PETER PAN’S LETTER

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19899, 30 May 1936, Page 18 (Supplement)

PETER PAN’S LETTER

DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS, whet s med merry week it has been. First there was the excitement of going back to school and telling all those holiday adventures to your friends and then there was children’s day at the show and all the thrill of smelling the dear old sswdusty smell lnelde the big welcoming doors and hearing the never oeeslng elemour and ohug-ohuu of the machine; and engines and the low sleepy murmur of people talking, and seeing the hundreds and hundreds all interested In eeelng every single thing. Peter stood Inside the door for a little and Just watched, and such Interesting sights he saw. There 'were big people and little people, there were people by themselves and people wlth friends and there were miles and miles of smiles which was the very best thing of all as you‘ will all agree. And then he went a little further and ventured towards a door and there were rows of sldeshows and the jolly toe tapping music of the merry-go-round with Its famillar horses and chariots going up and down and round and round with Jolly gelly capped and coated little riders having all the fun of the fair on thelr dashing steeds. And It remlnded him of the verse about the roundabouts and swings. And then or course there was a visit to the school work where there was a splendid display so large that It took Peter ages to look sit everything and the lovely courts done by the Women’s Institutes, and all the model aeroplanes and engines which were very Interesting Indeed.

And of course there was floss candy and pink and white pop corn and loe-orenm and orange drink and wefilea and hot dogs and such dozens and dozens of nice things that positively made Peter feel as If he had not had anything to eat for days and days which of course was quite wrong. And then he ate such a mixture that he did not feel like eating anything for days and days. However, he took Smutty_ home some popcorn which he loved and e tiny piece of fiosa candy whloh stuck his little white teeth together, am: as a final tit bit a piece of hot dog which he loved.

The music competitions were so very Interesting to listen to and Peter spent a very happy time there too. In fact if he were to tell you all the places he visited and the things he saw it would take a whole morning to write his letter. He and the twins are going on an extra special visit soon when we are going to look at all the sldeshows and do everything we feel like and Peter feels that we will all be very tired and will have eaten a strange mixture of good things when we leave the big doors to go home. Smutty, remembering the popcorn he had thinks he would like to some too so if any of you see a small black cat wandering through the Show you will know who he Is for he is of a very adventurous disposition.

The top of the morning and fat Jlngllng purses to you from yo: