WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1934, Page 22 (Supplement)

WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

“Tinker Tang,” Uruti: How lovely to have a little strawberry patch all Of your own, the Hut folk think! Are the plants flowering yet, they want to know? Yes; Dicky Boy is still as mischievous as ever, i and his cheeky little head is | peeping in at the door as I am writing this.

Alec Close, Rawhitiroa. We hope you have had better luck with your peas this time, Alec, for it is most annoying when the greedy birds eat up al> you seeds, is it not? It makes Hut gardener very angry when that happens in his garden.

“Flower Bed,” Rawhitiroa: There are lots of white butterflies fluttering about in the Hut garden to-day, and Dicky Boy has been running about trying to catch them. .They are too quick for him, though, I am afraid, for they just fly up out of reach above his head. “Silver Peacock,” Okato: You must have been very busy lately moving in to your new home, but it must have been rather exciting, the Hut folk think, especially having to go to a new school, too. Are you going to make a garden this year?

Phyllis Ricketts, Okato: Baby Margaret is hoping you will tell us all about your calf as it grows bigger, for she is always interested in pets and loves to hear about them from our Tinks. Everything is looking very green at the Hut now for all the trees are putting out their leaves.

“Amythest,” Okaiawa: We have given you the name you asked for, Poppy, so we hope you will find it easily on our page to-day. Thank you for the recipes for our sweet-making corner. The Hut folk said they made their mouths water when they read them! “Lady Gay” and “Kay,” Okaiawa: It must be a pretty piece of bush near your home, Tinks. Do you often go for walks in it? Tinker Bell has been out to look at the lilac trees in the Hut garden to-day and she says it will not be long before they are in flower. Marion Curran, New Plymouth: What a surprise, Marion! Why, we thought you had left us this time! I am afraid “Te Geron Nymph” will not do for our page, but if you send “New Napier” and let us see it we may perhaps be able to use it some time.

“Forest Fay,” New Plymouth: Billikins is wondering if your vegetable seeds are up yet, for he planted some carrot and parsnip seeds about ten days ago and so far only the carrots have come up. I wonder if your parsnips will race his. Coupie Couper, Te Mata: A very big welcome to the Hut, Coupie! Yes; you may have “Deerfoot” for your penname, so when you write again you will be able to sign it at the end of your letter as well as your proper name. Your riddle made the Hut folk laugh when they heajd it. William Couper, Te Mata: Yes; of course you may join the Wendy Hut. We are very glad to have you as one of our great big family of Tinks, and we have given you the pen-name you asked for—“Balerwick.” Billikins says he hopes you will write to the Hut again very soon.

Eddie Kemp, Kiore: How excited Dicky Boy was when your letter arrived for him to-day! Why, he has been hugging it all the morning, and I would not be a bit surprised if he took it to bed with him to-night! Have you seen anything. more of that baby hare you found?

“Nikau,” Kiore: Baby Margaret has a flower garden this year and she lets Dicky Boy help her jn it. Dicky Boy decided at first that he would like a garden of his . own, but Hut gardener thought he was too small for that, so now Dicky Boy helps all the Hut folk in theirs.

“Cloudlet,” Te Wera: Baby Margaret is glad you like the piece of poetry about the rainbow, for she has been learning it too, and she will soon be able to say it off by heart Hut gardener is cutting the lawns to-day and Dicky Boy is running up and down beside him. “Fairy Feet,” Mt. Messenger: Baby Margaret still loves going to school, and every day when she comes home she tells Dicky Boy of all the things she has been doing. She loves drawing pictures on her slate, too, but sometimes the Hut folk find it a little difficult to tell what her pictures are meant to be! “Lilac,” Mt. Messenger: The sweetpeas in Billikins’ garden are racing .up the wooden fence these days, so of course Billikins nods wisely and says that is because he is such a good gardener. The Hut folk do not believe him though, and say that he has luck, so I wonder who is right! Noelena Baylis, Opunake: The Hut folk, too, ar very anxious for the swimming season to arrive, .for they say it seems like years since they last went swimming in the sea. Tinker Bell has already knitted a little swimming suit for Dicky Boy, and now she has begun one for Baby Margaret. “White Heather,” Kohuratahi: What a lovely present for the Sunshine Cupboard those books will be! The parcel has not arrived yet at the Hut, but I know there will be great excitement when it does. Thank you for the jokes and the nonsense rhyme. They made the Hut folk laugh to-day.

