THE WENDY HUT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 198, 24 August 1935, Page 12

THE WENDY HUT

Enter 3824 “Japonica Jean’’ ? years 5825 “Bufty Tufty” 6 years 3826 “Shamrock Sue’’ 7 years 3827 “Te Arohape’’ 7 years 38 “ Buffalo William” .. .. 10 years ’’Honeysuckle Bloom” .. 11 years * • Ga-nl-.na.' * .. .. .. .. 18 years Dear Wendy,—l have got whoopingcough, and so has my little brother, but we are getting better. Aly mummie is teaching me to count to / one hundred and my daddie is teaching me to tell the time. Mummie is telling me how to write this letter and I hope you can read it alright. 1 am six and I would like to be a member of your clan. —Yours with joy. “BUFTY TUFTY,” Taihape. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. How jolly to have you in our clan of happy boys and girls. Dear • me, but how distressing to have whooping-cough. I hope you are very soon better. It is kind of mother to teach and help you to write, spell and add up. You may have the pen-name. Will you send me the date of your birth please?—Wendy. • • • • Dear 'Wendy,—One morning when I was reading the newspaper 1 thought of writing to you and asking if I could join your Hut. I would be very glad if you would give me a pen-name. My birthday falls on September 26. When answering my letter please address it to the Turakina Maori Girls’ College. —I remain, yours sincerely, “ {SARDINA, ” Marton. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. How lovely to have you in our clan of happy folk. I will send you a copy of to-day’s issue because it is your first day with us, but will J?ou make arrangements to have your own copy ordered in future? I have given you “Gardina” for your penname.—W endy. Dear Wendy,—May I become h member of your Hut? I am seven years old and my birthday on February 17. Dear Wendy, we have a calf at home and he broke away and I fell over when I was chasing it about the paddock. Love. —From “Te Taihape. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. I am ever so pleased to have you in our clan. Will you please send me your name? I will have to alter your pen-name a little. I have given you “Te Arohape.” How funny you must have looked when you fell over whilst running after the calf. —Wendy. • • • • Dear Wendy,—Please may I become a member of the Wendy Hut? I am ten years old and my birthday is on February 10. Please may I have “Buffalo Bill” for my nom. de plume? The weather is very wet and cold here now. We have forty cows in and we have kept eleven calves. I am in standard IV and we have just finished our term examination. —I remain, yours sincerely, “BUFFALO WILLIAM,” Kohi. ■Welcome- to the Wendy Hut, my dear. I am ever so happy to have you in our midst of jolly boys and girls. I have given you the pen-name you asked for with a slight alteration. What a large herd you have. How did you succeed in the examination?— Wendy. • • • • Dear Wendy,—Please may I become & member of the Wendy Hut lam II years of age and my birthday is on January 29. Please may I have “Honeysuckle Bloom” for my nom de plume We are having wet and cold weather here. On Friday it rained; the wind was blowing a gale; lightning lias flashing; thunder was roaring, and it. was hailing. After a while, though, the sun came out, the sky was pink and blue, and there wan a rainbow. We have over forty cows in and have kept eleven calves. Wje have lots of little pigs, also. I am in standard IV at school and we have just had our second-term examination. It is nearly the August holidays. How quickly the year has gone. I have a pen-friend in Canada and one in Switzerland. Well, I must close now. With beet wishes to all the children in your big clan. —I remain, yours sincerely, “HONEYSUCKLE BLOOM,” Kohi. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. 1 am so happy to make you one of us. You may have the pen-name you have asked for. The weathef has been dreadful here, too. 1 hope you have passed. Let me know, won’t you! The time passea by a® if on wings, indeed. It will soon be Xmas, will it not?— .Wendy. Dear Wendy,—We have a canary at home. It lings all day. It goes to aleep about six o’clock at night. Its glass has to be filled every day. Its colour i g yellow. It eats two kinds of 4jaed. The canary tweets. It wakes up /X tii o’clock in the morning. We put it out when it is a hot day. I am seven years old and I would like to be a member of your Hui. Aly birthday was on August 6 and I received a manicure set for a present. There were so many presents that it would take to much space to tell you about them. Could I have “Shamrock” and if any other has that name could I have “Dainty Fairy”? Love. From • • SHAMR()CK SUE, ’ ’ Taihape. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. I am ever so pleased to have you in our merry clan. Canaries are such beautiful songsters, aren’t they? I can see you tsike very great care of it, too. What a nice gift you received for your birthday. f have given you the pen-namo with an addition because the one you ask for is in use.— Wendy.

