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By MAX. TRELL SAW Pixie O'Cop today," "I Kaart, the Shadow Boy
with the Turned-About Naze, was saying to his sister Hanid.
a
A Very Busy Pixie
-O'Cop Directs Traffic In The Park-
They were both walking down stored straight
path through the park. It was and was through the tangle of beautiful day. The sun shining in the blue sky. It was stems and blades of grass, autizon Hanid smiled.
Where was he?
He shouted to the drivers not to go too fast. He yelled at the pedlars and merchants to go
faster
Bul suriteoly Pixie O'Cop blew his whistle with such torce that instantly all the wagons and cars and peddlers and mer- chants stopped in their tracks. "Scatter!" shruted Pixte O'Cop. "Quick!"
Everybody scattered
In surprise, Knarf and Hanid saw everyone, including Pixie O'Cop, scaller. The next in- hard staat, Daisy Street and Butter- whistle so afraid his cup Avenue were empty. Kharf
was bal- and Hanid wondered why. burst like
Then they looked around and saw the reason.
He blew his
down carts loaded barrels with of that Hanid flower honey on the way to the Bee cheeks would hive at the end of Humdinger loens. Street. The carts were pulled by Bul busy as he
Daddy Longlegs. was. Pixie The Park Gardener was oom- There were other carts drawn O'Cop still had time to look up ing straight for the crossing of Crickets from moment by Grasshoppers and Street to moment and Doisy and Buttercup
and Beetles, loaded with chest emile at Knarf and Hanid. Avenue with a lawn mower!
nuta and acorns and peanuts to be sold to the Squirrels and Chipmunks. And i
Yes, there he is! Hello, Pixie O'Cop!" she shouted. A tiny figure, half the size of "You saw Pide O'Cop today? a clothespin, dressed in a blue a silver shield, uniform with
Where?" she asked. "On a street crossing." said looked up, smiled and waved. over there," he "Hello, Henid! Hello, Knarf!"
Knari. "Right added, pointing across to a spot he shouted back. where the gas grew tall and
where
the
daisies and the but tercups grew in clusters.
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among all the carts: and wagons, there were crowds of pedlars and merchants -
Voice like cricket Magpies and Robins and Spar- Pixie O'Cop had a voice like rows with packs on their backs
"I don't see any a cold in its and bundles their
streets a Cricket, with heads,
sa Kanid. shouting and singing out, "Seeds
kead. “Oh yes," said Knari. "Right to sell! Honey to selli Fresh
over there is where Daisy Street sprawled Worms to sell!"
cresses Buttercup Avenue." faces
"I'd like to see that crossing."
there.
said Hanid. ·
"T!! show you," said Knarī.
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what was going
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Kparf and Hanid cut and brought their close to the ground and watched Knarf and Hanid had never heard such noise and had never on. Sure saw or seen such a hustle and bustle!
enough, they now rather Hanid now saw-the
Kneeled down crossing of Daisy Street More orders
and When they reached the spot, Buttercup Avenue. In the No one was busier than Pixie: Knarf kneeled down to push middle of the crossing was Pixie O'Cop. He blew his whistle. He some of the daisies and butter. O'Cop directing traffic. waved his artes. He made the!
at all
"Just look
cups aside. those traffic stop on Daisy Street and
he said. Wagons!" cried Knarf. Comps 8o on Buttercup Avenue
"There is,"
te "There's Pixie O'Cop!" There were big wagons loaded he made it stop on Buttercup Hanid was down on her with bags of clover seed pulled Avenue and made it go on Daisy kness. She leaned on her elbows by teams of Arts. There were Street.
WEU, GENTLEMEN,
Four D. Jones HAVING NOW CAPTURED
BY MADDOCKS
FERDINAND
OUR SUPPER, IT WOULD
BE A PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU JOIN US
THE FLUTTERS
WHAT, ENF
AT THE SPEED
TO SAY
(THIS LOT:
WHATS: SMEECH SON"
FIL TELL
YOU. IN A
MINUTE!
YOU'VE GOT A CHEEK-
IT WAS YOU THAT ↑ CLOBBERED US
WHAT HO
WHAT A RIPPING PACI HARRY'S KEEPING UP!,
BRICK BRADFORD
AGURE
SHORT
THERE!
Then
MY DEAR FELLOW, WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING ONE'S TOM-TUM, THERE ARE NO HOLDS BARRED
I SIMPLY KUST TELL ¿HIM GRATTERS
NO! KNOW NOTHING KEOUT.
