Wendy and Her Family

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)

Wendy and Her Family

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

“Old Bess,” Ngaere: Yes, it will be good to see all the spring flowers in the gardens once more. There are some bulbs flowering in the Hut garden and some beds of anemones, too, but the Hut folk are looking forward to the time when there will be flowers everywhere , “Mother’s Fairy,” Urutt: We were glad to find another letter from you this week, Tink, for we had not heard any news of you for some time. I wonder if you will be glad when the winter is over. At the Hut they say they will be veryglad, for they are becoming tired of all the rain.

“Cloudlet,” Te Wera: Thank you for your sunshine squares, little Tink. We were very pleased to be able to add them to our collection. Baby Margaret is wondering if you are fond of knitting, for she is. She has not been able to knit properly for very long though.

“Pink Rose,” Ngaere: Yes; there are some cats at the Hut, too, Dorothy. There is Snuff, who is everybody’s pet, and who sleeps in front of the fire on these cold days, arid then there is Fringle, too, who belongs to Baby Margaret. Fringle and Snuff are very good friends and they often have romps together. Zita Butler, Manaia: Welcome to the Wendy Hut, little new Tink! I can hear two tuis calling to each other in the trees so I expect they know that some ihore new Tinks hdve come to the Hut this week, and they are telling each other how pleased they are about it.. Margaret Parker, Kaponga: We were very pleased to find your bundle of gunshine squares in postie’s bag one day this week, Tink. Thank you very much for sending them. It is good to see the shelves of the Sunshine Cupboard being filled up again. Baby Margaret, goes to it and counts the things every day! Desmond Hurley, Hurleyvflle: Thank you for your riddle, Desmond. Have you seen it on our page to-day? Billi•kins is always pleased when riddles are sent to the Hut for he'loves trying to find their answers. He very often has to give them up, though, when they are hard!

Olive Clok'e, Lepperton: “Jack Frost is a very suitable piece of poetry to have on our page at this time of the year,, isn’t it, Olive. Thank you for sending it. I hope you have been able to find a pen-friend by now. There have been several requests in our pen-friends corner lately so perhaps you have seen them there.

Veronica Karalus, Tariki: It would be sad if you had to walk all that distance to school every day, wouldn’t it, Tink. The Hut folk are lucky for they have not very far to go to school, and so they do not even have to take their lunches, except on very wet days. Jack Murphy, Egmont Village: Welcome, Jack! We are glad to be able to make you one of our Wendy Tinks today. The Twins are,anxious to hear some more about youi’ garden for you have not told us yet whether it has vegetables or flowers. The Twins are having a vegetable one this year.

Joyce Karalus: Tariki: I am glad you have a pen-friend now, Joyce, and I hope you will have lots of fun in writing to her. Thank you for your piece of poetry. Perhaps there will be room for it on our page to-day.

Edna Butler, Manaia: Two letters from you this week, Edna, and a little parcel of sunshine squares! Thank you very much for making the squares, dear. We have enough now to begin joining them all together. You may have the pen-name that you asked for, so next time if you write it at the end of your letter we will be able to put it at the top of ours. “Wallflower,” Okaiawa: Yes, Betty; we were able to let you have your penname. you see. Baby Margaret says she hopes you remembered and were able to find your letter quite easily to-day. Your picture has arrived at the Hut and has been put away with all the others. I

“Faith in New Zealand,” Ohangai: You ought to have a very gay garden in the spring time when all the daffodils and jonquils that you planted begin to flower. There are lots of violets in the Hut garden now and a few of Baby Margaret’s primroses are flowering .too. Have you any primroses in your garden?

Betty Jones, Waitui: We are glad you liked your enrolment card, little Tink. Baby Margaret is wondering if you have coloured it in for lots of our Tinks do that. Next time you write will you tell us when your birthday comes, please, for we have not been able to put that into our book yet. .

Audrey Priest, Inglewood: Seeing your doll has brown eyes and brown hair Tinker Bell suggests that you call her Gipsy. That would be a pretty name, wouldn’t it. I am afraid we cannot give you the pen-name that you asked for, but would you like “Cream Rose” instead?

“Bobby Bear,” Okato: Dicky Boy laughed when he heard the piece of poetry about Bunny Bright-Eyes and he said he did hope there would be room for it on our page. Is it a piece that you have learnt by heart, Desmond? Thank you for sending it. “Sparkling Blue Eyes,” Koru: Your riddles have puzzled the Hut folk this morning, Doreen. Billikins has been trying for ever so tong to find the answer to the one about the thimble and the Twins are wondering whatever it can be that “everything has.” The answers are easy when you know them, aren’t they?

