The Hollow Tree

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 74, 18 June 1927, Page 26

The Hollow Tree

Messages for Sunbeams betters to the Dawn Lady are answered. as under: Tony Whitlock, Auckland: Thank you so much for your letter, Tony. 1 am sorry it was too late to be answered last week, but here is your message this week, the very first to be popped into the Hollow Tree. What splendid fun you had when you were staying in the country. Did you ever catch any of those rabbits? Please give my love to Philip and Wendy. George Boyle, Auckland: Very many thanks for letting me see that poem, George. You are one of my faithful Sunbeams. Vera Thornhill, Auckland: I am publishing both your poem and essay. It is a great pity that you have to miss school just when it means so much to you. I do hope you will soon be perfectly strong again. You will find that the time will soon pass and there are always books and the ink-well. Jpan did not enter a poem this time. Yes, she is certainly clever. You two m ist have much in common. Cissy Williamson, Mount Eden: M.iny thanks for your letter and competition poem. Yes, there have been great journeyings down Tiptoe Street since the Little Thought discovered the way to Happy Town about three months ago. Marjorie Hetherington, Mount Eden: I was very glad to have your letter and poem. You are having a busy time with your music and studies, but I shall always be pleased to hear from you whenever you can spare a moment to write. Pauline Wolfe, Ponsonby: 1 was glad to have your entries for the competitions, Pauline. Your essays placed you high in the list. Thomas E. Woodward, Kingsland: Many thanks for your little poem I always know that what you write is quite original. The Little Thought sends you his love. Fred. Butterfield, Remuera: I am so glad you Jike your membership card and that you are such a faithful Sunbeam. Many thanks for the decoration on your envelope. Marie Gunthorp, Onehunga: Welcome to this little lady and many thanks for your contribution. I shall always be pleased to hear from you. Phyllis Haines, Frankton Junction: You are having a very busy time at school just now, but I am glad you can always find time to come to Happy Town. Many thanks for your entry for the competition. Dorothy Bramley, Waiotahi: Your cheery letter reached me safely, Dorothy, and also your competition essay. Many thanks for both. Margaret Anderson, Mount Eden: This little Sunbeam, who is also an invalid, sends her love to Jean MoIndoe. You and Jean are the same age, Margaret. You have had a long time in bed. but I feel sure that after that treatment you will be much stronger. I am so glad that the Little Thought has -brought you to Happy Town, as we can now help to brighten the days for you. Mary Harvie, Epsom: 1 was so pleased to hear again from this little lady. Many thanks for your competition drawing. Mavis Young, New Lj/nn: Your essay reached Happy Town safely. Mavis. I was very pleased to receive it. All good wishes. Nola Craig, Auckland: Your essay and poem are splendid, Nola. Not many Saturdays go by without the Little Thought placing a note for you in the Hollow Tree. David Corban, Grey Lynn: Your excellent drawing is now on the wall in my picture gallery, David. It Is most cleverly done, but the subject seemed to me not quite as suitable as those that are printed. I hope you will e*nter again when the Little Thought rings the next Competition Bell. Moyra Gresham, Epsom. Many thanks for your drawing, little lady, and every good wish. Lilian Whitle, Grey Lynn: Your, drawing has placed you very high in the list. Those two little figures make a charming study. Gwen Jones, Takanini: I am sorry your letter was too la t * to be answered and that the Hollo .j Tree had no message for you that week. But there was one the next Saturday, wasn’t there? Master Rabbit nearly succeeded i »» gaining his liberty. How fortunate

you were to find him. Many thanks for the puzzlers. Becky Pelham, Onehunga: A warm welcome to this clever young poetess. I hope to see many samples of your work. The Little Thought sends his love and greetings. Violet Parkes, Takapuna: I was so glad 1:o have your entries for the competitions, Violet, and also your interesting letter. Oh, yes, those Pixie Postmen have a very busy time; but we wouldn’t have it otherwise, would we ? Marie Kissel, Wellington: Your dainty drawing reached Happy Town safely. I love those slim fairies with their delicate Wings. Fitzie Morris, Epsom: Congratulations on your prize-winning poem and your colourful essay. lam delighted to think that you have become a Sunbeam of Happy Town. Would you

please let me know as early as possible what book you would like or give me a list of your favourites to choose from.

Winnie Douglas, Otahuhu: 1 was very pleased to have your competition entries, Winnie. The little market scene is very cleverly done.

