The Children's Corner

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 16, 4 November 1927, Page 15

The Children's Corner

By

ARIEL

Dear Family,-Here we have our final inmate for the Zoo, and a truly extraordinary creature he is! As I told you last week, we are closing it down just for the summer months. Next winter I hope you will all break out into bright ideas! Several letter writers telt me they are looking forward to winning Zoo prizes when we open up again, I think we have made a wonderful little collection, and I am very proud of my artists. I will think of some new competitions for you soon-some nice easy ones that don’t take very long to do, because most of your spare time must be spent in the out-of-doors now, as I remarked last week. How many of you have crystal sets? And have you ever wondered what it is that makes a crystal sensitive? It is the sulphur contained in the crystal that allows an electric current to pass through it. So you see, that is probably why your crystals are more sénsitive in some spots where there is a large deposit of sulphur than in others where it is scarcer. Are you beginning to think about Christmas holidays, and making lots of wonderful plans for them? What a lot of lovely, exciting things you will have to tell me when they are all over! It’s great ta have a holiday to look forward to, and it’s a wonderful thing to be able to do ali the scrumptious things we’ve been wanting for such a long time, but don’t you think that sometimes the most exciting part of all is the coming home again at the end? Aren’t you eager to see if everything looks the same as when you left, and don’t you race into the garden to have a peep at your favourite nooks and corners? Don’t you love to smell the dear old familiar smells about the house? Of course you do, for after all, there is no place anywhere that is quite so interesting as home.-Your

ARIEL