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PUZZLES

STORIES.

HOBBIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1950.

ANNE DECIDES SHE DOES NOT LIKE THE EVENTS IN TO-DAY'S INSTALMENT

OF THE CHILDREN'S SERIAL, Dive Fall into Adventure

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

LOST in

the

WOODS

What has happened so far

Julian, Dick end Anne hora come to stay, with their cousin Georgina (George for short! and her dog Timmy. All kinds of things hare happened. Someone has stolen Then valuable scientific papers from George's father. George and Timmy were kidnapped. Dick coptured a little togamatlin girl who was mixed up in the happenings, and who has promised to lead them to where Georga is imprisoned in her father's coravon. Julian, Dick ond Anna ore how in the middle of Ravens Wood, and have They are looking in the window for found the catarast. Ceorge.

CHAPTER 15

THERE WAS no answer from inside

THER

the caravan.

Perhaps George was asleep or drugged! And Timmy, too. Julian's heart sank. It would be dread- Ho ful if George had been ill-trented. tried to peer inside the window again, but what with the darkness of the wood and the

dirt on the pune, it really Was intpossible to see Inside.

"Shall we bath on the door?" Asker Dick.

by

** Julian 1 fan't that George's, writing?" Dick said.

"No. That would only bring. Gwal BLIGH

Summy if he's anywhere about-

End if

George is indelu awake, our voices would have attracted her oftenfion," Julian

11

!

said

-He groaned. for nothinus

"AR this

They've

Simmy must have got the lens liste, finched it over know. Do you?"

taking 130isu,

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CRAFTS

GAMES

JOKES

What books are in your library? Teen Time

THERE

HERE Was a boy once who didn't want a book for his birthday because he already had a book, but nearly everyone else likes books. There are good books and bad books and the kind of books you have on your book shelf shows what kind of a person you

are,

This doesn't

mean that you should go in for "deep stuff." There is worth while reading in the socalled "popular fiction." Book publishers pay as much nt- tention to their juvenile book lists as to their adult material and many a book for juniors has outsold would-be best seller.

A shelf of "One Hundred Best Books" will vary with 100 different critics, and it No two people shouki,

reading preferences.

Shakespeare's

TROJA AND HUCK

CHERLOCK

int

KIOD

HAMLET

THE KIND OF BOOKS IN YOUR LIBRARY SHOWS THE KIND OF PERSON

YOU ARE

HOPALONE

By BESS RITTER

TF you can use some

"ready

cash," Invest about a dollar or so in ordinary rat traps. Pack them on your bicycle and go to the rural arens, offering to attach

trap to the outside of each householder's box.

mall

Explain that the spring arm of the trap

perfect for holding outgoing letters, where the mail man just can't fall to spot them. When you secure it into place, be sure that the trap faces outward.

set-

Remove the balt lever and sel ting calch. If you

like, you can use a mouse trap instead but a large

is better bo- rat trap cause it can hold small packages and large envelopes in addition to letters. Practically everyone will consider exactly twice what you paid for the original trap A reasonable fee.

**

*

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perfect

Tet it.

Orishal party place card" favours can be created by "I hate this wood, said Dick, rawling oul from the bushes, should have exactly the

spreading a thick paste made from confectioner's sugor, "Come on, for goodness sake.

aware that trip take your camera along as little cocon and come water over Let's get back to the wheel-rut same

You can build n small Allan Poe's stories are fine. For suddenly became

Stand animal pals plain cupcakes. Twain's science fiction wasn't ul action. well as a few favourite read Mark humour. path,"

"He led the way through the library that will give you "Tom Sawyer." Don't run to

from your growing bookshelf and crackers upright on the frosting Add the initials of one of the Julian called to him lots of fun if you vary your one type of fellon, however. HERE are a few other books keep a careful record of interes way trees.

might add to your ting and important events. Even though you

ruerts in froul of each animal. may read a you taken Walt, Dick. Are you sure this

interests.

they bre They went quietly round the George somewhere else. We're is right?"

