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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 12 (Supplement)

zttttxntxxttxsxxxxitxixtixxxttxxxxxxtxxtxxxxxtxtntxxxxxtxxtxtxttxxxxztxixxxxxxxxtxxxtxtxtxixxixxxu DEAR ONES, t Would you believe it? Out of the dozens and dozens of Nursery \ Rhyme stories you made for me, only One was quite correct. It was t sent by “Rainbow Fairy,” and to this Circlian the biggest Paint-Box ♦ goes. The two next-best and neatest stories were written by "Pink l Petals” and Hazel Donald, and the Postman is bringing these little t people their Prizes to-day. I know you will all join me in con- * gratulating these three lucky Circlians, for the Nursery Rhyme Com- X petition was really much harder than it looked, and these little people ♦ must have worn their thinking caps quite a long time before they ! wrote their stories. lam afraid some of you did not think very t hard before you filled in the spaces with Nursery Rhymes, and your j letters sounded very quaint and amusing when I read them aloud to j: the Man-Who-Knows. Ever so many of you left out "Mary, Mary, { Quite Contrary,” altogether, and of course every rhyme had to be ♦: fitted in somewhere. It was a jolly Competition, though, wasn’t it, | and we will have another like it some time. How would * you like to have a similar Competition with Circlians’ Pen-Names in- l stead of Nursery Rhymes? If you think it would be fun I will make l one for you. And now for a little talk about Our Page. I have printed the ♦: Circle Rules again, and altered Rule Four, as you will see. .1 know \ you love having your letters answered, and so after this I will try to j: answer all letters printed on Letter Day, the following week. The :: Interesting Letter Merit Cards are a beautiful sky blue, and the Good ♦; Scribes’ Cards a lovely elfin green. And perhaps, if your letters are ♦< very interesting and neatly written, I may award more than six Merit* i |j CTards on Letter Day. So try your hardest, Circlians of mine. Save «j up all the happy, interesting things that happen to you every month, describe them to me in your very neatest writing, on one side of X\ your note-paper only, without breaking the word limit, and see ;j how many lovely Merit Cards you can win. :j I am so glad you are enjoying our Serial. Don’t you think ti Cedric was a brave little snail to give his life for his friends? Do ♦< you think Mr Dog and Mr Monkey will catch Wilfred and Herbert?— !j I wonder! Our Verse-Makers are working hard, and I am proud of their original contributions. Their verses are varied and nicely written, and I) to-day we even have a poem from our far-away Circlian in Hong j] Kong. —“Goodness!”’ exclaimed the Man-Who-Knows, (who has just ♦] read my letter,) “you ARE crowing, Peter Pan!" "Well, why not?” I replied. "Don’t you think I am lucky to have so many enthusiastic Circlians?” |j What about crowing with me, little people? You will?—Splen- H did! Then let us give three loud cheers for this Merry Circle of \\ ours! fj All the love your happy hearts 11 wmhold - FROM YOUR 1 *j