OUR RING TO-NIGHT

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12324, 19 December 1925, Page 16

OUR RING TO-NIGHT

Moira Jones, Randwick, Lower Hutt. —lt isn’t so very hot here, Moira . . . there seems always to be a little cool breeze from somejvhere. I think we would risk losing’ our fairy furniture for the sake of some truly hot summer. Surely there cannot be so many suoh children in your school? Whqt school is itP Ruby Waistell, Tama street, Lower Hutt.—Good, young Nine-years, and a Wise One the very first, try ! That’s a good beginning to your fairy fun, isn’t it? Next time you come we want you to tell us all about your- . self.

Eunice Swanger, Khandallah. —Well, Eunice, and you thought right too didn’t you? You will not :have, to come alone from Khandallah to our Fairy Ring will you? . . . ■ and - the more you tell us in the first letter the sooner we will know you.

So next time, more news. - Ravnor Jones, 50, Fitzherhert street, Petone. —That must have been a splendid day, Raynor. . - you scouts have great old fun, don’t you? I know the Pipe Track. . .he s a regular climb, but O how scrumptious the valley looks once you reach the summit. Surely on these travels you find lots of Open Eyes news

for us? -, • Joyce Brown, Mangaweka.—Not quite r right this time, was 10 Joyce. . . - hut there will he lots more times to try. Have, you had that concert yet? Tell us all about it, and a great many more things in your next letter to us. / _ Mollie Winter, Okehu.—Mollie, what ' a truly lovely garden it must be. . - did it even 'have the dandelion f 1 have never seen larkspurs five feet high. - ■ they must he regular giants. ' All those lilies must be very beautiful. We want to hear

some more. Mary Bennett, Seatoun.—l am sorry, little one, that you had to wait so long for your prize, hut even . a Fairy Ring becomes a busy place with Christmas o near. What a very ■uncomfortable thing to happen at the picnic! Surely it must have been a disagreeable old crab to bite a whole wee piece out of your foot! CSaudia Browne, 77, Apn Crescent, Lyall Bay.—Thank you, Claudiam’ine for Shingle’s story . ... you will see it soon. I loved getting the photos. . . you j.re. such a ]olly /lij> tie family. If theywere a wee hit “sharper” we would have them in the Ring. I shall like to see you, too. .-. especially to thank you ror all the dear wfee stones you have told us. But let me know when you are coming so that I may be m. Olarioe Browne, 77, Ami Crescent, Lyall Bay.—My great big grown-up “Shingle”. . . three whofe, years old 1 Wasn’t she a beauty, m .her lavender woollies? . - and I think it’s dear of you to call her after me. . . ‘specially as sues precious. Cvril Carncross, Eltham, Taranaki.— One of the Wise Ones the very first time, Cyril. . . now see if you can keep it up. There’ll he lots more things to try. . and we want you to come just whenever you want to. Ina Kinsella, Martinborough. We loved to get your letter from “twenty past six in the morning, little one. No, I hated leaving school ... I just stayed and stayed and stayed as long as I could. And then, when.l did leave, I went hack to teach the wee people . . . which, of. course, was exactly like beginning ali over again. But you’ve a long, long way to go yet, Chickadee . . .

go as far as you can. Joan McNeil, Hastings.—Of- course, you can join us, Joan . . . we would love to know you really well. We arp a very jolly family, even if we are so many. You were a Wise ’ One, too, first try! Lucy de la Cour, Martinborough— Good for those long legs of yours, Lucy - . . winning a race against such big girls as Standard V.! And you’re a Wise One, too. We do miss you, of course, when you don’t write, but we know how very busy Christ-

mas time is for everyone. Jean McQueen, To Wera.—Hospital, Jean? Well, never mind, here you are, all well again, and that’s the main thing! The country seems always to be full of new things happening at this time of the year . . .

nine inore chicks, and I haven’t even one I 1 W. J. Clement, Rodrigo road, Kilbirnie.—Yes, I know it is the first time, W.J. . . . (what could it be, I wonder, William or Winifred?) . . . and it’s a lucky time, too. Come again, and tell us all about yourself, so that we may know you well. Ralph Climo, Oringi.—Yes, of course, Ralph . . . we’d like you to come very much indeed. It is not many town children that go to and from school in a motor-car, hut the distances are so long in the country, aren’t they? Joy Cook, Kamua.—Yes, thank .you, Joy, your little drawing arrived all right . . . didn’t I say so? And thank you for the splendid long letter this time. I rather think I like to feel the breeze on my face when I drive in a motor-car, but, of

course, your sedan is splendid if you want to keep tidy for a party. Ronald Saunders, Wellington.—lt is so much nic?r when you bring something with you the very first time, to interest all the others, Ronald. And they were well typed, too, young Eleven-years. Come again. Frank - Smith, Northland. Good, Frank . . \ we’d love you to join. I’m so sorry your name was omitted from the list of Wise Ones . . . hut it’s here this time instead. You will have lots to tell us, and our people With truly Open Eyes are rather few. So, welcome to our Ring, Frank. Audrey Haynes, Kaiwarra.—-Hasn’t the bathing-shed idea' been in yet. I remember writing about it and copying yourjdrawing out, but sometimes there isn’t room for everything to appear. I will look it up, little one ... it was a good idea. June Anderson, Tonks Grove, City.— Thank you so much, little Sevenyears, for your good wishes to us. And your name was left out of the Wise Ones, although your puzzle was i all right. . . I am sorry that hap--1 peued. May. you, too, have the Merriest Christmas time, and come to our Ring next year. Conny Lonergan, Hawkestone street, City.—Conny, dear, I cannot find any record of your Btory, only one called * r Th« Fairies,” by Phyllis Walker, but I will look again. It just may not have been quite good enough, and then I would tell you . in my answers, but if you didn’t see the paper, of course ... perhaps if it can’t be found, you could remember it to write again, could you ?