OUR “CREATURES’” CORNER

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 16

OUR “CREATURES’” CORNER

We have thirteen little cliinkens, and they are such fluffy little things. 1 —Moll ie "Winter, Okehu. | I thought -we had lost Paddy, our dog, the other day, but Bernard, my brother, found him in a hole in the ground.—Nellie Smith, Porirua. • • • • I have a cat and a dog. and our little chicks are just coming out, I had such an exciting time this morning waiting to see them come out in their yellow coats. —Fay Colly, Porirua. My pet cat caught two big rats this week, and she puts them on the verandah; she ia good!—Georgo Harris (age 9). I have three pets. Tommy the cat, Major the pup, and Daisy, my little pet lamb. Daisy is two months old, and is growing lovely and big. We have. six calves, four dogs, and two cats.—Gytha Higgle, King Country. We have got a hen and 8 dear little thickens, and I have a pet Jersey calf. —Joy Cook, Hamua. OPEN EYES We went bird’s nesting, but we did not get any eggs—not even an old bird’s nest.—Beryl Kitching. Martinborough. * # * Wo all went to the river vesterday, and one of the babies nearly fell in.

My brother just saved it!—Margaret Campbell, Trentham. • • % • That night we went to the Scottish Fair, but there was no music nor dancing while we were there. When we were going home we saw the Kilties marching through the town with their bagpipes —Joan Vrquhart, Karori. Our flowers look very nice. We have a lot of sweet peas coming up.—Mollie Winter, Okehu. A bird has built its nest in the rushes in our paddock. Our great tall pine tree has blown over. 1 have got my bicycle now. We have a hen sitting on ten eggs. She was sitting bn thirteen eggs, but a rat has eaten three.—Your loving Elf, Connie Shortland, Matamau, via Dannevirke. • * * •

. . . There are a lot of buttercups out now. We saw a lot on the way home from school.—Nellie Smith, Porirua.

What are you doing, youngster? I’Ve been watching you for the last hour.” “Mother told me not to cross the road until all the motors had passed.” “Well?” “So far only one has gone along.”