"Lamb's Tales from Shake book in a certain tekl and don't library. Remember,

(4) A library scrapbook. (Alphabet hoexilen nre caravan to the door at the hack, dese, now, Dick-we haven't a Dick slepped, anxious at once,

like deep like it, don't think all of these only suggestions. Your bray This takes care of such things for this). Be sure to "match per tock, clue where and no key in the

to go next."

"Well," he said uncertainty. "Speare" may sound

Shakespeare kind of books are bad. Authors is your own-the expression of

clippings (es-sonalities" while you're newspaper because I don't rearing But

Your Individuality. The kind of Julian frowned.

Dirk shed s torch out of thought it was,

sounds very, very literary, Dut vary even more than readers.

books you read marks you as pecially those about yourself, You're, the goat. One of the surprises in junior the kind of perzon arc.

vat

your dog, your friends, relatives, thought it was through Lamb's Tales are delightful, es- Jumble of things in with it. That would mean the

school or church). Also you may and Julian,pecially for boys and girls from

(1) A photo album. Charih- for one those tres there,"

udd elever jokes, newspaper breaking down the door and the care

the caravan, looking

le of science fiction. Possibly

Hittle snapshots of you nud pictures, good recipes, anecdotes i knowledge of He went up sign that George had been there. "Where that little clearing is." 12 to 14 and it will give them publishing recently lins been the

this is due to the fact that many your friends, carefully mounted, and whatnots.

All you need in a large bench the few steps and pushed at the Fur Bare was nothing at all

They went to it. "It's not the

thought,"

balt if you want to play "In the of the things writers dreamed of dated (that's important) and Bald famous playa. clearing door. It seemed very solid indeed, that he could ser to show bim ratize

"A Hilite, a dictionary and

thought" Middle." In this field such as rockets and

The players (at least Anished with

(5) A "golden anart little How could he break it down that either Timmy or Geroge Anne at once. "The other clear-

themselves in dead tree at one side, some sort of handy almanac are comic power, now

are actuni

four) arrange conmemorate the book which is actually a varia- In had

Your anyway? Ife had no tools, and had been there.

things you can hardly get along facts. If you an in for this.

you

young lion of the autograph album circle, and hold hands. I didn't took us if kicking and His torch flatbed on to the There's no dead tree here."

"Blow!" said Julian. "Well without for your reference de- start with Jules Verne and rend occasion will keep

through

Iden. It means setting up a 360-large ball should be placed it years ahead. shoving would burst it in.

of the caravan, wooden wall

of the partment. If you like

through to Jack Williamson.

leaf the centre. The object (3)

illustrated An

diary page volume with each He knocked rently on the and Dick raw something that try this way, then."

left, and include a book of verse. They went to the

The

popularity move arrested his attention. Somebody door-rap-rap-rap. Not

of science This is a record of the outstan- specially marked for a different name is to try to get the other themselves la afrom here on out, "inside. It seemed a written something on the soon found

netion may not have been ding

of your life com- day of the year, Feb. 20 in- fellow to touch the ball with his ment from

events.

Contributors Accidental after all.

to your foot. As soon as he does, he's wood than your own. He tried

thicker part of the

Back 13 plele with dates and current clud very range.

Annual photos of book are asked to write their cut, and the game starts all over handle, and it

years ago, there were a number comment. round

ver. Julian's heart went cold.

the George's What an absolute idiot he was!TF you like any particular type of

cheaper magazines the author" scattered through favourite gem of literature on pain. Play on the lawn, in the What's written le night have known that it ▲ of literature, whether it is devoted entirely to this type of out the text will provide added the paste bearing their birthday school yard, or any place where Because date. The idea is to get one there's lots of rooms. have the only was mudness to lear

on each of the you're certainly going to require formed clubs bent towards the path they knew without mark-cowboy letion, history, selence story. The fans, most of them Interest.

(3) A travelogue book. Any golden thought for biography, read the best you teenagers,

HI a worthwhile pages. dirty wall. "led Tower. Red 1x L in some way.

