THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 55, 10 March 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

lαboard for the Goodwill Cruised =~ PETER THE WHALER j| of WHALE ISLAND C

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AYhat ho, Avhat lio. ma Tlii.s is the best weather we had for ■weeks, fine, clear and cooß Those muggy days nearly drove' mB mad. Now what I wanted to tel! voir about was the way in which the river water had discoloured the sea. All around the island during the big llood the water was a dirty brown. Now as 1 am seven miles out in a straight line from the Wha'katane Heads you can guess what a. mendous lot of llood water must have been poured out of the Rangit aiki, the Tarawera and the Wliakatane rivers. I scooped up a bucket full the other day and it was. still pretty thick and didn't even smell like sea water. It's lucky I have my own little spring to draw from isn't it? As far as my own little family is concerned I am glad to say we arc all well and happy. Uutinsky is of course a terrible nuisance and still chews my clothes when 1 hang them out on the line, while little Peterkin still howls for raw fish and snuggles up at night in his little box beside m3 r stove. T am very fond of him and count it as ;i very lucky day when I found him with a broken flipper on the beach. He was frightened then and tried to peck at mc, but now I don't think he. lias an ounce of fear in him. Now r must close and get on to the story. Your old. friend P.T.W.

OUR STORY

AS WINGS TO A BIKD

Have you ever heard the legend which tells of an old man who wtjs in the habit of travelling from place to place with one sack hanging behind his back and another in front of him ? In the one behind him lie tossed all the kind deeds of his friends., where they were: quite hidden from view, and soon forgot all about them. In the. other hanging around his neck the old man put all the siais which the people lie knew commits ted: these he was in the habit of turning over and looking at a.s he walked along. One (lay. to hi.s surprise, he ine t t a man who also wore two sacks, one in front and another behind. Going up to the younger man, lie said: "What have you here, my friend?" as lie gave the. wick in front a good poke. "Why, my good deeds," answered the man. "I! keep what li call mistakes in the other." "It seems to me that your sack of mistakes is fuller than the other," said the old man. The younger man frowned. An angry reply wa.s on his lips when happily, a third traveller—also carrying two sacks—overtook them. The lirst two men at once pounced upon the stranger. "What do ou carry in your sacks?" cried one. "Let's see your goods," said the other inquisitive man. "This sack," .said lie. pointing to the one in front of him, "is full of the good deeds of others." "Your sacks appears to be nearly touching tlie ground, it must be a heavy weight to carry," observed the old man. "There you ar ( e mistaken." replied the stranger. "The weight is only such as sails arc to a ship, or as wings are to a bird. It helps me onwards." "Well, the .sack behind can be of little good to you." said the second man, "for it appears to be empty, and J see il has a great hole in the bottom of it." "Ah, I did that on.purpose." said tlie stranger, "for all the evil 1 hear of -people 1 put in there, and it falls through and is lost. So von see 1 have no weight to drag me hack." RIDDLE POT

A JOURNEY TO THE MOON Experts in science tell us all sorts of queer and surprising things. Hut not for a long time have T heard anything stranger than tile words of a certain learned Frenchman Avho promised that in ten years' time, journeys to the. moon will be possible—and almost easy. He lias been making careful and bold tests with powerful rockets, and believes that these "projectiles" will be so greatly improved as to make .journeys through space quite safe. Miracles follow one another so quickly nowadays a very daring (and, perhaps foolish) man would venture to say that any new notion is absurd or wholly impossible. But this prophecy sounds a little hard to "swallow," and if it actually comes true If know of one cautions person who will not hurry to get into a moon-ibound rocket ! DAILY ANECDOTE THE EARLY BIRD GETS HIS OWN BREAKFAST Captaift Pease, father of the stage coach in the United States, purchased a pair of horses which he. intended primarily to sell to Presi-, dent Washington, an excellent judge of horses. He was astounded upon receiving a 5.00 a.m. appointment to show his wares to the. President. Thinking the hour far too early for so great a man to be up and doing, the captain delayed his arrival at the White House stables until 5.15 a.m. A groom politely informed him that the President had been there and gone to till other engagements. And Pease was compelled to remain a week in Philadelphia before a second convenient appointment could be arranged, during whchi time he had plenty of opportunity to practice getting up before breakfast.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION FINDING EPITAPHS No answers to this competition. 1 'specl it was too hard for 3011. This week I am going to give 3'ou colouring for a change. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION WHlilU-; AUK THK ARTISTS

Three i'ree picture tickets to those who make the best colouririi job of the printed picture above. Do youc best and send the result into Peter the Whaler, HF.ACOX OlTice.