THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE YOUNG READERS ONLY

lAboard for the Goodwill Cruise

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. Hot sticky weather, which makes us all damp and bad tempered. Well, we can't complain as we have had a wonderful' spin of fine weather, and the farmers too will be glad to have it for the grass will grow like fun. Now what I wanted to ask you, was, how many of you have had mushrooms for breakfast? I'll bet you that most of you have. Oyer on the Whale there 1 lias been a surprising lot this year, and I have had them cooked in a dozen different ways. Yesterday I hade a real mushroom pie in my Dover stove. It was delicious. Even Butinsky liked it. I've 1 had them stewed, fried and even minced when they were too old and tough. I think I will have to write a cookery book on how to serve them u,p and make a fortune. Well, lads and lassies I think we; won't see much more of summer now. It will probably be a wet Easter, and an earlv winter with plenty more rain. Can't help it, but that's what I feel as an Old Salt, and they are usually right. At any rate we can be snug and warm beside a hot fire in the winter so the cold weather has its compensations too. Yours till next week P.T.W.

SENSIBLE HORSES

The horses in Sweden arc 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 is 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 their business and they stand still, for hours if necessary, until masters tell them to go em. Standing on the pavement with my back to one 1 of these horses, I felt someone trying to pick my pocket. I turned quickly and found it was the horse sniffing at my pocket hoping to find an apple or a bit cf sugar—the 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. A JOLLY CHINESE GAME Here's a jolly game the Chinese children play, which you may like to try. It is called "Tiger and Kid." | One child is the tiger and one the kid. The others stand in two lines facing each other, with a wide space between the two lines. The kid stands at one end and bleats "Ma-a-a, Ma Ma."' Then the tiger comes in at the other end. The ehili'lren ferm a circle or trap holding hands. They must keep hold of each other's hands and try to keep the tiger in, while the kid runs about outside bleating as hard as he can. If the kid can run around the circle from five to ten times (depending on the size 'of the circle) before the tiger catches him. he can be the kid again and choose a new tiger—the old tiger going back to the circle, [f the tiger escapes fro:m the trap and catches the kid, the kid. goes back to the circle, and the tiger becomes the kid and chooses a new tiger. UNUSUAL LIGHTHOUSE Away up in t!u Xorth of Scotland, on a rock oliu yards out from the island of Lewis, theiv nlands an unusual lighthouse, it has nc» lantern, yet every night it Hashes its warning beam over the waves. The seeret lies in the fact that there is a mirror in the lantern room Avhich reflects a powerful light from the lighthouse on the Island of Lewis. The mirror sends out a reflected beam of light which can be seen for miles.

~ peter whaler of WHALE ISLAND

MY LETTER BOX

Dear P.T.W. I am going in for this competition, a very hard one, you most likely see that. I am doing as much as I can for the Patriotic purposes, even saving paper, as you can see by some oif my pages which are exercise books. Hope you don't mind. I do want to know more about the jolls r Endeavour League. Can you send in stories, poems, etc? I used toi belong to other Leagues and tilings. Could we by any way get up a little club to knit things for the soldiers, or any thing to help the war. I'm sure everybody would like to help just a little bit, even if its only a half-penny. Think things over and I am enclosing a pocket-book for you as I am sure you would like to take down the number of Nazi submarines you see. Pam Burstall. (Thank you Pam for the nice little book, and I hope it; will be'a long time before I fill it with the entries you mention. Yes, of course you are able to send in stories and poems, anything you think will interest the League members. Your other suggestion about knitting or doing something useful for the war effort, is also well worth considering. I mentioned it to one little friend yesterday and she said that she was already knitting for the soldiers. T would like to hear what other members think and if they would like to and have the time, well, there's nothing to stop us is there! Kindest regards. Peter the Whaler. Thanks to Janie Kier for the nice note. Sorry you were wrong in the competition, but better luck next time. Peter the Whaler. Chief Stoker Ross Muir has had a few brainwaves, four distinct ones in fact. The drawings were clever, and. if original were a credit to you lad. I would like to reproduce them in the BEACON, as I'm sure they; would fetch many a laugh, but the Editor says that there is no hope in Avar time. However j*ou have done me a good turn by brightening up a cheerless day. Congrats from your old friend Peter the Whaler.

RIDDLE POT

Why is K a very unlucky-letter? Because it's always found in work and never in play. Why docs a railway engine resemble a piece of steak? Because it's no good without its tender. When is a soldier like a boy? When he is in arms. What tree is a city in Ireland? Cork. Why is a lazy man like a bat? Because they both go to sleep during the daytime. Whj r is a boiling kettle like a canary? Because they both sing. When was beef at its highest? When the cow jumped over the moon. Why is a Christmas cake like a carpet? Because it takes a lot of beating. When does a watch deg like a hiker? When he goes for a tramp. What can you sec with your eyes closed? A joke. Why is "U" an uncertain letter? Because it's always in doubt. "When is a ten-pot like an artist? When it "draws" well. Why is a tailor never to be, found at home? Because he is always cutting out. What always goes to bed with its shoes on? A horse. Why is a cabbage run to seed like a disappointed man? Because it Iras lost its. heart. I NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION AN ELUSIVE COTX In the centre of a piece uf paper cut a hole the exact size ol' a ing. Xcw Avhr.it you Ijha'c* to do is to pass a two-shilling piece through this opening without tearing the paper or touching the coin Avith your hands. It can be done. Oh yes. So when you have succeeded Avrite in telling me how and the three best will earn free picture tickets with my best compliments. P.T. W.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION

FENCING A PADDOCK

The question was: A mile of fencing encloses a square paddock, of 40 acres. What sized paddock will be enclosed by 2 miles of fencing? Well twelve of you had a shot at the answer, and only four of you were right. Let Irene Slowell tell you how she worked it out. "One mile of fencing encloses a paddock of 40 acres; that represents 20 chains square. Therefore a paddock enclosed by 2 miles of fencing (40 chains) square would be IGO acres. You see 40 chains by one equals 4 acres, and 40 times: 4 equals 160 acres. Hoping I succeed." You certainly have, but an easier way would be to draw a square and call each side a quarter of a mile. Then draw another twice as big and call cach side half a mile, and you will see that it is four times the. size. The winners are: Irene Stowell ' Barry Thomas Ctecily Sullivan Ross Muir Congrats, your free picture tickets await you at the BEACON.