ΤΟ 1911 can find. For a western fan, na which this type of fiction was time you Tower. Red Tower" was writ- Now he badin't the very ton again and again, in very faintest idea where the wheel-library would be complete with discussed. Annual conventions Owen Winter's "The were held of readers of the all writing,

rut way was. It might be in out

Virginian," For the defective "fantasy" magazines, Tower!" anid "Red

Then Dick.

rame the direction! He hadn't even any

reader, some of Conan Doyle's were called. "What does that mean? Jst the sun to guide him.

Edgar atom bomb und everyone George's writing?"

He looked glonmily a Dlek. "Sherlock Holmes" and "Yes, I think en," said Julian, "Hart show!" said Dick. "Well-

casily.

The turned

He "Juhan!

Forskal

Isn't

mo

that

Both boys

It not only turned easily-but writlag? Look!

"Dick 'a the door openerit not locked!" said Jullan, for getting to whisper in his sur prise. He went inside the dark caravan, hardly hoping now to see George or Timmy.

ICE push.d

DICK

closely.

In after him. "But why should she keep we'll have to make up our minds to Ko! We can't There was 2:4 sour writing that? Do you suppose which way smell fuside, and it was very that's where they have taken just stay here."

"We night 140 deeper and untidy. Nobody was there. her to? She might have heard

and deeper and deeper," said Anne, was quite empty, as Jullan had them saying something feared,

scribbled it down quickly-Just with a sudden little gulp of fear. In case we found the caravan Julian put his arm round her and examined it. Id Tower! It shoulder.

exercer.""

Puzzle Answers

WHAT SEASON: Wister, DIAMOND:

T

COR

CATER

POTOMAC

"It must be a house with n

red tower, I should think," said THEY made their way on and Dick, "Well--we'd better get THEY

on for abuut two or three back and tell the police now---- and they'll have hunt for a huirs, and then Anne stumbled red tower snowhere."

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poetry flut you're on

Hanid Said Teddy Was Fat

-He Looked Stuffed, She Thought- By MAX TRELL

[OW did you get so fat?"

"Hi, the shadow-girl,

Kunri said to Teddy: "You must have caten a lot. You're 'slufled. I've never seen

asked Teddy, the Stuffed Bear.

and fell. "I can't go any fur-uch a fat-looking bear." ther, she wept, "I must have

27

rest."

Dick glanced and whistled.

disappointed, the the time gone?

hack

It suddenly are very dark indeed, and on the leaves of the rew heavy rain fell with o loud, pattering round.

Soon the rain stopped, and the |thandler rolled away to the east,

made

"Oh," said Teddy. "I don't. I'm just fut at his watch at very much.

I I Wherever had because all bears are fat.

ut

What Do You Know About

Puzzle Patch The District of Columbia?

┫

What Season?

My first is in wallet but not in dough,

My second in ice but not in snow,

My third's in toboggan

not in sled,

but

My fourth is in trouble but not in drenti,

My this in pear and also in grape.

My last is in form but is not. In shape.

Diamond

Washington is on the banka

of the POTOMAC river and so that stream forms the

mind.

"If you

said "That's right, Teddy" We've Hand. I never saw

you eat anything in this house. But you 310 do ent, don't you?"

"Oh, yes," said Teddy. "I eat "How did you get so fat?" Hania "provide with food." Afth

senti back in payment," sixth is a rodent." all right."

don't ent in this

centre

is

of this diamond. The word

"heart,"

second

the

thled

"to

and

Asked Teddy,

It was almost were thin, I wouldn't look much

like a

bear. Anyhow," he added, lo Anne. three o'clock. Fie sat down by She scrambled out from under Anne and pulled her close to nobody gives me anything to

bint her bush as they eine.

What we want is a jolly cat in this house." Buod imeni."

he said, act nothing since breakfast."

Anne said she still wasn't hungry, but when she smelt the heat sandwiches that Joan had she changed her she was soon eating with the house, where do you eat?" ask Kreen lawn and a little flower

garden, athers, and feeling much better, Jed Knarf.