“LITTLE CON” MAKES A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF “TIMOTHY TOM THUMB” Dear Wendy—Thank you for putting “Wee Babes” and my letter in the page. Did you know “Timothy Tom Thumb” was in the Palmerston North Hospital with a broken leg. He would bo glad of any Ite living in Palmerston North to go and sec him. lie have lust been having an examination. but we don’t know whore we came. Goodbye. Love to vou and all Ites. —From ‘‘LITTLE CON,” Sanson. I have only this moment heard the news of “Timothy Tom Thumb’s” a<s cident from “Vagabond Duchess.” I hope our Ite is soon able to return home. I will ask our Ites to pay him a call. You will let me know how you succeeded at the examination, won’t you ? —W endy. ‘‘FULLOFJOY” RELATES MEETING WITH “WHITE FORGET-ME-NOT” UNDER TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. Dear Wendy.—lt is some weeks now since my letter seeking admission to your pages, therefore I presume it is quite time I put in another appearance, but vou see, Wendy, I am not lucky enough to possess the wonderful gitt ot literary ability that good fortune has bestowed upon our “Madcap or the sense of humour that favours our celebrated “White-Forget-Me-Not,. so there is sufficient reason and quite a laudable excuse for me not writing. Is there not, Wendy I I remember mentioning that I would deem it a gieat honour were I ever lucky enough to meet “W.F.” Of course, you will remember her saying in her letter to you that we had met and although I was terribly shy, I was also very excited It happened at the dairy round the corner from our abode. I was endeavouring to manipulate some way in which to carry my parcels so that 1 would not continually drop them along the street, for when one has a cauliflower and a loaf of bread under one arm, one hand tightly clutching a bottle of milk and the other a bag ot eggs one feels frightfully awkward and ij almost certain, that, although home is really only a few steps away some mishap is likely to occur. It was while in this quandry that our W.F. walked into the shop and east an amused smile in my direction. After surveying me a second or two she quite calmly said ’‘Well, ‘Miss Mofjoy if you wait till I collect my purchases i’ll relieve you of some of your parcels ’’ Then, while I stood and stared avhast at her coolness, she rescued my cauliflower from the floor, and relieving me also the bread explaining, must not shatter your hopes, therefore must live up to the regulation of being . ‘nice kind lady’ so come on! thus we left the girl behind the shop counter her brain in a mass of bewilderment. I might add, Wendy, I am at “White Forget-me-not’s” residence writing this. I dashed over, approximately two hours ago, to inquire if they had any objection to me joining them this afternoon at the football match, but I became stranded here through the rain and because I kept up one continual growl about the weather “W.F.” threw me the pad and told me to forget my sorrows in the process of writing to you. Wendy, isn’t it disappointing when one eagerly awaits a certain day to arrive and it dawns stormy like to-day has? It is sufficient to make the most hilarious person gloomy, and yet I wonder. Only a few minutes ago I heard “W.F. tell the baker, that she failed to find any reason whatever that would prove cause enough, to complain about the weather, for she added, if it was windy, folks would complain if it was sunshiny, (they’d declare it too warm) therefore we ought to consider ourselves lucky we have the wind and rain together, with a very small streak of sunshine thrown in. Perhaps it’s just as well the baker is at liberty to think a s he pleases. Now, dear Wendy, “Sylvia’s Pal” is imploring me to leave her enough ink to scribble you a note with, so I must haul in the anchor. Please accept the good wishes of your sincere Ite —‘ ‘ FULLOFJOI, ’ Wanganui. How lovely to have you in our midst to-day, dear. I began to wonder when I would receive the pleasure of your visit. What a friend in need our ■‘W.F.” proved herself to be. Isn’t our worthy Z.S.W.M. to come to the rescue in double quick style. Wasn t it a pity the rain had to mar the day for the Police—Press match? Yes, I suppose “W.F.” is right, no matter what the weather there is someone who will not like it.—Wendy. TTTTIXXIXtXXXXZXXXXXYXZXXY

uTTirnmniiiiiiniiiiD Dear Wendy,—May I become a member of your Hut? May 1 have “Japonica” for my pen-name if it is not already chosen. We have a little pet lamb. Daddy has several tiny lambs over the river but ho won’t let us have two. It has been awful weather lately. Our black pullets are laying now r , and Wendy you should see the tiny eggs! Afy grandmother has a duck .that lays black eggs. Some people' do not believe me when I tell them, but I have shown it to many.— I am. yours truly, “JAPONICA JEAN,” Bulls. Welcome to the Wendy Hut, my dear. What a joy it is to me to enrol you in our merry clan. I have given you “Japonica Jean” for your pen-name. You are lucky to have a pef. They are such little dears, aren’t they? What a strange duck grandmother has. it is no wonder most people are doubtful for such a ease must be rare indeed. Please send me your age and date ol‘ birth.—Wendy.

