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MENTAL GYMNASIUM Rubbalong has a party ZOO'S WHO
Puzzles About Hawaii
CROSSWORD
10
ACROSS
1 Subject of sur purrie
Solicitudo
7 Compass point
0
Social insect
10 Charity
II Road (ab.)
12 Frozen water.
13 Female rabbit
14. Myself
16 Bridge
17 Colt mound
10 Harden
30 Measure of paper 20 Paying occupant
1 Rabbit
2
Skill
3 Up
DOWN
A Small Island
6 Doctrine
* Fondle
8 Respect
10 High card
12 Charged atom
13
Fruit
of the pair
11 Flesh food
18 Tame, fondled animal
17 Number
10 Egyptian sun god
MISSING VOWELS
Vowels have been left out and the words run together in this puzzle. Re-insert tho vowels and break up the line .to form a good sentence about
Howali:
HISTUMSTMPRTNT, BTHWSTH LRGSTSLNDFTHWNGREP
DIAMOND
ISLANDS, such
the D3 Hawaiian group, forma the centre of our diamond. The second word is a hops' kiln," the third "a lubricator," the 1th "canvas shelters," and the sixth "a poem.*
L ISLANDS
N
WORD SQUARE
Form this simple word square without a diagram. The first word
WHY AND WHAT
What is the hardest biting
2. What le glas?
3. What is a heddler A 4. Why is
'shlaf
the bat romark-
0. Why de addice oenbe build burrawat.
G.
ANSWERS
CROSSWORD!
HAWAI
MS
MISSING VOWELS: Oahu la the most important, but Hawall is the largest Island of the Hawaiian group. DIAMOND:
י
OST
OILER
ISLANDS
TENTS ONE
WHIT AND WHAT: 1-Tsetse fly of Africa. 2-Basis of glass is quartz sand or allica, 3-Part of a loom. 4-Only mammal that has wings. B-As a protec- tion from their
WORD soumice.
LEIS
ENTE
ITEA
SEAS
7
Another Rubbalong
"M
Talo By ENID BLYTON
A," said little Rubbalong, "on Wednesday we shall have been here, exactly a year-here inTM Tiptop Village. It's been a good year, hasn't it?"
"It has," said Ma. "We've done good business, we've made good friends, and we'll do a good deed to round off the year. We'll give a party!
"Oooh, Ma!" said little Rubbalong, pleased. He liked parties. "Shall we have jellies and will you make a cako?”
"I will and we'll put one big red candle on it to mark the one year we've been here," said Ma.
Well, when Tiptop Village heard that Ma Rubbalong was to rivo
a party to celebrate
decided to go shares. their coming to the village they
coming too," said Dame Scary. "We'd like to celebrate your "Little Rubbalong is a very find cobbler, and many's the kind ness you've done in our village. Ma Rubbalong!"
Ho suddenly changed into a horse.
jellies that wobbled excitedly In their dishes, and dishes piled high with Mrs Well-I-Nevers
very nicest buna
.
*
than that! If I stood nearby and called out different things, he could change kimself as fast 16 could shout!"
"Call, then, calif" said the enchanter, appearing as him- seif for a moment." And when
1 shall you've finished
call. What will you all change into then? Ahal A swarm of boes to make me honey? A flock of birds to sing to me? A copse of trees to give me wood for my fire?" "No, no!" walled everyone, really
afraid. Call!"
BIC- commanded Brows, and Ma Rubbalong
called.
"A châle! A táble! A robbiti A fox). A cushion! ́A clock! A pencil! A cup! A teapot?""
Big-Brows had disappeared. In his place came all the things. that Ma called, one by one.
SIT can find magle for every thing!" cried. the enchanter's
"Coll! Call!” mocking volce.
ןןיביי
And to everyone's horror he pointed
at Ma Rubbalong, Mrs Well-I-Never and Dame
Little Rubbalong caught might Shifty-and they changed into of the big red candle on the rowering mical It Tiu. Tab and middle of the Iced cake. Fils: Tubby, Ma Rubbalong a thren eyes suddenly gleamed. cats, And, right in the very middle mica really were, that would
hadn't known who the call, Ma, I'll call he shouted,
"I call of the biggest inble was Ma certainly have been the end of change into!"
something he can Rubbalong's cake, leed in pink
them.
