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STORIES FOR

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL WRISTOPHER Cricket was

sitting on a pebble, playing

and

his guitar when Knari Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, saw him.

Hide-And-Seek

-Cricket's Friends Stay Hidden All Summer-

month."

"I'm not so sure of that," said Christopher.

were

Then Hanid, suddenly smil- ing, said that she was afraid that Christopher was right! ing to find them for about a Sure enough, when Christopher and Knart and Hanid found the "I bet we can and them right four hidden ones, they away, "boasted Knarf, "What completely changed.

Clarence do they look like?"

Archibald and "That's the trouble," said weren't Caterpillars any mere: Christopher, shaking his head. they were Butterflies. As for "You do?" asked Christopher, all found, the game was started "Clarence and Archibald looked Taddie and Pelly, they had both All this happened inside the looking even more surprised. all over again, with somebody like Caterpillars when they hid turned into Frogs.

and "Of course we do."

said else looking for the ones

"Thats who Polly looked like Tadpoles."

a funny Cear where Knarf park

game, all That's what they'll look like right." said Christopher. Hanid lived. As for Christopher Krarf. The name of the game were hidden.

much different from yours." Cricket, he lived inside the is hide-and-seek."

"They try to hide in dif- now." said Knarf, park.

This time Christopher's eye ferent places each time," sald opened like saucers, rather

Hanid. small saucers, to be sure, but "Yes," said Christopher, who saucers just the same.

Funny ganiz

"I was just playing a funny game," Christopher said

next

listened to all these

explana-

as "Now isn't that something?" Knart and Hanid sat down be- Christopher finally managed to tons very carefully, "but when side him on the grass. "Its a say. "That's what we call it, we play the game, it sometimes

he added the

takes days and days." game that I'm sure you don't too But," know anything about. What you moment, "I wonder if it really do is this You get all your is the same game.' friends together. They all go and bide themselves. And you go and find them.”

Here Knari and Hanid inter rupted loudly,

1

"Yes, I know,” said Christo- Cher Cricket, - "ycu probably think there isn't any such game. But we play it here in the park all the time.”

"Just

mcment dear, Fanid said to Christopher. what's not a strange game at all."

"I'm sure it must be,' said Hanid.

"They hide and them.” said, Knarf.

How long?

you

1

What else?

last

Knarf and Hanid listened. "Sometimes our games find

all summer." said Christopher. "And there's something else."

Knarf and Hanid asked Chris- topher what he meant by that. "Well," said Christopher, "lots of mine of times, the friends that hide look altogther dif- ferent when I find them."

This sounded more mysteri- uus than ever..

"Now."

"Now let me see," said Chris- topher, after remaining thought fully silent for several minutes, "when you play the game, how long does it take you to play it

ex-

said

Knarf and Hanid both

Christopher, "Isn't it?" asked Christopher, plained to Christopher that it "I'm playing the game with my friends. There's usually didn't take very long to four of Bookings surprised.

and who had hidden Clarerce "We play, it all the time," and the ones

Archibald and gold Haid, “Don't we, Knarf?" themselves and after they were Taddie and Polly. I've been try-

Four D. Jones (HE'S AWAY,

BY MADDOCKS

CAPN

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GLUG

Rupert and the Secret Path-

Rupert struggles through dense undergrowth, getting scratched and breathless. "Ď'you know where you're going?" he asks. "Must we take such a hard "That man may have way 2" heard us." says Bingo.

"The harder this is for us the harder it will be for him to follow us.

HEAVE AWAY

ON YER LARBOARD AN' SLACKEN AWAY AT STARBOARD

ANYTHING FOR

A GIGGLE, THAT'S

OUR CAP'N

"and

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Look, here's an easier bit. per. haps it will lead us out of the forest.' But their journey is long, and when they reach the edge of the wood they are so tired that they flop down on the grass. "Oh, dear, I've no idea where we are now" says Rupert in a weary voice.

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