My Dear Children, ■ Before we commence our game of Make-believe to-day I must send our deep sympathy to “Daphne June” and “Miss Primrose,’’ who have recently sul'fered a sad bereavement —the loss of their dear mother. 1 I rust the hand of Father Time will soothe their hearts and give them comfort in the thought that their loved one has gone to be on High with the good Father who watches over all. 1 must thank “All Pains” for sending word to me. Such an action is always of great help, for we, who-are of the clan, desire to share not: only one another’s joys but their sorrows also. Whilst speaking of sharing another’s sorrow, I want to send a message of cheer to our Ite “Timothy Tom Thumb” who lies in the Palmerston North Hospital with a broken leg- sustained whilst playing football. Our elausfcllow is, I believe, somewhat lonely and would love to have the Ites who live in or near Palmerston North pay him a visit. lam sure there must be someone who is able to help cheer up our Ite during his enforced stay in hospital. I must also express my gratitude to “Vagabond Duchess,” who sent me the, news of “Timothy Tom Thumb’s” misfortune. Let me see, I think 1 have a special letter I am gong to publish to-day . . . oh, yes, here it is, it is from that worthy Ite of our clan, “Stranger’s Daughter.” The letter is written in connection with the little competition our Ite gave when her story about the rose and the wind was printed. This story, if you remember, taught a simple lesson and “Stranger’s Daughter” offered a prize to the one who sent in the best entry describing the moral the story taught. I am sorry to say there were no entries received, so “Stranger’s Daughter” has thought of a wonderful idea. Now, read her letter and you will see how golden-hearted our valued member is: Dear Wendy,—My love and sincere wishes for happiness and health to your dear self and co-Ites. My heart-felt thanks to you also, Wendy, for granting me so much space for my story about the 11 rose,” also to Sir Richard for standing back so kindly with his talks, so that 1 could have that corner of the page. I appreciate your kindest thought very much. Go on, Sir Richard, for we want to hear more. I notice there has been no answer to ray competition, yet half-a-dozen lines would have given the lesson it taught. Never mind, I am sending the prize-money to you for you to kindly send to the hospital to “Brave Heart.” I will make it even money (3/-). I am sure he deserves a little gift for does he not live up true to his nom-de-plume? I think he does. I wonder if this Ite would care to write to me. 1 don’t mind how young, for I have four children of my own. If so, could you let me know, Wendy? Thank you. I may be able to cheer him up by sending books, etc. Many thanks, dear “Madcap,” for your kind thoughts and message to me. I hope you are with us this next Letterland Day, fur I for one always look forward to your letters. “Weary Wanderer” is excellent, too. Dear Wendy, I think I have taken up quite enough space for this time. Next time I will give a little talk, if I may, on “Giving Thanks.” Sincere love to all from a sincere admirer of your loyalty “STRANGER’S DAUGHTER,” C.W.K., Wendy Hamlet. P.S. :/Yes, I saw “Madcap’s” poem re Police and Press. It was ( splendid. A wonderful letter, children, and a wonderful thought expressed in a kindly action to our “Brave Heart.” “Strangers Daughter’s”.gift will cheer him up immensely and I am sure he will have much to thank our Ite for in the future. “Brave Heart,” will you please send someone to the Main Office of the “Chronicle” and ask for a letter for yourself. I will leave the gift there for you this morning. Will you also let me know if you are willing to write to “Stranger’s Daughter.” Now, cherubs all, I must not take up any more space for there is a large mail and a ver y large number of new members to enrol, so with all my love and kisses I leave you till next Saturday.—Your ever affectionate

OUR CHILDREN’S CORNER

