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STORIES

PUZZLES

Rupert and the Sketch Book-8

After making his promise Rupert leaves Pogy and teil Mrs. Pig. "You're going to keep an eye on Roralie ? Well, that is kind of you." slae etika. ** Į sent her to the shops this morning, and she was to have come back over the common. She'r been long time, and may have

lost her way." Sa Rupert walks to a high part of the common, and gates around. He has a wide view. and he soon spies a small spot of rolaur down below, "Yes, i believe that's Rosalie," he murmura. "but she certainly serms to be in no hurry to come home. She's air ding on the grass. I must fetch her." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Ride A Pink Mule

By Lois Wedel

HUNTER

HOBBIES

the exhibit all "I'll be l sit,' Nina nd passinted out. AL Harriet had tried not to let her voice rquenk. "The mule doesn't need to be in the ex- hibit, does 13 Something could before it Rol happen to

a

ROGGY

pawed through mass of tissue paper

towards and excelsior rosy gleam in the coriter of the cardboard carton. "My pink male!" he bawled into Harriet Nelson's startled cars. "It's a good thing 1 found it before I threw away in this old box!"

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Harriet grow as pink as the gaudy glaze job on the ceramic mule. There was a touch of pante at what

to might have happened Froggy's most prized art

creation.

There

Oh, Harriet, you wouldn't?" Nina had gried out, alaimed.

DUT the opportunity to keep

the pink mule gul of the rxlubit had come. Frony and Harriet were in the gymnasium helping George Gunder, also

in the ceraules class, set up George the ecranules exhibit. was on a ladder arranging on a heff the pieces as Harriet un-

paelted them.

"What D heel I've been!"

There." Itarrict Ind Baid Harriet thought with horror, alrity, her eye avolding the "What a jealous little fiend!" tissue-covered pink bulge in the All of a sudden, she wanted to corner of the varton, "That box

As be hoisted the pink mule to George, Frotty's fingers Tosk their grip on the slippery glaze.

get down on the ground squirm like

warm. hadn't she let Nina warn against herself?

and is empty-throw it out, Frog- Why Ky. Then Froggy raw his crea-

tion left in the box.

her

The whole thing began with Miss Phillips's class in ceramic sculpture, Harriet, whose artis- tic abilly

had been evident since she had hier first box of crayons, had pounced with de- ight open the new course, and she had arged her pal Nina in- to signing up too.

to

"Sure, I'll take the course." Nina had agreed in answer Harriet's enthusiastic prodding, "But you'll be the shining light in the cless as usual."

Then Froggy instated Joining the class. At first, Har riet had been merely indulgent. After all, he never had shown a talent for art.

incinerator," he babbled.

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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,~~~ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1950.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

Jumbo's

Tooth

By JULIA W. WOLFE

as

After a few

pata and kind words from his keeper, he zettled down and treatment un lais the aching tooth,

The elephant was told to sit The

ENTISTS nowadays tell But when the clepliant at the their patients that "it Bronx Zoo had his tooth Biled, doesn't hurt any more." Or, ever the men were done, it was he seemed to knew that what- if it does hurt, filling or ex- for his benent. tracting a tooth isn't painful as it was back in the days when Dad and endured Mather went to see him.

Maybe

that's what the Reeper told an elephant at the Bronx Zoo in New York City recently, for he en. obeyed. dured an operation bad tooth with fortitude worthy of his size. And the "dentist" used instruments the size of ice pleks.

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on the ground. He obeyed. He was told to t tils head and trunk. This command also was

"Opry your mouth," said the keeper, just as the dentist says. The big elephant trumpeted, as he didn't like the iden, or maybe he was trying

the

to tell

where bis tooth hurt, The animats in the zoo receiva "pain

ain killer" was injected pretty nice food,

and and care

keeper CDAXed and -lusspital treatment. But me jutted the elephant_____while_it men who serve the animals ore took effect. Then the mouth was opened again. ^ huge

experts in all fins, wants, of peonie, siekorea are

Best

every "family" ifferent care.

NEXT/ching fndicated the seat of

the

pain

and the zoo dentist went to work.

