LETTERS FROM LITTLE POLKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 51

LETTERS FROM LITTLE POLKS.

Deab Dot,— l am a black and white dog, and my name is Tweedy. lam a good dog, and I have a lot of work to do. I first go for the horses for my master, and then I go for the cow 3 for my misWss, and then I have to ehfph>rd the sheep all day. I like to be working with tbe Bheep. I keep the hawks away from the fowls too. lam very foad of fighting, and am seldom beaten. My mother in dead. When she went to drink oub of the creek she fell in and got drowned lam sending you sixpence in stamps for the Kindergarten Fund as I am very fond of children.— Yours fai'hfully, TWESDY. Gimmerburn, May 12. [Not good dog Tray, but good dog Tweedy. But then is a dog who is very fond of fighting, and who is never beaten, a good dog ? Well, I think his master would say yes ! And as he does good work otherwise bjthin bringing in the sheep aud the catt'e and keeping away the ha-vks, and more especially as he is very fond < f children, I think we can safely say he is a good dog,— Dot.] Dbar Dot,— -I am in the Fourth Standard at school. Mr Fullarfcon is my teacher, and I like him very much. I have two brothers and one sister ; their names are Andrew, William, and Nellie. lam going to tell you about my pets. I have a. little pup and a little bantam hen ; please give me names for them. I am very fond of pets. Father tells me I will be aa old maid. I am sending you six stamps for the Kindergarten Fund. — Yours truly, Otama, May 12. Schoolgirl. [I do nob pea why you should be an old maid because you are fond of dumb animals, and I think your father is only teasing you. Call the hen Jennie aid the pup Gyp. Thank you for the stamps.— Dot ] Dear Dot, —I have seen so many liltle boys' and girls' letters in the Witness that I thought I would like to write one also. We have two cows, a calf, and a dog. I have also a little frog, sent all the way from Canterbury. It has nob grown the least bit bigger, since I got ib. I have to watch it every day, for one day I saw a hen nearly gobble it up. Will you please give me a name for a pretty little kitten I have gob. Our school is to be examined in two or three weeks by the inspector. — Yours truly, Dunedio, May 15. Baucs Robertson. [How interesting to watch froggy grow, and then fancy when he changes his skin and comes out all in a fresh coat — won't that be nice. You will want a chum for him though, won't you ? H*ve you a pond, and what do you feed him on, Bruce ? Call the kitten Baauby.— Dot.] KINDERGARTEN FUND. Stamp 3 received :— Tweedy, Gimmerburn, 6 ; Schoolgirl, Utama, 6.