School Post 15 June 1949 [antikvár]

your Letterfrom the EditorI am sure nearly áll of you have seen an elephant ancl Jumbo may even have given you a ride on his back. "Jumbo" by the way, is the pei name given to him by English children, with whom he is a great favourite. People ívho know a lot about them say Ihat Indián elephants are more inlelligent than the African species, but the African elephant makes a very goocl worker and friend. In their own counlries elephants Uve a very different life from those you see and I was therefore pleased when I found the pictures which I am including in this number. I hope you wül like them too.I have been asked to teli you how English elections are held, and I have tried to do so as simply as possible on page 3. If you have kept your back numbers of "School Post" I suggest that you look up No. 29, and reád "Parliament and People". It wül refresh your memory ancl help you to understand the article in this number.Somé of you may have seen the film (íLassie Come Home" and admired the cleverness of the dog who played the part of "Lassie". There have, of course, been other doggie film stars, but did you knoic thai a dog has been taking part in a BBC radio play? The cast knew that there was a part for a dog in the script and thought that it woulcl be given on recorcls but the author of the play wanted a real dog. At last he found ''Rustler" who is eight years old. Rustler is given his cue by hand signals only and he has never missed one yet. He considers himself one of the cast in every respect and when there is a break during rehearsals and everyone goes to a nearby restaurant for coffee, Rustler goes too, taking his script with him in his mouth. One clay when they all returned to the studio it was found that Rustler, careless fellow, had left his script behind! He was sent back to fetch it and although the restaurant was three hundred yarcls away, he returned with it in a few minutes and look his placc among the other players with a look which clearly said "sorry chaps, but you forget yours sometimes too!"It is possible that you ívül not understand why Mary Jane (page 11) makes so much ftiss about rice pudding, because I have never seen rice pudding in Austria. It is really extremely goocl but it is of the kincl you have probably met mother insists thai it should be eaten because it is "so goocl for you!" I wül teli you how it is made so that you can judge for yourselves whether Mary Jane had reason to cause a com-motion.Two tablespoonsful of rice are put in a rather large clish with somé sugár. The dish is then fillecl with milk ancl put in the oven. It must cook slowly until the rice is quite soft and a rich broivn skin has förmed over the top, and that is all! Whether you like it depends on whether you like milk!With best wishes,/u. LJbUr:My postai address is: Editor, School Post, Wien V, Criingasse 14Margót Bonnitcha (14 years) Tasmania Auslralia"I have a pen-friend in Austria who sent rae a copy of 'School Post'. I live in Tasmania which is situated near the South Pole so that means that we have winter when you have summer."I did not know much about your country until my pen-friend, Ilse Schau, began writing to me. I think it must be a very interesting place and I would love to visit it one day, as my great grand-father came from there."#Alice Schmidt Vienna"I must write to thank you for the story "The Young Detectives". This story is really very fine and very interesting. It alwavs seems such a long time to wait for the next number, and I think I am always the first to buy "School Post". I want this story to be verv long or that we may read anotherpretty story like it. afterwards." *Georg Hanreich (9 years) Suben am Inn"I am years old and have just bought "School Post" for the first time. I am able to understand nearly evervthing in it. I liked your story about hedgehogs because my aunt had seven little hedgehogs and two big ones. I üke playing football and tennis and to go skiing."I attend the 4th class of an Ele-mentary school and I have been learning English for three years."