TINY TOTS' STORIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17466, 28 July 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)

TINY TOTS' STORIES.

AIM ADVENTURE. (Written by a Girl of Nine.) It was a beautiful summer's day that I was taken from my mother. I do not like my new mistress or my new home at all, because there are no fowls to chase and no ducks to save from drowning. I like my mistress's little girl very much. Her name is Audrey. She always takes me for walks when she comes home from school. One day, as we were out walking, we came to a bridge that went out into the sea. We walked along it until we had almost reached the end. Then —oh! I will never forget that moment—a big gust of wind came and blew Audrey's hat right off into the sea. In I jumped after it, quite forgetting that I had not learned to swim yet. I clasped the hat in my teeth as tightly as I could, as I felt myself sinking down. Then, all of a sudden —splash ! —and I felt an arm around me, and, looking up, I saw my kind mistress swimming hard to get in to shore. When at last we did get in to shore I had her hat still in my teeth. She was glad, and she patted me hard when 1 gave her her hat. When we got home mistress was very angry with Audrey for going after a foolish puppy and getting wet. But I think she was glad, don't you?

PEGGY'S PUPPY. (Sent by Mauva Keane, Hamilton.) Peggy was a lonely little girl, and she longed for some kind of animal as a pet. Her father was captain of a big ship, and her mother was kept very busy in their little home. Some afternoons, when all the work was done, Peggy's mother would read her some stories out of her big'book. Peggy's mother could not afford a pet just yet, but Peggy was saving all her pennies. One day, as Peggy was coming back from shopping, a little white puppy followed her all the way home. When she opened the gate it walked up the path after her. Peggy showed it to her mother and asked her if she could keep it. Peggy's mother said she could keep it until somebody claimed it. It's coat was dirty and shabby, and looked as though it had come a long way. Peggy loved It. She taught it tricks and was kind to it. And it was not long before it grew into a fine big dog. THE MOTOR WEDDING. (Sent by Olwyn Fairbrother, Otorohanga.) The bride's name was Lizzie Ford. She was so pretty that sometimes she was called Beauty Ford. Her home was in Napier, and before her marriage she had been a good Singer. She was a pupil of -Chrysler, with whom she had often sung a Jowett. Her sister Diana had married the Earl.of Durant, but he was a bit of a Rover, and they now lived in Cleveland, in America, so they were not able to be present. The bridegroom's name, was Morris Cowley. He was an Englishman, born in Essex and educated at Rugby. He was handsome and Tal(l)bo(u)t not broad nor rich. Instead, he had scarcely a Bean. The wedding was fixed for May .13, when there would bo a new Moon, but was altered to the evening before, partly to Dodge the crowd, and also because it was her brother Willys Knight out. The bride was given away by an old friend, Mr Austin, but his wife could not come, on account of Baby Austin. The bridegroom's sister, Dixie, was bridesmaid. She came down from Mercer, where she had been staying with her cousin, Mrs Chandler. Mr Hudson was best man, and his little nephew acted as Paige, with his sister Mercedes as flower girl, in her gauze-like dress she looked like a fairy Sunbeam. The happy couple motored Overland on their honeymoon trip. Their car gave a great deal of trouble. The bridegroom lost his patience and so far forgot himself as to Nash his teeth and say he would like to Whippet. When the bride said "I've lost Minerva he looked out Crossley, which was not a very good Standard of conduct with which to commence married life.