1961-12-23 — Page 19

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

MAX TRELL

and Hania, Children with

Names,

the

the

were

I'm sure there is!” Knarf

having an argument.

Where's Jack Frost?

-Merlin And Shadows Can't Find Him Anywhere....

went to all the places on where there was snow

carth

and ice

ar blizzards. But they nev

could find Jack Frost: Back home

Then Mr Merlin snapped

"Jack Frest!" shouted Knart fingers for the last and Hanid and Mr Merlin. they were home again. Several Etkirtos stuck their heads out of the door of igico.

Jack Frost?

they

"Sec?" said Hanid.

CTIO

FOR HONG

is

time

end

I knew

Frost,"

Knarf.

AIRCRAFT ENTHUSIAST'S CLUB CORNER.

the there wasn't any Jack is so!" said

"Ther repealed. We just couldn't find him." by that name lives But Mr Merlin "Nobody only smiled

Is there or isn't there a Jack Merlin when they came 10 a here. Try the South Pole:" und said: I'm just as sifre as you that Frost Knart asked, pulling stop at the bottom of a hill said Mr Mer- What's

Thank you, the difference f

Isa - suid his sister at Mr Merlin's heavy winter "If there's any such person as lin. is a Jack Frost or isn't? there

coat to get his attention. Jack Frost, he ought to be Then Knarf wnd Hanid and We have show and Ice and Now this is a funny thing," here, don't you think?" Mr Merlin went to the South winter weather just the same.

Looking at all the snow

said Mr Merlin. "For years and

Mielin appears. and Pole. They went to the top of Yes, that's what Jack Frost is! Mr Merlin, the Most Fears and years, I've been won the ice, Knarf and Hanid at They He's Winter Weather!"

Magnificent dering myself whether the highest there once agreed With Mr Merlin out from behind was a Jack Frost. So just a few that if Jack Frost were any- where he spent minutes ago I put on my winter where, he ought to be here. clothes and tied these skis to He was dicionesly tressed He my shoes and decided to go was pokring & heavy jacket, a locking for him.

Just

fur hat long out shekings and. "If you two Kids would like

on higjetavere upah of skis, to go with me we'll all search

Then Knari began shouting: "Jack Frost! Jack Frost! Come out wherever yon arc!" But no one answered. "Let's try another place,

THAlla SAKS" be mild, as befor this Jack frost fellow to- said Mr Merlin. Again "Mr

exted across the Moleum, floor to'Kr)- Sad Haride? What's

clie Knazf brat Elum both started

gether."

But

Have no skis

Merlin snapped his fingers. Again there WBS a cloud cof smoke. When the smoke cleared we haven't got skis," away, Knart and Banid and Kmart and Hanid started to say Mr Merlin were skiing across to jt,” said Mr a Beld of ice that seemed to

“Now, now -- said Mr Merlín, holding up his band"When you Merlin. He mapped his fingers, go in all directions for hundreds both talk at one time I can't The room filled with smoke. of ruiles.

"Nothing

Stopped at igloo

"Let's go!"

bruderstand either of you. Hanid, Iater the .A second smoke

will you tell me what this argu- j Mr Merlin held up his hand

drifted away. Knarf and Hanld

ment is all about?” - Haid smiled and said sweet-were astonished to find them- and they stopped at a round winter Eskimo's house or igloo, made selves wearing heavy chikt says that there is such clothes and to find themselves of ice. "We're near the Narth Pole,"

at dack Frost. And I sliding down a long snow-cov- said Mr Merlin. "I there's

lack Frost is only ered hill on skis! we are in Ice Jack Frost, be certainly ought

"Well, here

there isn't a land or somewhere!" said Mr to be here. Let's all shout."

ESAY? QUIEL WE'RE

CO BE

HUNTING

TAKE THAT!

FERD NAND

LUTTERS

CLUNK

DUNK!

OR BITTER, BI

WORLD

ALL IS QUIET, JEREMY, NOT A TINY SOUND

SPLENDID.

DEAR 80% HERE COMES OUR DIN-DIN

START ON PHASE" TWO SMARTTSH: GET THEM PROPS READY, ALBERT!

A:

mountain.

Rupert and the Popweed-46

The sound at the warned crab comes sidling along. Perhaps this land animal does not know the importance of our says the

disaster-word." crab.

