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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
MENTAL GYMNASIUM Well, It Served Them
CROSSWORD
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4 Fino silk net used for vella
6 Pasteboard boxes
6 Limbs
9 Canvas chelter
Dibble
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11 Russian communlly
12
13 Sheaf
Drinks slowly
10 Swaggers
18
Groak porticots
19 Entomology. (ob.)
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Mongrels
* Altitude (nb.)
3 Schemm
"4 · Meddlez
Foes
* Shackle
7 Streda
8. Burtle
10 Transpuses (ab.)
14 Proportion
15 Begonel.
17' Negativo prefix
WORD TRIANGLE Today's triangle should give litlo trouble. It hangs on P COVER. The second word in "unclosed," the third "to irritate," and the fourth "half an em.“
COVER
1 Is a
E. I
POSERS
planimeter directly associated with the planets?
1. Match the names of these cilles with their proper coun- (Hea: (a) Shefteld, France; (k) Dresden, England; (c) Bor- deaux, Germany.
2. Is a whiptalt · a special kind of lash or a kind of animal? WORD SQUARE
to godliness. F-thon sorry, G- always comes back. H---that blows nobody good..I—is worth
a pound of curs. J-savės nino. WORD CHAIN
· Make a FORT FALL In six
moves, changing one letter at a tline and having a word each tline.
· HOMONYM
Right...
When you fill in the missing wards of this sentence correctly66 you'll find they sound alike, but are spelled differently;
We found the
of gold bart- ed by the bandil --
ANSWERS
TRIANGLE:
COVER OPEN VEK EN
·RE you going to take those boots and shoes out this morning?" Ma Rubbalong called to little Rubbalong. "Well, then, will you deliver these three wishing spells to Dame Dandy. for me?"
"Right, Ma," said Rubbalong. He put the mended boots and shoes into basket and set off, whistling. The wish ing spells were in a littlo yellow packet, neatly sealed with red, on the top of the boots. Rubbalong kept looking down at POSERS: 1-No. It's an init to make sure it was still there. strument used by engineers for measuring area. 2—-(a) England; |
"Can't lose wishing spells,"
(b) Germany, (c) Franco, An thought little Rubbalong. "Very
animal.
WORD SQUARE:
BARER
ARETE
REBUS
ETUDE
RESET
SPLIT PROVERBS: 1, G. 2. F.
3, B4, 1. 6, H. 0, E. 1, A. 8, C.
9, J. 10, D.
WORD CHAIN: FORT, fero, fare, bare, balo, ball, FALL HOMONYM: Hoard, horde. CROSSWORD:
First rearrange the lettern in sach row to form a good word; M
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MIR
PIS
by
dangerous if they get into the Grud
hands of the wrong people."
"DON'T SLAP ME, GRABBIT !”
Blyton
Now, as he went through the. wood, along came Grabbit the the yellow packet and opened it.
"I wouldn't mind a few new hats," said Mrs Well-1-Never, "I saw one yesterday with..."
Grabbit did such a loud snort that all the rabbits who were
"There now-you can't, waste any "more. I've got them both. You be careful, Grabbit; I've got two wishes herd, you just be careful
Grabbit lost his temper.- ¿He tán at bis sister and the screa
and ran between the "Don't
alap me! Don't! Oh Grab- bit, I wish you'd go away."
Rubbalong gave another Equeal of laughter. Mrs Well-I-Never looked at him. “Now what's the matter with you?"
"He's gone. You wished him nway," said Rubbalong, "T say, this is as good as a play. Do go
on,"
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HERE'S he gone?" she said. "It I know I wouldn't tell you," and.. Little Rubbalong.
"Good riddance. I any."
"But-but-b's my brother," "Ho's sald Mrs Well-I-Never. not a good brother-but he's the only one I've got. I want him back. Where can
go and look for him?"
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gnome, and with him was his Out cams the three tiny wish. watching darted back to their find him in the Land of Grab sister, Mrs Well-I-Never. They ing-spells. both stopped at once.
holes,
for with a head like yours, and "Hats! HATS! Just 1000 a wo man. What do you want a hat a face like, like. ・・・
"Mr Tappit's goat," said little himself. Rubbalong, before he could stop
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
ELEPHANTS ARE SURPRISINGLY AGILE. "THEIR TRACKS HAVE- BEEN FOUND ON THE SUMMIT OF ADAM'S PEAK IN CEYLON, A PEAK THAT IS DIE FICULT FOR HUMANS TO CLIMB.....
