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SHOO, FLY; THE PIE IS ALL

HE Pennsylvania Dutch

THE

housewife stood in her pantry wondering what she could bake for the family dinnar. It was late spring in Lancaster County and the men would be coming in from the fields with hearty appatites,

"Italf starved they will be," the good wife told herself, "And such a sweet tooth they all got, oh, my! What am I going to cook?

"So late in the spring, the apples in all and the berries is noi yei! My man says if he seen another custard ple r cackle himself already. to think-"

will

1 must

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1958.

FOR

BOYS

AND GIRLS

THEY HAVE A BALL

THE PENGUIN, often

Treferred

ва

as the smart little man of the An- tarctic, has more pranks up his flipper than a TV comedian has up his sleeve.

All two-foot-five inches of him are full of fun, He loves games and pranks.

One game which he must fnd very Interesting because ho plays it so often-might be eclled "First One In." The birds Hre up as close to the edge of the water as they can get, then try to push each other in.

The object of the game secina

to be to get the others to enter

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the water frut Sometimes those behind nearly sucRRHHXT

pushing the dront rank in. These recover themselves in tone to rush around to the rear to tum the tables on the others.

YOUR PUZZLE CORNER

CROSSWORD

4 Employ

TRIANGLE

A RAMPART forms a baso for Puzzle Pate's word trianglo this tune. The second word is "a musical note"; third colloquial for "madam" fourth "grato"; arth " Mediterranean laland": and sixth "quicker. Finish tho triangle from the given clues:

R

P

R

·

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The only thing on the pantry shelves that looked sweet was What could a jug of molasses, be done with that?"

Thoughtfully, she lined the of ple pany with rich TOWD

she Then

poured pastry. molasses in a big bowl, added

"for the sour," Httle vinegar stirred in hot water and some sode "to make the fizz.

Alto

mixture, Tasting the nodded her head in satisfaction. She poured it into the waiting pans.

"Something is pretty up the top it nerds," she decided.

Othe

When "Tirst One In" sein Soon she noticed that the rich tiresome, the order of the day sugary smell had oftřnoted the is "Follow the Leader," This first of the spring fies. Hurried-game starts when one penguin

The called

of her decidew

to dive deliberately children and, giving him a leafy into the water. The others take branch, wet han to keeping the up the signal and follow him flies away from the shelf.

in, all taking off from the exnot At dinnertime the pics were spot where the first made his

Plates came cap. a great succOSI,

seconds

until there back for were only syrupy smears in the pans.

The good wife smiled with

Her satisfaction.

invention would add to her reputation as u good cook.

"And what do you call this new kind of ple?" asked her husband.

She thought a moment. Then, ricinbering how the child had bren, kept busy driving the seels away from the tantalising sweetness, she repiled,

"Shod-

She mixed brown sugar and Lutter in another bowl. She nded Boor and stirred until the mixture looked like crumbs., Then she sprinkled the crumbs over the top of the ples and set them to the oven to bake. Fly Pie!"

In three quarters of an hour the ples were dane-brown and

a tantalising Dutch country when you ask with crusty anch sweet-sour smell, that made the for us wedge of the sweet-sour mouth water. The housewife dark pic that is "so wonderfully set them on the shelf outside good." the kitchen window to cool and be ready for dinner.

THINGS TO DO

At least that's what they will In the Pennsylvania tell you

By Lee Priestly

Trick Others, Stump Yourself

Do you like tricks? Like and cut as before, from

fooling your

the

friends? open edges, this time. Cut these silts between the first series of Try this one. It's a dandy, slits.

Take an

ordinary nie card, such as your another uses in her

Then recipe ile.

tell your friends that you can cut it po you can easily put

your head through it.

They won't believe you, s show them how it is done.

Fold the card lengthwise. Now cut a series of stils about one fourt inch apart. Start

the folded culting from and cut to about one eighth of an inch of the opposite sile.

Nexi turn the card around

Now cut along the long fold, BUT-cut only between the last slit on one end to the last an the other. This leaves the ends of the fold uncut.

Now

Father Penguin gela a look at his offspring at London Zoo.

De-

Ho is a prankster with the kidy penguins too. He brings his wife stones for her nest, bút never makes any suggestions as what she should do with them.

