WHAT'S THE WORD?

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 3, 24 July 1936, Page 56

WHAT'S THE WORD?

~ YOU all know about the wonderful Pyramids of Egypt. These Pyramids, it is said, are so large that they can be crossed only by an aeroplane or a snail! Think of the aeroplane winging its way over those huge masses of stone-and then think of the snail, with its : home on its back! How-can it succeed in crossing the Pyramids? asks Aunt Rat, of 3YA, in this week’s message to Radiobeams. ‘I remember a. story I heard long ago, and it helped me to understand. One wintry morning, when the roads were thick with snow, a man was passing along a street and he saw a little boy with a small bucket and spade. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Tm finding a way to my Granny’s back door," was the answer. "How are you going to do that with your small spade and bucket?" asked the man. In a breathless voice the little chap replied, "I’ve got to keep on shovelling." And that is how the snail crosses the Pyramids; it keeps on, and on, and on, until it gets over. ‘That is how everything is done. The word I want you to guess begins with "p" and ends with "e," (Answer next week.)