THE HAPPY ENDING

New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 125, 14 November 1941, Page 47

THE HAPPY ENDING

To Young Listeners, Noe every week, Henry says "Do write some more nonsense about the animals at the top of the page. You never tell us anything about them now." And we have to say "But Henry, there’s no room on the page. Can’t you see it is getting smaller and smaller-but we promise to someday, Henry." So this week we must keep our promise to Henry, and talk seme nonsense about the animals — because after this week, there won’t be a children’s page at all. It is the end-but a happy end, because of the INVITATION, More Nonsense For Henry O you remember the opening day of the Young Listener, Henry, with the excited procession of animals at the top, blowing in the children’s page? How happy they all were-Edwin the Elephant, and Horace the Hippo, and Zeb, and George the Giraffe, and all of them, All happy except Myrtle the Turtle. Poor Myrtle, she meant to have a wonderful time because she was to have Horace’s head for the opening day, but that wretched Pips the Parrot came along and ‘pushed her off and spoilt everything, Useful For Advertisements FTER a while, the animals decided they were a bit out of place roaming round The Listener offices, so they had themselves stuffed and put round the walls, all except Myrtle. She didn’t want to get stuffed yet. So there they are, Henry, standing round the walls; but don’t be disappointed because they really are much more useful stuffed, because they cost nothing to keep, and The Listener people can use them for their advertisements. If they want to advertise, something for curing sore throats they will just take a photograph of George and say it'll even cure throats as long as his! They will use Zeb for Zebra polish, and sometimes even they’ll advertise the Zoo and use them all. But they can’t use that nasty Pips any more, because he got moth-eaten and was thrown away-and they can’t use Myrtle.