Harry Keesing, Ellerslie: Those merry little gnomes placed you high in the Honours List, and are now in my picture gallery beside the one you drew for the last competition. Every good wish. Renira Yates, Mount Eden: Many thanks for your drawing, Renira. That little babe should certainly have sweet slumbers. Reg. Donald Matamata: I was so glad to have your letter and your contributions, Reg. You are a very keen young Sunbeam. That is a fine little poem that you had in the School Magazine. J. Keinzley, Auckland: I am very pleased to have this young artist among my Sunbeams, and shall always look forward to hearing from you. There is always a fascination about ships, perhaps because they til -he adventurous ways of the world Jean Mclndoe, Hamilton: Your splendidly-handled little essay has won the competition, Jean. Congratulations from the Dawn Lady, the Little Thought and all the Sunbeams. Would you please let me know what book you would like, or. better still, give me a list to choose from. Phyllis Yates, Mount Eden: Many thanks for your drawing, Phyllis. The Pixie Postmen feel very honoured indeed. Your letters are among the neatest that come to Happy Town. Connie Donald, Matamata: A warm welcome to this little lady. The Little Thought has brought you safel> down Tiptoe Street into Happy Town. Billy Bullough, Huntly: Many thanks for your drawings of the ships. I think you must be going to be a sailor. Don’t you think so? Desma Yates, Mount Eden: The wee lamb in your picture found a rosy place to shelter. The cold winds could not reach him there. Frances Gresham!, Epsom: That is a clever poem for a little girl of seven. What an unfortunate time Tqmny had at the dentist’s. The Little Thought sends his love.

Jean Donald, Matamata: I am delighted to have j t ou for one of my Sunbeams. Many thanks for your competition drawing. Len Matthews, Auckland Hospital I was so very happy when I received those letters from the boys in Ward 23. It is a great joy to me f o think that Happy Town means so much to you all. Life has not treated you very kindly and seven months is a long time to have been in bed. I hope you will soon recover your health and grow strong again. With love and best wishes. Albert Jeffery, Auckland Hospital: 1 was so glad to have your letter and to write your name in the Sunbean. Book. Strangely enough I feel that I know you all. All your letters came in the same mail, so you boys have come together to Happy Town. That was a most unfortunate accident and you have been in hospital a long time. Please write to me often. I shall always watch for your letters. Fred. Wardell, Auckland Hospital: J am sure you will be my friend always, Fred, and you have a true friend in the Dawn Lady, too. I am delighted to think that you have come to Happy Town, for you will find plenty of sunshine here. The Sunbeams join me in hoping that you will soon recover and be able to go home again. James Ward, Auckland Hospital: You are certainly an old patient, now, but I hope you will soon be strong again. The Dawn Lady is greatly honoured to have you boys among her Sunbeams. It will be a great interest to you every Saturday and I hope i shall have manjr letters from you. The Little Thought sends his very best wishes. Herbert Turner, Auckland Hospital: I was so pleased to hear from this, laddie. It will be splendid to find messages in the Hollow Tree, for tney are always very special ones. You have been in hospital a long time, but I hope you will soon be strong enough to go home. The Little Thought sends you his best love. Jack Yearbury, Auckland Hospital: I was so pleased to have your fine little letter, Jack, and to hear all about your visitors. What a splendid supply of books you have. They v/ill keep yen very well occupied. You will several albums for all those cigarcttecards. I have never heard of anyone else with over five hundred. Alan Bull, Remuera: Welcome to this little man. Your membership card should now have reached you and you will see that you have passed through the magic gate into Happy Town. Frances Heron, Remuera: I am so glad you have come to I-lappy Town. Many happy returns of your birthday. When you are a Guide you will also be eligible for the Wigwam, which is published each Wednesday and has a special corner for Guides^ Joan Cammed, Mount Eden: Greetings to this little maid. I am so glad to have you for a Sunbeam, and I hope your membership card has reached you. Patricia Griffin, Edendale: Welcome to Happy Town, Patricia. One of these days I shall be calling you by your very pretty pet name. Enid Lennan, Onehunga: Another new Sunbeam to find her way down Tiptoe Street. I hope I shall often hear from you, for I liked what you wrote to me very much. Nancy Waller, Manurewa: I was most pleased to receive your interesting letter with the contribution of puzzles and riddles. You are a wise little lady to come to Happy Town. I think the Little Thought must have been at your elbow as you read our corner each week. Herbert Lennan, Onehunga: Greetings and welcome, Herbert, and many thanks for your contributions. You will have a big interest in the Hollow Tree now, I think. Joe Pelham, Royal Oak: Another new Sunbeam. Don’t they come tripping in? Tiptoe Street is a busy thoroughfare these days. Gladys Chegwidden, Napier: Greetings and welcome to this far-away Sunbeam. We shall have to order you a pair of shining wings. Vincent McGlone, Mount Albert: Your application for enrolment reached me safely, Vincent, and I have sent your membership card. Such numbers of new Sunbeams have come to Happy Town this week. Ruby Morrison, Kingsland: Very many thanks for your letter, Ruby, I thought that little jingle just a little too well known to publish, but perhaps you can think of some more. Jim Dobbyn, Grey Lynn: Greetings to this happy young Sunbeam. I am so glad you enjoy the stories. Those jokes will be very useful. Jean Eyre, Herne Bay: 1 am very to hear that you are not very well, but I hope you will soon be better. You are doing splendid work at school and I hope your successes continue. Thank you for the picture puzzle with the figure of Ceres lined in. Shirley Hill, Remuera: I am very glad that you have found your way down Tiptoe Street. Your little friends will be glad when they are out of quarantine, so that you can play with them again. I should very much like to see some of your brother s drawings. Audrey Reid, Auckland: Heartiest congratulations on your prize-winning drawing, Audrey. Please will you let me know what book you would like or give me a list to choose from?