Extracts from Letters . . .

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 8

Extracts from Letters . . .

Last Sunday we went for a launch , trip down the sounds 1o Stag Point, j where we had lunch. I found a real i slide like the one at Tahuna. but Daddy I said it must have been washed up. We , all had lunch on the beach, and after- i wards the men went pig hunting up on j the hill. We brought home one little i wild pig alive. He was very quiet and ! i.te all our left-over lunch <and how ' l.c enjoyed it! » —C oral Harper, Have -V, .y. -Y- YWe are making quilts for the Red j Ci oss at school, and have nearly done j four of them. We have a lot of spring ! bulbs out and the daphne bush has j hods on it. Do you know of anything I that will make hens lay? We have seven little pigs in the sty. and Allan and I pick up fallen apples for them. Barbara Kerr <9 years), Takaka. * * * * We have a pet bird called Joey. Mv sister and I have a bicycle now. Do j you like fairies, Alice? We used to i think there were fairies living under ! cur basement, and when we went lo ! bed. Mummy used to say: “Bo quiet or you will wake the baby fairies up.” but J we never heard them.— Noni McConchie, <7 years). Nelson.