A cavity why drilled large to hold a bit lemon. The enough dentist complimented his patient, who

showed Rever

anger against the dentist but who kept trumpeting and whining while the operation was performed.

A filling was put into the

CHINESE

HOU

ENTER FO

CUTAWAY ESTADED MATE

1.Draw and cut out a circle from THIN CARDBOARD... Cut sway of the circle but leave a flap at one edge... Punch 3 holes as shown.

2.Decorate all over with CRAVONS For PAINTS...

'Private

Boy's

incentive, can

BRATS PAPER FORESTR

CRAFTS.

3. Fold around with flap underneath... Punch 3 holes through flap (use

holes intop edge as guide) Fasten edges with BRASS PAPER FASTENERS,

Alie small BUTTONS to heavy

STRINGS

and put through hat

Tie strings under chin.

Ear Calling

By RITA BEST

1.19

Is

tooth, several gallons of mouth wash were applied and the jou In a city was done.

ABOY, given time and he wred Ralph's ball bat Rab ***That's all," raid the dentist.

always on had use of the equipment Avedis ant

all to himself, except once in about the The elephant

to find interesting things pave of nearly bump 1 200,

Joy-quite a dol And here's 3 boy requires different note than the wols of

named Dick who has pain he had given during the

to

awhile.

job to fill an operation and he fably cancer probably the most unusual DICK

business" in the

with

It's all elephant's tooth. The animal bark to his quarters in the zoo. "little may not understand and, bes "He's toed in many ways to world. He's a "private car," Tag infuriated

path, show his

to ne apprechtim

Dick says his business may 10 on a rampage.

ever since," says his keeper.

had its beginnings one day when his friend Ralph complained about his big brother. This big brother, it seemed, was always con- fiscating Ralph's sporting ipinet-ball bats, gloves, and so on.

TEENER

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TOPICS

By DESS RITTER

often Interesting for

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Let me handle it," said Dick.

Now when i went to school, young folk to get an insight in there wasn't so much homework, to the parental mind, and for I rather expect that the teachers this reason we've asked a parent wanted the pupils to learn their to be guest columnist for us this lessons. Now, it seems, every- werk.

thing is learned at home-or the

That night. Dick wrote a lessons are prepared at home. **

We parents have to do the job nice and neat, short and CTUALLY. I hate A

sweet letter to Ralph's big September come around because school will start, It' Edwin, my oldest, is probably brother. He explained not that I like to have my two as smart as the average, but Ralph's point of view care- ittle dears around the house all when he does his homework fully and showed why

for him to come the time. Goodness knows, it it's too easy keeps me jumping. The thing I to me and say, "Mum, how do Ralph had good reasons to Dick sent the you work this stuff?" Im not complain. much of a hand at telling how, letter the next day. so I take a pencil and show kim, Thanks. Mum." And Edwin hasn't learned

thing. 0

rend is the home work.

Secret Code

For The Club

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On the other hand, if my two home- youngsters didn't have work they might be getting In-j to trouble. In my day, I didn'ı : N interesting way to send have homework, but my parents

message is to write out kept me out of trouble by

keep- in garbled language so that iting me busy. I took care of my cannot be

translated without younger brothers and sistern, the use of a secret grille. swept, washed, ld sewing and The Krille is made from all kinds of things. Nowadays, piece of cardboard any handy children don't have

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The only trouble is that 1 have to do the homework and;

Froggy clutched the precious pink mule. "Brother! in two size

as three by five much, but they have homework. plutes it'd been down in the inches. This key card is ruled

off into about 50

each spaces. space capable of holding conscience

word. A sharp penknife razor blade is used to cut out the housework, too. Instead of some 15 to 20 of the spaces. If Mother's Day, they ought to you belong to a club and want have a Mother's Week, when no teacher assigns homework. all the members to be able to

Or maybe a Parent's Week, be. read your messages you mtist

cause I know some fathers who prepare a grille card for each do homework, too. Thanks, for member and have one for your letting me say my say, Bess. self too.

