PETER PAN’S CIRCLE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18033, 11 August 1928, Page 11

PETER PAN’S CIRCLE

NEW CIRCLIANS

The very warmest \A*elcome to these Little People:— Harry Spier, (8) Timaru. Thomas Farrell, (13) Temuka. Mavis Tozer, (6) Timaru. Alex Young, (7) CaA'e. Betty Midglev, (9) Springbrook. Esmai Gray, (8) St. AndreAVS. “MANY HAPPY RETURNS.” Peter , Pari Avishes : GAA'enifer Bruce, Betty Jacobs, May Williamson, Desmond Appleby, Isabel Hurst, ' Victor Hadlee, Margaret Wood, Eileen Homßrook, A. L. Gow, Lilian Roper, Olive Maclachlan, Margaret Maclaren, The Jolliest of. Birthdays. ANSWER TO RIDDLE-ME-REE. ENGLAND. WHAT AM I? Here I am, lying on top of the rubbish heap Avhere I was throAvn by mistake with a lot of other peelings. Rather a queer place you say. les, but there are many tilings in queer places in the world. Oh, dear! I feel so queer inside! What can that stabbing pain portend? Am I going to sprout? My side feels as though it is going to burst. No! You needn’t laugh. I tell you many people cry when they see me. If you would know what I am you must come to this same patch in the early spring and there you Avill see my head peeping above the rubbish heap. Investigate and you shall see what you shall see. (Sent by “Wendy,” Timaru.) (AnsAA-er xvill be given next week.) 25TH COMPETITION. This Competition is open to all Cuclians UNDER TEN. Witli a finely-pointed pencil—you must not use ink—draAv a circle round a penny placed anyAvhere •on “Trie Children’s Page” to-day, and then count lioav many “i’s,” either small letters or capitals, you have imprisoned. Post slip of paper containing the circle, and give the number of “i's” you have found, as ivell as your full name and address. Write 25th Competition across the left-hand corner of the envelope. Prizes of ss. and 2s. 6d. will be given for the circles containing the most “i’s.” Closing date, Saturday, August 25th. 26TH COMPETITION. This Competition is open to all Circlians of TEN AND OVER. It consists of tivo poems, a jumbled and missing-Avord poem. Put the lines in the jumbled poem in right order—(each line is complete and correct in itself) —and fill in tlie blanks in the missing word poem. You must do both poems. Write 26tli Competition across the lefthand corner of the envelope, and do not forget to give full name and address. Prizes of os. and 2s. 6d. Avill be given for tlje tA\ r o best entries. Closing date, August' 25th. SING A SONG OF MUSHROOMS. And they pick the elfin stools and take them home to eat! Oh ! Sing a. song of mushrooms, when Puck pipes his tune, Springing out of nothing, in the deAA'y night. Alas! The day brings children, on eager, dancing feet, Tiny specks of gleaming white, o’er the mcadoAVS flung, Sing a song of mushrooms, small and pink and Avhite, Then they are gay fairy stools, underneath the moon. Oh! So very nice to eat, aa-lich they’re fresh and young. THE DRAGON. I sarv a dragon in the With Avnving, tail, He fiercely his at me As he before the . T waited, hoping I should hear, His —, long and-loud, But East Wind —— him into He Avas only made of . Q. —Use me well and I am everybody. Scratch my back and I am nobody. A.—A looking-glass. Q. —Why are the peoplo of Poland veiy polite? A.-—Because it takes forty Poles lo make one rude! (Sent by “Sunfairy,” Timaru.)