WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1935, Page 18 (Supplement)

WENDY HUT LETTERBOX.

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

Fred Carter. Kio Kio: Do you 1 think you will be able to swim i by the end of the holidays, | Fred? It would be very ex- | citing to be able to go back to 1 school and say that you could swim, wouldn’t it. I wonder - how far you will be able to go.

“Primula,” Stratford: It was bad luck that you had to spend Christmas in that way, wasn’t it! The Hut folk are sending their love to you and they hope you are well enough to be at home again by now. Billikins thinks you must, have felt very important having people to wait on you. Nobody ever waits on him, he says!

Sylvia Bracegirdle. Kaimata: Yes; the days lately have been good ones for spending on the beach. Have you been able to go there yet or is the haymaking still not finished? Dicky Boy loves going to the beach now for he is no longer frightened of the waves. Thelma Bracegirdle, Kaimata: Your letter caused great excitement at the Hut to-day, little Tink, for everybody was anxious to hear what you had to say. Baby Margaret likes your pretty note-paper and she has cut out the little figures on it for she wants to paste them into her scrap-book. Dawn Hills, Te Roti: Yes. dear; you may have “Fairy Wings” for your penname. Did we forget to tell you that last time? When you sign it at the end of your letters, though, will you still put your real name as well, please’. Thank you for the pretty piece of poetry for our page.

“Fay,” Te Popo: You must have a good collection of pretty fairy stories, Tink. Baby Margaret likes “Fairy Bubbles” even better than the one about Sootikin, and she had to have the Sootikin one read to her twice! We are hoping to have room for it on our page today. Thank you, Tink, for sending it. “Golden Rainbow,” Ohangai: After you had all that fun at the beach I expect you were very anxious to go again. The Hut folk never seem to get tired of playing in the waves. Billikins dives through them, the Twins tumble into them backwards, Baby Margaret jumps up and down in them and Dicky Boy sits on the sand and lets the waves come up to his feet! “Heather Angel,” Te Tawa: What a big surprise your letter gave us to-day, Tink! It was a very pleasant surprise all the same. You see we have given you the name that you asked for and we are hoping to see it often on our page after this. Thank you ft». the poetry and the riddles. Jean Fisher, New Plymouth: That picnic sounded as if it was good fun, Jean. Did you happen to see any big red crabs running over the rocks, for they are often to be found there. Thank you for the riddles and the piece of poetry. Your name is on the other page again to-day.

“Goldy-Locks,” Pungarehu: Such an important looking little sparrow has just hopped down outside my window looking for crumbs that Baby Margaret sometimes throws there. Baby Margaret says it is one that has just learnt to fly and that is why it is looking so important. Baby Margaret knows all about the sparrows at the Hut. Frank Larking, Okato: I wonder if you have been digging for treasure too, Frank. Billikins thinks it must seem like a great adventure, and what fun it would be, he says, if some treasure were really there. Have you been for any more swims again lately? Shirley Stokes, Mangatoki: Welcome, Shirley! The Hut folk are all waiting to make friends .with you, so I hope you will write again soon and tell them all about yourself. I am afraid “Red Rose” has already been taken for a pen-name, so next time you write you will be able to tell us what you would like to be called instead.

“Gum-Nut,” Okato: Billikins _is wondering if you have had any ice creams while you have been away on holiday. He laves them—in fact he says he could live on them all through the summer, and whenever he has a penny to spend, off he goes to the nearest shop to get a “penny lick”! The rest of the Hut folk like them too—do you? “Red Indian,” Mangatoki: How useful Spot must be when he finds lost balls for you. The Twins say they wish Bouncer would find lost things for them, for the balls that they play French cricket with very often disappear. They want to know if you ever play French cricket for it is a very good game, they say.

Kathleen Slater, Mata: Are you longing for the holidays to end so that you can take your new bag to school, Tink? It was good of Father Christmas to leave it for you, was it not. I can see ■ever so many white butterflies fluttering about to-day and Hut gardener Is very annoyed because all his cabbages have been spoilt by them. Ruth Sheerin, Auroa: Baby Margaret is very well and very happy, thank you, little Tink. If you could peep at her from my window now you would see her playing with Dicky Boy on a rug out under the trees. Her curls are tumbling about her face for she is on her knees busily building a train for Dicky Boy with his building blocks.

