WHEN I GROW UP

Southland Times, Issue 23538, 18 June 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

WHEN I GROW UP

f —PRIZE— When I grow up I would like to be a veterinary surgeon. , I had a lovely little puppy, he was a ball of furry fluff, full o doggy mischief, and I called him “Rough.” He got tangled up m my knitting, and chewed my favourite doll. He tore my scarf to pieces, a hid my shoes. He became ill, and had to be killed, so that is why want to be a vet., to care for all little doggies that get sick. If he here, I would love him dearly, and I still think he’s very sweet, and forgive him all his naughtiness; , I have great patience, and I am sure I would be a good ver. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Elaine McCleery (6), 193 Ritchie Street. —PRIZE—“I would like to be a soldier when I grow up,” said Tommy Brown to his cousin Jack one day. . , Jack thought for a while, then said, I would like to be a sailor. I think it would be great fun to go sailing away in a big battleship in a smart suit of navy blue with brass buttons.” 1( ~ , “I would have a smart uniform too, said Tom, and I would also have a gun and a sword. Wouldn’t it be exciting? Let us play a game ot what we would like to do when we grow up.” . _ , So Tom got out his top gun and his wooden sword, while JacK turned the table upside down to make a ship, and together they set out to meet the .enemy. Jack pulled his boat in, and Tom jumped ashore, and with his gun ready, he ran to meet the enemy. After a hard struggle, when Tom was beginning to get the worst of the fight, he heard a big gun booming out behind him, and he knew it was Jack sending out shells from the guns on his big ship to help him. Soon Tom won the battle, and went back to the ship to find Jack waiting to take him home again. When they arrived home, mother called them to tea, so Jack put his ship on its legs again, Tom put away his sword and gun and together they ran off to tea. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Wallace Baillie, A.C. (9), 216 Nelson street. —PRIZE— When I grow up, I shall be a farmer like my father. I shall have a tractor and good farm implements to do the work. On my farm there will be some sheep, cows, and one or two pigs.

Once a week I shall go to town in a car to buy the groceries.' I will go to all the sales and see the animals being sold, and perhaps I shall buy some more, or sell some of mine. I will set traps and catch the rabbits, and I will also shoot and ferret them. I will not poison them in case some of my dogs get poisoned. I will be a bachelor and have a two-roomed hut, and a good vegetable garden. On the farm there will be a big yard for my ducks and hens, and four turkeys. I will live on the farm all my life, except sometimes when I go to Cousin Selwyn Winsloe (9), Merrivale R.D., Otautau.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up I would like to be a school teacher and teach the children lessons. Soon they would learn their work, and know it when they grew up. I would not -five them

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up I would like to be a sailor on a big ship. Nothing could be better than to parade the deck of a steamer, look over the rail, and watch the dance of the waves. You sometimes see undermovements much bigger than the visible swells, unseen billows zigzagged by surface currents, little waves, ripples running up and down. Their play is so lovely that you are apt to forget the hidden drifts. That swell or under-current will drift a ship over to the rocks. How I would enjoy that journey from port to port. —3 marks to Cousin Alexander McCleery, A.C. (9), 193 Ritchie street

the strap unless they were very naughty. I would try to be a wise teacher and make all my pupils love me. —3 marks to Cousin Melva Lake (7), Tussock Creek.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up I hope to be a nurse. I would take the medicine to the patients so that they would get well. I would also do my duty and take the meals to the patients, and take the fruit to them after their meals. , If I had a holiday from my work I would go home. If at home my brother or sister or friend was ill, I would do my best to make them well. I would rather be a nurse than anything else. • - —3 marks to Cousin Dorothy Lake, A.C. (9), Tussock Creek.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— Jim was seven years old, and he wanted to know what he was going to be when he was a man. “You wait and see,” said mother. Father had been working out in the paddock ploughing with, the horses, and he was coming in to

dinner. Jim asked father what he could do when he was a man. “You can come out with me this afternoon and learn how to plough. After dinner. Jim and his father went out to plough. Father taught him how' to steer the plough and turn it, and all kinds of things. In the evening father said: “You have learned how to plough, I think you can be a farmer.” ' “Oh yes,” said Jim, “I will be a farmer.” —3 marks to Cousin barren Smith (11), Section 8, Glencoe R.D.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up I would like to be a singer, a lady that plays the piano, and one that plays the violin. Music is very nice to listen to, and we can also sing at the same time. I wish I was grown up, then I would not have to go to school, because I do not like going to school.

Ladies can have nice costumes and nice dresses too, better than we can have when we are small. —3 marks Io Cousin Irene Lawrence (8), Clifden, Tuatapere. —HIGHLY COMMENDED— ' When I grow up I think I should like to be a school teacher. All the naughty little boys would have their heads in the comer, but I would not strap them. If there were trees round the school I would • let the children climb to their hearts’ content. Always they would do their best work, then everybody would say what neat children. ' What a happy life! —2 marks to Cousin Flower Hui (10), Gorge Road.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up, I hope to travel the world, to see all the wonderful tilings in other countries. First I will travel through Australia, seeing the wonderful Sydney harbour bridge, and then go out to the cotmtry and see some of the big ranches. After having seen Australia, I Will set sail for America, that marvellous country with its big cities and buildings. I will see the wonders of Hollywood, and the famous film stars. Next I will wend my way to England, the land of historic castles, old cities and the homes of their

Majesties, the King and Queen. After spending some time in the cities, I hope to see some of the famous villages of rural England and Scotland. France will be the next place I visit, so I will leave by aeroplane, which in a short time will reach Paris. As it is . a big city, I will spend considerable time having a thorough look around. Travelling by plane, I will visit Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, Africa, China and Japan. . v Having grown a little weary of travelling, I will make my way homeward to little New Zealand, the best country in the .world.. I will then settle down, quite satisfied to work for a few more years before travelling again.

—3 marks to Cousin Richard Goodson, A.C. (11), 64 Robertson street.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— When I grow up I would like, to work in a jeweller’s shop. I think it would be lovely to be able to ad-

mire all the beautiful rings, brooches, watches and other things when I wanted to. \

When 1 received my wages, I would put a certain amount in the bank so that I would be able to go for a long trip when the holidays came. In the summer evenings I would like to play tennis or go hiking or swimming. In the winter I would go to card parties, and to the pictures.

—3 marks to Cousin Isabel McEwan (9), 87 Morton street.