“Wattle Girl,” Eltham: If those bulbs are not up yet, Tink, it would be a good idea to dig down'round about them very gently with your fingers just to see if they are still there or not, for Hut gardener says that all that wet weather may have rotted them.

“Lady Gay” and “Kay,” Okaiawa: Yes; Baby Margaret has learnt to skip, too, and she thinks it is a good way of keeping warm—almost as good as hop-scotch! She wants to know if you ever play hopscotch, Kay, for it is very good fun. Betty Stockman: Ngaere: We were glad to hear from you this week, Betty, and thank you for telling us about your birthday. Are you beginning to feel excited now that it is so near? Baby Margaret and the rfest of the Hut family just love it when their birthdays come along. Beryl James: Hawcra: I am sorry, Beryl, but both those pretty pen-names that you thought of have been used already by other Tinks. Can you think of another name you would like to have instead? or would you like Tinker Bell to try and think of one for you 'I Gum Nut,” Okato: You must have enjoyetf the jubilee celebrations very much, Tink. The Hut folk think the procession must have been very funny and they are wishing they could have seen it. It is a pity jubilees do not come more often, isn’t it?

“Poneke,” Okato: The Hut folk have been puzzling over your riddles, David, but so tar they have not been able to find the answers to them. I believe you will have to tell them what they are in your next letter! There is a surprise for you on the other page to-day.

“Windflower,” Hawera: Thank you for the piece ’of poetry about the sheep. You have been a very faithful Tink since you joined the Wendy Hut, for you have written to us often, haven’t you, and you have-sent us riddles and jokes and poetry as well. We are hoping there will be room on our page for the “Sleepy Song” to-day.

“Tiger-Lily,” Okato: Yes, indeed; Baby Margaret has been very pleased to see the sun shining again at the Hut this week for it has meant she has been able to play outside once more. Thank you for the verses about the poplars. There are some poplar trees at the back of the Hut garden, but, of course, they are quite bare now.

“Starling,” Opunake: That is a fine collection of toys that you have now, Douglas. I wonder which of them you like best of all. Dicky Boy says he thinks if they were his he would like the popgun best, but Billikins says his favourite would be the wooden aeroplane. “The Dream Fairy,” Okato: Yes; we did receive your riddles and poems, Tink, but unfortunately the same ones had been sent to us before, so we could not use yours that time, you see. Were you very disappointed? The Hut folk hope you .weren’t.

“Pet,” “Redwing” “and “Sleeping Beauty,” Okato: A letter from three little Tinks' all together again this week! We were very pleased to hear from you all and we think it is a good idea about making it one letter.. Tinker Bell Says she thinks you are lucky to have, a big sister who will write it for you.'

“Lilac,” Mount Messenger: Playing “houses” is a good game for wet days, isn’t it? Baby Margaret plays-V'shops” sometimes, too, and she finds it passes away many a long hour when she cannot play outside. Thank you for your recipe. It looks good, the Hut folk think. “Blue Guni,” Okato: Thank you for “Stupidity Street,” Stella, and thank you, too, for the “tongue twisters” that you sent for our page. Billikins is finding great difficulty in saying the one about the thistle sticks. Indeed, I think he must be practising it now for I can hear everybody laughing! Did you have a good, birthday yesterday? “Golden Feather,” Te Ngutu: As we have no Tinks in the South Island, Bell, I am afraid we will not be able to find a pen-friend for you there, for our penfriends’ comer is mainly for Tinks who belong to the Hut, you see. So we are posting your letter back just as we did Robbie’s. Has it made you very disappointed? .

Monty Andrews, Okato: Thank you for your piece of poetry about the enginedriver. Have you ever thought 'that you would like to be an engine-driver, too? Billikins used to think he would, but now he is not quite so sure, for he has been thinking of being an airman lately. “Rufus,” Inglewood: Yes; it is good to think that the days are becoming longer once again. Why, it will not be tong before the summer is here, the Hut folk say, and then the days will be hot and sunny and they will be able to go for swims once more!

“One Little Gem,” Uruti: It has been windy weather at the Hut, too, lately. One day the Twins thought they would fly their kite, but when they took it out they found the wind was too strong so they had to leave it then till another day.

Isohel Death, Manaia: The Hut folk are wondering if you feel it strange now living in a new place, and Baby Margaret wants to know if you. have far to go to school. Are your two puppies growing quickly and do they like their new home, too? Hazel Brogden, Hawera: Everyone at the Hut was delighted to hear of your winning the second prize. Were you very excited when you first heard about it? Thank you for your piece of poetry, but I fear we have had it on our page before.