Teddy marched ahead. Finally, "My mother gives me lots of

when

they reached the last "If we don't get out before things to eat," sald Feddy.

house blue house it was-at have to make up

Never Knew

the end of the sircet, Teddy some kind of bed under a bush,"

"Your mother!" Hanid ex turned around

and smiled to Two kitchen chairs and one said Julian. "Wel have another rubber Plugs are all that are to when Anne wakes and we'll clained. She never knew that Kuart and Humid. "This is my house! Then he WASHINGTON REBUS: eded for this game. Place the do a bit of yelling, too. Then it feddy had a mother; though mother's

White chairs as shown in the diagram we're still lost, we'll bed down to that he mentioned if she walked up the path across the

couldn't understand why she inwn and rang the door-bell, Washington Monument;

the door had never thought of Teddy's Congress: Lincoin and toss the rings from five feet. for the night."

moment later

And there stood the

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CODED MESSAGE: The city of Washington was designed by L'Enfant, French architect.

MIX-UPS: Reflecting Basin: Governmental

Cherry

'Trees;

PHILATELIC PUZZLE: Halph with two British Jin with two

French;

Rainy Day Game dark, we

تني

-FROM FIVE FEET

UGO RUAKER 10 10 10

10

RINGS

Ofices,

started two

Norwegiant

and two

and 1wa

When

KITCHEN RING

TO £5

French and

twen

Bill with two Norwegian EWU Swedes; Fred with Swedes and two British. the trading was complete each boy had a stamp from each of the four countries,

POSERS: 1-A wagon. 2-A 4-Tennis iron. 3-Sturgeon. rackets. 5-Wren.

BRONCHO BILL

BLATE GORMLEY

DETERMINED

TO GET MORE TH•

FORMATION ON

THE MOVEMENT

OF CARGOES.OUT OF A STUBBORS VIELLS, FRAGO CUERN

But when darkness came-andmother

"Where does

it cante very early in that thick your mother live, Techyd area opered."

r?" fattest and sweetest and kind-

wood, they were still as much tost as

ever. They hourse with shouting, too.

"I don't like adventures," said Anne, in a small voice, and immediately fell asleep.

and

answer-

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"Not far from here,

liest looking stuffed bear that|37 were all ed Teddy. "What time is it?"

Karf and Hold had ever been. "Six o'clock," Zoid Knart,

She was wearing an apron and. Teddy bounced to his fect, she had a big spoon in her hand. In silence they pulled bracken "Just time for supper," he said.

First the gave Teddy a big hu from an open space and piled it "Come on. I'll take you to

my

and a kiss. Then the said: "S under a sheltering bush. "Thank mother. She'll give us all supper these two

children are Kaart goodness it's warm tonight."

to the other side.. Teddy ran said Dick, trying to sound cheer- of the roomy drew aside the long and Horld whom you've been ful. "Well-we'll all feel much green curtain,

telling me so much about? Come And there, as more lively in the morning.

Knarf and Hanid suddenly saw, in, my dears-supper is ready!" Cuddle up to me, Anne, and

Lovely Room They all went in to a lively keep warm. That's right, Julian's was a very small door. Teddy on the other side of you! This is took a key out of his pocket,

It had a large table, nil said: room. opened the

the door quite an adventure."

"Follow me." Then he squeezed set for supper. And around the Knart and table sat five enormous fat bears himself through. Honid went right in after him. Teddy's father and his two brothers and two sisters-with sooner did they all go brot No through the door than they found napkins under their chins, and themselves in a very pretty little knives and forks in their hands. Knarft Sit down, village. There were white houses "Sit down, and blue houses and yellow Hanid! Sit down, Teddy!" they "This is the best houses, each with a patch of all shouted.

world!" supper in the

It was really a wonderful supper-only Knarf and Hanid couldn't eat it. Everything was There was mado of sawdust. sawdust soup, sad a sawdust roast, and mashed sawdust, and And finally there sawdust grav was a beautiful sawdust ple,

That's what stuffed bears ent

stuffed.

NEXT in the Night. 100

(London Express Serulse>

WEEK.-Visitor

Ten points are scored for each the legs of the toss that rings up-ended chair. A game is points.