Harriet felt her tweaking urgently, "I've got to make up for this-I've got to!" She turned her sweetest, most gentle self upon Froggy and im- plored.

"Don's

think

of It! Just

think how proud you're going to be when people begin to come and look at your pink mulet

The minute I was out of her mouth, though, she began to de-

the line pon plore the

ber penitence bad made her

take. Frogzy seemed to swell up as if ready to burst as he strute deross the Cour. The pink mule in his Hand. to George on the ladder. "Oh dear! He'll just never be

Bretted,

BUT Frogs had thrown him the old Fronny spain," she ze

To write

place a message, the grille card over a piece of

GRILLE GARD

to

CAN AFET JE AT THO CLUB HÁBÐ END

And then it happened. As he hoisted. the pink mule

self into the new project with gusto. It had been Frog- ey work that Miss Phillips George, Frogny's Angers lost angled out to comment upo1}== not Harriet's. And when Frogs their grip on the slippery glass. Ey and Harrlet were together. There was a swift swoop of and Harriet wanted to boast a link, a sickening clunk and a little about her own lalerpreta pile of junged

Creation!

debris was all

tion of the ceramic art, it had that was left of Frogny's prize been Froggy with his will, un- conventional ideas, who did the iniking.

The crusher-blow fell upon

Harriet when Froggy

created

PROGGY and George talked

about it later over sodas In te pink mule.

the Sweet Shoppe. "That was "Whoever heard of a pink too bad," George said. "I hope nule" Harriet had said to Nina. It hasn't got anything to Llo Harriet's efforts had gone into with your dropping ceramies with yellow class and going back to wood dainly ash trays Tosts.

working,"

"Shhh Nina had warned. "Nope," replied Froggy. "I al- "Miss Philips likes it. Just lis- ways liked wood working bet- ler. I did this all for Harriet." ten to what she's saying!"

What Harriet heard only an- "Harriet? How come?" gered her more. Walking home Froggy leaned forward con- from school with Nina that fidentially. The way to make afternoon, she had exploded. a girl admire you is to get in- "That Froggy with his ceramic terested in what she likes, 60 niule! I'll bet he thinks he's I let myself get bitten by the some artist!"

it-and

SHE NGHT WA GO AFRR THE FAT (UNH)

HOW HOW RED DOW WHE 30 A

FAR BRINIS 1953. TO THE FEES CAN ĜO JORE HOF WILL BE ON THIS GERVED How

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PATCH

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Small candle

In

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"THE GAURIT drill in ACTON paper and write one word ench gap of the grille. Lift the grille off, and All in the blank spaces on the paper with a lot of confusing words.

Suppose, for instance, the Ars ne on the message after you take off the grille, looks

like thist

ler. The above line may

come:

be-

CAN MEET AT TWO CLUB HATE COLD.

MEET-AT-CLUB You can easily camouflage cernintes bug. I admit I was this by adding a few Interme- Well naturally he's proud" pretty set-up about the way I dlate words, the silller the bet- Nina had said. "I don't think came through with he's conceited about it, though, gosh, Harriet reacted swell. She Didn't you see how he looked never was as sweet tq, mens at you when Mie Paillips she was this afternoon Just be praised his work! He wanted fore that mule cracked up. When a member of your you to share the with Never!" Here Froggy hesitated club récelves. a jumbled mes- bimo plory

and, a puzzled expression cross- joge from you, all he has to do Hanet haded, his face. "Harriet's a hard. to place his copy of tho'grille snapped. He'i be completely girl to - understand though. I. over the, massage and, good the impassible it that pink mula is don't think she seemed the least worda that

in the in the open house" exhibit." bit sorry about the accident." spaces.

appear

8 Great Lake

9 Face

11 Mature

13 Greek letter 14 While

15 Colour 12 Troop (ab) 17

10 Small drinkt

20 Erected

22 Son of Seth (D)

24 Saintesses (ab)

25 Larger

27 Lock of hair

DOWN

1. Journey

2 Arbin prince 3; 'Father

4 Exittoys (ab.);

3 Fo

6. Getting.

7 Colomber

8 Rub out

GAMES

JOKES

Pretty Miss Four Eyes

By VIOLET M. ROBERTS

ANY

M need glasses, but be- cause old-fashioned glasses were made more for serving

boys and girls

shaped face. Naturally, a girl will use this knowledge to lielp her select her new eye-gluases.