Ronnie Sheerin, Auroa: Everybody at the Hut is calling out to welcome you, little Tink, so it is a very big noise that they are making. Just fancy; it is all for you! Dicky Boy, especially, is pleased that you have joined, for you see he cannot write either, being too young to go to school, so he feels that you are going to be one of his special friends.

“White Heather,” Kohuratahi: That box of paints could not have come at a better time, could it, Jack! Are you fond of colouring in pictures, for the Hut folk are. Whenever a rainy day comes along, out come the paint books and all sorts of pictures are then coloured in.

“Silver Queen,” Rowan: Yes, we have had a few mushrooms so far, Tink, and the Hut folk are hoping to find some more before the holidays are over. Billikins and the Twins found some that we had the other day, so now Tinker Bell and Baby Margaret and Dicky z Boy want -to find some, too.

Max Petch, Rahotu: You are like the Hut folk, Tink, for they have not been away for their holidays either. They have been having such good times so far on the beach and in the Hut garden that they feel they would be missing something if they went away. “Smiling Tim,” Eltham: The concert must have been fun, Tink. Were you in many of the items? Billikins was in a concert, too, at the end of the year and for one of the items he had to be dressed as a nigger boy. After that it took him ages to get his face clean again.

“Little Robin,” Hawera: Yes; we think you have chosen a very pretty name for your new doll. Have you been making many new clothes for her lately? There are such pretty ice-plants, flowering in the Hut garden now. Their flowers last only for a day, though, and then the fairies come and use their petals for party frocks. Have you any in your garden?

“One Little Gem,” Uruti: I am glad you enjoyed our painting competition, Tink. Baby Margaret is very fond of painting pictures, too, and when wet days come to the Hut she spends many a happy hour in the playroom with her painting book and her box of colours. There have not been many wet days lately, though. Pearl Magon, Warea: Baby Margaret did not find a doll in her stocking this year as you did, but the very first thing that she pulled out was a dear little kewnie tucked up in a tiny 'bed. She also’found a toy watch further down, and then there was a beach ball, a bathing cap and a cup and saucer with chocolates in it as well.

Betty Magon, Warea: Baby Margaret is wondering if you have chosen a name for your new doll yet. Her tiny new kewpie is called Elfie, and then she has another doll that she is always making clothes for and its name is Judy. Judy has a new sunbonnet now, a green one.

“Silvery Moon,” Inglewood: I hope you are better again by now, Tink, for holiday time does not seem the right time to be staying in , bed, does it. How busily you must have worked at all the little pictures you have drawn. Tinker Bell says she hopes you do not think we are really like that, though! Campbell Smith, Hurleyville: Yes, of course you may join the Wendy Hut. When next you write, though, will you tell us when your birthday comes, please, for then we shall be able to write it into. our book. Billikins has been for a swim to-day and he wants to know, if you ever go for swims, too. Rex, Harrop, Pihama: The Hut folk are glad Tui was so successful in the competitions, and they expect you are feeling very proud of her now. Hut gardener has just come in from the orchard with some peaches and some plums so the Hut folk are all being very polite to him so that he will give them some!

Betty Harrop, Pihama: A big welcome to the Hut, little new Tink! The Hut folk all become very excited whenever they hear there are more Tinks to be welcomed, so you see you have helped to make them excited to-day. I wonder if Bluey would be a f od name for your kitten.

“Gum Blossom,” Piakau: It will be fun going to a new school this year, won’t it, Tink. Is your new uniform ready yet? How pretty all the flowers must be in your garden now. There are some tall hollyhocks lining a stone fence along one side of the Hut garden and they look like stately soldiers Billikins says.