"You might try in the Land of Crazy People-or maybe you'd
and Snatch, wherever that is," said Rubbalong, enjoying him silt. "Or possibly in the Land of THE CACIQUE, ABIRD IN CHEREINDEER HAS CONTRIBUTED TO Rubbish. Or
SOUTH AMERICA, BUILDS A "THE SUPPORT OF MAN IN ONE COUNTRY OR NEST SIX FEET LONG..... ANOTHER FOR ABOUT 30,000 YEARS...
"Don't," said Mrs Well-I- Never in tears." I didn't mean We shall to wish him away, never see him again, Poor, poor Grabbit"
all
"Well-1-nover! There's little they were at once.
Mrs Well-I-Never know what Rubbalong large as life and twice, she said. giving them to her "Grabbli"
Never. as naturni," said Mrs Well-brother, "Look hero wishing "Being a good boy and taking spells. We've never had any in out all his mended boots and
our lives." shoes," said Grabbit. "And how balong, feeling very uncomfort "Give them back," said Rub are all your mother's cats, Rub- able indeed. "They won't do you
"Well, I can put up with that bulong?"
any good. Ma says however much
"Oh!" said Mrs Well-I-Never, fully. Then he felt sorry for Mrs right," said Kubbalong chocr- Rubbolong didn't like this. He began to edge away. They camel you are given good in a rage. "Well-I-never! Well-weil-I-Never. closer to him-and Mrs Well-I- only get bad out of them. So you bit, we must, use a wish on Rub
things like wishing-spoils you'll I-never-did in-all-my-life! Grab- "Look," he said, "have you' Nevers sharp eyes caught sight of the the yellow packet on top horrid timp pek before anything balong. We must, we must. What wished the wish that Grabbit
happens to you"
shall we wish Shall we wish
I course, I haven't" said "Of "Well-i-never! It that isn't one Rubbalong?"
"Are you being rude to us, him into an earwig and trend Mrs Well-I-Never. "A really of Ma Rubbalong's packets of Sister, he's being rude.
-said: Grabbit. on him? Shall we wish him into allly wish-he
wished I'd be Shall a worm and call that fat thrush sensible for once." spells. Let me see, Rubbalong."
"Well, be sensible,” said Rub- And before littie Rubbalong we wish him away in the Land down? Shall we wish him into
of Dustbins?"
B nail
shoes balong. "Use your last wish and could stop her she had matched
and walk on him all day long? wish Grabbit back if you want Shall we ..
him so badly. But personally I "Hold your tongue," said should think a few new hats
would be Grabbit, impatiently. "You're full
much better wish. of crazy nonsense. Always have for been. I do wish, for once in your
Well-I-never! To think I didn't life that you'd be sensible.”
In't think of that!" said Mrs Woll-I-Nover, cheering up. "OL course I've still got a wish left. Grabbit, I wish you back!"
Punch Helped Captain Kidd
-He Carried His Chest Full of Spanish Money-
By MAX TRELL
PUNCH was dozing in his
A rocking chair, under the
then rearrange the rows of words | sunny window when Knarf and
to form a word square:
TEERIS
SEBUR
TEERA REARR TEE DU
-SPLIT-- PROVERBS: Match the beginnings of theso popular sayings, numbered, 1, 2, 3. etc., with the correct endings, numbered A, B, C, etc.
Hanid, the shadow-children
with tho turned-about names, burst into the room.
"Mr Punch!" cried Hanid.
"Arc. you asleep?"
"Yes," said Mr Punch.
"You aren't!" shouted Knarf, "Your eyes are open!"
Mr Punch nodded sadly. "They are indeed, I just woke up. What do you want if anything?"
We
want to know about pirates," cold Knort. "Did you ever know any pirates?"
Mr. Punch thought for a moment or lvre before he answered.--"I only knew one pirato. His name was Captain
Kidd
1-A bad penny: 2-Better to safe, 3-Necessity is the mother.
An ounce of prevention, 5 "Of course," Mr. Punch went It's an ill wind. 0-Cleanliness is on, I didn't know him too well. 7-Everything comes, Allt was quite young. It was way work and no play. A stitch back in the year 1700. But in time, 10-Kili two birds.
