THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 50, 18 February 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What ho, Avhat ho. m;i hearties. Here we, arc again in the good old summer time, with the Avater sparkling under the bright sun and. with White Jislapd- standing out like a fairy dream on a sea of glass. That seems good to me and it makes me feel good too! 1' hope it does 1 the same for you. Now we won't waste .any time, but get on with the column. So cheerio till next week.

OUR STORY .TAXIS AM) JOHN Jane and John lived next door to each oilier. There was no fence between * their yards: so sometimes they played in Jane's 1 yard, and sometimes they played in John's yard. John was; always glad Avhen Jane came to play i>n his sand-box. They would build roads ;md houses or make sand cakes for a tea party.. Wherever Jane and John were playing. Nipper was always with them. He was really John's dog, but the neighbours hardly knew Avhethcr lie AAas John's or Jane's. ''He's John's dog, but he's my friend," Jane Avould, say Avhen they asked her. And Nipper Avould Avag his tail. One day a new little girl and boy came to liA'e in the house across the street. lit A\-as a small house without much yard. Jane and John saw the two children playing on the footpath. "1 think they Avould like to be friends/' Jane's mother said. ''Let us' go and ask their mother if they can come across the street to play AA'ith you and John." Jane, and John and Jane's mother looked both AAays and then Avent carefully across the street. Nipper - followed them.

"Hello!" the little boy and girl said. ' "Hello!" said Jane and John. "Fvc got a .swing and a slide In my garden," Jane said, ''l'.'ve. got a sand-box in mine," said John. Nipper wagged his tail as M" to say, "and they've both got me." "Perhaps: you would like to come over to play," Jane's mother said. "I'M ask your mother if you may." Jane's mother knocked at the door, and the children's mother said that they could come. Jane and John and their new friends had. a happy time all the morning. First they took turns, on Jane's swing and slide. Then they played in John's sandbox. Nipper .followed them all wherever they went. By and by the. mother from across the street came to say that it was time for her children to go home to lunch. ''May they come and play again this afternoon?" Jane and John both asked her. "Thank 3*011," their mother said. "I am glad they have found such good friends."

Jane's mother came out to her garden to call Jane in for lunch. John's mother came out to tell John. Jane and John told them what the mother from across the road had said. "1 think that you and John have \earned to be good friends together,"' Jane's mother .said. "Now .you are learning to be good, friends \nth others." "Perhaps you could have a little picnic with your new little friends thi.s afternoon," said Jane's mother. "You could have it under the tree at the end of the garden." So Jane and John planned a picnic for a surprise. They ha 1 fuii getting ready for it. Jane's mother made cakes., and John's mother made little rolls to eat Avith .strawberry jam. Jano and John helped to squeeze the lemons for the lemonade. * •

"Aren't you glad we arc friends!'' John said to Jane. ''And I'm glad we have new friends ton," Jane whispered. Nipper wagged his tail. "Yon will always have friends if you show iove to others," Jane's: mother said. "When Jesus was here He told. II s friends that thoyi'hnuld love one another." "I 'know that, 7 ' John said. ''f learned it at Sunday School." "So did h" said/Jane. "Let's lei) our new friends when they come to our picnic."

for the Goodwill Cruiser

PETER THE WHALER /j/WHALE .ISLAND

NEW YEAR S E LF-KX AM I NATION You resolve to live, up to a high standard of personal conduct. You resolve to be kind, dignified, confident and worthy. But at the close of the day 3'ou are conscious of not having fulfilled the terms of your resolution. Upon careful examination you find, that you have omitted the special act of kindness, have been timid, possibly Undignified, have talked much of self, and have done little to elevate yourself in the esteem of your fellow men. Hence the importance of regular daily selfexamination to discover your special shortcomings. To live up to a high standard requires persistent effort an<* vigilance. When you make a new resolution, fortify it with a still greater resolve to fulfil' it. Only fulfilled resolutions are valuable, PEARL OF ALLAH Recent]}' there was deposited ir, the New York Museum a giant pearl which is said to weigh fourteen pounds. The story of the. pearl is interesting. A young diver had his hand caught in the clutch of a giant clam, and was drowned before he could he rescued by his fellows. The bodj' was ( brought to the surface with the great clam still holding fast to the man's hand. , When the shell was forced open, the- great pearl was seen, and be-* came, the property of Panglima Pisi, Mohammedan chief. He fancied that he saw in it the features of. the great prophet, and he declared it to be sacred refusing to part with it even for an enormous price. But Panglima's son was taken sick with malaria, and the case Avas so serious that a missionary from Manila, in the Philippines, was called in. As quinine Avas not effective, the missionary tried a iicav drug, and thi'is was successful. Panglima gaAc this great pearl, which he had . called the Pearl of Allah, to the man who had saved the life of his son, and. the missionary subsequently turned it over to the New York Museum. This is the story vouched tor by the magazine published by tlie American Museum of Natural History.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION HIDDEN WORDS You sure stormed me. with answers this time. No less than nineteen replies anil all (say it softly) light. Whew! What am I going to do about prizes. I> spcet I'll have to sort out the good spellers, the neat writers and the tidy ones. Pass the aspros please. Hure goes—the ticket winners are:— Leslie Goodall Carol Windley Isobel Grant Kathleen Adams Diana C'ockburn Charlie Pettit Pretty generous, arirt i. Congrats to you six call and collect your tickets.' The solution oi' course was: —A GROWN member of our league dressed in a BROWN suit went to a circus. There he saw a CLOWN with a comic CROWN on his head. Afterwards the member was FLOWN home but the aeroplane was BLOWN .about so much that the pilot wore a FROWN and, said, "JS : we lail into the sea we shall DROWN."

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION COMPLETION'O THH RHYME I saw a big fat bowler Standing on the lawn. And when 1 asked him how to play He, looked at me willl scorn. "My little man," said he with pride. "You'll have to grow miu*h bigger, And if you want to play good bowls.

Signs of the Times One Christchurclt motorist has been reduced by the rubber shortage to driving his car—-a dilapidated voad.ster —with no tyres on the roar wheels. He is able to maintain a fair speed Avith the driving Avhcels running on the bare rims. Another sign of the times Avas the presence on a city street one evening last week of a cyclist carrying on his handlebars an immense kerosene lantern in place of the usual battery lamp, refills for which are practically un p rocurabl e.