POOH CORNER

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 77, Issue 6974, 6 October 1948, Page 10

POOH CORNER

Dear Children, The other day I went for a drive in a car and we went past a paddock where there were lots of foals. They were all colours and s'izes. Some lay asleep near to where their mothers grazed, others frisked about in the sunshine and some had their heads tucked away drinking their meal as greedily as could be- Their funny wobbly legs seemed most unsafe as they ran about and it didn’t seem possible that in a few short months they would be grown to full size and before long taking their place with the famous racehorses, their trained muscles rippling under satin coats as they pounded the turf beneath their feet.—We all send you our love, Win-nie-the-Pooh.

MERIT CORNER (3rd Series—6th October) Jeane Dunlop, Te Kawa. COMPETITION Try to think of all the words which sound the same but are spelt differently. For example: wood, would; bred, bread; meat meet; seen, scene; etc. This was sent in by Pistol Packin’ Momma and Mr Printer Man thought that it was to be put in apart from her letter as a competition. Several members have done it so now it is for this month and entries close on Ist November. Name, ages, and pennames please. Dear Winnie-the-Pooh, How are you? It is a wet day here to-day. I am writing with my fountain pen. We played games last night like Snakes and Ladders. I will go now.—From Buttercup. It isn’t very much fun on a wet day at school is it. Did you sleep ? because I’m sure you couldn’t do anything else. It is handy to have a fountain pen isn’t it—it saves carrying ink about. Dear Winnie-the-Pooh,

I hope you will forgive me for writing in pencil but my pen nib is sadly broken so I am forced to use pencil and I am not used to it- Well, off we go on our second instalment. Where had I got to? As soon as we arrived at Lyttelton wharf we boarded a train with “ladies with children only” pasted on the window. As soon as we arrived at Christchurch station we boarded a train for Kaiapoi where my aunt lives. All the scenery, mostly fields and fields of dry grass and' monotonously flat paddocks lay under a smoky haze. Being very much unused to the flat low lying country, I was amazed to see just how flat it is in many places. Arriving at Kaiapoi Railway Station we walked down the street with another woman who was going there also. After we arrived at our aunt’s place and all the greetings were over we rested a while then went down town with my cousin Deidre. All the while we were in Kaiapoi it did not rain. About two days after we went into Christchurch and I liked it very much. I went to the Dominion Industries Fair and saw many interesting articles. There was an electric dish washer which would be very useful in some places. A few days afterwards we travelled to Timaru. AHI the country about Tinwald and Winchester I noticed that the ground was very stony. I thought that although Timaru was rather hilly I thought it extremely pretty. From the top street we could see far out to sea across the shiny waters- Down in the green domain many children were playing on the swings and wandering through the leafy green willows. It was a very pretty scene which an artist could hardly paint without spoiling the healthy, gay atmosphere. Having only two hours to spend there we hurriedly ate our lunch and spent the rest of our time wandering around the street gazing at the shop windows. Soon after we caught the express back to ’Christchurch and then travelled by Midland bus back to Kaiapoi. We went to the Rialto Theatre and saw “The Best Years of Our Lives”. It was very good. Almost too soon our three weeks were up and we had to go home. Our Uncle Stanley came as far as Palmerston North where we got off to look around. I liked it too. My Uncle was going to Gisborne. On the way home on the Hinemoa, Mandrake, Mum and I were all sea-sick. It is a most terrible feeling. The next morning I couldn’t look at the blue waters at all. I did not mind being ’ sick after so much, as the steward who kept teasing me. I suppose he was sick once. Well, anyway it was the best trip I ever had and one that I shall not forget in a hurry. That is the concluding chapter, Winnie-the-Pooh, and I hope that it has been interesting. Have you bought any Health Stamps yet? I have bought eight. There will be one on your letter. I will be enclosing my competition. Well, lots of pots of honey to you Pooh. —Sunrise. I was most interested in your second instalment, Sunrise. I think that it would be a very good idea to cut the letters out of the paper and you would have a neat story to keep of your trip south. I have never been in the South Island and I do envy you that lovely three weeks. I haven’t bought any stamps yet but I will do so. Dear Winnie-the-Pooh, How are you and Piglet? I have got a cough. I might be going to the zoo on Saturday and then I will be able to tell you all about it. I fell off the swing a while ago, but I am all right now. I have just finished making a cardigan for myself. I don’t know if White Dove and Buttercup are writing.—From Skylark. I’m sorry you have a cough, Skylark. I hope you go to the Zoo, because then I will be able to hear about it- I hope you didn’t hurt yourself badly when you fell off the swing. You are clever to have knitted a cardigan.

De’ar Winnie-the-Pooh, It i» such a long time since 1 have written as I have been busy. I have been helping Dad lately so I did not get a chance. I am writing to see if

the competition in the Corner is to be done. Would you please tell me in Wednesday’s Courier?— I ’remain, yours sincerely, Cow Cockey. It is a long time since I heard from you, Cow Cockey. What a busy fellow you are, helping on the farm.