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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1950.

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shouldn't need a polireman tor Provide a good programme of make you do the right thing. ton. The four Bins have to be entertainment by having your You should do it because you

And Kurt could hardly nod cut out in two pieces each. This skeleton dance and mop to your know it's the right thing to do. his head quickly enough to say mukes eight places where there commands or by turning on the Now there jun't any reason why he agreed, are Joints. These are marked on

radio and having him dance to anyone the diagram.

music.

Ai euch of these joints holes

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on the should walk grass when a sign very politely asks you please not to."

way.

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enily feel anything and-"

Knarf didn't notice that Mer- lin had stopped smiling and was waving his hand in a curious. www. But

the next

instant Kharf felt himself becoming long and thin and green. And there he was, standing in the middle of the park lawn, look ing exactly like a blade of Cross. Crowded all around Knarf were hundreds and thousands of other blodes of grass, just like himself. Not..far off was the little white sign reading: 'Keep Of The Grass, Please.' The blades of grass were like

fall.

The Surt Just laughed, “Strong?" he asked, "Powerful? NOT I."

ATHER MOLE and there can blot me out of sight. Mother Mole wanted Any time he blackens up or makes rain, 1 don't count. Why their son to be the big- don't you go talk to him?"

So the moles tried Cloud next.

"Oh, no!" said Cloud, frown-

gest and strongest mole in world They deckted tu usk somelasly really big and! strong la be his ang Wind bosses me around. I teacher.

Just go wherever he blows me, Path and all. There's nobody in "King Mol- suggested the world as strong as Wind, I Mother Mole, "He's big and think. See him!"

strong."

Father Mode shook its benil.

I want a made,

He's still only a mole. sammebody bagger than stronger than any thank in the world."

He exiled around the garden, then up in the air.

"Sky" he exclaimed. "That's

·we'l ush Sky to teach ov ericht

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So Father Mole and Mother Mule weat 10 Sky.

Father and Mother Mole were getting a little tired by now, and

is a little annoyed.

We'll fin tut yet" said Father Mole. This bas to end bunnewhzre}"

And they went to talk to Wind.

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WIND whistled thoughtfully at their question, "No-0-6, you don't want me. It's true I' "Are you

the biggest and drive Cloud, and he blots Sun Stongend ang In the world" but of sight, and Sun lights up

Sky, and Sky's bigger than any Bing.

there's somebody yawning, ven stronger than 1 am. And

in

your oui Sun is stronger than I am right

garden! and Ying can seg me only when he Something I can't move,

Cloud can't wash away, and Sun Without Sun, I'm just

they asked.

Baggest.

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Sky, stretching

answered

Bitt

dark and dreary space. Better can't melt."

ask him about it,”

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ther

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"Wim's that?" the moles de- manded,

"Situlare,"

answered

Wind.

and Mother Mole, 50 le's just about the strongest

olf to see Sun they went, But

Sun just laughed at them unta thing I know," he got red in the face.

"Strong" he asked. ful? Not 11 Why, Cloud down

"Well!"

Mother Mole

Cx-

our "Power- claimed, "Right in

bwn gorden, and we didn't even know how

ho strong

really was, Hurry, let's ask him to be our son's teacher"

DON'T ABUSE PRIVILEGES

COME years ago

SOM

rules a small town bothersome

necessary

in England bullt a new jun- that everyone would behave like for high school and all the he should. students moved from one build-

ing to another.

But Statue, when they spoke him, just stared straight ahead and refused. to answer. Mr and Mrs Mole begged and pleaded, offered promises and rewards.

Finally Statue spoke in an angry tone, "Fine thing! Asking to he

Most of the students did be- me to teach your child The principal spoke at the opening assembly in love as the principal expected. strong! Don't you know who's But a few took advantage of the stronger than I am? Somebody the new building.

absence of rules and began doing who could shalos me of my "This is our now home," he the things which had been pro- foundation? Weaken me so much said. "Dack in the old school we hürsted in the old building. They that Wind could blow me over, had a lot of rules that we had to abused their privilege of being Cloud could drown me, Sun obey, None of us liked these without rules.

could dry me until I cracked rules and some of them were un-

apart?"

And so, before long, the new necessary for boys and girls your school building was governed by

ogo.

"Who?" cried the molca. a new set of rules. Many of these "Who's as strong as all that?":" "So we'll start anew in our were not necessary for most of (Can you guess who was soldiers, standing straight and now building. Except for going the students, but were needed stronger than Statue? You'll find- to cluss on time and keeping or for only a few who did not know the antwer in the next para- der, we'll have no rules until how to act. N

but try to guess it first). It's necessary.!!!

That's good reason for not do- to answered oft- ing something when you think terly, who is it that digs and The principal believed that his you can get away with it!! diga under me until I can't stand- boys and girls would be careful Abuse of privileges, soon takes up streight any more? You da. [der. Knarf tried to turn around ¦ not to do things that would make them away.

Go teach your son yourselves!!!

Sound of Volcos Suddenly there was the sound

of voices. They were very close

by and they kept growing Jou

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