Applying the Lash

HAD ENOUGH, LUKE JACKSON ARE YOU READY 10 TALK 2

UGH? OKAY? I'LL TALK~

LIGM an

By Harry F. O'Neill

IN FOUR DAVIS - UGH-X THATS SIFTET ** THE STAGE CADRES YOUR MEN'LL BE GOLD BULLION •^• TO WAITING FOR IT

1. DERDWOOD »

to got themselves Teddy

whispered.

POTOMAC M

Washington Rebus

Feur

int Columbin are

well-known 'items the District of pomed

here. If you use the correctly. words and pictures

Hille trouble you will have Anding out which they are:

WE'VE HAD OUR HOUSE PAINTED WHITE

+

12000

OR GR GR

GEND THAT MEMO –

TO THE ENTIRE

STAFF

+

Riddles

Crossword

G

7

rock his wife to sleep?

ני

13

15

стояй

13

ACROSS

1 Washington is a

federal

•

B Preposition

0 Fish Cr

10 Call's cry

11 Chest nolse

12 Algonquian Indian 14 300 shoats of paper

16 Liver pecretion

18 North by East (ab.)

-20 Hall!

21 Bustlo

22 Native of Georgia

DOWN

Obscuro

2 Not active

Heavenly body

+

However

4 Towonl

Teddy's mother went out and got some real cookies and some

୫,

real

milk from the grocery-store

in the village, so Kaart and Hanld didn't go away hungry

But Teddy got more stuffed Knarf and Hanid than ever. could hardly get him through the little secret door again when it was time to return to the

playroom.

6 Boy's name

B is called the District

DI

7 Golf mound

11 Scottish cheepfold

13 Before

15 Against

10 Sack

17 Lion

19 Sea eagle

21

Solicitor general (ab.)

1. How did the cave

K.

man

2. Why is a boy being

whipped like your eye?

3. What is the most like cat's tall?

A

4. What state is on exhorla-. on to cleanliness?

5. What is the proper length

for a girl to wear her dress?

Coded Message

A simple code has been sub- stituted for the correct letters

In this sentence. As a hat, the

world is fourth

Washington. Now figure out the others.

Ulf juz DE Xūtijohupo zbt

M'Fogbou Gated

eftjhofe cz Ladljuťdu.

Three

Mix-Ups

facts about the Dis- trict of Columbin are in these mix words:

CRAB SING FLEE TIN REST CRY HERE GENTLE RAIN SCOFF

MOVE

Philatelic Puzzlo

ind four Four boys cachi tatops to trade and the follow- ing transactions took place:

Ralph traded one British and one French stamp to Jim received a French stamp and a Norwegian stamp in

stamp Jin traded one French unge.

Norwegian stamp BI and received a Norwegian

ramone

and

change.

Swedish stamp in

to

cx-

Dill traded น Norwegian and Swede to Fred and re- ceived a British and a Swedish Blamp

in exchange.

Fred traded a British and a Swede to Ralph and received a British and a French exchange.

What

stamp in

stampa did each boy start out with and what did he have after trading with his friends?

Posers

1. Would you guess that the wagon. oldust toy knowit is a

a ball or a pair of skatus?

2. Does a tadpole grow

up>

to be a fish, a toad or a frog?

3. Which inland sh

to be the

grows

largest, a musitie, a sturgeon or lake trout?

4. Do snowshoes most near- tennis ly resemble overshoes, rackets or skis?

b. If you used a qugrtor to .. measure the slas of hole for a bird house, would it be for a wren, a robin or a sparrów?

(Answers in Col. 1)

Rupert and the Dragon Pills-28

On seeing the smoke the attendant startles Rupert by dropping the dish and the food, and by dashing away at top speed. Finding he is no longer a prisoner the liule, bear follows cautiously. in t minutes, he is again before the learned, old man, and to his amaze- ment the others, instead of being

angry, are now bowing politely.

"I hear that the young dragon la! 'trying to get to you,” says the aged man. **You must posser Very powerful magic. Your stringe story. mus have been true.*** ** Of edutse it's true, cries Rupert And theres no magic The young dragan likes me. This all 11t ALL BIDHTE KLĀSAVED.

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