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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25,
1961
the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
STILTS GIVE PLENTY OF FUN
TILTS
ernor
By JULIA W. WOLFE
maple,
bergh,
П
усту
In making slits, ure whether the tin ean and cord variety or hard wood that will not split,
Water
oak, the high wooden-ones, have orange, seasoned nah, seasoned been used for centuries for ma wild cherry, winged fun and work, and there are elm, hickory and honey lacus. b2 are a few. The step may many kinds you can make.
Perhaps you don't know placed about two feet off the ground and the portion of the it, but back in -1600 in
stilts extended higher so that Namur, Belgium, the gov- It
be may
grasped by the hands. of the city won ex-
Tyrol stlits extend, only to emption from taxes for his
the knee and a thin strip of people by supplying the leather, a strap, is run through archduke with
company the stilt and fastened to the
neither lez by buckles,
του can makte You
adjustable stilts, with holes drilled in the rides to which the step MAY, be bolted on. You, can praciles with the slits near the ground and increase the height as you grow more skilful.
soldiers
nor
of
who walked
rode. soldiers, of course, mounted on stilts,"
The were
•
In English forms where hops are grown, the men use sills to brace lints and poles on which hop vines are trained. Nen
and Landes. France, shepherds
use sults farmers
on marshy
from VOU mount stilis
the ground to keep their feet dry round. Stand with your These men carry long canes 50 back against something solid Incy can rest
without falling with the stilts stoping 10- down.
wear, stilte and twi
the
Weavers in other marshy reward you. Put one foot on the
step of one still, and esc in ealcinatizer stilt for baskets. W ruise
bracing wall.
• French muscums have stilts used to wear to which wemen rive themselves "height and dignity of earring.." and pestibly digany suffered when they fell.
Chinese fishermen use stilts in frhing, and stil: races and jump ing contests were, popular in dla China.
to the
One daredevil
New World waded Niagara apls en
Ms.
DERFORMERS
usually
as a cane as you yourself into piace, atill yourself ngainst the
STILTO ARE LOTS OF FUN AND EASY TO MAKE -
THERE ARE DIFFERENT" KINDS OF STIJG. HOWEVER, AND IN OTHER SECTIONG OR THE WORLD, ARE USED FOR
SERIOUS PURPOSES
REGULARZ.
STILTE
TIN CAN STILTS
STILTS STRAPPED TO
LEOS
Feathered Friends Puzzles
You can, after practice, Use mount from the ground with. correolly.
BIRD REBUS
the words and pletures
and you'll uncover
ut any bracing wall. It's no the four birds the Puzzle Man trick to walk on stils utile has concealed in his rebus: practies maltes you pretty good
at it. But always remember to walk where a tall won't cause injury. Stilte
less than four: feet off the ground are com- paratively safe..
A simple form of stilt-walk- have ing can be managed with u
the Jame with a loop of cord
high stils (called Tyrol couple of tin cans, sulls) five or more fest from size,
on
the ground which bro fastened ench. Put your feet on the
to the legs at the foot and at the CL, These are not only difficult to use, but dangerbus.
cans, and lift up with each step. You can tie the cans to your feet, too.
The Clocks Ran Out of Hours
--But They Knew Where to Go to Get Some More- By MAX TRELL
"IT all happened late last
night." Christopher Cricket Why mying. "Every one of the elceks in the house-tha cuckoo clock, the old grandfather clock, nd the china clock that hangs on the kitchen wali-had just came to twelve o'clock mitinight when suddenly-suddenly they all stopped ficking. In fact, they All stopped going. They stopped Lelling the time they just stopped."
Kharf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, to whom Christopher Cricket was telling his story, stared at him in surprise.
"But why did they stop. Chris?" asked-Haniei...
Looked Mysterious. Christopher Cricket shook his fiend and looked very mysterious. That's what I wondered," he Suid. "I know it was strange. And the strangest thing of all
wound up.
they
Seated in a big chair like a throne was an old, old man, hopped down to the floor and also, ran to the foot of the stairs, I followed both of them. And what do you suppose I saw?"
Knart and Hanid couldn't
MA FUESS.
What that reason was I didn't find out until later."
"On, but you did find the rea- ron out?" said Knart.