If she goes to the optometrist we'll flad that the many, many without any advance knowleden, different chapes and styles int

1, The owner of a round face

a purpose than for decora- frames will only confuse her. tion, these young people, especially the girls, shy should not select round franics. away from them. But it's This only adds to the full-moon, no longer smart or wise to appearance of the broad cheeks, go staggering, through life Rather, let the shape of the eye when

needs orbit be the guido for the best

and most becoming at. glasses just because a per- son is afraid of being nick-

A

person

2. The long face avoids the for this makes named "Miss Four Eyes." arched bridge,

the nose seem longer. fact, the extra equip the face looks longer. In

Henco, Choose.i

ment nowadays adds to A deep wide lenses with airnight. person's looks, rather than low bridge and centre bows. detracts from them.

As zoon ns the doctor pro which selects those fascinating

seriban...glasses the smari_yaunt

among friends-Investigation to dreide what type of spectacles she slust wear.

3. The

square facerl

girl

woman starts A private or tight-sided tenses is infor trouble. Her face will become perfect square with four 10- degree angles. Choose instead, lenses which parallel the brow nt the top and become no

the

bottora. narrower towards Bows should stein out from the

She looks herself squarely in the mirror to decide if her face is oval, round, square or oblong. Sometimes it may be better 10 change her hale-do; for example from a fluffed-out bob to some thing simpler.

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top of the frames.

4. If features aro Inrge.

elect lenses that follow brow line. Franes should be rimless. Dainty features should pass up with glistening novelty frames

TH modern miss learned long

ago not to wear pin stripes gems. he is tail, or square necklines when she has a round, balloon them. They are becoming!

So, if you need glasses, wear

Teddy and the Daisy Petals

-He Didn't Like What They Told Him- By MAX TRELL

ICK kept his car to the ground and soon he found other Jub to do. At the risk of being called "nosy." he be came a "private ear," listening to orguments complaints, «CHE loves me. she loves rorts of "beefa"

and writing"S tetters to correct the situation at a rate of 25 cents per letter.

me Hot," Teddy the Stuffed near was saying as he plucked the petals, one by one, off the But the business hnd its daisy. "She loves me the disadvantages too. Everyone loves me not." wasn't like Ralph's big brother and everyone didin't admit is faults. Dick often found both

himself and his "clients" in hot

water.

Now

Dick does things differently, Ile types his letters impersonally as "case histories" ellps them together in and batches of four or five (he makes letter) and of each carbons

them te each "com- presents plaineo. No one is named and

Who loves you or loves you

the

tin

not?" General Tin. saidfer, asked. He was clanding

next to Teddy and had been latening for quite a while.

Tedly said: "I don't know. Does it have to be anybody?"

"Certainly it has to be any- body! How can you go on saying She loves me, she loves me not'

unless it's anybody?" "That's

right," said Teddy. "I never thought of that

"Silly bear," said General Tin. "She loves me not—” Teddy said, the idea is that only the per-Haven't you any brains at all?" con who ends the shoe pinching Stuffed with Cotton will recognise his own caso

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Now that it was settled whom "I guess I haven't," admitten Trudy meant, Knurf and Hanid

all stuffed Teddy. "I'm

with and General Tin and Mary-Jane cotton. I don't think I ever got and Judy oll urged Teddy to any brains."

pick the rest of the petals off the Just then Honid and Knart, delay to find out whether Betty- tion of his client's case and hothe shadow-children with the bear, who lived across the street, just outlines the facts as they turned-about names, came Info loved him or not.

the room, General Tin told them

and

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Ralph's big brother was in- cliued to be angry at first, but gradually his anger changed to a feeling of other people were notielug that

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ICK carefully avoids any

thing but a clear prescrip-

"She loves me

embarrassment, are told to him. In the about Teddy, "He keeps picking not?" Teddy continu loves me

