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the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
If Plants Could Move Around
-It Would Be Fine for Some, But Not for Others!--
By MAX TRELL
"TT would bb a good idea," Knart was saying to his sister Hanid as ho looked at the zeranium growing in the little clay pot next to the window, "It plants could walk around.""
"Oh, would it?"
It? Hanld ex- claimed. wondered what made Knart think of a thing like "Why?" she asked.
Sho
Well, I plants could walk they would be able to go to the kitchen and get themselves a
ginss of water every time they were thirsty, instead of having to wait until someone thinks of watering them."
Telephone 34166.
Would Be Better
Knarf looked at his sister and said: "Don't you think that would be better"
3-27
The cow would have to clinge
the grase all over the field.
morning-glory," said Hanid. "It climbs up a pole If it con And one!"
"Yes," replied Hanid, after a little thought, giving the idea a "It would be better for the plants, of course. But everybody would think it was pretty strange for plants to be, walking up and which had started the whole
down the house."
And all this time the geranium;
idea, stood quietly in its flower-
ZOO'S WHO
THE FIERCE SILVER-FURRED
POLAR BEAR
SOMETIMES GROWS TO THE LENGTH OF NINE FEET...
UM-
NATIVES OF POLAR..
REGIONS FIND PORTIONS OF THE WILALES GUM VERY TASTY... TASTES LIKE CREAM
CHEESE...
"Dogs and cats do," said Knart, Fot near the window, not under- NOWONDER THE HIPPOPOTAMUS HAS AN ENORMOUS APPETITE standing a single word! ITS STOMACH WILL HOLD FIVE TO SIX BUSHELS OF FOOD. "And
nobody thinks they're
4
strange!"
Hanld
it now agreed that might be all right after you got, used to it.
And another thing, con- tinued Knari. "If plants could walk around like people and cats and dogs they wouldn't have to stay in their flower-pots if they didn't like it. They could go to some other place that they like better."
"Oh no!" said Hanid. "That wouldn't do at all! You'd never
Here's your own 3-piece glider
THIS
THE BODY.
THE WINGS
be able to find them at all they d GLIDER is simple to make and to fly.
just wander around and get lost." Well," said Knart, "some them might get lost, bul then you might find other ones. You might have a geranium in a flower-pot And
in t the next day. Or some
," he added, some daisies," "or some strawberries.'
"Or an enormous oak tree!
Two-day-and-l
sald Hanid.
"Just Imagine un
if you build it carofully and correctly. YOU NEED: One piece of balsa wood 1-32nd inch thick and another piece 1-16th inch thick; tube of glue; a straight pin-the plan above is actual size, *
Cut the wing and tailplane from the 1-32nd inch balsa wood as shown on drawing. Mark lightly the centre of each with a pencil.
Make the "V" shape by placing wings up-
oak tree deciding to move into side down on table, Hold a ruler upright the house because it didn't like against the centre of the standing out in the rain any wing; push the wing tips
more!"
until the centre mark. reaches on the ruler.
Game of Tag Knart smiled and said: WIL would be fun, though, playing a game of tag with a crowd of in. black-eyed susans!"
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lall at the thin end of body, The glider can on ruler-a steeper angle, and glue the wing so that the fly in a circle and return Glue lightly along the cruases frent of it is 1 in. from the you if it is held with one wing: Hanid sald: "Yes, that might you have made and leave to nose. Push
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down before throwing. you wanted to pick some flowers, set at the correct angles. Just as you leaned over to pick them, they all jumped up and started running away."
"And
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want
The Cowboy's Competition
NOW dogs get their name, By J. A. RICKARD
because of their voca-
any hunting hound, which they resemble in some ways,
"You'd have to chase after them," said Knarf.
said Hanid, "that"
into a field to cat some grass. And all of a
But the way they go afler sudden the grass begon running tion and in the brush cattle thickly that It is impossible unruly bulls and contrary steers away on account of not wanting
07 horseback to
Is marvellous, A cow dog to be eaten.
The cow would country of Southwest Texas for a man
penetrate the thickets. But seldom barks ll he finds his have to chase the blades of grass there are ranch owners who somehow caille do, and the cow and starts driving her
over the Reld
before she even vow they are as important most effective way to get them from the brush. Then between But a mouthful"
animal's the Knarf admitted that cows as cowboys. In fact, some out is to send a cow dog after barks he hips at might not like it if plants and declare they would rather them.
