THE COMPETITION

Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 6

THE COMPETITION

Here is a new style, of puzzle. The initial, letters of the objects shown in each group of pictures will, if placed in ascertain order, spell the name of a worker. One of the objects in each group'■ is : also something particularly

laughing fairy named Sprite. She lived withher elfin grannie m a quaint wee hoUAe like a, tower. One day Sprite ■aidOh, grannie, I do wish I could have a wand and he a "Wish Fairy. I long to be able to grant wishes and do lovely things. One, day she left all her toys lying about the floor. ‘Shall I help yoU get’the tea, grannie? No, thank you, dear,” said grannie. “ But put all the toys away.” What a mess! Bits of paper from her last cutting-out game; cotton and silk from her last sewing! She laughed suddenly, and began to work. . Now I’ve only to pop these thing's , into the chest and go. She opened the .lid to put in a pile of books, and there in'the chest lay something that made the fairy gasp with delight. It was a wand.—From Joan Bailley. [Thank you for your letter._ Joan Bartley. Tour name is on the Honour Post for interest, and you are winner of the best-letter prize. Thank you also for your, little story. Ihe bairns will be glad to r read it. Write again soon.] Prince Edward' Convalescent Home, . - Kew,- Dunedin. Dear Big Brother Bill,—Please may I join your happy band of bairns? I am 11 years old and I am _ in Standard 111. I am staying at Prince Edward Convalescent Home, Kew, Dunedin. I have been here a year. now. I go to massage to get treatment every morning except Saturday _ and Sunday. My address at home is 8 Dryden street, Mosgiel. The snow was lovely and I had lots of fun. I might he going, home for good at Christmas. The'sister out hero gives me your page out <of ihe - Star ’ every Sunday morning. I have just started to road the ‘ Night Pilots,’ and I like it very much. . I am going to send you a riddlp and a joke.—Your loving bairn, Gladys Roberts. S Thank you for your letter, Gladys er’ts. Your name is on the honour post 1 for neat writing. Brother Bill was S lad to hear from both yourself and ban Bartley. He hopes you will write again soon.]

118 Victoria road, St. Kilda, Dunedin. Dear Big Brother Bill.—l enjoy reading your page every Saturday night, so I thought I would write a letter to you. I have a small, blue budgie which I call Peter. He is a dear little fellow, and I often take him for a walk with mis. He doesn’t talk very much, but dots* , try to whistle like the canary whose cage ' is near hie. Our canarv is did,- but whistles beautifully, and it is' funny to hear Peter trying to imitate him. Yesterday a friend and I went for a nice long tramp and we did enjoy it; as the day was so nice wfc went farther than we intended to go.. Well, Big Brother Bill, I must close now, as I want to enter for the competition. —With best wishes from your loving bairn, Pat Farris. [Thank vou for your letter, Pat Harris. Brother Bill > glad to know that you enjoy the columns. If Peter tries to imitate the canary, and succeeds, that sug.gcwls l‘>* _ would soon learn to if you tr:ey Imu, Brother

appropriate to the worker named. Thus, the initial letters of the four objects shown in the last group spell POET, and one of the objects in a PEN. Now, find out from the pictures what they have to tell. Send your answers to Big Brother Bill, care of ‘ Evening Star,’ Stuart street, Dunedin, C.l. Mark the envelopes “ Competition.”