“Forest Fay,” New Plymouth: Perhaps you are away camping now Tink—how exciting if you are! There has been great excitement at the Hut this morning for a small tent arrived after breakfast and Billikins and Hut gardener have been busy putting it up. There is room for beds inside it so the Hut folk are going to sleep there in turns. “Rose Baby,” Strathmore: Thank you for your piece of poetry, little Tink. Baby Margaret has a new story book now and it lias some pretty pieces of poetry in it besides all the stoiies and pictures, so she . wants to be able to put some of them on our page some day. “Lucky Moon,” Rowan: Oh dear! you should see the way Billikins is puzzling over that riddle. He has not guessed the answer yet so I expect you will have to tell him, Tink. Thank you for the pretty cards with their New Year greetings. Tinker Bell is delighted with hers and we think you have made them beautifully.

“Moss Rose,” Tahora: Baby Margaret wants to know what you have been putting in your garden, little Tink. She has been busy pulling weeds out of hers just lately and sometimes in the evenings when it is cool she takes her watering can and waters all her thirsty flowers.

Mona Lowe, Tahora: I am afraid you have chosen a pen-name that another Tink already has, Mona, so I hope you will not be disappointed. Can you think of another name that you would like to have instead? Tinker Bell thinks that perhaps "Honeybell” would 'be pretty. Joyce Avery, Rowan: Baby Margaret is wondering if you have finished reading your prize book yet. She has a new story book now and sometimes when the days are very hot she goes out under the trees with Tinker Bell and Dicky Boy and Tinker Bell reads the stories in it while they sit in the shade and listen.

“Mother’s Fairy,” Uruti: Your painting has arrived, Tink, and it is now with all the others. Such a number of competition pictures have arrived so far that Billikins says you could paper a room with them! I do not think it would be wise to let him try, though, do you? ( Mary Smith, New Plymouth: The sun is shining brightly to welcome new Tinks to the Wendy Hut to-day, and the Hut folk are all holding out their hands to you, Mary. Are you fond of swimming, they want tb know, for they have been for ever so many bathes this season.

Evelyn Stockwell, Kohuratahi: We have been thinking about names for your two foals and we are wondering if Gay Lad and Trixie would do. Baby Margaret saw a little foal the other day and its /long thin legs made her laugh. She said it ought to be called Daddy-Long-Legs!

Ken Mitchell, Manaia: I wonder if the guinea fowls have arrived from Auckland yet. We are all very anxious to hear about them, Tink, so perhaps you will have time to write again soon and tell us. Billikins found some more mushrooms the other day. Have you had any yet? Joan Brock, Eltham: Your painting made a very important looking parcel when it came to the Hut, and the Hut folk were very anxious for it to be unwrapped so that they could see what it was. They think the piece of poetry you have sent is a very pretty one, but we are not going to use it until the spring-time.

Pearl Dew, Pihama: We are glad to welcome you to the Wendy Hut, new Tink, and we hope there are going to be lots of letters from you all through the year. Thank you for the piece of poetry, but I am afraid that as we have already had it on our page we shall have to give somebody else a turn this time. “Good Luck,” Te Kiri: The goldfish must look very pretty swimming about in your pond. Baby Margaret saw a water-lily pond the other day and there were a few goldfish in it, but what she liked watching best of all were some little green frogs that rested on the water-lily leaves and then dived into the pond. Sylvia Thame, Hurleyville: Welcome, Sylvia! The Hut folk are always glad when new Tinks come to join our great big family. Did you enjoy doing our painting competition? Father Christmas must have known we were going to have it when he left you those paints, must he not! “Fairy Feet,” “Lilac,” and “Emu,” Mt. Messenger: I am sure you three will not mind sharing an answer this week, will you, for the painting competition has made us very busy at the Hut. Thank you, Kathleen, for the story. The Twins think it is a very good one. Yes, Joyce; the Eau de Cologne plant is still growing well, and Fred, we think you must be a champion carpenter by now! Eileen Hodson, Rahotu: Welcome Eileen! We are glad you have joined the Hut and we are glad you have entered for our painting competition, too. Has a little fairy like the one in the picture ever come and sat on the end of your bed at night-time? Baby Margaret says one came to her once. Thelma Smith, Hurleyville: I expect you are at the beach by now, Tink, and 'having a lovely time. I wonder if the dahlias will still be in flower when you get home again. There are some pretty ones in the Hut garden too, and they make a pretty splash of colour beside the big green lawn, “Hollyhock,” Mahoe: Quite a budget of letters fell out from your envelope this morning when we opened it. Will you please thank Joe and Lloyd and Clive for their pieces of poetry. We are hoping there will be letters from them soon so that we can answer them separately on this page. “The Three Kittens,” Brixton: What a good thing the holidays are here now, for it means you have plenty of time to spend in the orchard, doesn’t it! Billikins has been helping Hut gardener pick plums to-day for Cookie to make into jam, but he says it has been no fun at all for hardly any of the plums on that tree were ripe!