"Call then, call!” cried Big- and white, decornied with "We'll have the party in the sugar
"Mal Mal" squealed Rubba Brows, violets, and with one long. Big-Brows
the "Light the candle on laughed. He Village Hall," said Mrs Tuck enormous red candle in the pointed at the mice again, and cake!" shouted Rubbalong, In. "And we'll ask everyono very middle, walled to be light- they turned back to the three holding up the dish with the yes, even Grabbit and Salf, though goodness
old women
tako on it. "Make yourself knows they
You should have heard the don't
flame to light this candle! You deserve
"Don't you dare do the nolle as overyone walked int treat,
that miseries!"
can't do that!" again," And then when everyone was fiercely to Big-Brown, "He, you sald Mo Nubbalong
everyone
Now, when the day camo
there, Some body Else camel. think you're clever, don't you? Was there
He hadn't, boen invited. No Well, you're not as clever 45 in their very best. Balloons hung down body liked him. Nobody want my Grandad was! He always enchanter could even turn him- | from the walks, tossing about ed him. He was the Enchanter said It was as people walked below. There Big-Brows from Frowning Hill, others-but, hard
easy to chanzo were crackers set out on the a perfect nuisance and a tire yourself! Aha-you tables. There were 10 different some pest. kinds of sandwiches, enormous
change yourself into a mouse! Rubbalong blowing out Kuch
with three
"Madam, I am not so foolish, flame. It was gone! There was Big-Brows, "but I'll certainly
cats about," ald dead silence and then what a clamour! do a little, changing for you. Hey, presto, wheeeeecel"
Ting-a-Ling Tells a Story:
-It's About a Tiny Piece of Thread-
By MAX TRELL
said "ONCE upon a time”
Ting-a-Ling to Knarf and Hanid, the
shadow-children with the turned-about names, "there was a tiny little Thread, No one thought very much of it. Everyone said that it was too thin and weak to hold any- thing heavier than a button. Even the Thread itself had a very poor opinion of its strength. It knew that the slightest pull would cause it to break."
J
The thread became a strong plece of rope.
sooner than
But Immediately there came 1 flame on the candio-the
A self into that! to chango
Phoooooool That was title couldn't
BUT-he know 50 magic and so many spells that everyone was very careful in deed not to offend him. Ho hnd
once changed ond of his nervants into water, and poured him
And he suddenly changed in- into a basin. It was very to a wolf and went howling. lucky indeed that the pluz had among the guests. They were been in, or that would have just running away in been the end of the servant
fright when he changed into a horse And now here WOS Big and began to kick out at every- Brows, his wonderful silver one. Then, hey presto, he was 'dloak flowing out round him, glowering at everyone.
a green fire burning in the middle of the room.
the
"You've blown him out! He's gono, ho's gonel Flames never come back once they're blown eut. He's gone, he's gonel Big-Brows again, and certainly So he had. Nobody ever saw nobody
wonted to, "Humah!" they all yelled. They had a wonderful party! but do lighted that candle again? They you know, nobody
cut the cake and to it-but they didn't light the candle. "Wonderful!! cried Ma Hub-
WELL 1 wouldn't have grand, balong "But any clever en elther, if I'd been there! Would important, we didn't chanter can do thosa
things, you? like to," he stammered. "Aren't My grandad could do better you supposed to be the c---
►
"Why didn't you invite mo?"" he thundered.
Rubbalong shivered in fright. "Please sir, you're so
and so
world?"
Chchliter to the
"Of c-c-c-course I am," said Big-Brows, mocking poor little Kubbalong. "Shall I show you some of my magic? See what happens to people who offend mc!"!
Mosquito Confuser
Ting-a-Ling paused to smile. Knart and Hanid wondered why Ting-a-Ling was telling them this story about a ilureau. but they asked no questions. They waited for him to go on,"
Tiny
Throad "Now one day," Ting-a-Ling And conilnued,
"this
you would uny Thread-cane- torether with they
weak think, they all decided that. If several more of its friends all gether, they would be able to bound themselves 10% Is "Hawaiian wreaths," of them thin le threads like fie the recond "grafted, in heral-scit. They all agreed among stoutest boxes but also make THE male mosquitoes are great.
together not
only the dry," the third "a genus of themselves that they had no themselves shrubs,"
and the
useful in fourth use in the world except to hold clothes to dry, and in helping,
helping ly annoyed these days. "occans." All the words have
a button to a coat or to stitch cowboys lasso steers,
Something has gone wrong four letters.
together a tear in a piece of letting
and in with the delicate "receiving sots" cloth. Then they decided that them. In other words,"
children Jump over with which
natura equipped if they all
said them, and scientists have a good wound themselves Ting-a-Ling« around each other and helped Rope. But that wasn't all.". "they became
idea that modern electricity is largely to blame, Bach olher, instead Rupert & the Arrows-14 weak to threads, they could amazed, wondering what could of being Knarf and Hanid looked
be Quito a
String
"And Khark
"
did
strong piece of be stronger than a rope.