THE SPRING WILL SOON BE HERB WITH ITS SUNNY DAYS!” JOYOUSLY EXCLAIMS "OLD G JMBOOT.” Dear Wendy,— Jimi Tut! Tall May I come in? Well, Wendy, I h upc you have not forgotten me. j have not had time to write before because I have been preparing for the examination, which we are having at present. It is only by a bit ot luck that .1 have time to write to you to night, t hope 'on and all the lies are well because I am. How is the weather ju the eilv Wendy,’ We have had several sevci, frosts here lately but lutkilv the <Lj v» hii'e been fine. Well, Wend' spring will soon be here with its .-mu.v days and golden daffodils. J went "to the pictures to-day ami saw “The Liver of a Bengal Lance.,” which 1 enjoyed 'Cry much. Have you seen it, Wendv? An aeroplane landed just over the river | last I uesday. It will not bo long now before the daffodils will bo blooming in their splendour. Well, Wendy, as It is growing late I will close, hoping you and all the Ites are well. I re° main y nu r loving Ite—“OLD GUM BOOT,” C.W.K., Taihape. How pleased I am to have your letter, dear. I began to wonder if you were ill. I am glad to learn that you are quite well. I hope you will pass. Do write and let me know how you succeed. The weather has been rather unlil. Quite a change, in fact. Jrom the cold days. Yes, spring is in the air ar last and one sees many evidences upon every hand. I saw the p eture.— Wendy. “THE PLUM TREE BLOSSOMS SMELL LOVELY,” SAYS “AUNTY’S PAL.” Dear Wendy,— I thought I would write you a lette rbocause I Lave not written for sufeh a Jong time, I am sure it is over two weeks. It is terribly wet hero to-day. The plum trees are coming out in flower, and they smell lovely. I have not been over to see “Aunty,, for about a fortnight, lint I think she Is quite well. I also hope you are quite well. We have nearly finished our exam at school anu I have 309 so far for total marks. We have three more subjects to have yet. ‘Skallywag Kid” has finished his exam, but lie does not know his marks yet. What a lot of letters you lifivc to answer, Wendy. They must keep you busy. I shall have to stop now. I remain, yours t.riIy—“AUNTY’S PAL,” C.W.K., Wondytown, Hoav pleased T ant to have vour welcome letter, dear. The weather is simply dreadful here. too. However, I expect the sunny days will be here soon now that spring is upon the way. les, [ hope “Aunty’’ is progressing satisfactorily. Bravo! What a fine number of marks you have gained so far.—Wendy. “I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF GROUND IS COVERED WITH SNOW!” EXCLAIMS “P.D.” Dear Wendy,-—Hero I am like a bad penny taring up again, but as the weather is something awful outside, the best place to-night is alongside the old *og fire whore it is cosy and warm. I will not be at all surprised if the ground is white wit'll snow in the morning. No mutter where vou go now, Wendy, you can see water and plenty of it, too, lying about. I was in Wendytown yesterday (17th.) fixing up a fallen power-wire. Rain was falling and the wind was blowing all the time I was perched on top of the polos. It makes me shudder to think of it now. I had several spectators but they kept well under the verandahs. You have already been told, Wendy, that I was in Wanganui on a recent Wednesday by “Kia-U-Kite-Pai.” I was through in the Power Board truck on Town Board business. So it was you, “Kia-U-Kite Pai’’ with “White Forget-Ale-Not” whom “Miss McGinty” and I could have collided with quite easily. We were in a hurry, too, but I never saw any sign of you when 1 was getting my suit case out of the truck. 1 could have gone over the bank quite easy coming home, Wndy. I beam* very sieepy and before J got to the Makohine Viaduct I dozed off to sleep for a second or two as when I came to 1 fou/nd that I was of! the mad onto the grass. I drove about 5 chains further along the road and had an hour’s sleep, the first time I’ve ever done that, but it was safer for me to stop than to try and reach home with the chance of dozing oft’ again and going over the bank. I had a transformer weighing about six cwt. on board the truck, too. The golfers from here were to play one of the Marton Chib’s to-day, but their I links are under water so the game has ’been postponed for two or three weeks. |L lio]»e it’s fine nqxt weekend as I want to go to the top end of the Ka- ’ whatau shooting rabbits. 