Christopher nodded, and look, ed as mysterious as ever. "Just
Well, I
was that each of the clocks was HT saw them opening the door rime very curious popped for of the grandfather Flock and
toing quickly inside." slipped inside right after them because I had made up my mind to find out what they were in tending to do Inside that old clockc
"It was
the most amazing clocks stopped I stopped, too. I was about to go, cut into the row room with a ceiling so
found myself in a long nar- the "
high pardon anal sing some songs, as that I couldn't see it because it 1 always, do at night. But I was hidden by shadows, And stopped stock still, with my back
wall of guitar in my hands, and walted. this room, seated in a big chair And the next minato a very odd like a throne, was an oid, old thing happened. I saw it all fran the corner of the rooma where, I was waiting."
Belax
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MAKE 'EM CO
of
are 10 types vehicles. You are to supply the living things that make them go. In some cases the motive comes from animals,
power
DIAMOND
Here's 題 diamond with
The SPARROW for a centre,
Bith:
second word is "10 mimie,"
third adjudge as due," "mistake," and sixth " drone hee"
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Substitute
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spaces in this sentence
bird;
They watched the --- making a sweeping in its flight,
WEDE CORROS
1.Cut 9pieces of CARDBOARD 24inches high and Z inches wide.
and In other cases people, 2.Cut 24 strips
(you tell what kind).
1. Gondola B.
2. Chalse
7.
roplane
3. Jinrikisha 8. Scooter
4. Sampan 9. Charlot 5. Palanquin 10. Shank's
'BIRD MATES; ·
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In cach of the following, first definition with mate the the last to form the name of a bird:
A girl's nickname-Pastry. Bite upon-Writing Fluid. Hops' kiln-Wealthy, Pronoun--Proposition.
CROSSWORD
The bird and nest which
make the background for this crossword, do not belong to the bird named in No. 1 Across of the diagram. The latter bird
of COTTON CLOTH
inch wide and 31 inches long.
3.Glue 3 pieces of tape to 8 pieces of cardboard with HOUSEHOLD CEMENT.
GLUE
Jet me tell you. When the thing," continued Christopher bullds a different kind of nest.4.Putall pieces
тап.
against the far
Stood Bowing. "Perhaps," said Christopher,
Christopher Cricket drew a the old mat was the Grand- deep breath and went on. The father of the clock, or perhaps cuckoo flew out of the cuckoo he was old Father Time himself. clock and fluttered softly 10 the foot of the stairs.
But at any rate there he sat in
Then
up go Mrs Cuckoo and the
from the kitchen clock alle that throne chair of his looking
while apron man with a long end a tall white cap like a cook
ANSWERS
HRD REDUS: Flamingo: Pigeon; Kdeer: Pheasant.
ZIARE 'EM-GO: 1-Gondoller. 2- Herse. 3-Conlle. 4-Chinese naher men, --Indian or Chinese liter bearer. Truck driver. 7-Aviator. -A child, Charletonr. 10-Your neļi,
nino MATES: Marie; Chow- Ink Ost-Rich Her-Oh..
CROSSWORD:
DIAMONE
ACROSS
1. Colourful- bird 7 Red-cap 8. Carry (coll.),
chen-clock man came up to blm and stood bowing. "What do you, wish?' he @mally asked them. Mrs Cuckoo spoke. Father, who said, we have no more hours left. We have given them all away-the days and the months and the years of hours. To whom have, you riven them?' the old man asited. And the kitcher-clock man an- swered, 'We have given some of
them
to them to Mother, some of Father, and the rest of them we6 have given to the children. And now we have. no more hours to give.*
The the old man nodded and reached into a bag and gAVE handfuls of hour to Mrs Cuckoo and the kitchen-clock man. Ho gave them hours that sparkled with sunshine, and hours that listened with rain, and slow
and fast hours, and
-hours, and hours 'dark'
with sleep: When he had given them all the hours they could hold he mid, "And now you both have enough to lost for many and many a day. But try not to. lot any of these** prèelour hhur bo wasted. And with that he shut his oyce, att: Mrs Cuckoo at the kitchen-clock man bowed again Ami, réfürned fito: their clockm. Wys Bald?
Fin the
0 Negative roply DOWN 1 Opera (ab.) 2 Decoy 3 Metal. 4 Boy's name
Sheltered side
East River (ab.)
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