The School of the Air

now 9i calendar II Linda can you tell me anything important about today over thank you very much Linda yes today is very important day for Linda because it's her birthday and she is eight see how honestly we can sing the birthday song for Linda well we do have this will be very special day for you Linda and that you'll have very happy birthday well now wonder if some people would like to say some verse speaking for me someone who hasn't had turn yet who would like to say hi and low oven those were the voices of all the children from their scattered homes clamouring to be heard just as though they were in school and holding up their hands don't real for yes boys even mrs. give gives the call to pupil Johnny Ferguson and slipper implant in cobblers road but the vote and the surely would have nothing to do with the slipper thank you very much but you said that very nicely indeed 98 were to Luna are you there Jane Evan thank you very much miss gray well I'm sorry he's not there at the moment but we will call back in few moments many stations are able to have governess for their children Jones governors of Berta Luna closed have her to hurry to school think this is game of hide-and-seek that goes on every day it's hard to separate some of these Australian children from their phonies they start writing about the age of three and they have plenty of room to write about him haven't they Darren seems little concerned about coming to school think she'd rather be out riding Jones governess calls over the year to say that Joan is now in her place and ready to speak her verse she seems to be still riding her pony well no further questions and comments so think we'll move on now to our play missus get once to show us how play is performed over the year with the young players all hundreds of miles apart the amazing thing about this is that all the players like Johnny here make up in costume for the play although they can't see each other but they describe their costumes to each other over the air and here's another child being made up as an elephant way out on sheep station far north of Broken Hill Johnny's mother has dressed him for his part as the goat and Johnny had ease in to the radio to play his part and the play is why the animals rent they would once an island where all the wild beasts lived peacefully together among them was monkey one day as he said dozing in the Sun now coming to an end just then wise old lion sprang out of the bushes why are you all dashing through the forest like this the monkey says the world is coming to an end these tortoise coming alone it's been said to the children from three neighboring stations have come to the extra players in the elephant scenes and are having lots of fun you