Hawser Ropa
that even
☆
BABY HIPPOPOTAMUSES WATER, BUT MOST GENERALLY SOMETIMES ARE BORNIN THE THEIR BIRTH PLACE 19 A GWAMPY ISLAND THE MOTHERS CARRY THEM ABOUT ON THEIR BACKS UN- TIL THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES..
TURK!?
THE TURKEY IS THE ONLY SPECIES OF POULTRY THAT ORIGINATED IN THE U. SI...
PELICANS FLAP THEIR WINGS IN UNISON TAKING TIME FROM A LEADER.
Cut-Out Alphabet Is Good Puzzle
HERE is a puzzle, which
will keep you and your friends busy for many an hour.
Get a piece of thin card board and draw on it two rectangles. The large rectangle should be 4 inches long and three- quarter inch wide. Tho
long and one-half inch wide.
The letter A is shown. Now proceed with C and see "If you can go to Z. It is not necessary to so all seven
pieces for each letter And some of the curved letters will have sharp coiners although they should. be casily recognised.
small rectangle is 41⁄2 inches BAFFLED
-London Express Service)
2
4
How Good Are You
At Guessing?
ESTIMATING sizes and
Now follow these instructions
proportion you have,
distances calls for to calculate how good a sense of sharp eye and a keen sense of proportion.
-GOOD AT QUESGING? WHATE THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR
HOUSEHOLD?
a
a The
JAR
T
of the most delicate receiving A male mosquito possesses one sets imaginable. The sensitive antennas, one on each side of his they?" asked Tirig-a-Ling
head, smiled
are turned to pick up the again. vibrations "They did indeed,"
"One day, several Ropes came musical scale.
"high C" andded together.
In the Ting-a-Ling. "And now, in- talking and soon they
They all felt 10
And the male mosquito knows, decided stead of merely being able to to twine hold buttons, they could hold to make each of them stronger girl friend broadcasting.
themselves together thinks he knows) that when other he hears this "high C" it is his bundles and packages together. And do you know what they But still they weren't satissed,
But lately there has been for
became? They became a great great deal of confusion. they kniew place of String was not really enough to hold the
hawser
ropo, strong trouble is, the familiar "high C as strong as a piece of Cord. steamships moored
greatest has also been emanating from. They at once decided to make They were
to a pler.huge radio transformers,
It might be a good den lf you themolyes
so strong that no It has been noticeable lately get in a littlo practice yourself. into a. piece of Cord."
in the world could pull how mosquito congregate in the. It is important that you should Ping it, the date pain, and follow did they do that?" "Ting-a-Ling, agireng as
them apart. And yet," said vicinity of radio stations and yet be considered quite reliable in try hard to explain. Those
asked Hanld
they were still nothing bite than when found in smaller things as the size of a crowd, tiny Threads, too weak
cok flocks. $ themselves to hold
of a passing car, the The explanation is that hay-
nearly other thing heavier than a
all the mosquitoes
gathered inga, the distance from one males. And a male mosquito taken to carry out an that is why." sald
doesn't bite. vely handsome length of Ting-a-Ling; "people, working mosquito punctures our skin to ability, try the following test.
ment... The larger, ainging female Cori, well able to the large together, can build huge houses toave an irritating swelling. The Write your answers on a slip of Am going to interview your boxes socurely together
As a guide to your calmn!
estimating parents. There were three of you,Buy an Ting-a-mous locomotives, even though wenk to pierce the tough skin of and groot bridges and enor- "beak" of the male is much too but one ran away from, me...". You inst tell me his name, too." -{ Ling went on, they met no one person alone could do even Koys and girls, so he has to of
alt signTS RESERVED •--novoral aller pieces of Cord- it at all,”"
feed on the juices of plants,
aren't out arrows."
ays Rupert.
and
We heard your window, break. "It wasn't very difficult, my but
dears," answered Ting-a-Ling, by ***Thog found several
plecos of String themadiyos together.
and came in to see if zhyone was hurt." But Mr. Chimp only strides co a table and opens a drawer and pulls out a piece of paper. ** We'l see about that," he says sternly. **First, I am going to take down
dify your names and addresses, and then
BRONCHO BILL
SMOKE AHEAD?
