THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1956.
FEATURES FOR
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He was trying to climb the lust stretch of his journey up to the rafters where he would fasten himself upside- down, wiggle out of his caterpillar skin, and hank for two weeks or more en- ensed in a horned chrysalis shell that looked йke a vicious little animal. Under- neath his caterpillar skin he had grown this shell,
More than a dozen other caterpillars had had the same idea. They had reach ed the rafters and fastener themselves up, but parasites
hal killed them all.
The brown caterpillar fat body was decorated with of polka dots. His was growing very tired. He rows know he would never make head, much larger than his
it up to the rafters. His body, had two great imita- E
chrysalis shell was almost tion eves to scare
Ju-jitsu Illustrated In
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TAPAN 18 museling into
From what looks like a little green snake, the Tiger Swallow- tall Butterfly develops into a gorgeous winged adult Top left
Is the caterpillar stage where it has two large imitation eyes. Below left the chrysalis stage. Above, it becomes a hand- some creature capable of flight,
LEAF PRINTS
OUTLINE LEAF BY GERAVING
WATER COLOR THROUGH PIECE OF
By PANSY MCCARTY
you like to collect things. now in a good time to start a leaf collec tion. But instead of saving leaves, make prints of each of them.
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These prints can be made. touv the Iwtgt*ཡ a tuuy scrap- book. They Att easy to do, and there are maty ways to arrange them.
There
several methods to use in fixing leaf prints. One of these la sereen-wire painting.
SCREEN
This requires a five-inchi square of window screen, an old toothbrush, and a box of water colours, Any colour jeal will print, but colours $292 the prints will add variety.
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stencil
green or
trom pape different Place this shape in the book and
it with different acreen-paint
with ones autumn colour. Very pretty autumn leaves can be painted by sputtering with yellow then
en with red.
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A third method is by smoke Pin a fepf in place on a page prints Rub the back of the lent his ing himself to the roof of But it was a little ton soon and the book th make several with a drop or two of cooking ontents on case page at the same i. Hold over a candle forge to rue Held the wire bout thive smoke this oiled surface, formed and he
Press was just enemies, is tiny real eyes the box head down, he shed all he could do was fly
An hour later she carried him finches l uver the loat about ready
fat get the page, sinoothing it te ahed his were above and on the tip his caterpillar skin and went the lady's shoulder. caterpillar skin.
of his head. When frighten into a strange sleep, while out of doors and placed him in paper. Wet the brush in colour- evenly to print each veln and the
For e long time he od water and make quick, short outside edge of the leaf. "Poor
tired little cater- ad he would thrust out two the strangest of all trans- a trees.
and fanned strokes across the to lake spread his wings
wire. This makes an exact shape.
Large pillar," said a voice, and forked horns on the back of formations began
them while the lady stood guard spatters tiny specks of colour Ivaves with heavy veins make --and, then he flew awny Into | upon the paper to outline
the especially gl prints by him gently his neck. someone lifted
exact shape of the leaf. Do this method. the sunshine. and pluced him in a box.
until the paper around the leaf Vary the pointed prints by For several weeks after
well coloured.
painting Late page green, one Another method stencil red, and so on. the brown
Write the naine caterpillar had
Cut the shape of the of the leat under each print. hatched
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Mutiny On Washday
-Brother Coat and Brother Pants Try to Escape-
By MAX TRELL
The scientific name vi the Tiger Swallowtail K Papillo A number of times
turnus. This butterfly loves the
The printing. On the morning of Augud 12, but he had lived
and Elves fat that he 17 days later, the Indian Creek had grown so
herned Perfume of flowers
upon entirely
flower nectar But chrysalis moved. Then it popped which he sips with h long upon wild cherry had to shed his skin.
and a curious creature leaves. He was bright green underneath, Mother Nature {},
emerged. It had a cute furry gue. This tongue la the only mouth part he has after he be- then and about two inches had always provided him body," six legs and two large comes A butterly.
1s Like two great fans lang. He looked like a little with another and larger eyes."
time, in wings began slowly The last
to unfold. HIM Kren snake.
smooth skin.
the creature stead of his skin becoming lovely yellow and black Tiger light. It turned brown, and swallow butterfly.
There are several species of he began his journey toward The lady who had
The Black Swal- brought swallowtails. the ski shelter. No longer him home had removed the top lowtail, when a caterpillar, not did he need to be a little of the box and placed some wire only
screen over it. The huge butter- horns when frightened, but from the story that Mistress that be ny clung to the screen with his
them he gives off a bad odour green snake so
Some could hide among the leaves. tion feet so that his big wings to drive away entries. He must now be a little could unfold downward, or they times he is called the polecat of
the insect world. snake, because he would have become deformed had to crawl over the brown HE inckter below
husarth to reach his destina- strps, Intion, and the birds must not och step a word is to be see him or they would gobble to comimemorider famous written to
fit the 21 de him up. Initions. The top and bottom
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refer to the issue of napecial stamps. for notably occasions, to draw attention
LONG time ago when
aumals and plants. were first placed upon the earth, the Creator told them
to stay awake and watch for MAVOT nights. For several days aztel nights, most of the plants and ani. Creator mals dyed their and remained wide awake.
