A TRIP TO THE MOON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 33

A TRIP TO THE MOON

"Ann. Ann. Ann!” shouted the medicine bottle as he danced on his cork just outside Ann’s bedroom window: and with the last call Ann opened her eves and rubbed them hard. ' “At last,” cried the medicine bottle hopping: verv excitedly on liis cork. 1 really thought that you would never wake, and then you would miss all the do you want?” asked Ann, very sleepily. "I can’t think why you made such a noise and woke me up. ‘ You have forgotten that it is the little red motor-car’s birthday. and all the nursery people are going for a moonlight drive, and you must be there, as you are the Queen of the nursery, and all its folk? So get ready quickly, we must be off in two shakes*. You know I must always be shaken before taken.” Ann was ready very quickly, ana was getting on her fur coat when* the medicine bottle went right side up and gave Ann a dose of pink medicine, and she immediately became : mall as one of her dolls, and oit they started for the drive. Ann wanted to hold the medicine bottle’s hand, because she was still feeling sleepy, but do you know it had not a hand, only four slippery sides. "Hold on to my necktie,” called the medicine bottle.

Have you ever seen a medicine bottle’s necktie? You know the nice little white paper hat he wears when lie is quite new? Well, his necktie is the purple or red stringy that ties it on. Ann held on to his necktie ,(a purple one) and they went softly to where tlie door into the garden was wide open, and' all the nursery folk very busy getting ready for the drive. Noah had all his animals, two by two, waiting to get into the red car. All the people who Jived in the doll’s house were there, wearing their very best clothes. Even the - gardening tools and watering-cans were waiting, hoping that they could jump into the car at the last moment without being seen. Teddy Bear was to drive, and he had his leather coat on over his fur coat, of course, and his goggles. Ann was the first to get into the car, and she had as many of the little nursery folk on her knee as she could possibly manage, and then they were off. Teddy Bear was a very good driver and they got on to the white cloud close to the moon without a bump, and he drove the car all round the edge of the cloud where it was the softest and fluffiest, and they saw the Man in the Moon. He was busy having spring cleaning, and had turned out all his furniture to be repainted—he was doing it himself because silver paint costs a heap of money. The Man in the Moon was singing over his work and seemed very happy. He said he was very sorry he had nothing to give them to eat, but cold pease porridge. All the nursery people saicfc “No, thank you,” very politely, and I am sure they all meant it. But Teddy Bear saw the cloud getting smaller and smaller, and he was afraid they might fall off into the blue sky, so he went as fast as possible, and they all jumped straight on to the top of a beautiful snow mountain wlitr-e there was a Swiss cottage, with lights in all the windows. Ann was

very pleased, and bundled all the nursery folk out in a great hurry. ! They had some hot chocolate to drink ' and cake to eat. and when they had finished they all began to snowball and : toboggan by moonlight, and the Man | in the Moon winked at them, and said if they liked to go back to see him ! ( he had made his house quite ticfy and j 1 found some good things to eat. But ; Teddy Bear said there was not enough i time to go back, and they must all get into the car, as it was getting early, and lie was afraid that they might meet the jolly old Sun on their way home and get into trouble. Ann called all the nursery people to , come quickly, and they came—all ex- ' cept the camel and the dove from ; Noah’s party—and they went home. Teddy had to drive very fast, and it was a good thing for him that Bobby the policeman was in the car and not j on point duty. Teddy went so fast I j am sure he should have been lined for exceeding the speed limit, but in spite | of everything he got home quite safely, and all the nursery folk were back in their places, and Ann fast asleep in 1 bed before daybreak. Only Noah was very sad because his camel and dove were lost, and Ann scolded him in the morning and said he should have looked after them better. RIDDLE CORNER ! "What is in visible (invisible) yet i never out of sight?—The letter I. : | Wily is pen-making a dishonest ; j trade? —Because it makes people steel ! pens and assures them they do write. * I What never closes its mouth?—The ‘ j river. : i "When it an iron bar like a bad coin? * i —When it is forged. i | Why is 10.000 a bad number? —Be- : i cause it is naughty (noughty). - What does an artist like to draw ■ I best of all? —His salary. ! When is a bill like an old chair?— - ! When it has been receipted (re- - }seated). * I Why is the letter E the most imr ! portant in the alphabet?—Because it ! comes before everybody and everyc ! thu.fr. Which tree takes longer to grow 3 J_than an oak? —The sloe .(slow/*