John Kerrisk: Kakaramea: Your piece of poetry about the bulbs made all the Hut people laugh this morning, John. It waS a funny mistake to make, wasn’t it? You must feel very pleased about ■having a table tennis set now. I wonder if you play very much. Bonny Stokes, Normanby: What exciting news you had to tell us about your new baby brother. The Hut folk will want to hear all about him as he grows bigger, so you will not forget to tell them, will you? Sheila .errisk, Kakaramea: lam afraid you cannot have “Starlight” for youi’ pen-name, Sheila, because it belongs to another Tink, but you may be able to think of another pretty name instead. For your grey kitten would you like Silver, and for your black calf Scamp? Nancy Stokes, Normanby: I am glad you had such a good time on your birthday. Tinker Bell says she supposes the cake is all eaten up by now, though. They do not last very tong do they? Have you worn your new shoes yet? “Princess Primrose,” Bell Block: You sent us a fine list of riddles and jokes this week, Tink, but you did not send us a letter to tell us anything about yourself. There is not always an answer on our page for Tinks who send riddles and poetry without a letter, so perhaps next time you . will write a letter just to make quite sure.

Alma Heal, Patea: That was very good news you had to tell us, Tink, and the Hut folk were delighted to hear that there would be more letters from you, after all. Yes; you must be feeling very curious about your birthday. I wonder what the present is going to be!

Ruby Allen: Waitoitoi: Your sunshine squares will be very useful indeed; Tink. Thank you for sending. them. They are very nicely knitted, too. Your drawing of the Wendy Hut has been put away with the others that have come in, for the competition has not closed yet. “Firelight,” Eltham: Your gum-boots will be very useful to wear to school on these wet days. Dicky Boy has a pair of gum-boots, too, which he is very proud of, and even when the days are not wet he wants to wear them just the same!

“Dobbin,” Ararato: Yes, Cheri; you may have this pen-name, and now that you have it I hope we are often going to see it on our page. Your daffodils must be very early this year. Are they still flowering gaily or has the wind buffeted them about?

“Fairy Moonbeam,” Wailoitoi: What a good team your school must have this year, Tink, for it did very well in that competition. The Hut folk think 50U must have had an exciting day, and they are wondering now if you will be playing any more matches through the year. Napier and Clifton Willison, Waitoitoi: You must have felt very tired after playing all those games of football that day. Billikins was pleased to hear that your team did so well and he is wondering what places in the team you both had. Thank you for tire verses about that school.

“Emu,” Mount Messenger: I do not think Billikins can be very good at mental arithmetic,'Fred, for he has not been able to work your sum out yet. He says he thinks there might be a “catch” about it, though.—ls there? “Silver Blossoms,” Warea: Yes; Arum lilies are lovely flowers, aren’t they, Tink? There is a little gully near the Hut where arum lilies grow wild, and sometimes Tinker Bell goes there and gathers big bunches of them to bring back to the Hut.

“Fairy Feet,” Mount Messenger: The Twins have a stamp collection now and for their last birthday they were given an album to keep them in. They have not very many in it yet, though, but they mean to get a tot some day. Was the collection that you saw in an album? “Easter Lily,” Okato: We were all very pleased to see that snapshot, Betty. Thank you, dear, for sending it to us. It would be good if you could win that book for writing, wouldn’t it, but 1 expect everyone else is think. it would be good if they could win it, too, so you will have to try very hard, I am sure!

Meryl Bennett, New Plymouth: We are sorry to have to bid farewell to you, Meryl, for you have been one of our Tinks for many years now, haven’t you. Still, we know how much busier all our Tinks become as they grow older, so as they go away the Hut folk call, “Farewell, and good luck!” “Swallow,” Toko: Dicky Boy spilt some ink on the table in the play-room this morning. It was just a little pool of it but he was >y himself, and he discovered that by drawing his fingers through it he could make patterns all over the table, so can you imagine the sight Cookie saw when she went in to find him? Frank Larking, Okato: There were puddles at the Hut, too, at the beginning of the week, but the wind dried them up later on. Cookie is very glad that things are dryer now, for Dicky Boy tumbled in the puddles twice when everything was wet, and oh, he was such a dirty little boy for Cookie to make clean again then! “Helvetia,” Hurleyville: The Twins are wondering if you enjoyed your ride on the merry-go-round, and they want to know whether you rode on one of the horses or sat in the little chairs. They rode horses when they went on it, but Baby Margaret and Dicky Boy preferred the chairs!