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The Jon wants to hear what Rupert has been up to, but the Merboy You
interrupts. prepare to go home."
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SYS. bas Seaserpent insened one of the biggest of our express fish. See, here it comes." Rupert has just time to glance
The
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By Paul Norris
COME
WHAT?
WALIS
INTO THAT
NO!
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UNFORGETTABLE
HAPPENINGS
DIARY OF A FRESHMAN
by Jennie Wong-
The 17-21
Club's
five rules
O Membership in the 17. 21 Club is open to all within that age group.
tivities of the Club will. be limited to members only.
TWO things thrilled me during the past few Contributions and all oc- days. From them I tasted another aspect of University life. One of these unforgettable hap- penings was my lecturer being one of the honour- able guests at the distribution of certificates! ceremony in my former school.
The other was my receiving see our lecturer parking her ca: e Christmas card from my in the school premises I was Tutor, which I considered a deeply impressed by her genuine great honour and a pleasure. and friendly sucle as she thank- The distribution of certificates ed my "Welcome to our school." | was a great event for all of us who came from the same school When the day drew, near. There was great excitement among us as to who should be invited to the ceremony.
Daring
My class-mate was so daring as to send an invitation to one of our lecturers. Being for the most time this class-mate's companion, it was impossible not to shiver and fret over the hard time I was to have when the lecturer replied that she was glad to receive the invitation and promised to be there.
As
Tu
A the entrance to the audi- torium. It gave me great joy to see our fermer teachers and cur lecturer chatting in a most aff- able manner.
This scene gave me the idea that although the change from school to University was great, there was actually a close bord between the two.
Friendly
I regretted that I could not meet my lecturers outside class more often. To me they seen ed unfeeling people when they gave lectures, but I believed they
that like this lecturer, would be more friendly than expected when students ap- proach them.
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class-mate had
my courage to be alone, I agreed to accompany her to meet our lec- My tutor's Christmas card turer at the main entrance of brightened up my Christmas Neme the school, and planned to be holidays all the more. there extraordinarily early. I schoolgirl, I never dared to ex. Age
fortune smiled upon us and we pect teachers to return Christ- missed all the buses on the ap- mas greetings. It was almost a pointed day. enstora not to expect them. But my tutor's greeting made me feel When we had still some that at the University. less minutes, We got a taxi and rigid barrier existed between reached the school in time to student and teacher.
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TEEN
TIME
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
I BELIEVE
IN BLIND
DATES WITH
PEN-PALS
NO
MORE!"
PRIZE CROSSWORD
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CLUES ACROSS
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1. Mohammedan hermit or monk, especially in N. Africa. (6)
9. Tall plant of mallow family,) the seed pods of which are used fa & vegetable or for thicken- Jag soups. '(4) ̧
9. Colouring matter of the red] corpuscles of the blood. (11) ---- L. Bavarian Prince elected
by Conference of London 83 fras!
CLUES DOWN
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1. Member a former powerful tribe of Argerican Indians (7)
as former color magistrate ori town or district (5)
9 Floating
barriera or timber across river.or harbour mouths, (8)
4 What a cask wants ut belcz full. 30).
Fing on report einst 6. Title of younger sons of tis
Greece After t the
Turkish rule in the first half of the pineteenth
11 With what do you
associate the name Alekblue
(5)
13. Joseph's seventh son
and of children of pears balow rank of marquis.
6. Diptomatic elqueto 181
arcularly
12
Hebrew Extra!
Founder
16.
of an Izraelite tribe, (3)
14. Horge's galt between trat and
15. Old measure of tength of 43⁄41⁄4la.j
live in fre. (10)
17)
1. Contradiction in terms (8) Famous plastenţa
J
French chernist whose expe
ments made possible preventi tive treatment for disruses. 17:
13 Military post or porce station 31 Surname of author of in India. (4)
10 Native Indian nurge or lady's maid. (4)
20. Fragrant and medicinal
tion from certain trees (4
22 Unfermented grape juice. (4)
23 In music, curved line above 50! potes of
to be joined as pitch, that are
one. (9)
25 All that makes up the appear-il ance of a room or the stage, 15
27. Vivacity, impetuous rush.
O.T. hook containing the Sons
Occupation
Address
Of
25
fever with cold, hot. and sweating singes. (4)
30 Bymbal 67,7
obammedan Fower; the
religion. (3)
Simple."
Pet ir Children, of the New Forest."
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