THE GOOD SCRIBES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 21

THE GOOD SCRIBES

IyTARY Hansen, Jean Mclndoe, x Fanny Birch, Jean Eyre, Jim Dobbyn, Jean McTavish, Jessie Milne. Nola Craig, Judith Clarkson, Fitzie Morris, Ormonde Toplis, Winnie Douglas, Nora Hanson, Nancy Waller, J. H. Dobbyn, Norma Waller, Renira Yates, Herbert Turner, Jack Craig, Muriel Jepsen.

love them both. Oh yes, every letter fit competition time is most exciting, and I always enjoy opening the mail. Jamesj Parsons, Epsom: A warm welcome to this little man, and many thanks for your poem. The Little Thought waves a greeting. Jack McTavish, Edendale: I am so pleased that you have joined our happy band .of Sunbeams, Jack. Don’t they come trooping in? I hope I shall be able to place many messages for you in the Hollow Tree. Jock Cameron, Frankton: I am very pleased to have you for one of my Sunbeams, Jock. What a jolly name you have. Very many thanks for your poem. Would you please let me know your age? Phyllis White, Frankton: Welcome to Happy Town, Phyllis, and many thanks for your contribution. I hope I shall often hear from you. Betty McTavish, Edendale: The magic gate has swung open for you Betty, and I shall be expecting a letter from you soon. It is splendid that you have all come to Happy Town. Dossie Cameron, Frankton: Welcome to this little lady, and many thanks for your poem. I hope I shall often hear from you. Keith Mackie, Auckland: I was so glad to hear from you again Keith, and to have your poem for the competition. Every good wish. Jean Eyre, Herne Bay: I am always glad to hear from this little Sunbeam who takes such a keen interest in Happy Town. All those hidden trees are correct. I hope you are now quite strong again. P. R. White, Frankton: I am glad to enrol you as one of my Sunbeams and hope your membership card has reached you safely. Many thanks for the contribution. Jean Mclndoe, Hamilton: Another letter in ink, Jean. I could just picture you sitting up to the fire. Thank you for finishing “The Three Little Men” rhyme, and also for your hidden names of boys. Much love from the Dawn Lady and all her Sunbeams. R. C. Whittome, Onehunga: I was delighted with your letter this time, Roderick. What a clever little man you are to find the answers to all those puzzles. Thank you also for the finished puzzles. It is very good. Pauline Wolfe, Ponsonby: Very many thanks for all your competition entries, Pauline. I am delighted with them all. Annie Gordon, Whangarei: I was so pleased to hear from you again, and to have those jumbled names. Gwen Christie lives at Commerce Street, Frankton, and her age is 14. Fanny Birch, Ponsonby: You will be a Sunbeam for a whole year, yet, Fanny, as the age is 15 and under. Isn’t that splendid? And when you are too old you will be able to join the Wigwam and then we can wave to you across the fence.. You could send those cigarette cards to the Sunbeams in Ward 23 if you wish, or if you send them to me I shall see that they reach them safely. Many thanks for your charming poem. Barbara Tucker, Auckland: A teenyweeny letter from a teeny-weeny Sunbeam. I love that pretty notepaper. Thank you for those jumbled names. Kathleen Ricketts, Auckland: Many thanks for the poems, Kathleen. I love the one about the Yak by Hillaire Belloc. Is it from “More Beasts for Worse Children,” or the first book of the set? Do you know the one about the lion which ends thus: “And a good little child will not play with him?” He would not make a very good pet, would he? Beryl Phillipstown, Dominion Road: I was delighted with your clever contributions, Beryl. They are both excellent. Becky Pelham, Royal Oak: Many thanks for the charming poem, Becky. I am always glad to hear from this bright young Sunbeam. Nora Hanson, Glenmore: A warm welcome to this little lady. 1 am delighted to hear that you came top of your class, and that you had such a happy time at the concert as “Princess Tiny Tot.” James P. Dobbyn, Grey Lynn: Very many thanks for your contributions, Jim. You are one of the very keen Sunbeams. Phyllis Prentor, Waitoa: I am delighted that you have joined our happy family, Phyllis. Many thanks for your pretty poem. Fred Wood, Ponsonby: I was so pleased to have your letter, Fred, and also your drawing. The Doorkeeper sends you his very best regards. Ruth Thompson, Auckland: Very many thanks for your drawing, Ruth. It is very good indeed. If vou are a Girl Guide you can belong to the Wigwam also, but if not. it will be necessary to wait until you are 15. Florence Wood, Ponsonby: I see you have been busy with your paint brush. Florence. You have made some pretty pictures for the Dawn Lady. Thank you so much for them.

BREAKFAST TIME

Birds in my garden that wake me at dawn. Flit past my window and light on the Chattering starlings that come with a rush. Little brown sparrows, the linnet, the thrush. Here comes my blackbird, the great greedy fellow. With glossy black coat and a bright beak of yellow. See what a breakfast of crumbs and nice things. Brush up your feathers and furl up your wings. You poor silly bull-finch and little tom-tit. You’re late for the feast, they’ve not left you a bit.