THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 152, 26 April 1940, Page 2

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

bjgM-r. W/ PETER THE WHALER __ of WHALE ISLAND

I What ho, what ho! ma hearties. J So this is England! Here we rre sailI ing up the broad estuary of the I River Thames. Isn't it a thrill to be jin old England. The country of | which we have heard so much, and | from whence our grandmothers and | grandfathers come. Well you cerItainly are here at last and it won't iae long before we are berthed safely and snugly alongside the quays of busy London. We have passed endjless streams of shipping, both coming and going, and I Avas very proud to see the way you all took tjfy'e salute when we passed the large battleship on its Avay out to sea. What a pity England is atf Avar. There seems to be so many aeroplanes in the sky that soon there Avon't be any room for the birds to fly. The AveaIther has been calmer since Kve Entered the channel but most of us Avill never forget the rough crossing from Iceland. It simply blew great} guns, didnt it? I noticed a few off you Avere sick and that even the first mate looked a little green. | That's all over noAV and Ave can look IforA\ r ard to wonderful sightseeing tours of famous old London town. We ha\ r e passed Southend, and are iioav approaching Tilbury. You remember lioav Queen Elizabeth mustered her army at Tilbury to fight against the in a 7 a ding Spaniards Avho came by the Great Armada. We know what happened to them, for a great storm arose and destroyed the entire fleet and thus saved England from the perils of a AVar on her own soil. At Gravesend you can see the river stretching up to Parfleet, and when round the next bend we. should see, Avhat is known as the Pool of London. That is the great laatural harbour to which all t(he trading ships of the Avorld go. I .want, you ill to get ready in your smartest duck uniforms. Up goes the Union Jack and Avhen we pass the Houses of Parliament I will call for three cheers for the Empire, which I want you all to give Avith all your might and main. OUR STORY WHERE PEOPLE ARE KIND TO ANIMALS ! In the centre of Stockholm, is a 'Roundabout' where all the traffic from different streets has to go circling round In one direction before finding its onward Avay. In the middle of this circle is an ornamental pond and fountain; and in this pond, in the midst of all the bustle a.nd traffic of the city, a wild duck - made its nest! A Avild duck of all the shy crea J , tures! Well, this duck hatched out a brood of small fluffy ducklings, and after a time considered that this little pond was not a big enough Avorld for them to live in, so the other day she left the pond, and folloAved by her string of youngsters, she proceeded to walk straight across the roadAvay in the face of all the traffic of people, motor cars and lorries. She Avas right. Everybody pulled up as though a red lamp or a policeman had stop-y ped them. It was a marvellous sight! All the traffic suddenly brought to a standstill—held up by ducklings. The people on foot—even the rowdiest boys—all stopped and smiled and let the little family pass unfrightened and unmolested. So down the street they went for a long distance till they crossed another busy thoroughfare where again the traffic stopped to let them pass; and thus the brave old mother led her brood safely down to the harbourj —thanks to the sympathy of tihe kindly folk hi the Swedish streets. Wise Sheep. I saAV some children go up to some sheep and pat them. You don't often see that in Ncav Zealand. Our sheep are generally a little bit suspicious of you and jerk themselves aAA-ay if you come to close. But these sheep kneAV that they were in SAveden where people are kind to animals—so they had no fear and alloAved young people to come and stroke them if they wanted to*

Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

Sensible Horses. The horses in Sweden are a quaint lot. They all seem to be twins, exactly like each other. Great big, strong, fat, sort of khaki colour, with very kindly eyes. They don't wear blinkers in harness, so they can see all that ip going on around them, and they take an interest in it Sometimes when they have to stand for some time outside a house, master straps their two front legs together and leaves them. But that is generally only for young horses, older ones know Cheir business and they stand stilly for hours if necessary, until master tells them to go on. Standing on the pavement with my back to one of these horses, T felt someone trying to pick my pocket. I turned quick\y and found it was the horse sniffing at my pocket hoping to find an apple or a bit of sugar—tihe dear boy. It showed that he was accustomed to kindness from his master —and his master was a Swede. Swedish drivers don't use whips. WHEN WE ARE MEN Jim says a sailor man He means to be, He'll sail a splendid ship Out on the sea. Dick wants to buy a farm When he's r. man, He'll get some cows and sheep Soon as he can. Jack wants an aeroplane, And he'll fly— Far, far above our heads— About the sky. Tom says he'll keep a shop; Nice things to eat, Two windows full of cakes, Down in the street. I've thought of something else— When I'm a man I'll buy a trotting horse And caravan. A PUZZLER My small nephew looked very worried this morning. It appeared that his little sister Jane had tied his pa up with a knotty question. "What is it?" I said. i "Well, you see," he replied. "She asked Dad —if she had been his sisI ter would she have been her own J aunt? Now would she?" I

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION ' f * — v.v: WHAT'S FATHER SAYING

Here we see poor old father load-* eel with parcels, waiting for a car to give him a lift. See if you canj think just what he is muttering tlo himself, write it down and send it in. to me. The three best answers will win free picture tickets with my compliments, P.T.W. ______ LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION: ~~~ —— ~ 1 V- ,! > "■ ■ COLOURING RELUCTS I am giving prizes this week to three entries. There were four others but they could not be considered. One of the crew tried Eot ink in the picture and you never sa;w such fruit. There were blue potatoes, blue apples, maize and peaches. Here are the winners Midshipmaid May Hanham cellent). Stewardess Vera Wilson. Charlie Armer. Your free picture tickets await; you at the BEACON. RIDDLE POT ; > T Why has a dog six feet?-—Because he has fore (four) feet in front and two behind. What word becomes smaller when two letters are added to it?— The . word "Small" (Smaller). Why is the letter D like a bacs boy?— Because it makes "ma" mad. Which is the best way to cover a cushion? —Sit on it. Spell a hungry horse in four let-» ters?—M.T.G.G. What is it that a man makes, only a man can make, and when he does make it,, its against his will?— His widow. Round as a lharble, flat as a pan, half a woman, half a man—What is it? —A penny. What will go up a chimney down, but won't go down a chimney up? —An umbrella. What it is that goes upstairs black and white and comes down red allover?—a newspaper.