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THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Aboard for the Goodwill Cruisei PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

What lio, what ho, ma hearties. You mightn't know it but we are at .this moment standing on the side of the great Gatun lock, which is the Wonder of the Panama Canal. We left Costa Rica last week and I have had a busy time since we left Colon on the eastern coast. Now we are agoing to see something of the great artificial lake which has been created by the dam which was built .by American engineers just 35 years ago . This lake is actually the highest level of the canal, and from its waters are fed the locks which gradually lower the big ocean liners to the level' of the Atlantic Ocean. While Ave take a cruise, on a fumy little • exciiragf;.Jjoat let me tell you something orlthis wonderful feat of engineering. It was too great an Undertaking for the famous French--man Ferdinand de Lesseps, and itwas later taken up by the United 'States of America, which country, sent 35, 000 workmen to cut, dig and plan the huge canal* Quite an army, wasn't it? But then see the 'canal is 40 miles long and great cuttings had to be made.and huge con- ' Crete locks built. For about 16 miles the width is just on 1000 ft, but as it reached the famous Culebra cutting it is decreased®to 300 ft. The depth, 'for most of the way is 43ft. Here is ;a figure which will astonish you the "total excavation was about 200,000,t)00 cubic yards. What a mountain' that would make if it were all pi fed : up. It was completed on August 15, "1914. So you see this most marvellous work was finished almost at the -same time as the greatest war in all rhistory broke out.. We will take a trip along the full length of the •■canal before w r e travel into South . America where we will visit some new and' strange lands. Yours till tthen Peter the Whaler.

OUR STORY 'THE GIANT WHO LIKED TOFFEE There was once a giant who loved toffees; big sticky ones wrapped in paper. ' He was a jolly kind of giant, but he had, one very bad habit. He never thought of throwing his toffee papers into a rubbish-box; he just dropped them wherever be happened to be. At last the people got tired of hav ing an #ntidy giant in their land, and one day they went in a big •crowd and knocked on the palacergates until the prince came out to see Avhat all the noise was about. "Your Highness, we can't stay here with an untidy giant any longer," they said. "If something isn't done about him we shall have to pack up our belongings and go to live in the next land. Why, we can't ;go out on a sunny day without taking an umbrella to keep toffee papers from floating down on to our best hats." "I will offer a reward," said the jirince, "and perhaps some one willbe able to stop him.'' So notices Ave re put up saying} that a big reward would be given to anyone who could stop the untidy giant being untidy. Then one day a squirrel came leap ing through the palace gates ,to where the prince sat, feeling very, very miserable, because he didn't want his people to leave him. "Your Highness," he said, "we woodland folk„have an idea for curing the giant'^ The prince couldn't help smiling, "What could little things like you do?" he asked. . "Leave that to us," asid.the squirrel,'with a twinkle in his eyes. "But if we win the reward, may vve have it in nuts and lettuce and •crumbs instead of money?" "Of course," said the prince. "Thank you," the squirrel -said,. . and he bowed very low and jumped -out, chuckling to himself. For the next week the woodland were very busy. They threaded pine needles with grasis and collected all the toffee papers which the giant dropped, and very soon they had a great big sheet made of toffee papers sewn together. They plaited and tied strong grass stalks into ropes, and one morning they -went back to the wood and waited.

Very soon the squirrels, watch ins; from the trcetops, saw the giant coming, and as soon as he entered the wood they brought out little twig catapults and fired acorns at him. The giant stopped and looked all round to see what it was, and befoic he could take another step all the birds who lived in the wood (lew down holding the edges of the toffee paper sheet in their beaks. Down over the giant they came, covering him up from his head to his toes, and then the rabbits ran round and round him with the grass ropes. The giant struggled and roared, but no one took any notice until lie was tied up tightly, and then a blackbird tore two little holes in the toffee paper so that the giant could see. "Let me out! Let me out!" lie roared. The squirrel who had gone to sec the prince came forward. "Now you know what it feels to be covered up with toffee paper," he said. "Do you like it?" "No, I don't!" shouted the giant. "It's too sticky. Let. me out!" "We didn't like it, either," said the squirrel, "but you didn't trouble about us," "Why—llo—l didn't," he said; "but I didn't know how bad it was then. If you let me out* I promise I'll always put my toffee papers in the dustbin after this." So the animals untied him and helped him to pull off the toffee paper sheet, and.the giant kept his promise and 110 one ever saw one of his toffee papers again.