1 am glad to see so many of the Old Brigade turning out once again, what say you., Wendy? I have been trying hard tu get “Miss McGinty ’’ to write again, but I think she must bo like a horse, you can lead a norse Io water but you can’t make it drink. Where are all the Wendyites of Wendytown and Wendyxillc gone to? Have you all gone Io sleep and forgotten to wake up? There will be a good game of football here next Saturday, Wendy. Halcornbc seniors and Mangaw’ka are playing. The former are 20 points and the latter team are 1!». Whichever team wins are the holders of a cup for 12 month.-. If all’s well the Mangaweka team are travelling Io Auckland early next month to play one of the teams up there. Well. Wendy, I must say goodbye for now, Imping vou and all Iles are well.- From •'till.' PRIVATi: DIITIX’TIVF,” C.S.W.P., Wendyvilie. V es, rain ha iS fallen here in quite considerable quantities and the whole countryside is drenched. I cannot understand whaever can have gone amiss with Sir Weather Clerk, especially as he knows so many little lambs are about. What a wise course you took. Many an accident could be averted if the same plan were followed. How fortunate you only dozed for an instant or so. 11, is splendid indeed to welcome all our Ohl Brigade to (he ranks once more, seems like old limes, doesn’t it ?—Wendv.

“VAGABOND DUCHESS” SENDS NEWS OF “TIMOTHY TOM THUMB ’S“ ACCIDENT I)car Wend \ . .1 n-1 a line ur Iw .> tn let you know that I have been too irn.-y to wiile a> •‘Timolhx Tor I humb' ’ i- in Ihe ho-pital wi| h ;i broken leg. lie w:i> playing foolicill with the midgets al >choo| when one <>f his mates fell* on him and. I e’rng mi fort iinai e. bo M . h > leg. He ha.men in hospital a month now and i-pl’ogres-iiig well. Isn't this love,;. (.' weather. Wendy .’ (>u Wedne.-<l.iy we are having Arbour l)ay at >rhool. Alime is passing I will have to close now, Imping that vou and all the e';in are well. From ’‘ \ A (IA P.<»X I) Di'll CSS.” Wemlyrm-. What a lovidv surprise. d , :<r i tn h:i\e your welcome letter. I could imi help but wonder how you fared. (>h. Iml I mu sorry to hear of the acei dent. I hope “Timothy I’om I'h.iinb' is soon recovered. Will v r ou give him my warmest love and wishes.’ The weather has been dreadful here, also Wendy. “DON’T JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN!” EXCLAIMS “ALL PAINS’ UPON SURPRISE VISIT Dear Wendy, -Don T jump out of your hiKin with surprise when vou sec who is the scribbler. 1 mint a>k as usual, “W.Il you please forgive me for be'ng truant so long.’’’ I know von will, i.imgii, w.thout me asking that.. 1 htiie.i't seen a Hut papQf for quite a while. W'heji one is out working, one doesn’t get'much chance of seeing the papers. However, I'll ask the neighbour to lend me one. Did you know that poor “Daphne June” and “Miss Primrose” Jost then mother about a week ago? It was very sad, indeed, for them. 1 think “Diamond Dewdrops” writes fairly often to you. Please, Wendy, would you try to get me, a pen-pal (a girl) about iG or 17 years old and if she will write first? Well, I’ll close with love and kind regards to everyone.—From “ALL PAINS,” C.W.K., Wendyhaven. Weil, I never! So it is you after all! 1 wondered whoever it could bo. Here, sit right near the tire for you must, indeed be half frozen. I am sorry to hear such sad news. I had not heard about our Ites’ mother passing away. Thanks so much for telling mi', dear, I will see if I can find a pen-pal for you.