LIMERICK COMPETITION
' rpHE first prize in the last ! limerick competition Has been awarded to ROY NEE LY, 34 West End Road, Herne Bay, aged 14, for the following entry: There once was a young armadillo. Who lived in a cage made of willow; “I’d be happy,” he said, “Could l only be fed On a cream puff as big as a pillow!” Second prize: LAWRENCE HOGBEN, 2 Cowie Road, Parnell, aged 13: There once was a young armadillo. Who lived in a cage made of willow; “I’d be happy.” he said. “But I’m racking my head For a rhyme with the word i ‘armadillo’.” Highly commended: Tom Bassett, Kaikohe, aged 9: j “I’d be happy,” he said, j As he stood on his head, | “If only I had a soft pillow.” Joan Duthie, Epsom, aged 11: “i’d be happy,” he said, “If I only could wed And g'o touring on land and on billow ” Gloria Rawlinson, Parnell, aged 11: “I’d be happy,” he said, “Had I but some thread To sew up the hole in my pillow.” Joseph Thornton, Onehunga, aged 13: j “I’d be happy,” he said, “If I were instead j “Back in my home on the Rio.” Commended: Marie Carroll, Te Aroha: Justin Gillespie, Mount Eden; Ivan Pascoe, Onehunga; Rona Whitman, Auckland; Enid Paris, Mount Eden; Naera Mackie, Kingsiand,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 29
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222LIMERICK COMPETITION Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 29
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