POOH CORNER

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 78, Issue 7017, 9 February 1949, Page 10

POOH CORNER

Hullo Everyone, I I am going to tell you this week ' about a very strange thing that hap- ' pened the other day to a little friend ! of ours. When Santa came to visit him at Christmas time he brought 1 him a lovely blue fish with bright i eyes, a mouth that seemed just made for eating up all sorts of things, , “Gobbly gobbly”, and a delightful curly tail that was exactly right to carry him round by. David, who is , almost three, loved “Fishy” so much and Fishy seemed very happy to be carried about everywhere and to share David’s porridge, vegies and big mug of milk and to be clasped in a small, warm hand when David went to bed. Like lots of you David and his Mummy, Daddy, brothers and sisters went to the beach and “Fishy” went too. He was lost on the sand and among the rocks and in all sorts of places but each time he turned up again until the day came for the holiday to end and for David to go home. Where was “Fishy”? High and low they all hunted in vain but not a sign of him was to be found. I wonder what you think could have happened to him. I tried to guess and I wouldn’t be surprised if way down in the sea somewhere among his friends David’s “Fishy” is telling stories of the time he spent and the exciting things that happened to him when he was on land. Perhaps there is a very special fish who is like our King and perhaps David’s “Fishy” was invited to the Palace to tell his experiences to King Fish. I wonder. Some day David may find his old “Fishy” again, but I’m sure that in* the meantime he will be having lots of adventures away out in the sea with his friends. Who knows—sometime he may become tired of it all and swim home to David once more. I wonder if Santa knew that it was a' fairy fish that he popped into David’s sock on Christmas morning? Piglet, Puzzle and I all send you our love.— Winnie-the-Pooh. MERIT CORNER (3rd Series—9th February) Janice Gudsell, D.M.W., Te Kawa. Dear Winnie-the-Pooh, How are you all at Pooh Corner? I have just come home from three weeks’ holiday at Cheltenham Beach which is near Devonport. We came home on. the day before school started. One day while we were there Dad and I went out fishing. The water was rough and we were going up a wave, and smack! down into the hollow. Dad caught a kahawai and a sting-ray. He tried to get the sting-ray’s tail but it was too tough. He ctit its stomach and threw it over-board. From where we were we could see all the boats which went out. Some of them were big ships and others were only coastal boats. The Saturday before we left there was a regatta on up the harbour a. bit and we could see all the yachts going up. Some of them had coloured spinnakers. They were very pretty. One day we went to. see some greyhound racing at Alison Park, in Takapuna. There were grey, black, white, creur.. and black and white greyhounds. They ran over a 440 yard track, but one race was only 330 yards. We went to visit the aquarium at Mission Bay. It was very interesting. There were tropical fish, lizards and shells. There was a goanna which looked like a snake with legs. On every glass were snails which kept the glass clean. We went to the pictures four times. The first was “Oliver Twist” which I enjoyed very much. Next was “Pinnichio” which very good and “Alice in Wonderland.” Last Saturday we went to “The Luck of the Irish” which I enjoyed. Hasn’t it been hot lately. It ' just waited till we were all back at school and then became nice. Everything is out in the garden now.— Yours sincerely, Nibbens, D.M.W. I am so pleased to hear from you again Nibbens and to hear about your holiday. I have been to Devonport but not Cheltenham. I’m sure it must be very lovely there though. Fishing is most exciting and rough seas are too—it makes it even more thrilling to go out among the “white horses.” The big ships are so pretty steaming away out to sea aren’t they. They all look so clean and fresh. You must have been kept busy visiting all those places—l have always thought that T would like to see the aquarium. Aren’t the greyhounds beautifully graceful animals. I like the creamygrey ones best I think. You have beaten me by having been to the pictures four times. I haven’t been for a very long time now. I hope to see. “Hamlet” when it comes to Te Awa-. mutu. Are you going?