GAY “LET'S PRETEND" ARRIVES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 5 (Supplement)

GAY “LET'S PRETEND" ARRIVES

' “Wendy? Are you there, Wendy? Oh!” I (I’ve such an awful feeling inside me j Surely I am not shut out! I wonder if I an heard? Here she is.) I Oh, yes, Wendy, I’ve arrived at last. liu : please do not tell me that I was not presi-n ;at the Hut’s Re-union! Oh, Wendy, tfia could not be true! Did you get a from m«»? When I discovered that the iu? union Day was so near, and I had not \\ rirtpj I was nearly frantic, so sent a message Heat ing in the air, hoping that “Sir Richard Eii might come across it, because it was askin; him to answer for me, although I so little deserved it. Now for an account of my absence, I have really been near you all the *i n?, just outside the gate picking those ■-v.eet flew era down the Wendy Hut Lane, and watehjnj. the new Ites appear, as 1 lay dreaming oi the cool grass. Of course, I should not bavt lingered so long, especially when n is so muel nicer inside with you. dear Wendy, and a i the lovely, jolly Ites, but 1 have just discovered what is wrong. At least 1 think it mvsl be so. I am suffering with a complaint calk.

"To-morrowitis.” Yes. not that just dreadful? There was I putting off writing to you all these months until i.o-diy, but I had such a . s 0 ncat ‘ly missing the Re-union (if “Sir Richard” has not come to my aid) that I think I’ll be now cured of my "Tomorrowitis.” This is ~!1 for now, deat Wendy, and I hope you will forgive this penitent truant who has the name of "LET’S PRETEND,” Patea. Ah, my dear “Let’s Pretend,” so here you are at last. So jolly of vou u? pay us a visit this Letterland Day. “Sir Richard” reported finding a broken message, thy latter portion of which ended with ’ tend,” so I guessed at once it was from you. Isn’t it ftrange how we all say, “I’ll attend to that to-morrow, - ’ when there is none ? To-morrow never comes, therefore it cannot be anything, and yet it is a known quality, and a word too frequently made use of; yes, even by -ne. However, here you are, and your presence is registered with us upon Re-union Day. How did you like th« piece of cake “Sir Richard” cut lor you? May I prescribe for your ‘To-inori uwitls, dear? Let me quote a famous message that once brought victory to old England upon the mighty main, “England experts .” Need I go further? “This lay” gained the vlctoiy. “To-morrow” would have seen the Walls of Oak upon the ocean b-d. This is a great game of “Let’s Pretend.” isn’t it? Love f.nd regards.—Wendy. “BUFFALO BILL,” Makirikiri.—

How interesting to go riding with your daddy among the sheep. A good horseman is nice to watch, is he not? Oh, so you went to see Charlie Chaplin. 1 laughed a great deal, too, at his antics, especially when he swallowed the whistle. Yes, he sure to write, again next week, dear.—Wendy. “PRINCESS MAGNOLIA,” Greatford. —So you need a name for your calf. I do not think we could do better than call her “Judy.” How will that do, dear? So long as the pencil is a good black one, Mr Printerman does not mind. It is the light ones he does not like. Sometimes 1 have to trace over whole letters in ink because you can hardly read the writing. If you send me your autograph book I will put something in it for you. Oh, so you won the booby prize. Quite a good one for all that, though. How unlucky your sister was to lose the iirst prize. We are spared the uncomfortableness of mud by asphalt streets. J am keeping well, thank you.—Wendv. ChERRUB’S HELP