CHILDREN’S LETTERS
Dear Cheeriei, — May I join your fairy rinsr, please? I have often wanted to, but have never written before. I have two guinea pigs at home, and they seem to eat all day. I have such a dear little dog, named Tiny; he is a great pet, and we have to put him to bed every night. I am sending yon mv answer to the picture competition, hoping lam right. T have done them all by myself. I have found Monty’s boots for him in the picture, one boot is up on his shoulder, and the other boot on the handle of the boy’s spade. , Am I right. Cheeriei ?-—Dots of love, from yours lovingly, OLGA ANDERSON, (Aged 11 years.) Sydney street, Takapan, Hawke’s Bav. • • * • Dear Cheeriei, — I went up to the,Zoo on Sunday, and 1 took some bread and an old hat for the monkeys. They did harp some fun with it!—From vour loving Fairv, ZEN A WOOLCOTT.' 15, Onepn road, Ivilbirnie. , • • « • Dear Cheeriei,— It is a long time since I have written to the King, and I would like to make another appearance bv sending in my solution of the “Picture Puzzle Competition.” I have found twentythree, and I am sending them in with the letter. I read Claudia Brown’s storv. “Speckly’s Chicks,” and curiously enough the same thing happened to us, even to the bird’s name, only our dozen chicks are black. Well, everybody is looking forward to Christmas, even our new baby, who is eight months old, and is up to all sorts of mischief. Well, I hope I can come hack to the Ring.—One of your oldest Fairies, * IVY McGHIE. Chance Along, Maori Bank, Upper Hutt. Dear Fairiel, 1 went to the Zoo last Sunday to see the monkeys. 1 watched them for a long time. One boy kept putting his cap through the bars of the cage, and one of the monkeys took it. They tore the lining out of it, then put it on their heads. One time the monkeys went inside and the father turned them out. A man gave one of them a piece of apple, and when he had finished it he held out his hand for some more. Then we went to see the parrots. When we arrived at the cage they said: “Hallo.” We gave a green parrot a piece of jube, but another one came and took it out of its mouth and then said: “I got it.” Every piece we gave it another one would take it. Then we went to see the peacocks, and one of them had its tail open and was walking up amd down. Underneath their toil is a lot of fluffy down. As we drew’ near to the happy family we saw a lot of baby guinea pigs. In one part of the house I saw a pigeon’s egg. Tfieie were some baby bantams and hens. There were some beautiful yellow canaries flying about the place. From your loving fairy— Maggie Roberts. Aged 10 years. Dear Cheeriei, I suppose you thought you had lost me again, but it has only been for a little while. I have been ill with quinsy, and very sick too. 1 was in the hospital with scarlet fever some time ago, and doctor said my throat would be weak now, 1 have never had quinsy before, and 1 hope I don’t get it again. The weather is so cold here, and it has been hailing and blowing hard to-day. We are busy preparing for our exam at school. I hope I will pass, and then I will be in standard IV. Please will you give me a nice name for my calf? We had such fun yesterday. My uncle and aunt and cousins motored from the Hutt in the morning and went back in the evening. Our pet lamb has grown so big but is just as playful as ever. When he sees us going down the hill lie , scampers after us until we snut the gate and then goes for bis life up to the house again. Please, Cheeriei, excuse pencil, as I did not have a nib* With lots of love from Joy. Joy Cook. Hnmua.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 16
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704CHILDREN’S LETTERS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 16
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