Children's Corner

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 19, 2 October 1930, Page 4

Children's Corner

NIPPO, JUMPO and

QUEERIE.

Nippo was a little black boy j who was always looking for fun and adventure. Of course, peing a black boy, he was born in Africa, which as you know is a great big country far away across the seas. Now, Nippo was very friendly with' a lively, saucy young monkey called Jumpo. / One day they decided to come to London. So they went into the forest and called, "Queerie, (jueerie, Queerie," and up ran the funniest looking animal that you could think of. It was like a donkey with a very long neck, and had a lot of big spots all over, its back, and a- long curly horn sticking out of its forehead. Queerie came from the Land of. Long &g6,"&L6t*&&s tfsed By' #fe African fairies to carry wood andi food. ''Queerie," said Nippi, "we are going to London and we want you to come with us." So they all -three started for London, and after many Aveeks' travel they larid- j ed in England. '' Now, Queerie,'' said Nippo, "we will ride 6n yotir back.'' "Wuffoo, wuffoo," answered Queerie; this mean "All right, all right." So Nippo and Jumpo jumped on to Queerie's back and off they started towards London. At last they arrived at "Westminster, which is a' part of Lon^ don quite close to the River Thames. My! didn't all the people stare when they saw such a funny looking animal with a little black boy and a monkey mounted, on its back! They rode across Westminster Bridge over the River Thames, | and then Queerie commenced to; gallop. Then the fun began. They got i in the way of all the motor-cars and buses and carts. Policemen tried to stop them, and crowds' of people ran after them. But they raced merrily on. . "Where are we going, Nippo?" asked Jumpo. "I don't know, and. I don't mind," replied Nippo, as he waved his hat in the air to the crowds of people. "Isn't London a big town and what a lot of people!" "Yes," said Jumpo, "and they seem quite pleased to see us"; then, holding on to Nippo's shoulder, he danced on Queerie's back. ~ "Stop, Queerie, stop," cried Nippo, for he saw a shop filled with cakes and sweets. But Queerie was frightened by the noise and! people and motor-cars. He ran on and on, looking for a quiet spot. Yoii see he was used to living in a forest, and a town, seared him. Suddenly they turned a corner and saw a motor-car 'driving -straight at them. "Stop, stop!" said Nippo, and Queerie stopped so quickly that he shot both Nippo and "Jumpo off his back. Jumpo fell right on to the bonnet or front of the motor-car, and Nippo fell into a perambulator in which was a little boy. The nursemaid who was wheeling the perambulator screamed with fright when she saw a black boy fall into the perambulator, but the baby white boy, whose, name was Reggie, laughed and clapped Ms hands. He had wanted someone to play with, and thought $frppo would make a fine friend. Now I told you that Jumpo, the monkey, was very saucy. Well, directly he fell on the bonnet of the motor-car he pulled off the mascot which was fixed on the front, and threw it at a dog. Tins mascot was, like most, made of very hard stuff like iron, and it hurt the dog a little bit. "Wow. wow," yelped the dog. that monkey," shouted a fat gentleman, and he shook his umbrella at Jumpo. "Catch thait monkey, he has hurt my dog." Lots of people and a policeman

were running after the car cry- j ing, "Stop! Stop!" Just as the car stopped the policeman made a grab at Jumpo. But Jupapo wa« not easily caught; he dodged the policeman and jumped from the motorcar on to a bus that was going by. - Being a monkey, Jumpo could climb well. So he climbed up the side of the bus and on to the top. The people who were riding on the bus thought it great fun to see a little monkey. One threw him a piece of chocolate, and another gave him two lovely cigarette pictures. But Jumpo was still looking for mischief, so he hopped over the seats, snatched a lot of tickets from the conductor and threw them over the side of the bus. .; . "Hi! hi!" shouted the-conduc-tor, "what are you doing? You! mustn't do that. Catch him,,! catch him," he cried to the pass- ; ■engers. But they were laughing! ,%&o -afloat e^N^&'s, -feuuiy face j to be able to catch such an active little monkey. Then Jumpo heard shouts in thej road. "Stop that bus. Catch that monkey." And he saw the policeman who had tried to catch him, and the fat gentleman who owned the dog, racing down the road. The driver of the bus also heard the shouts and was going to stop. * 'What shall I .do.?.? 7 thought Jumpo. At that moment they passed some trees which grew at the side of the road. Jumpo jumped on to the side of the biis, and leapt into one of the trees. "Ha, ha," he thought, '' they can't catch me now." But the policeman had seen him jump from the bus to the tree, | and soon there was a crowd of people underneath him. Poor Jumpo did not know what to do. All at once he saw a nurse maid wheeling a perambulator along the path underneath the tree, and in the pram was Nippo talking to the little white baby boy. Jumpo heard the nurse say to Nippo, "I will take you to the police station." Jumpo did not want Nippo to be caught by a policeman, so he climbed along a branch of the tree and, holding on by his hands and feet, he htmg down his long tai 1 "Catch hold of my tail, Nippo" he shouted. "Bight O," said Nippo, and he climbed up Jumpo's tail into the tree ' ' Now what do we do ? " said Nippo.

"I don't know," said Jumpo. "We clare'not climb down because that policeman would put us info prison.'* "Yes, and that fat gentleman would beat me with his umbrella bee#bse I threw a mascot at his dog,'' said Jumpo. "Oh dear, oh dear, I do wish we were back in Africa,'' they both cried. One little boy in the crowd threw a toffee to. them. Jumpp caught it and asked for another one. .But the policeman chased ! the little boy away. So Jumpo gave Nippo the toffee. ' c You. have it," he said, "I had a piec^ of chocdate on the bus." "Thank you, Jkinpo," said Nippo. - At that moment 'hey heard a noise in. the distance, and in a-, minute or two their old £ io.^d Queerie came dashing down the street. He had been looking for his two friends, but six policycj? in a motor car Had'Phased;;hirnt all* round the town. \ "Heir, hfclt'- Queirie," shouted: Nippo and Jumpo, as he dashed towards thorn. , ' "Wuffoo, wuffc'oo,'' shov eel Queerie, At itill sp*:«:d" -he chy..cged the crowd under the tree His long curly horn went right through one-, old gentleman's top hot and then right through an umbrella. But h* Cidn't stop, and as fe ran' •.iTidt r the tree Nippo and' Jiunpo dropped onto his' hick. '■'Keep running1, don't stop;" they cried; and Queerie galloped on. "Now we are safe," said Nippo as he pulled the top hat and umbrella from off Queerie's long curly horn. "Put this top hat on," he s§Ad to Jumpo. "Now let us sing a song." Queerie could run very fast, and he easily raced the policeman and the fat' gentleman with the dog. They didn't stop until they were right in the coiintry. Then they gave Queerie some grass to eat and tied him to a tree. It was night time now, and they all felt very tired, so thejr all curled themselves into a heap under the tree aiid went fast asleep. WHYWOEBYf T?hone 43-362 Eye trouble is a serious itMng, And often total -blindness toriiqg; Live not in dread, or endless worry, Butt seal! at once oh Spear & Murray Spear an* Mtirray Ltd.; Willis Street '«' W€«angton.