Under the "Totem-Pole"

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 977, 21 May 1930, Page 16

Under the "Totem-Pole"

Letters to Redfeather are answered as follow:

Flying Cloud: Tour letter and story have come safely to hand, Flying 1 Cloud. Your Wigwam scrap-books must be very interesting, and if you have kept the competition work they must make splendid reading. Yes, one day I hope you will find that elusive little friend worshipping your own blue sea.

Little Stalker: Spotted Tail must have been looked on as a kind of sage in the rabbit world. Little Stalker. Your nature story is cleverly told.

Bird Lover: Thank you for your company news, Bird Lover. I shall always be glad to have your notes. That must have been an interesting field day in the Bough: Congratulations on your success in the story competition. Green Bough. I like your entry very much indeed, and you have rounded it off splendidly in the conclusion. A TV igwam wish 'for this member. , , . Gleaming Wing: I am glad the First Frankton Company is still to have . a „ re * presentative in the Wigwam. Thank jou for your first report. I am sure you will all miss Dreaming Wind. She has been a very keen Guide. . . « Green Wave: Your All Saints news has joined the great scroll, Green Wave. My regards and thanks. Wood Pigeon: You will find your name in the prize-winners’ list this week, \V cod Pigeon. Your story is very well told, and I hope I shall soon see more from GolcP-tipped Feather: Your story is full of charm, Gold-tipped Feather. 1 must listen for the voices of those Little People in the dawning of the day. Maid of the Pines: I shall publish extracts from both those essays as soon as space permits. Maid of the Pines, and then you will see which passages I consider the best. I do not recall ever having tiptoed over archways of stars into the land ofi Shining People, but during sleep, of course, anything might happen. Some Wigwam greetings for this imaginative Brave. , , Red Star: So the rain has been “stringing silver-grey diamonds across the world’s breast” again? It has been playing the same pranks in Auckland, too. As I write, it is running in inquisitive rivulets down the outside of the Wigwam. How surprised you must have been when your relations called so unexpectedly. Dreaming Wind should have reached her destination now. Featherfoot: A report from Otimai. Thank you very much, Featherfoot. W'hat a happy time you have been having up there. My best wishes to Afterglow and your sister Guides.