“Busy Bee,” Te Wera: Thank you for all the riddles you sent us, Tink. Billikins guessed the one about the fruit shop (but I have a feeling he had heard it before), and Hut gardener guessed the one about the tree. I wonder how many of our Tinks will be able to guess them all! James Mouat, Te Wera: I wonder how much of your new book you can read by now. Baby Margaret becomes very excited whenever she gets a new book at school, so I expect it makes you just as excited, to. Have you found any more birds’ nests lately? Marjorie Dring, Wajtara: I hope you find your little kitten again for I expect you are missing him, aren’t you, Tink? Yes; the Hut folk have had several meals of whitebait lately, for Billikins and the Twins have been catching them after school.

“Fay,” Te Popo: The storm was not as bad here at the Hut as it was with you. Tink, and the Hut folk are all feeling Very thankful about it, for they would have been very sad if all their flowers had been battered by the wind. Has your garden recovered from it yet? Elvira, George and Jimmy Cruden, Eltham: Welcome, little strangers! The Hut folk think it is very exciting to meet three new Tinks all together like this, and they are hoping you will write again very soon, on some more of your pretty note-paper, and tell them all about yourselves. '

LETTERS to be Addressed: “ WENDY,” Care Box 119, Taranaki Daily News, NEW PLYMOUTH.

“Honey Bunch” and “Daisy Chain,” New Plymouth: We are very glad you were not disappointed a second time, Lois, for 1 think we should have cried if you had been, and that would have been terrible, would it not? Peter and Pam are the Twins’ realjiames, but they are so seldom called anything else but “Twins” that I believe they sometimes almost forget what their real names are! Edna Dorflinger, Mahoe: The Hut folk are calling out a welcome to you Edna, for they are glad you have come to join the Hut. Thank you for the poetry you have sent us. We are hoping there will be room for it on our page to-day. Emma Hinga, Ohangai: If you look on the other page to-day you will find a surprise waiting for you, Emma. It was a very interesting letter that you sent us, and the Hut folk are wondering. if some day you will tell them some stories of the old days at the pa. “Woody,” Mangamingi: I wonder if you are fond of cabbages, or not, Rex, because if you dislike them (as many people do) you will be able to call those slugs your best friends, will you not! Otherwise, I expect they have made you very angry, haven’t they? Yvonne Hughes, Oakura: We are very pleased to welcome you to the Hut, little now Tink, and we are hoping there will be lots more letters from you later on. Baby Margaret is wondering what primer you are in at school, for she goes to school now, too, you see.

, Opunake: We are sorry we do not know your name, Tink, but you did not sign it at the end of your letter this time, and as the Hut folk have all been suggesting different names that might be the right one, it seems safer not to put any at all, you see! “Weeping Willow,” Kiore: Baby Margaret is wondering if the tomtits have finished building their nest yet. Is it a very tiny nest, she wants to know? Bridget is the name she has thought of for your lamb, so I hope it will be suitable.

Mona Corkill, Tututawa: What a busy letter writer you must be now, Tink, with two pen-friends to write to. The Hut folk say they hope you will still have time to. write lots more letters to the Hut. Do you still play basketball at school?

“Blue Bunny,” Bell Block: Yes, Tink, you may have this name, and thank you for the little piece of poetry. I hope you will find a pen-friend soon for I an? sure you will enjoy writing to some-one you have never seen before.

Inez Frank, Stratford: Do you play tennis at school, too, with all the others, and are you on the ladder; the Hut folk Want to know? What fun it will be having calf-rearing this year for the first time. What is the name of your calf? “Fairy Moonbeam,” Waitoitoi: What a snug place your bantam chose for her nest! The Hut folk think it was very clever of you to find it there, and they are wondering now how long it will be before there are fluffy little chicks peeping cheekily out from it.

