THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 16, 26 May 1939, Page 3

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

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Ship ahoy there! It's Peter the WhaJer speaking and from my cave on, Whale Island I can see everything that goes on in Whakatane. Howare you all keeping. With rnv extra, super sensitive telescope I see wheio the school committee is endeavouring to raise funds to open a dental clinic for school children. Well, mv hearties you know you must have good teeth before you can, go to sea. Every sailorman should have good sound y grinders 1113* lads, so let me see every- ' one of you behind the move. Tell parents, uncles, aunts cousins in.laws (if anv) that vou must bave a school dental clinic to become proper sailormen and sailorgirls and ask them to subscribe to the fund Well my merry crew, I guess I'll give you the story and get on with the page. Yours to a barnacle.PETER THE WHALER. t OUR STORY. WIBBLE WOBBLE AND GREEN BACK Wibble Wobble Happed his wings y and said Quack! Quack! Each duck h in the yard heard him and each * duck knew that it was time to get In line for the march to the pond. Wibble Wobble was the leader, and the ducks were, very fond of 'liin ■with his white coat fnd the black feathers in his short tail. When the ducks reached the pond, they watched Wibble Wobble to se what he did. He swam out on ir paddling swiftly with his we! - bed feet.Tile ducks followed closel behind. Wibble Wobble dived out < sight, fairlj- standing on his head i the water. Then the ducks did th same. When it was time to go bac to the duck ya,rd, Wibble Wobbl said Quack! Quack! and the duck knew once again that it was time t V get in line for the march. So the; waddled, each, behind the other, bac to the yard. Greenback Speaks up Now Greenback lived in the pons to which the ducks came for thei; swim. He was a beautiful green frog He jumped up on a log. The othei frogs watched him with their brighl eyes, when he jumped, they jumpcc too. Greenback said 'Kuttcr chunk! Kutter chunk!" The ether frogs sail to the same as far as they were able. The tiny frogs could onlv sav 'Pec »- y wee. pee wee, pee wee!' On thig particular day, Wibble ™ Wobble swam close to where Green, back sat sunning himself. 'Wibble Wobble,' said Greenback in a big rolling voice, 'This is our watthese water lilies are ours, the bugs and the flies arc ours. You and your family must find another pond' ' 'We":ll see about this,' said Greenback . 'The ducks would be glad to swim in one half of the pond,' said he. 'That would be a good way,' agreed Greenback who Avas not really a quar relsome frog, only a trifle apt to leap before he looked. 'We will plant wat_ cr lilies through the centre. Then the frogs will have a pond and the ducks will have one.' . .'Quack! Quack! a fine idea, a iin? idea,' said Wibble Wobble. But before they had time to plant water lilies/ the clouds in the sky crept closer together and hid the sun sunshine turned to dark the raindrops were tra--1 veiling swiftly to the earth. The rain drops made the ducks happy. They made funny three-toed tracks in the mud a s they marched to the pond. In ihe Rain Wibble Wobble said, 'Follow your A leader, quack!' Then all the ducks said, 'Quack! Quack!' The raindrops made the frogs happy. too. Greenback said, 'Down in the deej), down in the deep!' The little frogs answered 'Pee wee,, pee rwce.* ' After the rain had fallen lor a 1 r>.y and a night. Greenback awoke to find a surprising thing had happened. He and his family lived in a pond by themselves. When the ducks marched down to f the pond to swim, they found a pond just for ducks. A stream of water had brought loads and loads of dirt with it and the earth had formed a wall across the pond.

Tlie clucks swa,m and dived. Wibble Wobble said, 'Quack! Quack!' The ducks answered him with sharp little quacks. The frogs swam and jumped., Green back called, 'Kutter chunk! Kutter chunk! Down in the deep! Down in the deep!' The other frogs answered him, 'Pee wee, pee wee, pee wee.' And from a far corner of the frog pond a wee little voice said, 'Peter D, peter, peter D, peter D." Wibble Wobble Wins a Point. ft. Wibble Wobble stretched his neck and wiggled the black feathers in short tail. 'Greenback,' said he, 'there are no other ponds for us. Ducks must have water." MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler, Once when my sister and [ wcro ieit home to mind the liou.se, our pet dog Billy stole the leg of mut_ ton from the table and was eating it in the garden when we found it. We had to chase him before we got it back and then we washed it and I put it in the safe. We were seared to tell mum, and it didn't look bad when we trimmed it a bit. When the family came home and had tea we couldn't sit at the table for laugh ing. Dad had a second helping and said we were lunatics for giggling. We didn't have anv of course and we can't tell Mum or Dad so I ;