"Mr Punch!" Hanld Interrupt- Ato him who walls, B-of ed. "That was two hundred and Invention. C-makes Jack a dull fifty years ago) You weren't even boy. D—with ono stone, E-noxt] born then"
·Rupert & the Arrows-26
Punchi "carried Captain Kidd's" chest,
took one himself
Hanid shouted together. over a shovel and
"Caplain Kidd"" Knart and Then Captain Kidd gave me Joyed that Mr Punch should and we both dug a deep hole. At have known so famous a pirale. Jast, when the hole was deep Didn't Know Him enough, Captain Kidd took one end of the chest and I took the other and we both lowered it in- to the hole. You can't imagine how heavy flat chest wris."
In The Chest Knart and Hanid asked enger- ly what was in the chest, Mr Punch looked around the room Mr. Punch didn't seem to hear cautiously, then lowered his this. Ife went right on: "I used to voice to a whisper. "Pieces of ка walking along the docks, eight." he said.
watching the great sailing ships asked Knart
"What are pleces of eight?" coming in and going out." They
sald
were a beautiful sight like huge "Old Spanish money!" white birds and much more Mr Punch. "And there were also handsome than our steamboats jewls-heaps
them-din-
of today. For you know, my dears, that In Captain Kidd's time, the steamboat wasn't even Invented,
of
monds and rubies and gold and silver. It was a treasure chest.”
"And you helped Captain Kidd bury it?" said Hanld.
"One day, while I was walk- Mr Punch, nodded. ling along the water front, I mot. "Where is this island? Where's Captain Kidd. He was just back the hill Where's the spot where from a long voyage. Punch, he you buried the chest?
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DUBBALONG Wis scared.
"Er-is it worth while was ting a wish on me, do you think?" he said.
"On the whole, no," sald Grabbit "Come on now, sister— what are we going to wish for?,
H
in
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EX
Our
hill over there? My, that would make our friends stare!"
grand castle set up on that RUBBALONG gavo a squeal
of laughter, All the watch ing rabbits pricked up their cars,
"A grand castle!" snorted Mrs Well-1-Nover, "Just like a man, Grabbit Who's going to do the work in a great, cold, draughty castle? I'm not going to live there and scrub your foors and cook, your dinners, and‚ ‚”
Mrs Well-1-Never could quite well go on like this for hours. Grabbit yelled at her.
"All right, all right. We won't have a castle. You think of something."
Do
As
"Now what's so funny?" de- manded Grabbit.
*
And back he came frowning and furious. He had been in the Land of Rubbish and li wasn't nice.
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TUBBALONG disapeared, grin- "You've wished a wish," grin. I♥ Ing. Well, well, let them ar- ned Itubbalong.. "You wished gue it out between them. He'd she'd be sensible for once." better go back and get three more wishing-spells to takes to Mrs Well-1-Never gavė A Dame Dandy. scream. Yes, you did! You did! "Ma's right. She said if you Look at the wishing-spells in gave good things to bad people your hand, One's gonel".
they would only make bad come Grabbit looked-yes, thero out of them." he said, “Scoot off, were only two wishing spells you listening rabbits--the show's left now, Mits Well-1-Never over." grabbed at them and got them.
-[London- Express: Seruka) -
You Fancy Yourself
A
ERE is a short story which gives you a chance to test your own writing ability. You must give the whole thing the necessary writer's "punch" by adding the last two words, and then figure out a good two-word title for the story.
Writer?
Think you can do it? Maybe mee του havo a writer's senso. Prove It by inventing four appropriate words (two for the ulle and two for the ending) all of which", must begin with '
said, 'I'd like you to help ma.. Mr Punch sighed deeply, the letter B. Incidentally, the carry something. Can you meet ""That's the trouble," he said two, tile words appear in the Reaching the district where tha
me here
at midnight, in front of "I've forgotten. It all happened story itself, Arst two arrows fell Rupert searcher
so long ago. It was in 1700, How the ground carefully without finding my-ship?" My dan of the third ons.... When "Did meet him?" asked can I remember so long, long
Kaart.
**) ngo.! And with that, Mr Punch stilled a yawn, lowered his hand,
hifi doas again.
Podgy and Pong-Pina ovenske him
you
yes," said Mr Punch.
This, he said to himself, “
"the moment", I've been, waiting
stuck up there," he murmats. They did, he want you to help shut his eyes and fell back into/NAMMY -was idling in the for."
be a gazing fixedly at the branches. of & tree.
