AN IMAGINARY RESCUE
Dear Chief Kiwi, —Sitting out on the sand, I turned my eyes towards the sea, and to my astonishment I could see a white piece of cloth or something. 1 thought what it might be, and turned to my dog Rover, and said “I will go and see what it is.” As I drew nearer, 1 saw that it was a child and with my dog. I swam quickly to the child’s assistance. At last I managed to reach her, and she was. just about to go under, when I grabbed her. With the aid of my dog I was able to reach the shore with the child safe. I was exhausted and people who saw me, came and helped. It was a little girl, and we were both taken to the Child’s home, where we were attended to. It happened that the little girl was playing in the sand and her doll was washed away by the waves. She went after it, and of course was earri ed away herself.
The child’s mother thanked me for rescuing her little girl, but my dog did as much as I did. Well, Chief Kiwi, I am nearing the word limit.
With love to yourself and all the other Kiwis.
—Red certificate to Venice Wall, age 14 years, 917 Railway road.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 11
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