—AVendy. •WE ARE JUST HAVING OUR. EXAMINATIONS. ’ ’ ANNOUNCES “ DRELLA. “ Dear Wendy,- I promised to write to you last week, but an we were out 1 couldn’t. I have planted some seeds in a tin so I hope the frosts don’t get them. Our neighbours have a little baby girl called Helen, ami I am allowed to nurse her. We are just having our examinations so I cannot write much as I have to revise a great deal Love to you.—From “.DRELLA,” Pukeroa. 1 am delighted to have your welcome letter, dear. Jack Frost is a scamp and will have the young plants if given half a chance. How lovely to be able to mind the wee baby. I hope you will pass. Do let me know, won’t you?— Wendy. “EANTAILITE” TO WEAR BLUE BUTTERFLY COSTUME TO FANCY DRESS BALL Dear Wendy,—l hope vou are well. 7 have a little calf which I have named “Surprise.” Wo arc having a fancydress ball on Friday. I am going as a blue butterfly. My two little cousins, John and Noel, are going to the fancydress ball. too. Good-bye, Wendy, ijove. From “ FANTA [LITE, ” Pukeroa. Thatm you, dear. I am keeping well, and I hope you are also. How lovely to have a little pet calf. Dear creatures. aren’t they? How splendid to be able to go to the fancy-dress ball. T hope you spend a very happv time there. What a pretty dress! —Wendy.

“FAIRY COBBLER” ATTENDS FANCY DRESS BALL IN COSTUME Dear Wendy,— [ have a kitty and my sisters have a dog. My kitty’s name is “Persie” and the dog’s name is “Cheeky.” The cat and the dog play with each other. Oh, it is fun to watch them. L have two pct hens; they are black all over and 1 can touch or pat them on the back. On Friday 1 went to a fancy dress dance. J went as a thrush ami my cousin June went as a bridesmaid. I had a dance with one of the Queen’s Park School teachers. Our teacher is going away at thy end of the term. Just at present “Persie” is looking at mo and “Cheeky” has his head down and is asleep. Dear Wendy, 1 have just started saving up stamps and I have 89 already. Every morning daddy gets up at 5 o’clock and then goes down to the river. Good-bye, Wendy, and love. —From “FAIRY COBBLER,’” Wan gauui East. How lucky you are to have such a darling little pct as “Persie.” Isn’t it nice to see the animals playing together Sometimes, lam afraid, most cats and dogs would only fight. What a happy time you must have spent at the dance. 1 know how sorry you will bo to lose your teacher. 1. think stamp-collecting an excellent hobby. 1 hope your collection soon grows.— Wendy. “TOMTITIE” TURNS UP AG Al in LIKE THE PROVERBIAL PENNY Dear Wendy,— I hope you are well. I have popped in like an old bad penny. I have not written for a long time. Please may 1 have ‘‘Princess of Mudville” for my pen-pal friend. Ou Friday night, it rained and blew' hard. Love and kisses. —From “TOMTITITE,” Pukeroa. Wluit a pleasant surprise to have you pop in like this. I was wondering what had become of you, dear. 1 will ask our “Princess of Mudville” if she will be your pen-pal. The weather has been simply dreadful here, too.— Wendy. “IT SEEMS AGES SINCE I LAST WROTE.” SAYS “FAIRY IN THE WOOD.” Dear Wendy, -Here I am again turning up like a bad penny. Well, Wendy, how are you? It seems ages since I lasi wrote to your page. 1 hope vou are well and free from colds like I am. It. has been lovelv spring weather, the last le-vv days, but it is not too nice to-day. We went to the pictures the other night and saw “Kid Mil liun.s. ’’ It is a good picture Have you seen it? We have netirlv finished our examination at school, there being onlv one more subject. Come on, “(ray Marigold,” when are v .hi going to write again’ Can’t “Madcap” write lovelv letters? There are a lot of lambs about now, area’s there? We have two lovely little calves and my sister if. going to have one for the calf rearing competition. 'Well, Wendy I am afraid I am stuck fur news so will end this scribble, | remain, vourtrulv “I'Alin 1\ TJIE MOOD” ’’.W.K.. Marlon. So [(leased to hnvc welcome h'l | '*r, dear. 11 must be a v erv Ion;; lime, indeed, since you ['aid u- a '■all- The weather ha> beoj. simplv •Ircadful. I , Weather Clerk nut at all. [ >:iv the picture. T hope von succeed. Let me h»ow the results of the exa won I you —Wendy.

