THE FAIRY RING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12217, 15 August 1925, Page 16

THE FAIRY RING

My Fairy Folk,— Great happenings, aren’t there? Holidays, and a Winter Show, and a Fleet Week all at once!. And how do you like the town in its party clothes? If it would only keep its party manners and keep on smiling, eh? There are lots of you in the country away from all these great doings, but the little town people are remembering, and will tell you about it in our Ring. Don’t forget the Nature things for next week’s competition, my Chicks. Yours, FAIRIEL.

The Sun on my right hand , • • The Moon on the other. The Moon is my sister. The Sun is my brother. The Moon on my left ... The Sun on my right.. My brother,. Good-morning . . . My sister, Good-night.

LETTERS Dear Fairiel,— This morning, when I got up, there was a lot of snow on the mountain. We have got our seventy-three chickens, and dad had to »kill three, and now we have only seventy. There are two wild cats under onr house, and Freddy is trying to get a photo of them. On Tuesday, when I came home from school, I went to see my new garden, and the primroses had. little buds springing up. Last Saturday I ■ saw a big Red Admiral flit past. Love from MARION* Marion Butt, Hantere Cross, Te Horo. s * * * Dear Fairiel, — How are you? Bob has come back, but- Sing-Sing has gone for good. But daddy is going, to.buy me : another one. I am going to see the fleet come in now. I hope it is fine to-day, for the fleet to come in. I think it is so far. I wonder where my letter went last week. . With love from PAT. Pat Gilmer, V Willis street, city. *** * i * Dear Fairiel,— We have got onr holidays at last, for a whole fortnight. . J. have written another story, about something that happened on Monday morning. I hope you will like it. And I am sending the dates of onr hithdays, which you will see at the end of my letter. I look forward 'to our meeting every Saturday. - Little Shingle sends you many kisses and Idles. Good-bye, dear Fairiel. 1 remain, Yours truly, CLAUDIA. Cflandie Browne, 77, Aptt Crescent, Lyall Bay. * * * * Dear Fairiel, — I have so much to tell you, I don’t know what to say. First, my tooth is through where the other one came out. At the I lilted the ' merry-go-round best. I was on twice. I am going to tho show again to-morrow night. I have not been out late at night before, so I will have a good time. We only caught one fish, as it turned out nice and fine, and we got the car out and went right round near Happy Valley, hut a big southerly came up, and we had to come home. We went out to Seatoun to see the wtrships come in. After they had passed we went into town to see them

arrive at the wharf. It was good. ’ We are going to have a look over the Seattle. Won’t it he nice? This morning we went into town to see the men march. I like the officers best. This afternoon we went to the Basin Reserve to see the sheepdog trials. We did hot stay very long; it was too cold. We saw a dog trying to put a rooster into a box-. It was funny. I hope it is nice and fine again tomorrow, because we want to go for a picnic. Our holidays are nearly over, and we haven’t been for a picnic yet. We used to go for a good many picnics when we had the fine days. I _ wi)l say good-night now, dear Fairiel. With plenty of love and kisses from your little Elf, TOMMY. Tommy McDonald,,

'OUR RING TO-NIGHT Ivy MoGhie, Chance Along, Maori Bank, Upper Hutt.—l am not quite sure what you mean, little one, about the snowflakes. Of course, I think they are beautiful. . . wonderfully beautiful wee things. Write the “Open Eyes” nature stories on separate paper from your letter when ?ou send them, and don’t be too late. am so sorry to hear about Victor’s teacher. Pat Gilmer, Willis street, city.—And it was too, just a splendid day, wasn’t it, .Pat! I wonder where you went to watch the ships. . . up on the hills somewhere, or round the coast? I found your letter with the “Jack and Jill” drawing. Can Daddy really buy another Sing-Sing ? Claudia Browne, 77, Apu crescent, Lyall Bay.—We all love the story, piaudia. . . is it little Shingle who ate the party? What a wicked' wee morsel she must be! Give her Ja big fat hug from me. There will be more stories of holiday play to tell us, won’t there? ' Bob McGlenchey, 96; Daniel street, Newtown!—We would like you to send ua a longer letter than that, Bob. Don’t you think that perhaps all the things that interest you might interest other little people too? Tellus about them. Joan Gard’ner, 191, The Terrace, Wel-lington.—-I am so glad you liked the hook, Joan. Nearly all Alfred Noyes’s. poems are “scrumptious,” aren’t they? And there are others. . . Eva Gere Booth, I think, Moira O’Neill, Yeats, and de la Mare. It’s a grave wee fairy I remember in ,the Kindergarten. Come often to the ■ Fairy Ring. Marion Butt, Hautere Cross, Te Horo. —And when' I was on the hills. 4 . that sunny Sunday morning. . . a Red Admiral came fluttering into my hand. I closed my hand loosely, and he crept out between my fingers and stayed there stretching his wings to the warm air, quite unafraid. It won't be long now, little one, before they are everywhere! . Joan Hornby, Turakina -I am sorry about that cold, my Joan. Try to keep out of draughts,, - but don’t . get too close to fires.. I think the idea of the garden box is just splendid ! Put in a few little plants too, so that you won’t have to wait too long for flowers. I have a. window box, all painted green in the breakfast room. Just now it only has red geranium and migonette which my hungry little bird gets for a very special party meal. What is our Michael’s first name to be? jopoooooooooooooooooooodooo