THE GARDENING FILM

Radio Record, 4 September 1936, Page 56

THE GARDENING FILM

RUCE climbed up to the top of the garden wall and on the other side he saw their neighbour, old Mr. Spear, busily at work below. "Hullo!" he called. "Look how I can balance on this wall!" | Mr. Spear looked xather bot and tired: "‘Hullo, Bruce!" he said. ‘‘Very good balance! Got anything to do?" "Not specially,"" answered Bruce. ‘Well, be a good chap and come and help mé with this planting-out. Kit promised to be back in time to help, but of. course he hasn’t showed up-gone off taking more of his precious photos, | suppose. (Kit was. Mr. Spear’s big nephew.) Bruce wasn’t very pleased at the: old gentleman's request, as he’d climbed up the wall partly because he though’ Mummy might ask him to help ber to do some gardening! Still, be couldn’t refuse, , "T want you to fetch that box of plants 6f plants on the path," said Mr. Spear. ‘"‘And will you first fetch my trowel?" There was a great deal of running about and fetching and carrying to do, and poor Bruce began to wish he'd never climbed over the wall: Suddenly he heard a ‘chuckle, and looking round he saw Kit standing behind them with his camera. "You two ate going it!’’ he laughed. "Well, Kit,’"’ said his uncle, ‘I thought you were coming back to help me?" "I’m sorry," smiled Kit. ‘but you can’t have missed me with Bruce doing 90 miles an hour. I got a jolly good shot, too,"’ he ended, patting his camera. Mt. Spear said. "Well, come and belp now. Bruce has done his share." And -Bruce, who thought so too, disappeared over his side of the wall. ‘ Next week Mr. Spear asked Bruce to tea with bim. There were several other boys there, and after tea they went into the study, where Kit gave them a show of films taken with his cine-camera. ‘Chey were great fin, "And now," said Kit. "here is a film showing two famous gardeners hard at work!’’ And there on the screen Bruce saw bimsel. and Mr. Spear as they had worked at the garden that afternoon, It was a joke to see what he looked like when he couldn't see himself. He ran home to Mummy in great excitement. "Mummy!" he shouted. ° "Kit’s taken a real film of me helping Mr. Spear. You can see me running about and carrying things. He says you must come and see it too!"’