“Sunshine,” Tataraimaka: We think it would be a pity for you to change your pen-name, Tink, for you have a good one as it is. Besides, you have had it for so long now that it would seem like writing to a strange Tink if we put a different name at the top of your letter now! Marjorie Dring, Waitara: You seem to be enjoying the holidays very much, Marjorie. Will you be sorry when they are over? Thank you for the piece of poetry. Billikins says he is not going to show it to Hut gardener, though, for then Hut gardener might begin to wonder about some ripe plums that the “birds” ate up! Marjorie Pepperell, Rahotu: There are ever so many cicadas creaking out their queer songs in the Hut garden to-day and they seem to sing louder every time a new Tink is welcomed to the Hut. So they are singing loudly now, Marjorie, and the Hut folk too are calling out a happy welcome to you. Will you write again to us soon? Isabel Theobald, Midhirst: Yes; Marie is one of our Tinks, dear, but we have , not heard from her lately so her address may have been altered. The one we ; have is Pembroke Road, Stratford. What a fine list of presents you received for Christmas. Have :*ov. chosen a name for your black cat yet? Audrey Mitchell, Waitara: Yes; I am sure you must be having a lovely time these holidays. Have you been for many swims? A little piece of poetry called “Blackbird” and a list of riddles arrived at,the Hut this week with no name on them anywhere. Did they come from you? Isabella Burkhart, Hurleyville: Yes; of course you may be one of our Wendy Hut members, dear. There is always room in our big family of Tinks for more to come to it, you know. You will find your name in two places on the other page to-day. Would you like Typo and Dolly Gray for your two kittens’ names? “Honeybunch,” New Plymouth: Your little picture has arrived quite safely, Tink. Tire Hut folk were very sad when they heard what had happened to you, and they hope your knee is better now so that you can enjoy the holidays once more. Baby Margaret is blowing a kiss to you, “Mountain Mist,” Rowan: Thank you for the piece of poetry. We are hoping to have room for it in pur poetry column to-day. I am afraid Hut Dressmaker cannot give you a pattern for clothes for a doll that size as they would be rather “fiddly" to arrange, she says. Perhaps you will be able to make up some patterns yourself.

Arlie Goble, Waipuku: Welcome to the Hut, Arlie. We are glad you have come to join our family of Tinks, and we are hoping you will write again to us very soon. If you were to peep in through, the gate at the Hui now you would see Dicky Boy playing with his beach ball in the shade. Aileen Gush, Kaupokonui: Do your chickens ever try to follow the duck- . lings into the water? They would get a big surprise if they did, wouldn’t they. There have been some lovely days at the Hut again this week and the Hut folk are becoming as brown as can be from being out in the sun so much. “Leamington,” Tariki: There Is your pen-name, Alma. Do yo : like the look of it when it is in print? It makes us feel very important and honoured to think that we received the first letter to be written on your nevz pad. I wonder if you have written many other letters since that one. Joyce Karalus,. Tariki: Thank you for telling us about your birthday, dear. Now Tinker Bell cm write it into our great big book and then there will be nd need for us to ask you to tell us about it again. Thank you for the funny little piece of poetry. Marie Hurley, Whenuakufa: Yes, Marie dear; we are very pleased to welcome you to the Wendy Hut. Your competition picture has arrived quite safely. I hope you enjoyed colouring it in. We have had a busy week at the Hut sorting out all the pictures, but still, it has been very exciting the Hut folk think.