ANOTHER FRANK a in might perform depends on They follow one another into whether he is being good or the water so' quickly that they und. He seems to have a very

fo second hands strong conscience. If he is be- look Uke black bourcing off the white face of

ing a bad penguin, he seems to the clock, every second on the be ashamed of himself and tries second. In a short time they all to get smelter so his bad net

come to the surface about 20

won't be noticed. yards out, rolling and splashing

He then smooths his feathers and making sounds like a bunch

and

of his size. Loses

some of boys in the "old swimming

Vistors in the Antarctic have reported that they have watched hole."

an apparently undersized pen- slipping quleily lost among the rests, and always he

EVEN THE penguin's way of travelling around appears to be larte. Probably that's because his legs are very short, limiting him to tiny steps of about fou inches.

* *

Having euch a short galt, he has to step lively it he's going to get anywhere, and he gen

turned out to be a robber of the other fellow's nest stores.

Visitors generally found out that he wasn't undersized at He was simply trying to be smaller because he knew he was doing wrong.

erally does, taking about 120 SHORT STORY. steps a minute. These walking habits of his plve him a rhythm that makes him look as if he's playing 1 marching.

Hut in't als walking alone that makes him the frolicrome- looking creature of the mow- swept Antarctic. It's what he dots when he gets tired of walking.

1

puts on an act that would make He even a solemn seat lough. uses Just onc

time eye et u when looking at a near object, poking his head forward with perky little movements. using his right eye and then his left. alternately.

He simply makes journey after journey, cach time bring- ing in his beak a pebble, which

feat. Perhaps his favourlie he deposits with gallantry be-

J. H. deep diving, fore the Indy. Then he stands by though, la

Gurney in his book like

on pompous gentleman,

Denguins maintains that watching her closely but allow-

themselves to make the ing hor

complete penguins have got

enfangled in fahing nets 28 decision as

to where the stone

deep down as 180 feet, shall be pincext.

WATCHING IS really an- other amusing habit the pen- guin has. Having lots of natural curiosity, he takes great palas to Inspect any strange object.

When he comes within a yard

of something

new, he

or two

There really is no reason for such

than deep diving other love of fun. But, then, everyone knows the penguin is a prank- ster through and through.

By Evelyn Wittor

Lennie Grows Into His Ears

LUCY sut back in her

seat at school listening

the

class.

At such a time he flops down to Robert's description of Ion his white

in vest and goes someone tobogganing. As he skims along. Everyone was supposed to he can gain plenty of speed with powerful little strokes from his guess whom Robert was de- legs behind him.

scribing.

Dickens Was A

"Small and thin," said Robert, "with blue eyes and blonde hair and big ears that stick out—"

AU that,

alass the whole

"Lendle, roared and shouted, It's Lannia!” Miss Albert had to

Great Hiker clap her hands to quiet them.

very carefully untold the card and open each slit one by one, Be careful not to lear YOU the card.

You

Ac

might have cepted once, but the side When it is open all the way second time you came as a

you will find that your tile

guest to Charles Dickens recipe filo card will easily allp over your head and clear on home in London and he down over your body!

invited you to take a walk before the big goose dinner, you probably would have said no.

with the two edges facing you

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Do You Know-

ONLY SMART FLEAS

JOIN CIRCUSES

[AVE you ever been to

HAV

a flea circus?

Probably the last flea cir- cus in the United States is now showing in Sarasota, Fla., according to a recent news story.

This flea circus. is known Herbert's Museum. It's owned by Roy Herbert Heckler who selects, trains, and feeds the tiny actors.

Heckler says it took him two years to learn fien training, but It only takes a flea three weeks

to be trained for a circus act.

Heckler trning only common

house Beas, although there pre

FLEA CIRCUS

more than 500 different kinds, break their legs in their wool of fleas. The house fica has and cotton blankets, superior Intelligence, enduraneo Heckler's flea circus features and longth of life.

seven Rets;

Fleas in costumes dancing to musle,

Fleas, la chariot races,

Ficas running a merry-go-

Heckler gives (leny an Intelli- gence tes to separate dumb flens from elever op. After round, the test, Heckler pats the clever fleas in a glass tube to break their habit of Jumping.

There are 60 deas performing

in the circus and Heckler, con-

trols them with tweezers. He

Meas juggling.

A fea hotel.

Fleas playing football.

Lucy's hand went automatic- ally to her own thick, dark hair.