“ISN’T IT LOVELY SITTING BY I THE OPEN FIRES THESE I COLD NIGHTS,” SAYS “COURSHELLOCH' I Dear Wendy,—Rat Tat, Tat! Mav J C 01114) in and sit by the fire ultci my long absence, for it is very cold out here? J don’t suppose you know who 1 am, but 1 wilj tell you lam jig other than “Courshelloch! ” ]> n ’f it lovely and warm sitting bv ihv hu-m open tires these cold nights? Last week we had our exam, but we don’t know where we came. I will ent Jose Lenf’” St ° Iy ontitkd “ A Litt ’« Green One morning when Michael’s mother hud goiie out, Michael sat on the door- > op. then the wind came by au.i he popped a tiny green leaf intn s Jap. The little leaf gave a 1 i'i/m- 7 wanted tQ be off again but Michael caught it and thought it. was the prettiest he had ever seen Thu leaf gai d, m a B oft voice, “Michael, 10 d me gently in your hand and T will make you able to hear things you • l ive never heard before, but >ou must promise to lot me go when I say Now!” A bee came buzzing bv. and Michael heard her say quite plainly, “Hullo, Alichael! ” “Hullo, bee!” said Michael. “Please,” said the bee, “can you tell me where there is a nice pinky flower with a sweet s>cent?” “Yes, I can, there are some in the hedge over there.” “Thankyou,” said the bee. (To be continued). Love to vou and all the Ites.—From “ C(>UR(SHELLOCH,” Sanson. Oh, dear, oh, dear! Fancy having you pop in to sec us after all these many months of absence. I thought the Old Witch had you hidden away somewhere. I hope yon passed. Many thanks for the story. Do write again soon, won’t you?—Wendy, “I’M PLEASED WE DECIDED TO HAVE ROUND-UP OF OLD TIMERS,” SAYS “KARORO.“ Dear Wendy,—One nover knows, but perhaps you may feel just a little pleased to have another lot of scrawl from my pen. 1 am pleased we decided to have that round-up as it seemed to have awakened quite a number of our Old-Timens. |I had a note from” M idgy” this morning and she herself had the nerve to inform me it was high time I wrote you, to say nothing of herself. It’s some weeks since she showed herself within our Hut’s portals. The sun is streaming in my window as 1 write this and it's a vcr 4 v’ welcome visitor, too, after 1 these last few days of rain. I was honoured by being introduced to ‘•Fullofjoy” at the week-end. She and “White Forget-me-not*” have struck up a great friendship. Oh. while talking of the latter! Do you know, Wendy. 1 thought the change in the weather would make everyone very light hearted and gay, but I came uvross “W.F.” feeling very grim. In fact, she was so much so that when i ventured to remark on the wouderlul sunshine she declared it I didn’t be quiet she'd throw her dish of water over me! Naturally. I “vamoosed”; that's the reason why you’re to be bothered with this epistle. However, L think I'll bring it to a close and do ume work for a change. Cheerio. KORORO.” t'.W.K.. Wanganui. Let me sec. Oh. yes. lliere have nlready been enquiries for you today •nid 1 am ever so pleased you have popped in. Perhaps we will soon hear Iron! “Midgy,” too, now. I hone *•» lor she i> always >o bright and newsy. < »h, so you have mot our “ Fullofjoy,” ulso.’ That’s really splendid. Even | one >eems to slip quickly away when “W.F." disagree.', don’t they?— Wendy.