*
thio-Batenate size of big-bulld- |
and twined: to stitch together Dution around the radio station are pince, to another, and the time
Suro plece of cloth,
2
"And
enough, they suddenly became
Pioneer Tragedy.
STANO
THE RANGER SCOUTS COME: UPON DIS
SMOKING PRA
TER AN
JRDS TO RIDE OVER "HERE
*
Inches
What is the height in In the kitchen, Lable?
what is your reach (arms
extended
up to fuger (2) combined sidowaya from Onger 3.What the weight of all haisant all, the fore
In the
4. How many panes of glass In the windows of
5. How many house?
widths
are Biere in the floor across the roomz (Guess, don't count.)
6. Get a watch, Note the post- tion of the socond hand. Lay the watch down, and estimate a min- ute without counting. Then pick up the watch and note how many
econds you
«cent pledi is
is approxi-
ihfcë-quarters of an.
mioon la uranter,
Pr
Questions 1 and 2. You must come within five of the correct" meusurement to be considered correct,
,
3. 10 lbs out, under or 'over,' is all you are allowed.
4. Get within six to score, .. 5. Get within eight to scare,
6. An estimate within 10 seconds will save you this time. 7. Much smaller than a 10- cent plece and you have to be right to score.
Before you tried this test, no doubt you thought that estima- ting approximate values would be a simple matter. But was it?
To score honours'
You
should have had six or seven correct
answers. Four or five
five right shows you have superior, judg- ment, A score of two or three la average performance. Only one right or no score-at all in mating numbers and compara- dicates you should practice astf tive sizes.
DO-IT By Dole Goss
ALPHABET PUZZLE
TEC-
BEAVER
THERE'S a beaver somewhere
in a forest in the South~*~ western part of America who is undoubtedly suffering from a nervous breakdown,
What happened to that beaver. well, it shouldn't affilet aquatic engineer.
.
An
The supervisor of the forest hed occasion to run a temporary.. fence across a small stream and. tised a number of cottonwood. posts in its construction.
.
A few days later, along come Mr W. Eager Beaver (W for Wild) in search of food, or dam- building matérials, or both,tam. The cottonwood posts were exactly what he had in mind su he set to work. He ate through one post, then stopped back and shouted the beaver equivalent ti of Timber-r-r!".
..
Nothing happened. cottonwood didn't fall,
'Perplexed, the beaver work on the 'second
w
Tho
went Dost
Next divido the. Jargo tangle into three equal parts 11⁄2 inches long and mark on the corner lines as shown in the illustration. The small · rec- tangle is divided into two paris, each 24 inches long. A Then he squared away at that triangle is marked on each end post and shouted again: tim
|ber-r«r«j« and one in the centre.
Now cut up the card along
tho
Lines you hava drawn and
your puzzle is completo.
„Tho: only" parts used in tho puzzle are the seven numbered places. From these you should be able to form all the letters of the alphabet except B. Try it.
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
PARACHUTE
From a medium weight"
CLOTH out
square. Purch hole in each“, comer and tie STRING 15
inches long in each hols.
Place a Tround STONE Finch across on-
the strings. Fold cloth- around stone anel lasten with RUBBER BAND.
·STRINGS..
← RUBBER BAND
to
It remained upright, just o the first one had.
The beaver engineer was an-j poyed by that time and sailed to gnaw down the third post record time. Again, nothing happened.
The beaver tried the next post, and the next. He repealed the job seven times before giving up.
Of course, the fence wires kept the posts from falling,
No ono, has seen the bailed beaver since, but the forest rangers know where he has. gone. Back to Beaver engineer- ing school to take a post. graduate course!.
Hypnotic
Trick
To liven up a party, an nounce that you can, with the uld of,hypnotism," makova. person lift his arms against his
Stand, your volunteerin doorway, and tell him to Breas the backs of his hands as hard t de podhlo Kagainst both door
mysterious
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