She that covered her cars, watched Lenn's face grow crim- son and his eyes blur. He put his head on the desk and his shoulders shook,

*

ACROSS

1 Slight taste

6 Pro and

7 Part of your foot

10 Preposition

11 Musical note

12 Number

14 Pronoun

16 Bustic

17 Cooking utensil

DOWN

1 Source of light

2 Exista

3 Favourite

5 Folding bed

0 Individual

O Native metal

9 Always (poet.) 13 Short sleep 14 Torrid

10 Accomplish

WORD CHAIN

21

Can you change SLOW to FAST in just six moven by changing only one letter at time and having a good word on each change? If you need help, Puzzle Pete says to change O to A, S to F, W to T, Ito I, A to S, and I to A,

THE

RAMPART

SOUND ALIKES

Puzzle Pelo's missing words sound alike, but you have to apell them -differently if you want to complete his sentence: Flie ---- nade # from his predicilon.

WORD SQUARE

When you change the letters in cach row around to, form a good word, you'll find you can road the answer the same down ns across if you rearrange the rows of wards:

AEERS AELRT AEOPR

I

E LPR

EIRRS

(Solutions on Page 19)

A Very Strange Picnic

-All of the Food Refused to Be Exten--

By MAX TRELL

THE magic telephone rang. Khart arel Hanid, the Shadows with the Tumed About

Names, both ran to

figure walking ahead of her. answer it. It was thely friend, The boy was small and slight Simple Simon, telephoning from and his head drooped. Lucy the Other-Side-of-the-Woll. recognised Lennie.

She could tell by his walk that

“I'm having a picnic,” he said.

he had been hurt by the des- "I've got a big lunch baskot cription ot him. How shaled with Zood, but I'm having wished she could make him feel trouble getting anything to eat," boller. Her forehead creased

Didn't Mako Sense

as she thought of way she

could help him. But to do so, This

didn't seem to make she would have to give away much sense. But Kaart and her secret, one she kept for 30 Haald weren't too much sur-. Jeng.

for one of prised,

the things She lagged behind him, not about Simple Simon, their daring to catch up, for fear that friend, was that he hardly ever her sympathy would make her made sose, tell. She tripped over a crack) In the sidewalk.

Lennie tarned at the sound. "Hurt yourself?" he asked.

She scrambled to her feet, "No."

Hanid said over the telephone: "We'll come out to where you are, right away, Simon."

“Thank you,” said Siman, “I'll be waiting for you."

"You're not eating me!" Cucumber told Simon,

"I'll show you," sald Simon Watch what happens when I open this plende basket."

Krkart and Haruld carefully watched while Simon lifted the

the cover

basket. Out 02 jumped a cucumber.

sald "You're not eating me," the Cucumber,

It Disappeared

Knazt and Hanid went to the wall Down the bottom of Lennie walked along with the wall, behind the curtain, Ruberi

have said something her now. Neither said a word,

It was tij was a little door.. nice instead?"

Thank goodness, they were pl- and narrow like a crack. They " guess he didn't think," most at school,

Lennie was slid through. "He's sald Joyce,

climb watching Robert

the They found themselves on a

Before Simon or Keet or else "I guess he didn't," agreed steps to school. He sald_wist-country road. The sun was Hanid

could do anything, the Lucy. "I suppose he wouldn't fully, "Robert's nice and tall, shining, Bhuebirds wone fitting Cucumber went roiling, hopping

about. Red have said it if he thought Lea isn't he?"

butterflies were and bouncing down the hill. nie would feel badly."

Lucy said holly, "He's not as duttoring. In the Delk, purple dippered in a cloud of dust. "Someone said he was laugh- nice as you, though. You're a cows were eating pink grims.

She "Maybe he very nice person, Lennie."

"There's Simon!” salā Kusari, ing," said Joyce.

stopped short, surprised at what as he painted to a «mall figure didn't mind.”

had come from her month, Len- sitting on top of a nearby hill. nie stared at her and his eyes

Sameone whispered, laughing." Someone whispered, "He's crying."

Miss Albert called on Joyce to read her descriptive skoleb, On Christmas Day all the ond lls drew attention away neighbours liked to be guests at from Lennie. When he finally famous writer's home at raised his head, no one could Gads B, but if the gentlemen tell whether he had been laugh- present krew what was good ing or crying. for them, they always declined

Lucy Dickens' proposal to join him in a skroll.

the

The fact is, the novelist was one of the most celebrated pede- strians of his day. He kept him- self in top form and he could walk the legs off any of his guests.

Those who accepted were al- [_ways_corry... afterwards. His companions on his Christmas walk soon began to wonder |when their bike would ever end. "They found themselves more tired by the minute, and by the time they returned to Gads Hill they would be completely *x- hausted. Dickens, on the other hand, appeared as "chipper as a daisy,"

The novellat had a way of

| keeping himself in perfect praç

toe. It was his custom to write at his desk all day, but then when darkness fell, he was on. He would strike out at a brisk stride through the big towns_and

|

he kept this pace for the whole

distance.

