THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 52, 25 February 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

THE WHALER b%.... W . H . A . LE . ISLANP^

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What lio, what ho. m;i hearties. I have just about sprouted fins in all this wet weather. The rain lias poured down incessantly for days and days and I have scarcely been able to see the mainland—so thick has been the mist. Even with my high - powered jewelledin-twelve holes telescope I could scarcely .see any tiling. The water all vound Whale Island is a dirly brown so I expect you must have had a really bad Hood. Thank heaven my little cavc was left intact and I suffered no inconvenience other than a rather bad leak over my wardrobe which I stopped with a piece of soap. Now I must get on with my page so I will stop talking about myself. Sec you next week P.T.W.

OUR STORY

COUIIAGK THAT DAUKS'!

Do yon remember the story in that wonderful school classic, "Tom Brown's School Days," when the boy Arthur came to Rugby? Perhaps you don't read these stories of school life. You ought to read "Tom Brown's School Days." ami you must get your friend to read it. Well, Tom Brown was on the way to becoming a rebel and a nuisance. He was up against authority in the school. Then the headmaster put under his care a new lad, named, Arthur, the son of a clergyman who had died in an epidemic. The widowed mother and his sisters had '] jetted and spoiled this lad, and he. was .just a quivering bundle of nerves. Nothing further from the heroic could be imagined about George Arthur. The headmaster had asked Brown to take this boy under his wing. Of course Tom was furious, but he had a sense of responsibility and he meant to look after the kid. All day long Arthur kept saying to Brown: "Please Brown, may I wash my hands? May I do this? May T! go there? It got on Browne's nerves a good bit. But when they went to bed in the dormitory at night George Arthur did. something without asking permission. lie knelt down and prayed. There was a hurst of laughter, and someone else called liim a snivelling young | shaver. Brown, who was undoing his boots, was up in a minuty. and threw his book at the fellow who had thrown his al the<boy, and he said in an enraged voice: "Now who Avants the other boot?" Bioavu's conscience began to work, for he had promised his own mother to say his prayers, and lie felt a bit of a coward. But he Avould slick up for George Arthur. The next night four other lifrvs knelt doAvn and said their prayers in that same dormitory, and it Avas not long before the practice became general in that! school. One boy ... a Aveakling, one avho had lived a sheltered life . . . had dared to do Avhat he thought wax right . . . and out of weakness lie was made strong. FROGS AT SCHOOL Twenty froggies went to school, Down beside a rushy pool. Twenty little coats of green. Twenty A'ests, all white and clean. "We must be in time," they say, "First we learn and then we play. "Thai is how avc keep the rule"When we. l'roggies go to school." Master Bull-frog, grave and stern, Called the classes each in turn; Taught them how to learn & strive. Showed them how to leap and dive. From bis seat upon a log lie taught them how to say 'icershog!* Also, how to dodge a blow From the stones that bad boys throw Twenty froggies grew up fast: Big frogs they became at last. Not one dunce among the lot, Not one lesson they l'orgot. Each can say 'kershog' and 'shoo* As a froggie ought to do. Now they sit on other logs, Teaching other little frogs.

DANDRUFF

ADVICE TO BOYS ! Whatever you are. be. brave, boys; The liar's coward and slave, boys; Though clever at ruses. And .sharp at excuses, He's a sneak and a pitiful knave, boys. Whatever you are. b" frank, boys: 'Tis better than money and rank, boys: Still cleave to the right, Be lovers of light. j 15c open, aboveboard, and frank, j hoys.. Whatever you are, be kind, boys; Be gentle in manner and mind, boys; The man gentle in mien. Words, and temper, I Aveen, Is the gentleman truly refined, boys. But whatever you are, be true, boys; Be visible through and through, boys: Leave to others the shamming, The '"posing" and ''cramming"; In fun and in earnest be true, boys. BIGGER AND BIGGER A WORD PUZZLER Which is the Bigger? There Avas once a family called Bigger. , The first is: Who was the Bigger —Mrs Bigger or Baby Bigger? The second is: Who was the Bigger—Mr Bigger or Mrs: Bigger? Then at last, Mr Bigger died, and the third is: Who Avas now the Bigger—Mrs Bigger or Baby Bigger? Answer First: Baby Bigger, because he was a "little- Bigger." Second: Mr Bigger, because he was Father Bigger (far the bigger). Third: Mrs Bigger, because Baby Bigger was fatherless (far the less). PARTY FUN BLACK AND WHITE Divide the group .into two teams, the. Blacks and Whites. Line th<?m up, facing each other, about 10 feet apart. The leader stands at one end of centre space and throws a box (a chocolate box Avill do), one side being black, the other Avhite. If the black side, lands upward, the Black team runs quickly to touch Avail or goal. The White team dashes after them, trying to coach u player on the Black team. Captives are kept and play with the side .which catches them.'The teaiii Avhich gets the, larger number of players Avins the game. 3t is a good game that guests always, enjoy playing LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION ' WHKJIK AUK THI<; POETS? There Avas only one entry Avorth calling the name so I 1 decided not to give any prizes this Aveek but to ask you all to try again. Remember to try and gel a rhyming Avord 'bigger.:' Here is the competition again :— I saw a big fat bowler Standing on the lawn And when T asked him how to play He looked at me with scorn. "My little man," said he with, pride, "You'll have to grow much bigger, And if you want to play good bowis Now find the missing line and win a free picture ticket if you can, r.T.w.

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