A GOOD GAME FUN WITH RUBBER BAND Holding a small rubber band between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, stretch it eight or nine inches, then try to let go of each end of the band simultaneously, if you can. If your co-ordinations are perfect the band will fall upon the line of the centre, about equally distant from both hands; if not, the band may fall almost anywhere else, One may practice until the ban.d will fall on the centre line perhaps once in 10 times; but the first attempts will rarely be successful oftener than once, in 25 times. r Probably others at the table will think it is easy to do that they will try it themselves; and the fun and merriment will help the time to pass quickly. RIDDLE POT Once there was a boy who had 12 patches on his coat. What was the time?— Time lje had a new one. m » «* • One day a house caught fire. There was no one in it. But what escaped, and how did they get out?— The chimney flue (flew) and the door bolted, m v m m Why should a barber charge a sad-faced man more for his shave than a happy, customer? —Because his face is so long and there is more to shave. ».• « * Why is a history book like winter?— Because it is full of reigns (rains). • « « « Why is a sentence like an obstinate donkey?— Because it usually comes to a full stop. m m m. m What is there in an empty cart? —Plenty of room. • v • • When are stories like bells?— When they are told (tolled). n * « m One arm, four faces and one leg, what am I?—A lamp-post. What coat is a perfect lit?—A coat of paint. * ' <• * at Why is a king's palace the cheapest house in the world? —Because it is built for a sovereign. « a « a Why is it useless to feed a horse? —-Because he cannot eat a "bit.'* at 9 e m Can you spell "Sweets" in two letters?— Easy! C and Y (Candy).

THE DUCK AND THE FROG A 1 itLie green frog lived under a log, And every time he spoke. Instead of saying "'Good morning," I]e only said, "Croak, Croak!" A duck lived by the water-side, Ancl little dicl lie lack, For when we asked "How do you do" He only said, "Quack, Quack!" TRY THIS Here is a clever way in which you can make a model table lamp. Yoli will need two thin circles of cork, a matchstick, and a narrow strip of coloured paper. Shorten the matchstick a little and then sharpen the ends so that you can slick a cork disc on each point. A ti?iy spot of glue will keep them on firmly. Now take the strip of paper and glue the edge round the top disc so that it takes the form of a shade, You could snip the lower edge of the shade into a j)relt3 r pattern. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION HIDDEN FLOWER NAMES Oh. what a headache I had trying to award the winners to this cora-< petition. There were only 24 answers and though there were 15 of them "wrong I had to award special points for the neatest replies to decide who should win the free picture tickets. At any rate here they are:— Pamela Gartshore Barbara Wallace Janette McLeod. There were some who lost just on account of their spelling. How many ♦spelt 'Antirrhinum' like this 'anteri 1 - hinum', and how many spelt 'delphinium' with an 'a"? Never mind better luck next time. Bill Wallace tells me that he is now 14 years and will therefore be leaving the ship and joining up with the crew of the great vessel of life. Well shipmate, let me wish you all the luck in the world. Sometimes you will strike rough water and storms, but there are also beautiful fine breaks of sunny weather. A good sailor will steer through rough or smooth and stand up to all the tests. Here's a hand on it shipmate and may you weather it well. P.T.W. Midshipman Charlie Armer sends in some tongue twisters and some yarns.. Thanks old chap, I will print them when opportunity offers/P.T.W NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION

MORE CO LOU RING Three free picture tickets to those who make the best colouring job of the printed picture above. Do your best ancl send the result into Peter the Whaler, BEACON Office.

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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 212, 13 September 1940, Page 7

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THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 212, 13 September 1940, Page 7

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 212, 13 September 1940, Page 7

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