Children’s Column

Putaruru Press, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 20 November 1941, Page 2

Children’s Column

Children’s \ 1 “ Kiwi ” ] V Circle J

Besar Kiwis, — Below are some letters out of my Post Bag- How do you like working rout the puzzles? I am sure yoiu enjoy them. Hoping to hear from L aome more new members soon, with lots of love from KIWI. Dear Kiwi, —I am so sorry that I haven’t written before, as I have been very busy practising for our concert, which is in December. Last Saturday all the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts went for a tramp and we had an enjoyable day. To-day all the Home Guardsmen from Putaruru and Hatamata took part in a mock battle- . It was very exciting watching the men advancing towards town. I was very pleased that they Were only local men and not (Serbians. Love from Starlight. I hope: your concert is a success

next month, Starlight. It must have been interesting watching the Home Guard. What a lot of fun you must have had when you went for a tramp with all the Scouts and Guides. Lots of love from Kiwi.

Dear Kiwi, —Thank you very much for my badge My lamb is full of mischief just now. We have ten chicks still and they are getting very big now- We have a new horse called Lassie. She is very quiet. Bobby, Judith’s lamib, ate Mummy’s pumpkins off. Love to Kiwi from Sunflower.

Your ten dhicks must be very nice now, Sunflower. It was a pity Judith’s lamb ate the pumpkins. Do you ride your horse? Write again soon. Love from Kiwi-

Dear Kiwi, —I am sorry I haven’t written to you these last few weeks. Last week I had a very bad cold and had to stay in bed. I have a garden; it is a flower garden and it has poppies and sweet peas and some pansies which are all out in flower. Won’t it be lovely when Christmas is here? Well, Kiwi, I’ll have to close now. Love from Blue Violet.

.1 thought you must have forgotten all about me, Blue Violet; but I do hope your cold is properly better now- Your garden must look very pretty just now- It will not

be long before Christmas it . here, will it? Write again soon, Blue Violet, as Kiwi likes receiving letters from you. Lots of love from Kiwi.

Dear Kiwi, —Thank you very much for the lovely badge. I like it very much. It came by post on Saturday afternoon Hasn’t the weather been beautiful to-day! It has been nice and sunny all day. I am playing cricket at school now- We broke a bat on Friday, so we have to get a new one. The two lambs, Billy and Bunty, are very big now. They get fed three times a day. Sometimes when I feed the hens they come into the run and jump about and the hens won’t come in, so I have to get a stick apd chase them out. They will soon be on two feeds a day. We have got a hen With fifteen chickens. We bo tight two dozen for her, but nine died. They are getting very big now. Lots of love from Jack Sprat.

Your lambs must be very playful. How lovfely to have fifteen chickens. It jvas- a shame nine of them died. Write again soon. Love from Kiwi

Dear Kiwi, —May I join your Circle, Kiwi? I was a member last time. We have three pet lambs and their names are Lucy, Oscar and Willie. Willie is the youngest of the three and he is my pet- At school we have not started our exams. I suppose you have a lot of members by now. May my penname be Kowhai- Yesterday I got up at half-past six in the morning. The other day Mum and I varnished all the hail and it looks very nice and clean. One of our neighbours further up .our road has started haymaking already- We have a black kitten and her name Is Tui, because she has a white patch on her chest. Tui is very playful and will run after a piece of grass, but when she catches it Tui chews it up immediately. At home we have four bantam chickens and they look like balls of fluff. - I learn music at the Convent. I am going in for an exam and I hope to get high marks. Every day I catch Betsy, our horse. Are there any rules for the Circle, Kiwi? I am sending in some jokes. Love from Kowhai-

Welcome to the Circle, Kowhai. You are lucky to have three pet lamibs. I hope you do well at your exam. Kowhai. Next time you write please tell Kiwi your real name. Lots of love from Kiwi.

JOKES (Sent in by Kowhai.) Poor Little Mary—John Boodle was a hard-hearted mill-owner and his temper was sorely tried by the non-appearance of his Christmas breakfast. Suddenly Mrs. Boodle rushed into the apartment in a state of great excitement. “John!” cried she, “Mary has swallowed a shilling! Whatever shall we do?” Mr. Boodle stared moodily into the grate, where a gas fire burned at its lowest ebb. . Eventually he . solved the problem. “Well, well,” said he. “I suppose we’ll have to let her keep it. She’d have wanted a Christmas box in any case." A Perilous Situation. —Christmas morning on the ice and the merry skaters careering joyfully around. A sudden crack —and there is Jenkins Minor standing howling and shivering in the centre of a lake bordered by shattered ice. “Save me! Help!

I can’t swim!” cried he. Whereat one ’ in the crowd suggested: “There’s no need to swim; you’re only in up to your armpits.” “I know,” was the reply, “but I’m standing on the fat old gent who fell in first.” JUMBLED TOWNS IN NORTH ISLAND (Sent in by Kowhai ) Roslemrinliv; llgwetinon; ckndaula; trgnaaua; katwhaane; pianer; terastmon; dvowilole; dnnaerivke; rtoruoa. Answers: Morrinsville, Wellington; Auckland; Tauranga; Wihakatane; Napier; Masterton; Woodville; Dannevirke; Rotorua. ANSWERS TO JUMBLED FRUIT Grapefruit; mandarin; nectarine; pineapple; pomegranate; mango; blood-orange; water-melon.