A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 329, 14 April 1928, Page 27

A LITTLE WORLD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

GAY DAYS IN HAPPY TOWN fRIENDSHIP IS A STEADY LIGHT SHINING IN DARK PLACES “AH. Dawn Lady, cried the Little Thought, in an excited V whisper, “do come quickly. There are three hoys turning somersaults in Tiptoe Street and we can’t count them. They’re new ones and the Pixie Postmen have sent me for help.” “But three boys must be three boys,” said the Dawn Lady, “whether they are turning somersaults or not. Take my hand and we can go and investigate .. . Why, yes, there are three all right, but just look at all those others. Girl and boys, boys and girls, all Hocking to Happy Town. Let us welcome them in quickly because there are hosts of messages this week for the Hollow Tree.” » “It’s a good thing I didn’t cut it down with the dream axe I got for my dream birthday,” said the Jovshop man. “The woodpecker would have haunted you ever after if you had,” laughed the Doorkeeper. “By the way, there’s a new competition-—a drawing one. It has to be something ‘in a garden.’ I’m going to draw your yellow and green wheelbarrow, Little Thought.” “But it’s never out of use for a minute,” answered the Little Thought. “I think you had better take the Happiness Tree as a model. It’s in a garden.” “Why, yes, of course,” said the Doorkeeper. “All Happy Town is a garden, as well we all know.” “Little Thought,” whispered the Dawn Lady, “a little Sunbeam is going to knit you a pair of teeny-weeny slippers for the winter and wants to know your exact size. And just look at this. A little boy of four has just had his hair cut for the first time and has sent me one of his pretty golden curls. See, it fits just like a ring on my finger.” “Aren’t they dears?” sighed the Little Thought, happily. “Perhaps it would be wise to send one of my wee pointed shoes so that the Sunbeam will know -what size I take. Run, Dawn Lady. It’s time to take the first batch of messages across to the Hollow Tree.”