THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 241, 22 November 1940, Page 3

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What Ho, What Ho, Ma Hearties! 'Here ayc arc again in New York Harbour, safe and sound after a avoiidcrful tour of South America. I trust that you Avill long remember .the ports Ave A'isited and the splendid times Ave had together in those strange lands. Now that Ave are all aboard the S.S. Good Endeavour, I think avc Avill set to Avork and overhaul the good old tub. First Mate!. I want you to direct the j)ro-cced-ings. Give the Chief Engineer instructions to giA r e the engines the

once over, we have a long voyage ahead of vis. Second Mate! Take ail the deck hands and holystone the decks. See that they make a good job of it|, for we want to impress the Canadians with what Ave, of Wliakatane, can do. And Third Mate! I want you take the balance of the men up aloft and set to Avork varnishing and restaining the whole of the mast and rigging. When all this has been done I Avant the Bosun to pipe all hands on deck and I Avill address them on Avhat to take for our long Canadian tour. It Avill be nccessary for us to haA'c completely neAV outfits. The Chief Steward Avill receive orders to provision the ship and Ave Avill haA'e to bave a special coop made for Butinsky the goal, who, by the way, is in excellent health. WeU, by next week, we should be Avell on our Avay and I hope to show you all there is to be seen in Canada from the frowning Avails of the Rockies to the great frozen lands of the North. Till next week, Cheerio, Peter the Whaler.

OUR STORY LAND OF DON'T-WANT-TO Jean Robits was a very naughty little girl. Every time her mother asked her to do anything she would say; "I don't want to." One day she was asked to set the table, and she was just going to say, "1 don't want to," when she heard a voice say "Come with me." She looked, round and saw a little man. He pulled her along until they reach ed a place where all the houses we re broken down. "Where are we," she asked, "and why are those houses broken down?"- 1 "This is the Land of 1 Don't Want To, and every time you are asked to do anything and you say, "I don't ■want to' 1 * a. house always falls and the people live in ruins." J< an felt very sorry, and she said, "I won't say il any more." She looked around and found herself sitting in her own home, with her mother shaking her saying, "Jean, come and set the table." Jean got up and set the table. Her mother was very much surprised, so Jean told her what had happened. "I am going to do everything I am asked to do from now on." she said. "I hope you do, Jean," said her mother. Ana she did.

THE CROW MOON (Indian Name for March) When gusty winds are blowing, So icy from the" range; When little whirls of snowing Arc looking almost strange; Then March puts up a showing And things are trying to change. The Indians called it Grow Moon; They look for signs of spring, When crows begin their nesting And Avoods with caw-caw ring. A crude nest of small brandies Crows say is just the thing; And in a high bare cottonwood Their home begins to cling. Brown spotted eggs, lour, five or six Are lying under mother's wing. Caw caw caw caw caw caw! The. snowdrifts are deep and the wind is f.tiil raw. Haw haw haw haw haw haw! But Warm Sun is helping Ice Winter to thaw.

WINTER All is very quiet and still, For AA'inter reigns again. The grass is bare upon the hill, While Avater Hoavs to the plain. The Avind. comes puffing, puffing by The trees are bare again, The clouds come sailing o'er the sky And bring the shoav and rain.

FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY *1A board for the Goodwill Cruise sL.

THE WHALER p! (yf WHALE ISLAND

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION

STORIES ON PET'S For this weelc's competition I want you to Avrite about your pets. Most or you will have them: cats, dogi:, budgerigars, canaries, horses and even hens (as I understand has one little girl at O'hope). Just write n short story about them, telling me their names and their habits and the best three will receive free picture tickets with my compliments. P.T.W. JOKE CORNER How She Knew A small girl said to her father: "Daddy, I have just caught live flies, two were males and three were females." On being questioned how she knew which were males and which were females, she replied: "Two of them were on the whisky bottle and the other three were on the mirror." Heard in School The schoolmaster was explaining to his class of small boys the nature of common fractions. "If I take a potato, cut it in half, i then in quarters, and then in halves, what shall I. have?" "Chips, sir," was the unexpected response from one small boy. A Stern Command A little boy had been taken to see the Toys Department at one of the big shops,' On returning home, his mother said: "Well, dear, did you see Santa Claus?" "Oh, yes Mummie, he was wearing a lovely red coat and had a great white beard and long white hair." "And Avhat did Santa Claus say to you?"

"He said, 'Put that d d train down." LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION BEST JOKES I had fifteen responses to this competition, showing very plainly that my crew love a good As usual I had an awful job judging, many of the yarns being first class. Winners were: — Janette McLeod Scotch Gent: "My lad, are you to be my caddie?" Caddie: "Yes, Sir." Scotch Gent: "And how are you at finding lost balls?'" Caddie: "Very Good, Sir." Scotch Gent: "Well, look around and | find one so that we can start the game." Reg. Rickaby Monty: "If all the seas were dried up, what would Neptune say?" Rob: "I haven't a notion" (Haven't an ocean). David; Sullivan Scotsman, to groom at riding school: "How much to hire a horse?" Groom: "How long do you want it., sir?" Scotsman: "Long enough to hold four of us." Congratulations. Your free tickets await you at the Beacon Office. P.T.W.