But gradually by the end of the week, one by one they had all gone to sleep except the owl, the big cats, and o very few small brais
Among the plant life. the slutely cedars, the tall pines. and the beautiful spruces with the needite-shaped leaves were watchful. The holly and the laurels also obeyed the Creator's command.
For this ream, according to the legend, the owl and a few other animals can Ree well at plants and night, and a few trees are ever green,
16 nativtal sports and monuments of heritage of
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GAMES WITH WORDS
Tsumbered
brown
How The little brown shake knew there was a ski shelter, nobody knows,
Now
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Cat 'd hyer Neighbour- Across-The-Way, who told it to Cat-Who-Lived-On-The-
the
Other-Side-Of-The-Fence who
told to The-Brown-Dog-Who- When the malce of
Bome Lived-Around-The-Corner, who species of swallowtails become told it to the Ice-Cream Man, butterflies, they carry fragrant who told to Knart and Hanld. their wing pockets the shadows with the furned-
girl about rates.
The
swallowtall performs
Sunny Day
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It was nearly an hour before perfume in the great wings had completely to attract their butterfly grown down and unfolded. Every friends. 1 then he would fam them to dry out the moisture.
Alrout noon the lady lifted some of nature's most curious It seems that Mistress Cut. htra
of the box on her tricks when it changes from seeing thot
breezy Buger, being very careful not little snake that crawls and sunny day, had gone out
or In the snug box he did to teach injure the new thews Its food to a saucy-look-the garden and stretched herself The butterfly stepped ing horned chrysulls, and final-out in the shade of a raspberry drop out one letter and use not need to worry about wings
obediently onto her Anger, and iv to ( beautiful perfumed | bush. Her intention was to take the other four letters to rafters or parasites. Fasten- then fried out his lovely wings, butterfly. make a word for the middle box. Put the letter you dropped out in the left-hand square.
In the case of dopan, the mings have been filled in to word
sapl.fgive you a good start. For Japan'
word Write a five-letter best fort stamps på decaled to that in each left-hand box. Next tine Cold quert known as The stump shows ju-jitsu. a couple of hefty types with
one apparently swinging the
the other to
floor by means of a slight movement of the arms,
Now drop out another letter to make a three-letter
A TRUE ADVENTURE
ward for the right-hand "BUFFALO BILL" OUTWITS
lox. Put this drop-out letter into the right-hand square. When you finish, the letters in each row of squares, reading downward, make two words cherished by democratic countries.
WORD
Ju-ju, let it be saul, is one [of the must popular at Japabesë
exports. In its full or modified LEFT LEFT MIDDLE RIGHT NOHT 'form- Judo-it is practised
must Western counties
Among those who une proving themselves dept resentats are the policemen of London and in some continental countries itke, I told.
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THE BANDITS
JHEN William Cody was
LADDER to become the breadwinner in his family. His father had died and young Billy applied for a job with a wagon train. He was hired to "drive cavayard" which means herding the extra
that Follow cattle
the wagon train.
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MEMPTY TYPE PET
DEFINITIONS
1. An aviǝlor
2. To muke water muddy
3. Anger
4. One
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8. Appearance
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7. A gir going to her wedding
8. A flying animal
9. To make free
10. One who consumes food
11. Drops falling from the eyes 12. A rodent
13. Dough made from four
14. Not clothed
10. Lincoln's nickname
10. A Spanish dance
17. Strong tasto or "flavour 18. A horeo
For this he received $40
a month
and food. was paid to
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(NEITHER RAIN, NOR HAIL, NOR ROAD AGENTE WILL KEEP THE PONY EXPRESS FROM GOING THROUGH !
With this
he hurled the pouches at the hood of one of
the men.
a nap.
this
"The clothes will soon be dry," thought Mistress Cat.
Are
Now, us it happened.
there was a clothesline that ran from this pin and so can you. the branch of a tree not far you ready?" from the raspberry bush to the
Can't Leave branch of another tree quite close to the back steps of the
Here the overalls and the shirt house whore Mistress Cat lived. and several pairs of socks all about this time, the kitchen burst out: "You can't leave this door opened and out came clothesline! You mustn't leave Katybelle with a basket of wash, this clothesline. Ho! Ho!"
Katybelle set the basket of wash down on the gress and started hanging the wet clothes on the clothesline.
Mistress Cat watched her.
