POLLY, PETER AND WALLABY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 18 June 1926, Page 8

POLLY, PETER AND WALLABY

One very fine morning Polly, Gwendoline and Wallaby were sitting in the sunshine just thinking what a pleasant thing life is when the weather is really good, whenßichard burst upon them. Richard is such a reckless little dog that he can never sit still. "I've got a grand idea," he sa;d. "Come along with me."

He led them along the garden to where a great pile of poles had been laid. "Well! What is the idea?" queried Polly. "We'll build a summer house/' cried Richard. Polly, who would rather have taken things easily, diff not think much of the scheme, but Gwendoline supported Richard* so they decided to commence it. 1' ,

Of course it fell to Richard and Gwendoline to carry the poles. They were, such big ones that it was as much as they could do to life them. And of course; Polly had to direct operations as usual! It was very necessary, because Richard and Gwendoline staggered all over the place under the weight of the P° les - , **'

Poor Wallaby was the first to get into trouble. Bang went Richard's pole upon his head. Wallaby saw all kinds of stars and, of course, Polly yelled as. loudly as she could. Wallaby was too busy flopping his ears to say much. And it was only natural that Gwendoline should turn to see what all the hubbub was about . .

As Gwendoline turned round her pole overbalanced her, and down it came with a thud on poor Richard. It really was a terrible bang, and Richard saw ever so many more stars than Wallaby had seen! Polly shrieked out at Gwendoline to mind what she was doing, but, unfortunately for Richard, she was just a little too late.

Poor Richard was knocked completely to sleep. The Chums were awfully frightened and Gwendoline protested that she did not do it on purpose, although this was small consolation to Richard. Fortunately Richard soon recovered although he still has a very big bump upon his head. "I didn't think much of the idea," said Polly. "And it only shows that you shouldn't play with dangerous toys," which was certainly very wise.