The Hollow Tree

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 July 1927, Page 27

The Hollow Tree

Messages for Sunbeams

Letters to the Dawn Lady are an swered as under:

Judith Clarkson, Auckland: I was so glad to hear from you again. It is splendid that you are now a day scholar as home is the best place for everyone T, too. liked that competition page and It very proud of those dever little Sunbeams. Are you going to write me some more poetry soon? I have not forgotten “The Fly and the Spider.” Peggy Brady, Mt. Albert: Many thanks for your very interesting letter and your contributions. I can see you afe going to be a very bright Sunbeam. I, too, love shiny black horses and also the dear old Dobbins who work faithfully all their lives and die in harness. I hope I shall soon hear from you again.

Charles Douglas George, New Lynn: I am glad that this little man has come to Happy Town and I hope I shall often hear from you. Every time you write to me you win be able to pop your hand into the Hollow Tree and pull out a mess? just like Little Jack Horner feeling for plums in the pie. Herbert Turner, Auckland Hocpit?*: I am so sorry you have been ill again, Herbert, and do so hope you will soon be very much stronger. I often look up at the hospital and think of my hoys in Ward 23. Please give my best love to them all. Mary James, Auckland: Greetings and welcome to this little girl. I hope you will always be glad you have found your way down Tiptoe Street to Happy Town. Where do you go to school?

hope that you and your brother will soon recover. That must be a beautiful dolls’ house. I should like to see its inmates and your pretty Persian cat.

Phyllis Symons, Te Papapa: You have not been having a very happy time, Phyllis. Such numbers of my Sunbeams seem to be sick. I feel very honoured that they still write to me even though they are unable to sit up. I do hope you will soon be better. Angela Lades, Northcote: Your letter came safely to Happy Town, Angela. I was so pleased to hear from you again. Are you going to enter for the competitions? Harold Ellis, Auckland: I am so glad to enrol you as one of my Sunbeams, Harold, and hope I shall have many letters from you. The Little Thought sends his love. Tom Eades, Northcote: Very many thanks for your essay and drawing, Torn. Are you going to try a story 'vith the scene laid in Happy Town? Betty Graham, Auckland: 1 am so Pleased to have you for one of my Will you please let me <novv yo*r age when next you write. Cissy Williamson, Mt. Eden: Very ntany thanks for your quick response t 0 the last competition bell. I love >our completion of that strange little Jean’s address is 25 Ulster street, Hamilton. I am sure she will © delighted to hear from you. Jean Eyre, Herne Bay: I was glad to have your letter, Jean, and to hear w .hat is the matter. That is not a very Pleasant thing to have, but I do hope this faithful little girl will soon be better. All those names of hidden a:nihtals are correct. Can you find the buried trees this week? Roderick C. Whittome, Onehunga: A tvarm welcome to this small laddie, ton are a clever little man to find tnose puzzlers out. They are all corexcept one tree , ean Mclndoe, Hamilton: I was so *Had to have your letters, Jean, and nose charming little poems. It is splendid that the Sunbeams are writug to you. George is a clever hoy y® is a black and white artist, too. °u would love to have little Margaret’s letter. I think you two girls * going to become firm friends. Bl,| y Bui lough, Huntly: I should nave liked verv much to have seen at that fanev dress ball and shall vv ' a iting for your letter to tell me A?L° ut it. Was it: all very exciting? Albert Jeffery, Auckland Hospital: I m so glad that there is a chance of your going home soon. It will be trav ?*** when you are well enough to th« Ve i * can Picture vou peeping into Hollow Tree. The messages can n© short ones, but they are full of they? our r trahan ’ Morningside: Welcome to Ww , ppy family, Master Stralian. a is your Christian name? Let me Is it Leslie, Lawrence or Dl Please let me know if I have thaiuT. aiy finger on it. Very many 7 Ks tor your competition poem.. ■, VP | ( na White, Paoatoetoe : A warm Un lorT to nappy Town, Zena. It is r tunat© that you are ill and I

Joan Cammell, Mt. Eden: I was so pleased to hear again from this little girl. Thank you very much for the clever 'little story. Master Mouse must have been feeling very hungry, I think.

Gwen Christie, Frankton: I am delighted to have you for one of my Sunbeams, Gwen, hope you will often write to me. What did you see on your way dawn Tiptoe Street? Any of the Pixie Postmen who deliver the competition mail?

Annie Gordon, Whangarei: I was so pi ed to hear from you again and t<> ...ive your poem and jumbled names. The Little Thought sends his love. Bernice de Berry, Richmond: Thank you so much for your very neat letter. 1 am always glad to hear from this little girl. You found all those pic-ture-puzzle trees. Beatrice Emptage, Auckland: Greetings and welcome to this new Sunbeam and many thanks for your competition poem. I hope you will write to me as often as you can.

Rewa Cunningham, Auckland: I was very pleased to have your letter, Rewa, and to know that all your friends are coming to Happy Town, too. I think I shall have to send our fairy band to meet them in Tiptoe Street, with the Little Thought beating the drum. It would make a fine procession. The word square is *eorrect and many thanks for your competition entry. Hazel Heron, Mangere: A warm welcome to this new Sunbeam. I am so glad you have come to Happy Town. We have our page on Saturdays, but on Wednesdays there is one called the Wigwam, for Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and young people between the ages of 15 and 20. When you are 15 or if you are a Guide vou may also belong to that. I, too, love the country. What a number of farm animals you have. Beryl de Berry, Richmond: I have not by any means forgotten that you are one of my Sunbeams, Beryl, and was so pleased to hear from you again Your letters and Bernice’s are among the neatest that come to Happy Town All the trees are correct. Don Day, Mt. Albert: Oh yes, Jack has written to me. You two must be firm friends. It will be splendid when you are old enough to enter tor the competitions. Do you still cut the morning wood and do all those helpful 1 George Boyle, Auckland: Many thanks for your charming poem. George, and the picture of the man who keeps the Joy Shop. Thank >ou too, for the clever decorations on the Birkenhead: Many thanks for your neat letter, Eric. I am glad that Solomon is answering to his name The white bunny must be a pretty little fellow. I should like to Thomas Wenmath, Thames: I am delighted to welcome you into Happj Town Tom. Many thanks for your competition poem. I hope I shall ha\e many letters from you. All good W Edith Birss, Devonport: A warm welcome to this new Sunbeam. I am sc triad you have come to Happj town. Ire vou going to try the competitions; The Little Thought sends his love Movra Gresham, Epsom: The Dawn r • t ,iv is always glad to receue letter. uSe vours Movra. I shall be looking forward to vour competition entries Many thanks for the posy of jumbled fl °Mary Harvie, Epsom: We never lose a b-wistir-twiney h Tiptoe G ItreeL hut 1 managed to carry the message round al phl < ms I Yates, Mt. Eden: Thank >;ou fervour two charming letters.Fhyllis. r i * sniri to grivc you a hug. Mani return.