LITTLE SOUTHLANDERS’ CHRONICLE

Southland Times, Issue 25483, 2 October 1944, Page 8

LITTLE SOUTHLANDERS’ CHRONICLE

My Dear Cousins, Congratulations to Cousins Joyce Stephens, Master of Puzzles, June Stephens, Master of Art, Russell Fergus, Able Contributor, and Mary Duncan, Writer of Letters. These Little Southlanders have 50 marks for puzzles, art, stories and poems, and letters, and are entitled to the degrees, and prizes of 2/-. Russell needs a few more marks before he earns the prize, as his marks include a few prizes, which are not counted for the 2/-. Others have written to tell me of mounting totals, so soon there will be more degrees. When you have 50 of any one type of marks, send me the numbers and the dates on which they were earned. Well, my cousins, quite a few of you gave yourselves a great deal of unnecessary work this week. The puzzle competition was to see how many words you could make from the letters in “Victory Loan,” using each letter once only. Some of you used them over and over again, making long lists of words. You should read the competitions more carefully. Your Loving COMPETITIONS « 594TH COMPETITION. —Poem for all Cousins: “Daffodils.”' Entries close TUESDAY, October 3. 595TH COMPETITION.—Story for all Cousins: “Lost in the mist.” Entries close TUESDAY, October 10. 60TH PUZZLE COMPETITION.— Prizes of 1/- to Cousins Mary Bulling, Mary Duncan, Roa Bulling, Irene Botting. Only four words could be made from the letters in the words, “Victory Loan,” used only only. Some of the alternatives 'were: Van, lot, icy, or; ivy, cot, ran, lo; lot, or, I, can; city, or, 10, van. Proper names were not accepted. 61ST PUZZLE COMPETITION.— What can you find hidden in this picture? Entries close TUESDAY, October 10.

THE MAGIC CARPET —PRIZE— There are different kinds of magic carpets, but mine is a flower garden we all love to see. It lasts for such a long time, and, being magic, it changes its colours all the time. It is being made now and will have all the colours in their places in a few weeks. It really is magic too, because we just plant the seeds in the ground, and nature makes them grow into pretty flowers. They make many people happy until the cold days come along again, and my magic carpet disappears. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Russell Fergus (9), 46 Doon street. —PRIZE— This is the story of Nelly Barber and her magic carpet. Once upon a time there lived a girl whose name was Nelly. She had a magic carpet. One day when she was in Holland she met a German who badly needed a hair-cut, so she put down her magic carpet and began cutting his hair. Suddenly, up rose the carpet, and wrapping itself around the German, went rolling down the hill to the canal. A Dutchman standing by, said: “If we had a few more carpets we could have cleaned all the Germans out c f Holland.” ' —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Sylvia Shaw (9), 12 Clifton street. —PRIZE— In Fairyland all was bustle and confusion. Queen Marybell, queen of all the fairy kingdom, had lost her magic carpet which she used when visiting the earth and its flowers. She had put it in its box the day before, but now it was gone, she knew not where. Fairies and elves looked everywhere, in flowers, under the mushrooms, and in the grass, but it was not to be seen. Meanwhile, a wicked hob-goblin went running into his cave with the precious carpet beneath his arm. He did not know the carpet’s value, for instead of locking it up, he left it on an open shelf while he went about his work.

Soon a little fairy called Bluebell came along. When she reached the cave and saw the carpet, she said: “Tala, tala, to your queen.” When the carpet heard this it flew up and out bf the cave. The goblin saw it flying away. As he watched it he began to run, but as he did not look where he was going, he fell over a cliff and was killed. The mat reached home safely, so Queen Marybell took Bluebell with her to see the flowers of the earth as a reward. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Audrey Monk (13), Kapuka South. ENROLMENTS Phyllis. Smith (11), Dacre, Gorge Road R.D. Therese Prenderville (10), Lorneville. Amelia Lecklie (9), 124 McMaster street!