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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18889, 12 October 1929, Page 18 (Supplement)

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PLEASE. > I can't think of any more. All my fairy tales are done; Let me sit and llsten now While you tell one. Mary Thompstono. A ROBBER TRIBE, Old Jack Sperrow, \ A robber IS he. ‘ He ate all the lettuce 1 > That we wanted for tea. ‘ He ate all theseeds, ‘ \Vithout saymg “ Please ”; 1 He peeked all the cabbage, . ‘ He ate all the peas! ‘ (Original) > Euan Douglas Taylor. l WHO TOLD THE SECRET: 1 May told a secret to the cat, ‘ And, as she stroked _her fur, 1 Said: “Promise, Pussua, not to tell.” i And Pussy answered “Pm-r!" ‘ May cried, "Remember, Pussy, clear, 1 You’ve promised trulv now." ‘ And, blinking both her yellow eyes, Miss Puss replied, “Miaow-“ ‘ Well, strange to say, the secret soon ‘ Was known to young and old, ‘ And that, of course, quite clearly proved That somebody had told. “ You faithless little Puss.” cried May, “I shall know better now Than trust a cat who‘t‘irst says ‘Purr.’ And afterwards ‘ Miaow.’ “ fiancee Lona Taylor. OPTIMISM. 1 An optimist fell ten storeys, J And as he passed each bar, He shouted to the inmates, “ All right so far!" ' 111: Anderson. ‘ ' FRIENDSHIP. ] If I knew you and you knew me, If both of us could clearly see And with an inner sight divine, The meaning of your heart and nfine, ‘l’m‘ sure‘ that we would differ less ‘ And clasp our hands in friendliness. ‘ Our thoughts would pleasantly agree, If I knew you andrirou knew me! creme Falconer.

THE FIRST FORGET-ME NOT. (Original.) In a beautiful airy forest, carpeted with soft green grass and velvety moss dwelt the flower-folk. Outside the world was a dark and desolate place; within there were peace, happiness and beauty. Nature, the Queen of the FlowerSj, at last took pity on the poor mortals who lived in a bleak world with nothing beautiful to adorn it. On a lovely sunny day a court was held at a flowery glade. In this glade stood a throne on which Nature gracefully reclined. ( There, gathered before the throne, were innumerable flowers of various colours and shapes. When silence fell, Nature arose and, going to each flower, she bestowed a name, at the same time telling each flower when and where to go, and that their work was to brighten up the earth. Just as she was about to return to her throne she heard a tiny voice say, “Please, I have no name.” Looking down, she espied a tiny blue-eyed flower. Nature thought long and deepljf, but to no avail; she had forgotten the wistful-eyed maid's name. Turning, she said, “I have forgotten it, but when I have remembered, then you, too, can go and rejoin the flowers.” Little flower without a name was very sad, and as she sat on a tuft she had given up hope. A sweet voice broke in her thoughts and, looking up, she saw Nature smiling kindly at her. In a sweet voice Nature said, “You shall have a name from now on; it is ‘Forget-me-not.” ’ Overjoyed, she thanked Nature, and if you see her it will be on a cool bank of a river gazing into the waters, for ever a reminder of remembrance. Rona Kelly. CAN you HELP? Will any reader who can please send in working description of how to make a box-kite? A boy member has been trying unsuccessfully to make one.— A.H.

Young Oscar’s tutor, a stiff Oxonian, once asked him what was the Ancient Order of the Bath. He replied, looking both puzzled and bright “I don’t know. Johnny usually comes first, then Sarah, then the

THE EASTER-EGG TWINS. There were two Easter eggs side by side on the shelf, and if it hadn’t, been that one was tied with a blue ribbon and the other with a pink one you would not have been able to tell This from That. In fact, they were twins! You would have thought they > would have been good friends, wouldn’t you? But as a matter of fact, they were squabbling just as badly as can be, and for such a silly reason. You see, This said that he was far more handsome than That, and That said he was far more handsome than This! Time went on, and first one Easter egg then another was bought, and still no one wanted to buy either of the twins. At last they were really beginning to think that they would never get down off the shelf, when some one came into the shop. “ I want an Easter egg, please,'* he said. “ I’ve only two left” said the shopkeeper, and she took down This and That from the shelf, and • stood them side by side. “ Oh,” said the customer, “ they’re as like as two pins! I really don’t know which to have.” “ It’s only the ribbon that is different,” said the shopkeeper. “ It seems a shame to part them; I’ll have both,” said the customer And so This and That were packed in a box, and they were thinking hard. “ Of course, we’re just the same because we're brothers,” said This. " And twins,” agreed That. And then they both laughed to think how silly they had been. FOR TINY MUSICIANS. MUSICAL LIMERICKS. There once was a person who sighed As her scales to play smoothly she tried ** Had I practised them more In the good days of yore, I could play them much better,” she cried. A person who played on the drum, Could certainly make the drum hum. He could rat-a*tat-tat And tat-a-rat-tat And make the old drum sticks trum some!