OUR OWN VERSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 23, 27 January 1940, Page 17

OUR OWN VERSES

PIRATES' PLUNDER; Slack Beard Pete Was a pirate bold, •■■•■' Wlio plundered and stole Every bar of gold; With his rascally crew He scoured the seas, And would take from folks • Just what he'd please. ■■'•-■ : He sailed the Main, From north to south, From river's source, . . To river's mouth; The seven seas he sailed And still he did not cease to be A villain with a murderous heart And filled with greed and piracy. JEAN HENDERSON. Lower Ilutfc. A DAY AT. THE BEACH* (Original.) At the baech there are boats > And a rubber mat that floats. Donkey ride 3on the eand, ■ And » lovely bandstand, The water's very cold . And .I'm not very bold, So I sit on the sand And listen to the band. The sun la very hot, ■ ' ■ » Of people there's a lot, In big hata and swlm-sults, . Sitting round in small groups. • Soon it's time to go home, ,•'•'' ■';. With many a grunt and groan We slowly wend dur way ' v' ; Afte?.a glorious day; . : ,; Home to bed and soon to sleep, ■ Leaving clothes In big heap • Upon the polished floor. . "COUNTRY MOUSE" (13). Levin. THE FAIRY'S PRESENT. / (OrlBlntl.) The little fairy in her room . / ■'•'••,- Looked out and saw the: silvery nioon. She sighed and shook her head, •■•:■•■ "Christmas tomorrow 1 O,: dear,'?-: she said. "And I' have no present for the queen I know she'll think I'm very mean: But I simply can't afford it." ■ Suddenly came a knock at her door, '■.'■■ On opening it the, fairy saw "••-' ■■■<-■ ',' A poor: old spider. . -' . . "Won't you come In and rest For your injured foot I'll do iny>best." "On one condition," the spider said-i "That you take these shoes :of pillar- ' ■ ■■ . ' box red;" ■•'. • ■•'•;. ■'■■'<■ - ■■: .. ■•:: ... "Oh, no, I could never doithat; r I'm afraid my r feet are much too. fat. I know; I'll qbe them to■;th'e\queen; And then she will not think I'm' mean. The fairy was rljtht. ever so right, : \ The queen thought they were a lovely sight, ; ~ And kissed the fairy on the bead . For the pretty shoes of pillar-box red. ; "MOON »nST" .(11);

■': ■ ■"-■ / ■ ■■-■-•■■ 7:if,. ■■'*■•• ■-^.■^'■v ■■■■•.''; ■ ~.■. ■..■:/■■;: =-■ (Original.) ;:■>'; v ;'■ ••. .■■■'■"■ K.I had a mtigic carpet, : \\;' . .. And could go; where I wanted to go,^^ I'd go away^away up north,; ;. ; / ~ To the lauds.of ice and snow.- '■■■•';-. ; I'd live there in an igloo , / ; Among the x Eskimo folk, , , ; l And when".it grew (jold, In vpinter i: '** I'd wear fur leggings and a big fur, cloak. I'm tired of this weary, life, . . -; I'm tired of living here; . . • I want to go away, away . ■;.'-:'■- To the Land of-the Reindeer. . ■'■ . "JEMINA CANDLESTICKS" (10). ; Karorl- . : DUSK, (Origlnai.) The bjrds begin to trill when it Is dusk, ' The air begins to fill with scent;of musk,/The flowers close their eyes and nod their heads, They go to' sleep 09 green and mossy liedsV The stars begin from the sky to shine. The moon floats, on in golden:glory, ■fine. A pleasant breeze to sighing thro' the trees, Singing what seem sweetest harmonies. The air ia filled with perfume and, so sweet, The small glance into heaven la so fleet, ~ And as the cloak of darkness quietly and gently fall 8,:.: ■ •.:.'-:■.■ :.■■/■■ ':■.-.;:. ;■...-,■ ;',-.;.• V:. The bellblrd; softly • coos, the tsl.caUsi ; s : -■■,; ■'■■' '~/.■■:..;.' vmjuvm- streak v^i .:■-, ' JohnaonvlUe. :; ,V "■'" J"' r-T' I.'Kr ■■'■■', .',-'h

A SYPNETT FENFRIEND.

Doreen fcyncb, "Padna,*? 20 Victor!* Street, Bondi Junction, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, would like » boy penfriend aged about fifteen years.

■'•■•■' '-■' * ' :.'■•• ■■•''■'-■.'• FUNGUS FO6 SOUP

.. . . . !(> . .. ? The' war in China has a disastrous effect upon a most unusual';Ne* Zealand; industry—the export: of-, dried fungus, which the Chinese use for making vegetable soup, -'■■, r r

About 70 years ago a Chinesenamed Chew Chong, who had settled at Nev/ Plymouth, on; the west coast of: New fungus found on stumps ot trees in bush clearings was a marketable,commodity in his homeland. He .paid- the settlers a halfpenny a pound for dried fungus, and shipped it- to 'China,. where there was an unlimited demand for it for culinary purposes. '...;•

The price rose to about 3d and 4d a pound, and the,gathering of fungus became a means of making a living for struggling bush settlers and the Native Maori people. About twenty years ago, when all prices throughput the world were high, dried fungus was worth 8d a pound in New Zealand, a Today the sale »of New Zealand's fungus to China is at the lowest ebb..:

PUZZLES TO SOLVE

A POET.

My first is in travel and also in ste^r, My seconds in speaking and also Jin hear,

My third is in needle and also in pro* Mjp fourth is in iron and also in tin, My fifth is in youthful and also in

young, ' • '-■ "■■■■ •■■■•■- : My sixth is in songster and also'Jn

sung, My sevenths in pony ,and also, in.cobi My eighth is in knocker and" also.- in

knob, My whole is a poet you -know quite well, • ■ Think for a time and his name you'll tell.

• , SIX LETTERS. I am a word of six letters. ..-. My 1, 2, 3 is a terrible tragedy. My 5, 2, j3 is a useful substance. My 6, 2, 5 is an article of clothing,. My 6, 2, 4 is agreeable for breakfast. My 2, 3, 4 is a part of the body. My 4, 2, 5 should be used in rainy weajther. My whole is pleasant in winter. JUMBLED WORDS. Here are some jumbled words that represent industries. Rearrange the letters and find out what they are:— I.—LI SEXTET 2.—BERING MULE 3,—PORT KAN STATION 4.—LESTE. ' I.AST WEEK'S ANSWERS. , Double Word Scjuare.—Ball, area, teer, lark; spur, pore, urge, reed. Which Name,—Shirley. Football Terms. —Tackle, full^bacK, centre, safe pot. o E|""9L R'ver«£rArun. Humber, B», Trm, Severn, Mersey, Thames- \