The arrow mighɩ" bè..
solemnly walk around the trea andy. "It was a big chest, my dear. I.
carry?" asked Hanid. +
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| shadow of the white stone Knarf and Hand knew it was building, bis dark øves rivetted ple's money, and a kind-hearted geer upwards, but without success.holped him carry it from the ship: no use trying to make Mr Punch on the imposing entrance to the gentleman as manager." They are so intent that they don't- into a small boat. Then we rede remember about Captain Kidd's | Bank.
for a long while until we came treasure chest. : When Mr Punch
notice a small figure slowly sp. proaching until Rupert anddenly
cries. "Why, there's Bingo,
forgotten all about him.'t
ALL RIGHTS REZERVÁĎ
BRONCHO BILL
Sammy pulled his' to a small island. Finally we got remembered something. He res "Thia,” he vsaki toʻ himself, m
cap down out and I helped Captain Kidd membered it very well. And is the moment I've been wall his big busness He had heard over, one eye and prepared for carry the chest to the middle of when he forgot something, he ing for. A nice quiet suburbans about these deals in his social the island, behind a hill, it forgot it even better,
bank with plenty of other peostudies lessons so he knew. therewhout Besides, he had was nothing to be her
Boy Against Indians
Vous
By Harry F. O'Neill planned everything so careful- ly. He would just stroll in," try to look quite natural," as though he was just a regular customer, and then get down to business. as quickly as possible, le
"Hey!" he aiment ld out | Joud, Well, Awhit (do you know? I, "there" fimi't....... Eisie! Wonder what ihos" dóing around this part of town. Boy, would she be impressed, it sho knew what I was up tolmipi
shucks
botherm
about them thin what they?
Twelve-thirty! Well part of the staff will bo off. to lunch
now. trick.
A nice time to do the
Sammy
pocket reassuro
Þ
tapped his back bit nervously to his himself, hitched bagging pants up around his scrawny, waist and angled him- self through the revolving door into the awesome place ot business.
Fifteen minutes later Sam- my emerged from the bank. It was all over at Inst. And to prove it he affectionately patted his first.
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Solution
span 047 10
PIEL. THE
DO-IT By Dale Goss
WHEEL TOSSING
IS GOOD
IKE making cut-outs?
If you do, these wheels are begging for you. Once you have made half a dozen, your only need is a piece of string and you have the complete equipment for an amusing new game.
So that you will have to make the drawing of the wheel only once, copy the diagram first on a piece of white paper. Start with a circle four inches diameter, Then divide It with three diameters equally spaced. Finally, mark on the outline of the wheel.
in
When you have completed the drawing, get a sheet of thlu cardboard and make six copies of the wheel by tracing it with carbon paper an the cardboard.
Cut out the sk wheels with a sharp pair of scissors, taking care not to bend the urris."
Now Lio a piece of string about two feet long from the back of one chair to the back of another.
That's game!
ail. Let's start the
be
one
Stand about four feet from the string and try to toss the wheels so that they stay on it,
You are allowed to lean for- ward as far as you ilke when you, toes. It looks easy. cause. If you balance on leg and stretch, your hand will be less than a couple of foet from the string. But there is more to wheel toss than mesta the yo. You must get the proper twirl as you throw and, of- course, you must not lose your balance.
A complete gimo L
rounds.
10 Each "round" com prizes six throws and the
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
SPORT Belt
Lofor a bolt size 26 "naad 24 yards of plan Rika Finch wida and metal CURTAIN RINGS
Ts one ring 27inichés, from a
of ribbon... Poll knot.
FUN
WHEEL TOSS
For
scoring goos as follows: every wheel on the string, one
point. Throo wheels on th suc- cession, three points extra. Au -aix--whools- on,--scores - A-grand-
slam of 12 points,
TRY THIS
NOVEL
PUZZLER
[CHAIN PUZZLE
HERE is a puzzle that looks
easy but even a smartie will.. find it, extremely baffling?"
First clip or copy the "simple chain pattern shown in the pla ture and paste II on a piece of light cardboard. Then cut along | each of the straight inos with m. A pair of sharp selors and the 20 link, chair, will: be divided into 12 sections. N
4. After weaving ribbon thru.
·lash, ringwatie off as shown gen
Full tight
and should be about. 27 inchér
Before you start," t take a good look at the drawing, then mix up the pieces Pulling the thing ton gether/agalu is no joke. Unless you have a pretty good memOTY, |It will take quite a while to get. the chain patched up all In," one plech Inside the original square,
The purzio, of course, will be barder for anyone whid has not seen the pattern before if was sun up. Nobody oonis to know what to do with the plain- rectangle.g
ou can make, a vérm