CLOUD BEAUTY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 25

CLOUD BEAUTY

"Oh, lod'k," came the sudden cry o* admiration from my friend as we walked along the beach together; I followed her gaze and over the wide expanse of deep blue water my eyes ' fell on the sun, which was setting. A ball of yellow fury which was changing to pale pink and now darkening to red; then, a vivid red. It took our gaze for a long while, but I am afraid I could not describe it in its full wonder and glory. As time passed it became more beautiful than ever. We held our breath; daring not to talk lest we might spoil the magnificence of the inspiring scene which no artist could paint Nature never planned a more gorgeous thing than a sunset. The horizon was. now a maze of colours—yellows pinks, reds, and purples of every hue. Slowly it all faded and dimness fell over the SCenG> JEANGRIGG. Rongotai. •. •. • ♦ ■..-.■ MY KITTEN. (Original.) ■ , ' • I have a little kitten who has a shiny back, ■■ v. And all her paws are white, excepting one, and that is black. She has a little saucer, which long ago was mine, And a little prickly brush. Oh, it is so fine; Every day I -brush her to make her coat look bright, -* And the people often said, "Isn't she a sight." ' ■"'.',.■. . Her eyes, they shine like diamonds on a frosty night, s And it is so very seldom that you ever h.ear her fight. Her bed is in the washhouse underneath the tub, . And now and then so quietly she'd be giving you a rub. "LITTLE SHADOW" (11). Karori.