Teachers World Letters, Jan 1930 - July 1934

Discuss Blyton's magazines, short stories and poetry here.
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What delightful letters, I did enjoy Mr Tumpy and his pre-New Year particularly. Luckily our birdtable is high enough to keep the goodies safe for the birds though a flock of starlings soon clear the lot and chase away the smaller birds... Good to hear you are doing well Tony, all best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Where I live (on the Essex coast), it's mainly gulls that chase away the smaller birds. Sometimes, they even menace the few birds that are bigger. The other week I saw a heron flying overhead, aggressively pursued by a gull that was a little smaller in size. The gull was flying just above the heron and kept diving down to peck it. I don't know what happened in the end as they flew out of sight.

Enjoyable letters from Enid and Bobs this week, with Enid looking at the bare winter trees and admiring the catkins, bark, lacework of twigs, etc. while poor Bobs is perturbed by the "nasty little thin black dog" that follows him closely whenever the sun comes out!

'The Lonely Breeze' is an excellent poem which flows beautifully. I like Enid's suggestion that children learn it off by heart and write another poem in reply, telling the breeze it will have new playmates in the spring! A great way of giving youngsters a feel for rhythm, an enjoyment of words and an appreciation of nature.

'Only a Little Thing' is brilliant too - the kind of story that gets children thinking about responsibility and consequences. Really quite dark and deep. Who'd have thought that failing to wipe your feet could mean that dozens of people die?! :shock: :wink:

Here's a link to this week's page. Thanks as always to Tony for adding it to the Cave:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/blyt ... perid=1142" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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This week's story reminds me of the poem ' For the want of a nail the shoe was lost....' which goes on to the loss of a battle and a kingdom '... All for the loss of a horseshoe nail'. This week's poem is excellent too, what a pity it never appeared in a collection but at least it was rescued from oblivion by appearing on this website where we can read it. Thank you for continuing with these letters Tony.
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Yes, another good week's letters from Old Thatch. I was a bit confused and spent a minute or two on the past part of column 2 - then realised it was a continuation of column 3! It rather spoiled it as I had read the end of the story first. It also seemed odd that the poem and story were repeated below the letters, in much bigger print. I must look at the whole page in future rather than just reading from the beginning! I also thought Enid's signature looked a bit shaky.

I also thought I must brush up on my trees!
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Do your trees need brushing up, Nigel? :D :wink:
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Its a shame not to be able to help chase away the bullybirds!, where we lived on the seafront at Bexhill the gulls kept all the smaller birds away so we had to go inland to enjoy "other" birds and their song - one of the many delights of our new abode is our birdtable with half coconut shells of fat and nuts alongside the seeds, the larger passer by's such as the pheasants pick up what has been dropped!
Anita Bensoussane wrote:Where I live (on the Essex coast), it's mainly gulls that chase away the smaller birds. Sometimes, they even menace the few birds that are bigger. The other week I saw a heron flying overhead, aggressively pursued by a gull that was a little smaller in size. The gull was flying just above the heron and kept diving down to peck it. I don't know what happened in the end as they flew out of sight.

Enjoyable letters from Enid and Bobs this week, with Enid looking at the bare winter trees and admiring the catkins, bark, lacework of twigs, etc. while poor Bobs is perturbed by the "nasty little thin black dog" that follows him closely whenever the sun comes out!

'The Lonely Breeze' is an excellent poem which flows beautifully. I like Enid's suggestion that children learn it off by heart and write another poem in reply, telling the breeze it will have new playmates in the spring! A great way of giving youngsters a feel for rhythm, an enjoyment of words and an appreciation of nature.

'Only a Little Thing' is brilliant too - the kind of story that gets children thinking about responsibility and consequences. Really quite dark and deep. Who'd have thought that failing to wipe your feet could mean that dozens of people die?! :shock: :wink:

Here's a link to this week's page. Thanks as always to Tony for adding it to the Cave:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/blyt ... perid=1142" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Courtenay wrote:Do your trees need brushing up, Nigel? :D :wink:
Just mind you don't need brushing up when next we meet, old thing! :twisted:
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I didn’t know that gulls are the bullies! :shock:
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sixret wrote:I didn’t know that gulls are the bullies! :shock:
Oh yes, in Britain, definitely. The herring gulls are HUGE and quite scary. I saw a news item recently about a kitten that had been carried off and dropped by gulls in Wales (but was rescued and wasn't badly injured). I'm surprised there are no reports of them carrying off a baby (yet)...
Moonraker wrote:Just mind you don't need brushing up when next we meet, old thing! :twisted:
:shock:
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Thanks Courtenay. :D
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The hypocrisy, double standard, prejudice and bigotry own by some people is so obvious.Shame on them!
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Lovely! Thanks Uncle Tony.

Anyone care to continue the poem and add the extra lines?
Seems like a great idea from Enid as Anita says.
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Okay - why not? :)

Be Joyful, Breeze!

Don't worry, Breeze - the warm spring sun
Will wake the trees and you'll have fun!
Tight buds with streaks of pink and white
Will put forth frothy blossoms bright.
Their petals you can toss and swirl,
They'll dance like snowflakes, float and twirl.
Fresh leaves, soft green, will soon unfurl
And hold a dewdrop like a pearl.
They'll wave at you as you sweep past
And whisper secrets unsurpassed.
Fine twigs will nod and leaves will flutter,
Tap rhythmic tunes upon the shutter.
You'll be invited once again
To peep at nests and drive the rain.
You'll gust and puff and whisk and play
And never have a lonely day.
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That's beautiful, Anita.
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Superb, Anita. :D
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Lovely! :D
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