The Hollow Tree

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 27 (Supplement)

The Hollow Tree

Messages for Sunbeams Letter* to the Dawn Lady are irswered as under: — Roderick Whittome, Onehunga: I was glud to hear from you again, Roderick. Ycu are one of my keen young Sunbeams. I see you have been busy among the puzzlers. All the answers are correct. Jean Donald, Matamata: So you have bejn having a birthday, Jean? What a very happy one it was. Many thanks for your drawing. Joyce Thompson, Thames: I was glad to hear again from Mistress Joyce, who has brought me some more Thames Sunbeams They arc; all very clever ones. Thank you very much for your story The Little Thought waves you a special fleeting this week from Tiptoe Street. Uila Nicholson, Newton: A warm welcome to this young man who has found the way into our happy territory. I was •o pleased to have your drawing. It is ▼«!■>' g'XJd. Nola Craig, Mount Albert: Now here yo i are at the top of the ladder, the place you have always longed to gain. Congratulations on your prize-winning story, would you please let me know what book to select. Reg Donald, Matamata: I was pleased to heai* from this faithful Sunbeam, who always answers the competition bell. All of your entries are very good. Best wishes from Happy Town. Ronald Olsen, Otahuhu: Very many thunks for your drawing and the poem, Rcnald. I was so glad to hear from you again. Alice Milne, Waiuku: It was a pleasant surprise for the Dawn Lady when the Photograph of those three happy little People dropped out of your letter. Thank you also for the pretty cards. How old are you, Alice? Walter Pearce, Grey Lynn: I was glad to hear from this yourg artist and to hs.ve your clever drawing. There were some line entries this time Connie Donald, Matamata: Many thanks for your letter, Connie, and also your claver drawing. Perhaps you would like tc send those cards to Phyllis Miller, Vl-R’en Street, Otahuhu. She collects them. Beryl Olsen, Otahuhu: Your drawing is V'Ty clever, Beryl, and is a quaint little •tuay. Thank you also for the poem. Betty Gardiner, Cambridge: So this little f rl nas had a holiday in Auckland', t wonder if you saw the Little Thought Peering at you from behind a tree? Hf *ould be sure to know that you were ■omewhere near. Reggie Smith, Kingsland: Many thanks *° r your fine little letter. Master Reg. F; will be splendid when your small 0.-otaer is old enough to come down Tiptoe Street. Vera Thornhill, Auckland: I was so glad hear from you again, Vera, but was to find that you have not been well. I love your poems; they ar ?, “°th very beautiful. . Vepa Oliver, Palmerston North: Greetto this litle dancing girl, who has our happy family. That photoyou* Came OUt very welI » 1 think » don’t Becky Pelham, Royal Oak: Your very p<>em has won the prize, Becky, on an excellent piece of orK. Would you please send me a list yaur favourite books so that 1 can ■*s** one for you. . Nary Harvie, Epsom: Two letters from V* ry : who is a very faithful little girl. had a happy holiday in the country v ‘ , "’hat fun it must have been the day • »u caught all those frogs. I should love i, little sister. She must be a very «''abie one. _ * an Oliver, Palmerston North: Wel- \° Happy Town, Master Ivan. I 1 shall be able to place many messages for you in the Hollow Tree. p e tings and best wishes. *w a P ce * Gresham, Epsom: It’s a pity EX holidays have to come to an end, Frances? I think I shall have fr*he Doorkeeper to let some escape ‘om the Place-of-You-Never-Can-Tell. ,» .as quite a number locked away and »!** a lwavs trying to get out. They v flne days, too. We must see what J. be done about it. Lam ond. Onehunga: I was glad to <(f r rr °ni you again, and to have your , ‘nwiition story. This has been a popup.r e for the £ irl ar, d the pixie. M,c ® Lytton, St. Heliers Bay: Very vin/ ,bankf; for your story, Felice. Your ; «odyritlns is as neat as ever. Much . _ frorr i Happy Town. TffSl, T - Campbell, Point Chevalier; W k tle “dy sent me a poem and forname* so out came my magic ■rnm 0 es And where It had come Aren’t they a wonderful pair? do,yr ' Tancred, Remuera: Many in*- o. for your clever story and drawVft4. en d3lyn. Mistress Joanna is a. young lady. tit-,* Webb, Glen Eden: I am sorry to 25 !*** , you have hurt your arm and Z{ZJ\ soon be better. You are a li tj L i,ur beam to write to me under difficulties. a fin** .°, Ca,la Q han * KaiKoura: That l« nu *a* . e Poem, Leslie, and I was so nr** *° have it. Unfortunately, it: "Hhu.m lon * to enter in the competition Slu.r Une Joe ” must be like the Joy 1 think. \tcr Vk Hikurangi: Many thanks i the crayon drawing of Mister Frog

It is very good. Supposing you call that playful little calf “Frisk.” Pat McKeown, Grey Lynn: I was glad to have your neat letter, Pat, and to know that you are enjoying your book. I select the prizes with the greatest care and always try to find the very one the Sunbeam wants.