Napier and Clifton Willison, Waitoitoi: That eel was a nusiance the way he kept frightening the whitebait away, wasn’t he. Anyway you did better than Billikins and our Twins did yesterday, for they took their net out after school hoping to catch ever so many, and they arrived back at the Hut with only half a cup-full altogether! “Golden Feather," Matapu: Thank you for the piece of' poetry you sent us, as well as all the jokes and riddles. All the buds are bursting on the trees in the Hut garden now and we can almost see the leaves growing as the trees become greener and greener every day. Ken Mitchell, Manaia: Yes, it was a long time ago that your last letter arrived, Ken, so of course we were very pleased when this one arrived to-day. Did you have a good time on your birthday, the Hut folk are wanting to know? And are you feeling very old and grown-up now?

“Pussy Cat,” Awakino: We could not give you the other name that you asked for, Adelma, because another Tink already has it, you see, so it was just as well you suggested two. names, was it not. Are your fruit trees still looking pretty or have the blossoms fallen by now?

“Fairy Maid,” Awakino: Did you know whom this letter was for when you saw the pen-name, Cecilia? There was once a Tink who forgot what name she had asked for and when she saw the long list of letters she did not know which one was for her. I am sure you will not be like her, though. Thelma Goble, Tututawa: Yes; of course you may have a pen-name, Tink. I wonder if you would like it to be “Lillypilly.” The spring flowers have been looking very pretty ,in the Hut garden just lately, but to-day it is raining hard so they are all drooping their heads.

Bill Corkill, Tututawa: Billikins has been watching a pair of sparrows building their nest in a pine tree at the back of the Hut, and they have been carrying all sorts of thing up to it to make it snug. A finger of an old glove of Cookie’s was the last thing that they disappeared with. Jean Lowe, 'Tahora: Yes; it has been raining at the Hut, too, and poor Cookie has been busy trying to keep everything clean after muddy little boots have tramped in from outside. That kind of weather is only good for ducks, she say A

“Pavlova,” Mangamingi: .There is a surprise for you on the other page to-day, Tink, so don’t forget to look, will you! The Hut folk were very sorry to hear about your white cat, and they hope its poor scalded back is better again by now

Esma Harvey, Ngaere: Good-morning, Esma! The sun is shining brightly now to welcome you. ■lt has been raining hard just lately but now the sun has chased the clouds away, co you have chosen a very happy time to come to the Hut.

“Rose Baby,” Strathmore: There are some noisy little sparrows fighting outside my window and they are making such a fuss that Dicky Boy has just run round to see what the matter is. I think one of them has been stealing some straw from its neighbour’s nest and the others have all come to punish

Frank Larking, Okato: Billikins is wondering if you have finished making that speed-boat yet, for he says he is sure you will have lots of fun with it when it is made. Thank you for the piece of poetry about the sunshine. Clara Jenkin, Mahoe: I can see such a bright rainbow now, Tink, and do you know, the end of it seems to be just over at the side of the Hut garden. I wonder if the Hut folk will find some hidden treasure there if they run out and look! Lorraine Harvey, Ngaere: You are a very prompt little letter writer, Tink, and we were all very pleased when your letter arrived. How neat and tidy your rows of vegetables must be looking now, and what fun it will be when they are all ready to be eaten, will not not? Robin Voitrekovsky, Te Tawa: What kinds of flowers have you planted in your little rock garden, Tink? Are you trying to make it bright and gay for the summer? There is a wind blowing through the Hut garden now and it is making the flowers dance so merrily. Mona Lowe, Tahora: Yes, Tink; there are lots of flowers now in the Hut garden. A mass of bronze and golden wallflowers is glowing in the sun in one corner, while there are still ever so many spring flowers nodding ’ and dancing wherever we look. Kathleen Slater, Mata: What is the name of your pet lamb, Kathleen? Baby Margaret used to have a pet lamb which she called Woolly Moolly, but of course it grew big just as other lambs do, so now she has her little kitten, Tringle, instead. “Little Mother,” Koru: What a surprise your letter gave us, Tink, for we had not heard from you for ever so long. Thank you for the poetry and the jokes, but do not be disappointed if we cannot use your piece of poetry, will you, for it may be just a little too long. Reta Tamaka, Ohangai: Welcome to the Hut, Rita, and thank you for all the riddles and the verses that you have sent for our page. We are hoping for another letter from you very soon, for we love to hear all about our Tinks and of all the things they do.