"Oh, mustn't we though!" Brother Cont answered sharply. "You're fine ones, all of you, to tell us we mustn't You are al- ways going out, all of you. But we're bedclothes. We hang in a closet all day and sloep in There was a shirt and a pair bed all night. We never got out some stockings of doors except on washdays!
with clo
Wet Clothes
The man turned to pick them of overalls and up and Billy went into action, and handicerchiefs and under- Why shouldn't we go away from In that split second his left wear and finally, at the very end this house for once and hand came up with his revol- of the lbre, a pair of pyjamas, what goes on in the great world Come, Brother Pants, ver. He red and shattered the The clothes were held to the line outside?
clothespins. The second road agent's arm.
clothes let's not listen to them. Here
WETE were wet; some of them Then Billy drove his spurs
comes the wind! Away we gol" dripping. Into the flanks of his steed. The
And sure enough, the wind animal struck the other road
and away they went, agent and the bandit fell down. TRIUMPHANT YELL
"But it's a fine
windy day." said Mistress Cat to herself as came she watched them swinging and Brother Cost and Brother Pants, swaying on the line. "They'll their arms and legs waving in
soon dry."
the air as they broke loose from. the line and sailed across garden.
At that instant she hoard voice coming from the end of
the
The daring boy gave
a wild triumphant yell as he sped on like the wind. The failen man the line. It was the pytama cont Mistress Cat kept her eyes on' was hurt. But he managed to
the pyjama pants them. speaking to get his riflo and fire after hanging next to it. Cata ean she knew it was little use for Billy. The shots were inefree-understand these things
five.
his
they
grou
Brother Pants!
In spite of the fact that
when Brother Coat and Brother Pants to hope they could get far in Are the world, even with a gusty
them the best of luck.
horse, He came to a spot where on and told about his adven-the ping to do it?" she heard wind to carry them, she wished.
Sud-
youngster, Billy became a
Onward went Billy on pony express rider.
The
who robbed he had to slow down. men
stepped out stage coaches or pony ex- denly two men
called from the shrubbery and cover-
ed him with their rifies,
"Hold Hands up, Pony EX- for we knew yer, press Bill, my boy, and what yor carry," said one of the road agents.
"I
the express! And DIRTY
interfere with me,” WES the
riders press
were "road agents." Today would call those men bandits. RIDER KILLED
Two of them learned that
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it'a hanging for you two if you plucky response,
a large sum of money was to be sent by pony express. Thoy killed one pony
"Ah.
we don't want press rider but failed to got Billy, unless you force us
But call in your check the money,
what you carry we want"
༩ "," ་་ At the pony express station, Billy was given the
THREATENED
you,
to
11's
money to deliver to the next "It won't do you any good for there station. He hid the packages to get the pouch
in it.!! of money
aadile lan't anything valuable in his
Vas blanket. Then he put some ly informed them and
the truth. tolling valueless objects in his "We are to be the judges of saddle pouches. He figured that. So throw us the valuable that if the road agents held or catch a bullet. Which shall him up, they would take the be, Billy?" ordered one of
the men. 10. With nothing in it
saddle pouches? In their slowly the youth unfastened ́uswa i printing hurry, the chances are they his pouches. He raised them 20. Metal letter
would not open them until with one hand and then in an 21. Any unimal you are fond of later. He also carried re-tone said to the men.
you will have them, fake (Answere" on Part 19).
volver för, his protection.
them
Billy arrived at his destina-
CORT BLY. tur. He was praised by all.
"“wiling to do what?" asked Billy, who had beaten the ban Brother Pants, swinging with dits, later became Colonel Cody, the wind on the line. the famous scout who was also "Come away with me. Now is known as "Buffalo BIU,"
our chance. I can get loose from
Rupert and the Fire Bird-45
When the little friends reach the allance as the King stares at them royal presence they ace that the fixedly and to Rupert'@'aatonish». fite bird, now blazing; with light, ment, he seems to be smiling. 'la perched before the King." The... *! And now for your story," he messenger takes them forward mod), mys at length.?" Play come a litle Pone-Ping, föhring what ""hay" bone to know knything about the happen, tries,19%, hide, beisind・・ pncrets of hoeding 'a: mymadious Ruperi.” For a mocnent litru, la, few bledi 2 te
Raspberry Bush
Alas, whon Mistress Cat Idok- ed around she saw that the trip. of Brother Coat and Brother Pants was ended. Brother Coat was caught by his anns lo a raspberry bush, and Brother Pants was bont sadly over the fence at the side of the road. ·-- Later, Kintybelle found them after giving them another washing, hung them back 1013 the line with twice
as many clothespins an batcen...
"Pa-et! Brother Panlal. It's 'n' great beautiful world, '17 It's too bad you couldn't Jump over that fence."
"It's too bad
and
pick
And
stopped to
raspberries," replied Brother. Pardes that is the GLOET
that Mistress Cat told her· Neigh
who told bour-Across-the-Way
it to the Cat-Who-Lab Tis Other Side Fener who fold it to the Brown Dog Who Lived -- Around The Corner, who told it to the Ice-Cream Man, who told Blo Kort stod Hanid and they told Fl it to me. And now I've told it
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