Sylvia Webb, Glen Eden: Didn’t you manage to find the missing page of your story, Sylvia? The little tale seemed so good. Cecil Rowlatt, Ponsonby: Greetings and welcome to this new Sunbeam, who has joined our happy family. I was so glad to receive your competition entry. Best wishes from Happy Town.

Margaret. Anderson, Mount Eden: Many thanks for your neat letter, Margaret, written, I see, on that pretty blue paper again. lam pleased to find that you did so well in that examination. Much love, little girl. Cissy Williamson, Mount Eden: Yes, of course, I know everything. (I keep a Little Thought, you know.) In this instance, however, he did not tell me that you are a girl guide. Redfeather, who apparently also knows everything, betrayed the secret. There’s a fresh problem for you. Gloria Sinel, Mount Eden: T am so glad you have come to Happy Town, Gloria, and shall be looking forward to hearing all about my new Sunbeam. You write a neat hand for an eight-year-old. Bruce Gwillim, Parnell: Greetings and welcome to this little lad who has come safely down Tiptoe Street. It will be most exciting watching the Hollow Tree now. won’t it, Bruce? Winnie Lynn, Mangere Bridge: I was glad to hear again from this Sunbeam and to read that poem. Best love from the Little Thought. Joan Brookfield: I wonder if this little girl would send me her address. All that I know about her is that she is Joan Brookfield, aged 10, and that she writes clever stories. A membership card is waiting to be sent. Ella Gwillim, Parnell: Many thanks for your letter, written I see before you had had your breakfast. I like your little Dutch scene, but pencil sketches do not reproduce. Your writing is as neat as Jean Lynn, Mangere Bridge: I was glad to hear from you again, Jean. “Meg

is an old favourite of mine. She knew the meaning of true -wealth. Jean Mclndoe, Hamilton: We are all „ pn . sorrv that vou are not so well just now and hope that with a few rest you will quickly improve. It was verv kind of your mother to write to me. Little Joan Duthie was so excited over Winning- the prize. She t\ant. ■l book or adventures, so I must And a verv special one. I have been sending vou some messages on invisible w in » s latelv, and hoping that I shall soon be able to have another letter from you. It Is such a wonderful morning. biom where I am sitting I can see a wide expanse of blue and one fluffy white cioud blowing like a f<xither ac * skv I think Doctor Spring Sunshine must be visiting Hamilton, too. Best love from everyone, and every good wish for an early recovery. Joan Duthie, Epsom: Sunbeam Jean Mclndoe sends you her best love and congratulations. Joan. \ou will be sorry to hear that she Is not very well just now. I shall find you a book of adventures. Eric Tatt," Birkenhead: Yes, that was a wonderful thunderstorm, Eric. I saw a picture of the chimney that was struck in your street. Many thanks for the joke". It is a very droll one. Jean Evre, Herne Bay: Two letters from this * little lady. It is splendid that vou are now well and have that happy holidav in store. It will be wonderful living on an island, but please don’t turn into a Robinson Crusoe. I hope you will still write me plenty of letters while you are away.

tI? rl? rr: Jean Buckley, Mount Roskill: Welcome to Happy Town, Jean. I am so glad to have you for one of my Sunbeams. Many, thanks for the jokes. Alban Tohill, Grey Lynn: Greetings to this new Sunbeam, who is such a keen reader of the Happy Town page. I hope I shall be able to place many messages for you in the Hollow Tree. Nesta East, Ellerslie: I was glad to have your letter, Nesta. Yes, the Jeebie Jee was certainly a funny creature, but what do you think of this Amphi-elephant that lived before the Flood? Most of these creatures are now extinct. In many ways it is perhaps as well. Phyllis Miller, Otahuhu: Many thanks for the cards, Phyllis. I shall love to have a photograph of you. Are you stronger now? To my mind, Happy Town is the place for children. I am glad that you think so too.

