WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1935, Page 18 (Supplement)

WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

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

Joan Brock, Eltham: Yes; we did notice that your letter was different this time, Tink, and Baby Margaret has been admiring the writing in it. She says she would love to be able to write as well as that herself, |ki but she cannot make her words Sstay on the lines very well yet.

“Busy Bee,” Te Wera: I expect you are very brown by now after all the swimming you have been doing. The Hut folk love to lie in the sun after they have had their swims, so of course they too are as brown as can be. Have those baby starlings learnt to fly yet. “Huia,” Midhirst: That was good news about your proficiency, Tink, and the Hut folk were very glad to hear it. Are you looking forward to going to a new school at the end of the holidays? It would be fun getting all the new books, the Hut folk think! Shirley Waldron, Hawera: I hope you have been able to use your sunshade a lot, little Tink. Baby Margaret thinks it was a lovely present for Santa Claus to bring you. Was it a nice book that he brought you tod? Baby Margaret has a new book now ‘and it has pictures of bunnies in it.

Joan Hodge, Kaimata; The Hut folk wish they could see your little kittens for they must be very amusing when they play together. Dicky Boy loves playing with kittens and he likes little fluffy chicks too. He is always out watching Ban Tim with her family of chirks and he feels very important when they come and eat out of his hand. “Marguerite Daisy,” Oakura: No; Baby Margaret has never heard of that flower for we have not got it growing in the Hut garden. She is wondering if it is a very queer looking one for it has such a funny name. She says she is afraid she has no pale pink geranium in her garden, only a crimson one.

“Fay,” Te Popo: There has been rain at the Hut, too, lately, and the gardens are looking very fresh again. Thank you, Tink, for the pretty story you have sent. We like it very much. If you ever send us another one, though, will you please write only on one side of the paper, for then it will save a lot of bother at the Hut.

Vivienne Pepperell, Eltham: Are you having good holidays, little Tink? The Hut folk are thoroughly enjoying theirs. Dicky Boy has a big beach ball that Father Christinas gave him, and so he wants to spend all his days on the beach now so that he ean play with his ball in the waves.

“Nikau,” Kiore: Baby Margaret had a lovely time opening her stocking on Christmas morning. The first thing she found in it was a pretty blue bathing cap with white daisies round the edge J and then there was a beach ball, a toy watch that she can wear bn her wrist, a wee kewpie in a tiny bed, and a pretty cup and saucer filled with chocolates.

Esme Frost, Rowan: We hope you will soon find a pen-friend, Tink, for your name is in our pen-friends’ corner today. The rain that we had at the Hut this week washed all the dusty faces of the flowers quite clean again, so they are looking very fresh and happy now.

“Flower o’ the Pine,” Stratford: Yes; aH the Hut folk think it is a very pretty piece of poetry, Tink. Thank you for sending it. Thank you, too, for the New Year cards that came to the Hut. We were very pleased to receive all your good wishes. Have you had happy holidays so far? Inez Frank, Stratford: Have you been for any picnics these holidays, Tink? The Hut folk had a lovely picnic last week. They went to the beach for the whole day and spent a lot of their time exploring amongst the rocks. They found starfish and crabs and sea-snails and seaeggs and all sorts of wonderful things. Bobby Kuchler, Normanby: I wonder how many things you have made already with your meccano set, Bobby. Billikins has a meccano set, too, and the thing he likes making most of all with it is a working crane that will pull things up and down. I wonder if you have tried to make one of those yet. “Black Cat,” Mangahume: Well done, Tink! What fun it will be getting new books for your new standard this year, won’t it. I wonder if you have finished reading your prize book yet. ' Baby Margaret thinks it sounds a lovely book and she is wondering what all the stories are about.

Ken Mitchell, Manaia: Santa Claus brought you your 'box of paints just at the right time, for now you will be able to enter for our painting competition. Did you see it on our page last week? We are very glad to hear that you have passed, Tink. What a lot of things you must know by now!

“Pussy Cat,” Awakino: I wonder if your garden has had any rain on it yet. There has been plenty of rain at the Hut just lately, and the Hut folk were very disappointed because it rained on New Year’s Day, just when they had plarmed to go for a lovely picnic and Cookie had promised to make them some sausage rolls!

“Fairy Gipsy,” Oaonui: It was good of you to send us all those riddles and the pieces of poetry, Tink. The Hut folk have been trying to guess the riddles but there are still one or two answers that they have not found yet. Baby Margaret is wondering what name you have given to your new celluloid doll. “Moss Rose,” 'Tahora: Yes, Jean. As you see we have been able to give you the pen-name that you asked for. Thank you for the jokes that you sent for our page. Your little picture was one of the first to arrive at the Hut, so we shall keep it safely until all the others come in too.

Bell Lepper, Tuna: The Hut folk have not been attending to their gardens very much lately for they have had too many other things to think about. They all have new toys now, you see, so I am afraid their gardens will be forgotten for a few days. I am glad your garden is looking so pretty and gay now.

Ellie Lepper, Tuna: You could hardly say that Santa Claus forgot you this year, could you, Tink? It must, have been fun undoing all those lovely parcels. The Hut folk are going to the beach later on to-day" and Dicky Boy and Baby Margaret are going to take their new beach balls.

Alan Lepper, Tuna: There has been such a busy sound of hammering at tire Hut this morning for one of Billikins’ Christmas' presents was a set of carpenter’s tools. He has decided to make good use of them at once and is building a new safe for Cookie. Perhaps that is 'because he has decided he will not tease her so much this year!

Iris Lepper, Tuna: The Hut folk are very glad that you have passed, Tink. How hard you will have to work this year. You must have had a very jolly Christmas again this time. The Hut folk did, too, and their only trouble is now that they will have to wait a whole year before it comes round again. Thelma Lepper, Tuna: What a fine long list of Christmas presents, Tink! Baby Margaret is wondering if you have spent your two new sixpences yet. She and Dicky Boy have had all their new, toys ov x on the verandah this morning and they have been having great fun playing with them all. Nita Lepper, . Tuna: I wonder what time you woke up on Christmas morning little Tink. Dicky Boy was the first to wake at the Hut and as he was much too excited to go to sleep again he soon had all the rest of the Hut folk awake too. Then they had a very exciting time undoing their' crackly parcels. “Faith in New Zealand,” Ohangai: Will you 'be going far away for your holiday, Tink? I expect you will be sorry to leave the baby pigeons, will you not? I wonder if they will miss you. Perhaps they will be flying when you get home again—just as a surprise for you!

Alice Brock, Eltham: Father Christmas is very good tire way be gives so many presents, isn’t he. Tinker Bell says she thinks he must have felt very glad when he had been to the Hut, for his bag must have felt much lighter by the time he left! Thank you for your piece of poetry. '

“Mother’s Fairy,” Uruti: What gay times you have been having lately! It is no wonder that you have not had much time for writing letters. Was it too wet for you to go to the beach on New Year’s Day? The Hut folk had decided to go, too, but of course it was much too wet for that and they were very disappointed. “Waxeye,” Ohangai: That was very good news about your proficiency, Tink, and we can all imagine how excited you must feel at the thought of going away to a new school. Thank you for the stories you have sent us for our page. We are hoping there will be room for one of them to-day. “Peach Blossom,” Te Popo: We have been thinking about a name for your pony, Tink, and we are wondering if Pixie would do. Are you going to ride him to school when the holidays are over? You have not told us yet where you are going for your holiday this year. Will you be away for long?