Since Dickens travelled

וי

over London on foot, he knew it like a book, There were few

A loa carrying a fing, and out-of-the-way corners of tho Jumping through, a hoop.

at

sprawling elty in which, Heckler gives personni-atten-some time or, another, ho had

picks them up by their thinner in to the feeding of his tiny not at foot than-hair collars but on bom actors, after they learn to stop jurging.

;

· He followed-out this hiking routine us the time he wrater "A When feeding time comes christanas Carol" As he wan

dered about the blacie street, the glory and Sta characters, fill- ed his thoughts.

Training is only 30 per cent Heckler rolls up his sleeves and mucosatul. Seven out of every plays host." 10, feus get temperamental or

By Manuel Almada

walked

home

Lucy shook her head. Fin with afraid he wasn't laughing."

Jayce, Joyce said, "I thought I'd Joyce's eyes narrowed, "How

die when Lennie.

Robert

described come you know so much

mean about how awful he felty

showed surprise, but gratitude,

loc.

For

Nearby Hill

Hand looked up to see the

"I ΠΟ ume."

Simon sald, his tacont shaking

That Cucumber is going back to the cucumber patch where I picked I guins morning Cucumbers don't Hire plenica."

They returned to the top of

it

Might as well go all the way, she thought, She blurted out, Lucy's blue eyes darkened Bik ears aren't the worst thing I've got big ears and they stick gure standing up and waving the hill.

LG them.

“What else have you got in They set out for the top of that picnic basket, Simon? out, too-only my hair covers

Gald and her gentle mouth quivered in the world."

'bit as she answered. "I "Only when you have them," them!""

minute, Lennie the hill at once.

Hand, Maybe the other things thought I'd die, too. It was an old Lucy softly.

stored in shock and she stared: I'm glad you've come at are better behaved than that "Well, you don't have to back. Then they both laughed. Last" Simon said. "I can't tell awful Cucumber." awful thing to say.”

worry with your pretty face," Lennio said, “My mother maid ¦ you how hungry I oma." suld Joyce. "Nothing's wrong I'll grow into them."

"What's in that big pierde with you."

"I never thought of that," | baskot?" Hanid naked. THE NEXT morning, on the said Lucy. "Guess it's not All kinds of delicious things way to school, Lucy saw a lone bad at that."

to eat," Simon sold. "No." he sold, and they Then why don't you walked into the classroom still those delicious things?" smiling for now there were Knart. two,

Joyce shrugged her shoulders, "I don't think Robert meant to hurt him."

Lucy bit her up. "Maybe not, but Lennie was hurt, Couldn't

ZOO'S WHO

INSTINCT TELLS BIRDS WHEN ITÈXTIME TO AS- SEMBLE IN FLOCKS, “ TO MIGRATE, TOCOP MIGRATING, TO SING TO FIGHT TO MATE, TO BUILD A NEST, TO LAY

CHEESE IS SPYGLAD FROM 20 TO 150 CHINCHILLA PELTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE NEEDED TO MAKE A FUR COAT AND 19 MADS, FROM THE

MILK OF THIS ASS, SUFFALO,CAMEL,COM.GOAT, SHEER

HOPE, MENDEES AND ZEBU..

By Fern Simma

"I can't," said Simon. "Why not?" asked Hanic.

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ALL Nidura 'NESENTED

cat sold

"I'm afraid-mone of the things I brought along like being on a pienle," said Simon,

He lifted the cover of the basket again. This time a Ham Sandwich appeared on the edge. "Don't think i'm going to be eaten." the Ham Sandwich sold. But this Ume, Knari and Honid know exactly what to do.

Stapped On Cover

They slapped the cover back on the picnic basket auxi kept the Ham Sandwich from getting away.

Simple Simon sighed. “Well, what's the good of 1!?" he mid. “I've got pil this delicious food and 1 eat oat any of t. None of these things ithes being on a plenie” ›

But Simon didn't go, hungry after all,

Knast found him some; hones In a hollow tree and Hand got higs a whole hat full of black- borcion. The gampla cows were glad to provide him with several glasses of rich white milk, and muckiort of all.. Knart bad in bar, of chocolade "In his · grooket-which he gjudly dive to. their hangsy friend, 2 m

to the giup with a use after all."