I WANNA COMPLAIN

ABOUT MY

LITTLE BRUDDER'S

COMPLAINTS ABOUT ME

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S VARIETY BRAIN TEASERS

10 Separates

12 Pen point

18

Cleans house

19 Harbour

21

Followers

23 Weight of India

26 One (Scot.)

TRIANGLE

the

Here's a triangle based on ROASTER. The second word is "a preposition," the third "an Afternoon social event." fourth belongs to her," the f is "a doctrine," and the sixth Is "rounded.***

ROASTER

WORD SQUARE

After rearranging the letters

in each row to form a good

word, rearrange the rows words to form a square:

MIS THI O SISIYIATE

RTAEN DMSETO DRAEO

saying.

who doesn't. It Just

of the girl who complained about "doing the dishes" each petals off a daisy

Finally, he reached the last me not," ho evening, Dick suggested that And he doesn't know who loves and sadly as he plucked it off.

that She loves me, she loves me not. petal, "She loves the young woman didn't com-

Must Be Wrong plain about helping her mother, him, or but that the tosies might be thows he has no brains!"

All of Teddy's friends felt Hanld said: "Why, I love you very bad about this, "It's not jess tedious if they WESTO varled from time to time,

Teddy! Do you mean me?”

Bald Knarf. Tho daisy Teddy shook his head.

must be wrong?" Here are Dick's rules for being

"Or me?" said Mary-Jane, the But Hanid said: "No-the "private car.

-doll, who was stiling on the daisy is right! But there isn't be snd about, other side of Teddy. "I love you, anything to too.

Teddy! How can Betty-bear Judy, who was Mr Punch's love you when she doesn't even 2. Na numes are mentioned wife, looked out of the door of know you and you don't even in the letters and care is taken the little Playhouse where she know her?"

1. The names of ellents are confidential and they are never

divulged.

case histories,

Dick says there Daws in the "private

This seemed to be very sensi-

60 that no one but those lived and said sweetly: "No one involved will recognise, their loves you as much as I do, ble. Generai Tin glanced out of Teddy! Do you mean me?” the window, "There she is now! are some Teddy kept shaking his head. She's sitting on the garden wall: cart must be someone else," he We'll settle his matter right business, but he hopea eventual-fsajd, "I know Hanld and Mary- now!" ly to el all the bugs" out of Jane and Judy all love me very So General Tin marched Ted- it.

much. I'm glad that they do. dy out into the garden where "I know who it is!" Kuorf tle Betty-bear was sitting. A later Teddy was

PUZZLE

RIDDLES

1. When does ม

change.his spots?

sueldenly exclaimed,

few minutes Everybody looked at him. sitting next to her. "Who?" asked Teddy, -

I was "It's a little Betty-bear. May- be it's the one who lives across the street."

the next day that Ted- dy plucked the petals off, an-

other daisy. But this time he didn't take any chances on the Teddy smiled, "Yes," he salu, daisy being wrong. He said, as "that must be the one. I don't he picked them off, one by one: know whether she loves me ar "She loves me, she loves me a not. I've never éven spoken to lot.

And, of course, the daisy was right!

leopard bar,"

2. What did the calf say to the silo?

3. What has eight legs and

sings?

4. What

Horner follow

up?

trade did Jack

when he grew

smartest man overlook?

5. What does even the

ANSWERS

CROSSWORD:

JAP |MEA

BİN

of

TRIANGLE

WORD SQUARE!

IR

JORS

ROASTER

ADORE DOMES

ONITE.***

RETÍA

KARTG

RIDDLES –When he from place to place. Bla my fodder" in there? 2-a quartet. 4- He was a plum-kec, P«KİS BOSS,

ZOO'S WHO

IN SIBERIA A FOURTEEN-

FOOT MAMMOTH TUSK.

WAS DISCOVERED..

HI-YA, DADE

GOLLY,

·I FEEL DUMBY

KOUNG BIRDS RECOGNIZE THEIL

BARENTE (Keo

THÂN THỂ

PARENTS RECOGNIZE THEIL CHICKS... THAN A RINNOCELO

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