Nino, 1 SAX9 Rupert

don't shakily Well, it is clamped ro en bed everywhere,"

the

AND LAYER

fast: 15 11

Judge Octopus. deadly peril bres one of the bobbles to give the alarm. and help arrives at once Surely no

storm could move a!" The crab points to some large record hooks o a shali and the deputy cwo arms to lift them down

says ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

STAND BY AND BE AS QUIET

AS A MOUSE

ACTION

PLOD

By Mik

STATIONS-HERE HE COMES

Sheaffer's

PEM

Pon for Men

THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN

SWISSAIR

Above all! SWISSAIR Convair Jets

HAVE A BREAK

BOEING STRATOCRUISER

THE Strotocruiser is the civil counterpart at the military Stratofreighter first flew in

November, 1944.

which

The wing, tail surfaces and landing gear of the Stratocruiser ore basically similar to those of the B-50 bomber. However the "two bulge" fuselage is unlike that of any aircraft except the Stratofreighter.

The KC-97F is the tonker version of the Strato- cruiser, but it is called Stratofreighter and NOT Strato- tanker, which is an entirely different aircraft-jet- propelled and similar in design to the Boeing 707.

The Stratocruiser pictured here belongs to Pon American World Airways. Stratacvaisers were also operated by British Overseas Airways and North-West Airlines.

World of Nature

Allah's

gift.

Allah's gift to Mankind. remarkable The dromedary or That is the name given to riding camel is capable of a speed of 10 miles an hour for 100 miles the camel by the Arabs, each day for Ave days on end- and indeed without it they all without water and no more be in a sorry con- food than a few dates.

would

dition. In addition to carrying their baggage it pulls the plough works the mill, lifts the water from the well, provides milk, leather and meat and is shorn to make cloth and ropes for tents. All this in exchange for st handful of dates and what cap be gleaned from the dry desert scrub.

BARRY DRISCOLL|

The 17-21

Club's

five rules

ALL ABOUT

PSYCHOLOGY

DIARY OF A FRESHMAN by Jennie Wong

BESIDES a celebration of the birth of Our Lord, Christmas holidays also mean for me

three weeks without lectures, tutorials, and more. over, without psychology experiments.

Psychology itself is

ing, but to a student

ONOT" DESA experim.nt aru

who never psychology

nit las chausting.

The esp ment-

to 5 04 pru, thi

ted apparatus for the ex-

-y → offsh means arzat excitement.

cece arross peculiar nariés the ethesiometer and thesiometer, which

cing discovered the former be a camel's hair attached to

a handle, and the latter sout

bet krep awake and the thing like a pair of dividers <arre bmS Pager

to do things the grumetrical set of rulers I

Lantekly. 1 ften find it hard ted in school. understand the direct one for experiments.

Monotonous

Each proERS

had to be re- There peated many times, so that it is

• Membership in the 17. very tiresome and very mode 21 Club is open to alluus. I often make mistakes or the experintent so

riss parts

within that age group. ment all over again that I have to start the expar

• Contributions and all ac- tivities of the Club will be limited to members only.

• Contributions may con- sist of anything that is publishoble - articles, letters, stories, photo- graphs, drawings, verses. But only the best will be printed

•

All contributions MUST: be original

•

Written

contributions should DOI of consist more than 350 words. photographs and draw- ings will only be accept ed in black-and-white.

Take turns

The discussion of the results come after the experiment: are often only two students in a discussion, for we do Experiments, m groKES OF We take turns. One of

we takes the part of the sub- jest, the one on whom the ex- periment is done, and the other the the ¤ périmenter;

Although the processes Experiments are tiresome, } enjoy the other parts of the ex- chinga, mles, periments. Collecting the ma-

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Name

Age

Occupation

Address

Then

we

So when it comes to the de- cussion, the questions-are-fired Jon only two victims. I ofteri can't make out what the ex- periments are to show.

Imckily, there - are the "ques"

tors to lead us in the discus sion, and sometimes we can gs the right

However, it is the Gangerous way out, because ho imagini- tion is allowed in psychology, Everything has to be pove from the results of the exper ments.

Though psychology

ments demand math ot

tane, the time is worth spend ling to matistý thy curiosity.

By Paul Norris

HAVE A KitKat

As alwage

ILFORD

The Bactrian, or two-humped camel is equally at home in the blinding blizzards of Central Asla as it is in the scorching desert. For its large flat feet; are equally well adapted to soft: snow as to the loose sand of the desert. In fact it is probable that the camel's foot Was originally evolved for travelling in STÓW, and that its hump used to see it safe- ly through the lean winter months.

was

The hump of the camel is not, as some people think, a reservoir for water. It is a reserve. of fat that is built wp when food is plentiful. Water is stored in the honeycomb cells of the stomach and can be sealed by musenjar action.

The endurance of the camel is

Merry Christmas to everyone

*

Jean Wong

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