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

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 133, 25 July 1941, Page 6

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

PETER mE WHALER } of WHALE .ISLAND (

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. Hold on to the rail there and keep your foot for, the way the old hoat"& pitching, may easily send you down on a first class ticket to Davcy Jones's Locker. Yes. here wo arc in a stormy sea, standing off t'ho rocky Kermadec Islands. Yon can sec the smoke and steam from the volcano in the central island, and taUv of Rotorua, the sulphur smell is ten times worse than Whakarewcra. Yes the Kermadecs are flar too barren and dangerous for anybody to live on, but they arc most interesting from a geologists point of view. They are actually the tops of a giant group of mountains rising out of the ocean floor, and they form thei crown of an active volcano. White Island is of the same? formal- - but you qm see that here the s?a is actually boiling in p&accs— good idea to catch fish and cook them at tlics one time eh. But you must be very careful where yen walk, for the ground is treacherous. We Avill land for a few hoursi, in order to do a littlfc exploring, but I'm afraid you must keep near mfe. There arc on the east side, some penguin colonies, and last time I called in, I remember several seals on MA: beach. Thej r seemed to like the wai*m pools, and Iny in .them all day . The Kermadecs, may in time be worked for the great deposits of sulphur and fertiliser, but at present they are too exposed and dangerous. See the mouth of the volcano, they say tihe draught of steam from its wliite jaws is sufficient to throw up any object you might care to hurl iir.to it. Now, then don't try and test it out, it's only what I've heard. The Kermadecs were discovered in the early days of exploration, but nobody has cared to live there. Boats' occasionally call there to explore their volcanic features. You remember Count von Luckncr, the German Raider Captain in the 1 a, c ir war, well, when he escaped from captivity in New Zealand, he captured Ihc scow Mocwe and made for the Kermadecs, but they were even too bleak for him, and he returned !to I other and more friemdly waters only to be captured and sent to internment again. Well that will do this time. We will see what Ave think of the Campbell and the Auckland lsv lands next week. Till then cheerio from your o'Jd skipper, Peter the Whaler.

OUR STORY A WISE MOUSE The Cat had -watched the little hole in the barn for hours at a time ever}' day, but the Wise Mouse ha(l watched the Cat, and so he had never been caught. , But one night, when the moon was hidden, the Mouse sauntered out in search of food. It wasi so dark that he did not see the Cat, who sat behind a bush watching for him. In less time than it takes me. to write it, thei Cat had seized the poor littlQ trembling Mouse. "Now, J shall eat you," threatened the Cat, as he put the Mouse down on the ground with one paw on his back, that he might not escape. "Very well," sighed the Wise Mouse, "but will you first grant mo one request?" "Yes," replied the Cat. "I will do that as it is* customary to grant last requests to people who about to die. What is it?" "I have often listened to yoin singing and greatly admired it. Will >'ou please sing one sing to me before you eat me?" "With pleasure," replied the Cat, for he was yery vain about his voice, So he straightened himself up and »-:ing with a:'Jl his might. He forgot ill about the Wise Mjouse until he finished his song, and when he looked round for the applause he expected, the Mouse had vanished.

JOKE CORNER Tcacher: Make up a sentence itying the word miniature, Tommy. -Tommy: Tlio miniature asleep, you begin to snore.

Sent in by Charlie Armor. Mother (to little giifli who has just dressed): Oh, Molly, you've got your shoeis on the wrong feet. Molly: But where are my other feet, mummy? Brother: Jimmy, what is a grudge? Jimmy: A grudge is where Dad keeips his car. Tom: How did j'ou make that table in woodwork class? Joe: I used 1113' head. "When I. was your age, my boy. my father kept a pretty strict eye on me, I can tell you.'" "Ah, but Dad, you had one of those old Victorian fossil pappas." "Did I? I had a much better father than you!"

DOGS AND CATS Here is a rhyme and a word or two on our homely dog and cat; They are mostly to do with their • voices. And I'm sure 3*oll Avon't mind that, For you have heard both dog and cat And therefore know 'tis true, The lew little Avords that I'm AATithj;' I'n a verse or tAvo for you. You knoAA* the dog has an ng'ly bark Be it Collie or Pekinese.; And a growl which is alarming—■ Makes you feel ill at east. But Avhen he commences to howl. You think him just a hound, For he utters the most awi'ul noise— It has a dismal; sound. There's a Avonderful deal of differ, once In the voice of a homely cat, .Is she kindly "uic-oavs" to greet you Or she purrs upon the mat. !3ut Avhcn she joins in an argument, An'd all the "swearing" is' said, You're awakened from your beauty sleep And AA'ish all cats Avcre dead.

A SUNNY DAY Down by the river, The willows gently sway, In the shallow waters, The little children play. On the calm cool water, A duck is swimming by, While the birds are flying, High up in the sky. Soon the sun will be Setting in the west. Little birds wiM fly Home to their cosy nest.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION GREAT ENGLISHMEN Tins' was a win for okl Peter again. Quite a number of good answers but still you all slipped in one ov two instances. Who was it thought Howard of Effingham beat the Armada. He helped to but did not do the trick. Who again thought Major Von Temskyj fought the Batf tlei of Gate Pah? Another thought it was .Sir George Grey. No my saikir lads here are the correct answers, and you can see for yourselves where you were wrong. Battle of Hastings), Harold the Saxon. Battle of Crccy, Edward lIT. Battle of Ramilles, Duke of Marlborough. Battle of Waterloo, Duke of Wellington. Battle of Quebec, General Wolfe. Battle of Trafalgar, Lord Nelson. Battle of the Armada, Admiral Drake. Battle of Dunbar, Oliver Cromwell Battle of Culloden, Duke of Cumberland. Battle of Gate Pah, General Cameron. Battle of Jutland, Admiral Lord Jellicoc. Battle of Crete, Major General Frevberg. I will try you out again on another historical competition when I get time to think one up.

THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION BIRTHDAY PUZZLE Arrange the jumbled letters to form words, then take one lc lifer fiom cach in order to solve t'he puzzlio. To-day I have a birthday, And, oh! I'm feeling great! I For such a lot of tilings I've fount! Around my breakfast plate. A box of INSP from Hetty, Some EESLNDE from cousin Gwcn, A. roll of EAPT from Betty, A NIDOKB from little Ben; A lIIEMTLB came from Grannie, And Aun tic sent some HRDE.TA; Some OLOW from dear old Nanny, Some TOTNCOS from Uncle Fred; From Dad a pair of RSIOSSSC', In a crimson vclsvet case; From Mum a lovely KORWOXB To keep my things in place.. I've told you all my presents, Now, can you do the rest? That is to find out what it is That I like doing best. Re-write the above with the correct words in the place of the jumbled Itetters, and send it in to Pater the Whaler. The first three correct answers to reach me will win free picture tickets with my best compliments. P.T.W .

TONGUE TWISTERS How many cookics coifkl a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? Just as many cookics as a good cook could cook would a good cot>k cook if a good cook could cook good cookics. «*»**» A twister of twisits oncc twisted a twist, and the twist that lie twisted Ivas a three-twisted twist. Now if one of those twists that he twisted untwisted, the twist that untwisted would untwist the whole twist. d a •» Porky Peter Piper peevishly picked ft peek of packed pickled peppercorns. m ■» a ® Thrice six thick thistle sticks thrust straight through the throbbing thrushes.