Frances Tohill, Grey Lynn: Another Sunbeam for Happy Town. Don’t they come tripping in? Little Jack Wister certainly mended his ways. I, too, loved “Violet and the Peas.” The Little Thought sends his best love. Myrtle McCormick, Pukekohe: I was delighted to hear again from this bright little Sunbeam. Your drawing is very good and shows much promise, and your letter is beautifully neat. Alice Hewlett, Morrinsville: Primroses for the Dawn Lady, all the way from Morrinsville. You are very kind to send them. I am so sorry that you have been ill, and hope you will soon be perfectly strong again. Jack Sydster, Takapuna: The poems are very amusing this time, Jack. I like the one about the old man in the moon. Clifford Bowrey, Onehunga: Oh, no, Clifford, we don’t have wet week-ends in Happy Town. They simply don’t happen. The Good Scribes are the Sunbeams who write me the neatest and most interesting letters. George Boyle, Ponsonby: I was glad to hear again from this faithful • Sunbeam. Give my love to your two little sisters. Percy MacCartney. Dominion Road: Thank you for your friendly little letter. Master Percy. I am very pleased that you have come to Happy Town. It will be fine fun coming down Tiptoe Street each week, won’t it. The Little Thought waves a greeting. Harry Bowrey, Onehunga: So you would like to become one of my Sunbeams, too, Harry? Now, that is a very wise idea. I hope your membership card has reached you. You and

Clifford will have a joint interest now in the Hollow Tree. Did you know that we had to engage a woodpecker to enlarge the hollow? Doris Sydster, Takapuna: You have sent me a sweet little poem this time, Doris. There is certainly much in life “For the Smallest.” Guy King, Huntly: I was glad to hear again from this keen young Sunbeam and to have the poem and the joke. Your writing is wonderfully neat for a boy of ten. Kathleen Ricketts, Takapuna: Many thanks for the poems, Kathleen. I likes the one about sulky Sarah who was taught such a lesson. It would never do for her to come to Happy Town with such a sulky face, would it? Lorna Radford, Avondale: I was glad to hear again from this little girl who has solved all the puzzlers. Thank you too for the clever story. Much love, Lorna. Eileen Thorn, Takapuna: Many thanks for the poems, Eileen. I think you will he building sand castles these sunny days. Do you make them with moats and dungeons? Jack Montague, Thames: I am very sorry that you are sick in bed, Jack, and do hope you will soon be better. Some more competitions Will be announced shortly. I have quite a number of Sunbeams in Thames now, and, as you say, they should bring about plenty of fine weather. Much love from us all. Phyllis Haines, Frankton: Yes, I remember that you were one of the first Sunbeams to come down Tiptoe Street, Phyllis. The numbers grew rapidly, didn’t they? Many thanks lor the puzzlers. I do hope your hand will soon be better. Evelyn Taylor, Swanson: Yes, Evelyn, I should love to see the painted and crayoned pictures, and shall be looking forward to receiving them. Mavis Trask, Rotorua: I was glad to have your very neat letter, Mavis. Oh, yes, we are certainly busy people in Happy Town. The dear c-ld Joy Shop man is as tireless as ever, and the Little Thought is still ’my willing helper. lam glad that you and Eileen are such firm friends. Maureen Montague, Thames: r was so glad to have your neat letter, Maureen. The membership card should look very pretty in its painted frame. Such numbers of Sunbeams have them hanging above their beds. Joyce is one of my very faithful Sunbeams. Many thanks for the puzzlers. Michael Hutt, Mount Eden: Congratulations to this clever young artist whose drawing has carried off the prize. Would you please give me a list of books to choose one from? Harry Dobbyn, Grey Lynn: Many thanks for your drawing and the story of the hunter and the lion. I shall keep the drawing for the next competition. , Frances Grant, Mount Eden: Welcome to Happy Town, Frances. I hope T shall often hear from you. The Little Thought sends you his love and greetJu'ne Gladding, New Lynn: I am glad that this little girl is still thinking of me in her mind, for I am sure I should not like her to forget me. What a happv time you must have had at your partv. Did you see the Little Thought hiding behind the curtains? R. Heighten. Ponsonby: I am glad to have this clever little dancer for one of my sunbeams. Would you please let me know your Christian name? Much love from Happy Town. mm m h-