thought I'd write and tell you. 1 Yours sincerely, SHIRLEY MLSMORi: v * *■ n Dear Peter the Whaler, e A rather funny incident happened k to me at Easter when I was goim e to Auckland. The car I was in broki s down and we had to taxi it from > Cambridge to Hamilton to catch tlx train. The friend 1 was with had x killed, a lamb to take up to his friend. l and it was wrapped up in a sheet. We also had eggs fresh from the farm so you can imagine how funny 1 "e looked carrying the body and a . billy of eggs plus our luggage along the station. To me it was rather . humorous but (not so the driver). ; Yours faithfully [ SYLVIA SIMS. * # # * Dear Peter the Whaler, One of my friends has a pet lamb. The house has french windows and in the drawing room there is a sheep skin rug. In front of the fireplace is a mirror used a$ a firescreen. The windows are nearly always open, and one day Avhen the people were out he got in. When they came home they found him lying happily gazing at himself in the mirror. I thought it was rather funny. Yours faithfully, JOCELYN WILSON. * * 9 # Dear Peter the Whaler, My brother had been naughty ar.d Daddy scolded him and said "When I go to work to-day I will get a sup. plejack and if you have been naughty, again .you will get a whipping." Bo!) waited till Dad had finished then he said "While you are there Dad will you get two please. Then I can have one for a bow and arrow. Yours faithfully, GAY BURT. P.S. I got my prize last week and I liked it very much. * * * « Dear Peter the.Whaler, I was a young member of a boys' choir before I came here. One Sunday night I said "Alum I have to go to church early to-night because I have to try on my carcass and sur. plus (meaning cassock and surplice) Petty Officer, MA YN ARD RAMSOX. » v * * Dear Peter the Whaler, My funniest incident was when we used to take a penny every time we '.vent to Sunday School. One Sunday 1 took a threepenny bit and took out twopence change. Midshipman GEORGE RAMSON! Well done all of you. Call in at the Beacon Office. Your free picture tickets await you.

Peter the Whaler, I am enclosing 3d in stamps to enlist me as a member. But I do not know what you have to do. lam aged nine. P.S. Hoping you would let me know. Yours sincerely. MARGARET GRANT. Welcome to you my little lass. Step aboard and make yourself comfortable. I*ll have a snug berth ready in a minute. You have done all that is necessary to become a member of the crew. Ahoy there. AH good wishes. P.T.W. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION" FUNNY INCIDENTS Lots of sailormen, on the good ship seem to have had funny experiences. Some were very good and I had a real good laugh over them. Well I decided to give six free picture, tickets this time because I think they deserved them. Here arc the stories of the winners just as I received them NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION JUMBLED NATIVE TREES Here is another jumbled word competition, but this time it is composed of native trees see how many you can discover. MA AIT MUIR RAIUK HOW A IK RIIWPR WEWERARA RAATOT KG PU A WAITTU RAAAKTv KAAMUK RIOM TIEKKAAAII TAAR See how many of you can work out the correct solutions and send them in to Peter the Whaler, Beacon Office. The first three correct will receive free picture tickets with my compliments. JOKE CORNER

f Visitor (to little girl of two or ' three): How old arc you, Sylvia? Sylvia: I'm quite new, thank yon. * * * * Holiday Cyclist: Hey, Sonnie! i\ly tyre's not flat, is it? Little Hoy: Oh no. it's quite all right except for a little bit at the bottom! Mother was helping John with the arithmetic, an* 1 to impress it on his mind, .she said: Now, John, take the Bink s family next door. There's Mr Binks and Mrs Binks and the baby. How many is that? John: Oh that's easy. Two and one to carry. $ & # « Little Jimmy came home from school before the holiday with a, note from the tcacher. "Why, your teacher has written on your report, "Jimmy, that you can not write for toffee!'' said his mother after reading it. "I know, and I'm not surprised!' 7 [ exclaimed Jimmy. 1 why not?'' asked mother. Because she doesn't offer lis auy ?y cried Jimmy. THE GOOD ENDEAVOUR LEAGUE HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER Send in your age, name and ad. dress to PETER THE WHALER, e/o the BEACON OF.PICE. Your letter will be acknowledged in the next issue of the Ghildrens' Page, and you will receive a nice green certificate with my real picture on it. The entry fee is 3d (Threepence) which makes you a member until you are fourteen years old., When you have done this von will be entitled to cn. ter for the weekly competition and maybe win a free picture ticket with my very best compliments. j Yoir."s faithfully I