Whether cow dogs are a dis- tall, dives at its heels, or leaps for its nose. The worst buil or grass and other things that grew have two good cow dogs tinct breed is a debatable ques- the contraricst steer in the ground and always stayed than a dozen men on horse- tion, but they do have special learns that he is expected to there should all at once start back, when it comes to get
Many of them are move, and in the right direc running around.
"There are some pients that I ting cattle out of the brush. 50 spotted that sometimes they tion. Even after the quarry is
arc called leopard diga. wouldn't care to have running On many of these ranches
have glassy Generally they around at all." said Hanid. "the mesquites, huisaches, and eyes. And they probably have mean planis like
KTOW so more endurance than almost
thistles, and other
blackberry bushes with thorns,
and cactuses. You'd certainly run if they ever were abic to get up and chase you
"I wonder,"
sa Knarf, "If tiger-llles would really act like tigers and roar if they could run around?"
"I hope not!" `said 'Hanid. "Or if dandelions would act like lions?"
Fasten on Coats
I
small trees
markings.
MAC SPRINTS ACROSS THE HOTTEST LINE
Running Round the World with E. McDonald "Balley-No. 6.
HAD already come to England with the RAF in 1945, and had spent two years here before I was asked to return to Trinidad to represent the island in the 1947 Fan-American games at Baranquilla, in Colombia, South
"Or," said Hanid, f bachelor-America, buftoris would come Into the.
'I was selected to run in the of the 100 metres, won by the house and fasten themselves on 100 and 200 metres. This was Cuban, Raphael Fortun. coirts? Or if lady-slippers would dance up and down the garden?"not the first time I had visit "Or If buttercups would spreaded through it on my way
ed Buranquilla, as I had pass themselves on bread like regular Jamaica, in 1942. Butler, or hang in the pantry like regular cups?"
of
soon
to
But in gaining third place I beat the great Lloyd La Beach, who was reputed to be at that time the number ono sprinter
On some ranches cow dogs aro
as important as cowboys.
of the world, A leg injury outside the brush one cow dog
small
I had felt then-as I tild on prevented me from contesting can do more to keep a
herd together than several said this visit-that, the very hot the 200 metres. "You know," Hanid
cowboys. Even a wild Brahma finally, "some plants do move climate was perhaps sultable
Baranquilla is the chief portbull, after a few rounds with around.
The Heat Equa- They climb up walls, ter sprinting.
the lime
"the cow" dóg, gives' up and comes tor, and climb over fences.
greatest of Colerable, and lies on You
heat;
the home almost like an old milk plant them
runs directly northern coastal strip at at one end of the average
through the town.
south of the Magdalena River, cow. garden and by and by they're
There the bly white houseg The raising of cow dogs has over at the other end!"
The Pan-American games are stretch, down to the water's not become a major runch What plants do you mean?” n "IVY!"
miniature. Latin-American edge....
business, but many. a. cow..man Olympic Games, and I had The plant from which vanilla watches over his litter of pups. Knarf sild that was right. He looked forward to them very essence is drawn is cultivated in He trains them diligently and had never thought of plants much.
this area, and you may now
now and then sells or gives a being able to move around, but; I did not, however come up have some vanilla in your kit-few to neighbours, being care- lyy did, all right. "And so does to my true form, and could chen
which cupboard
came fil to keep, come of the best
onca fer himself.
enly manage third in the final from Baranquiila'.
Laughs Rupert and the Toy Scout-25
A teacher asked her pupils if "they know the meaning of the word "fleece," A. boy promptly replied, "Our dog Sumbo has them."
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Mrs Jones aníced her husband why their neighbour was pac-| ing up and down in front of the houst.
"Oh, he's worried about his son." said Jones.
"Why, what's he got?" asked Mrs: Jorice.
replied Jones.
"The
Johnny, always has trouble washing his ears. The "reason," ho says, is because his ears ard so fancy inside.
Arriving at the "stocking ima ́t stockings, saya ́› Bill. Ropertands that several of his brought plenty of string and some- friends, have got there firai: and pins. Mind you leave room for și: are busily discossing plans. Algy, everybody.". While they are work- and Rex have climbed into the ing Foday runs upė" Why, you branches and are choosing their greedy thing 12 Laugha," "Rupert, positions Now that you're here You haven't brought a stocking (you may say well hang all our That's a pillos) caso-) **
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