom," and a real gold harness for the butterfly steeds. "Periwinkle," Eketahuna. —All the little soldiertulips, mushrooms, and pixie folk around the frame of your painting made it look like a picture book. "Jemima Candlesticks,!' Wanganui.—How my pixie people wander 1 Yesi I shall: try to find a-penfriend for you, Jemima, and I'll tell Letterbox Jllf to keep.-wptch for your stories and verses.. He. says. he. .wouldn't mind being at your boarding-school, one little bit.