THE COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 22526, 19 December 1936, Page 8

THE COMPETITIONS

The under-tens hare to find a missing lino to a little jingle about the piper’s sen : the over-tens have to find a missing proverb to suit the picture. Send

your answers to Big Brother Bill, care of ‘ Evening Star,’ Stuart street, Dunedin, 0.1. Mark the envelopes “ Competition.” » TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON. (Under 10 years. Prize, onh shilling.) Her© is a picture of Tom, Tom, the piper’s son, who played the bagpipes. Can you find a line that will complete the little verse ? For example, you might say: “Tom, Tom, the piper’s son, played the bagpipes—FOß A BUN,” or “ IN THE SUN,” or “ AND TTAD TO RUN.”. The one who sends the best line will receive the prize.

WANTED: A PROVERB. (Over 10 years. _ Prize, one shilling and sixpence.) If you look carefully at the picture you will agree that it fits a number of proverbs. But there is one specially that Brother Bill thought of when he drew the picture. Can yen think of it too? Perhaps Brother B ;, .l should say that it is not “ A stitch in time saves nine,” But it is something about stitching.

week’s competition answer, and I hope I have it correct. Every Saturday I read your page. I read the letters, and I wish I could join. I have a pet dog, whose name is Chum. He is called Chum because he is my chum. He is eight months old, and very small. He is fawn, with a white front and black ■nose. He is a very good watchdog. _lf he hears anyone’s footsteps coming round the bacik he barks very loud until the person goes away. He has three meals a day. At night h© sometimes has a drink of milk and all the meat and scraps that are left over. 'He wants to be off his chain all the time.

He cries when I come home at dinner time for me to let him off. If lam allowed I do, but I usually let him off after school. On Sunday morning I have plenty of time to play with him. When he sees me he wags his tail and barks at me to play with him. I let him off on Sunday morning. He likes to play with a ball. He chases me round the yard to get it; If I throw it to him he runs over to the fence and chews it. If I pick a bone up lying near him he drops the ball and runs after