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4 THREE HANDSOME WATCHES WILL BE GIVEN AS PRIZES FOR SOLVING THESE PUZZLES CLEVEREST THING MY PET EVER DID ',;,' All of you have some pet, or, if yoii haven't one; just at present, you used to have one.' .It may be a bird, a dog, a horse, a goat, a cat, a white mouse, [anything. on earth in the shape of an -animal. N ; \u25a0\u0084\u25a0\u25a0..•'\u25a0,: -V" '\u25a0:'.'. ~ -"" \u25a0 • \u25a0}': Now you know perfectly well that it is" the^ cleverest anlmaljof its kind (that ever existed. What's -the sood of h«iv« 'Ing* a*' pet if it isn't? : ; ; Sometimes; it does things that make you! believe It' AWARDED A WATCH WINNING THE MEDAL r ; FRED FARMER; 32r Twelfth Avenue. Star of the Sea • Sehopl, High Fifth Grade. Axr 10 .\u25a0\u25a0•; Jt Vwas 7 in the '; middle of the school r,terni; and :our.i school' was going to give an at. the end of .the, ; term;,- Our teacher ' promised -to give . a meda 1 to the best one in . the class. 1 ::' tried very' - hard ";, ,to ';. -win ;it. Who .would '.win ' the^' medal ? ' That - was the •question ; we^all each 'other. NeaV-, ly 1 every night- bur ' teacher \u25a0 read out' the^ percentages. f One *night. ! about tnree dayg- before- vacation,- my' names -'led ' Tall ) the,.' rest.-.;! I :-. was very, happy: \u25a0 over :\u25a0 that'- and -nearly all .the" boys : saidjthat Jvwould' win. < " "->."\u25a0 - P> One afternoon, -the- dav. before: vaca- ' tion.vthe^prlncipal^of the' school came ' into our f room., .He .looked very happy. He - told ,us \thati there " were ito be - 1 wo | boys > from 1 our , room :i to '. draw --, for : the jnedal.,*' Heiiameditliehi.-,l was'.one-of \u25a0 ,them.~ ; The other > boy -was -a . friend -- \u25a0 of' mine. '•..i.The, •'entertainment ; was to •; be heldthe following Sunday.. The day - quickly;came. .j •' \u25a0 \u25a0; '\u0084 ;\u25a0 ' .The entertainment^was- over and Me : went 'on. the ' stage-, to draw /or the:; medal; ,>Thev number.:.; for -.us' to \u25a0 draw was between"- one >and .*flve. ; I drew r thseev-and :,the drew "five. 1 : Three -was : the /number.* The .;\u25a0-.\u25a0. medal ; , Avas ; pinned 'on my .coat by the princl ,pal" of \u25a0: the \u25a0\u25a0school. ••-.\u25a0\u25a0. I think tlmt was the'happiest day I ever spent.' '\u25a0':•;;.".;<".' AWARDED A WATCH AN AUTO RIDE '- f IGNATIUS McGUIRE. 3506 Tvreaty-mlktli Street.' San l'nin \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0 claco. - ; Horace Mann ":' Sebool, It ; Fifth Grade. Ac« 11 ; Year* . The :happlest day , of ray life Is: one which 1 *wlll not soon: forget..- It was| almost' the end' of vacation and I was going home to Cambridge, Mass.y from the farm in 'Maine, where I was stay- Ing. On the farm next: to ours there were .visitors. v : r These visitors had an automobile. I happened to be going by on that'morn ing.^ They were ilxiug their auto, load ing a trunk and a valise rm It. I slopped to see what was going on and learned that they were going: very near where 1 lived. I told them so and that !• was going home In a day. or two. Then* Mrs. Lockharle did M'hat I was hoping she would'do ami invited im; to go, home- with her. Ho I, got 1 ready in a surprisingly, short time.., \u25a0 - 'Then we starte-d out; and what a ridel Oh, that was v joy, ride! , . . On each side of us were fertile mead ows with buttercups, daisies, Haters, wild' roses, beautifully green grass, which,- with tho grass. covered foothills in the background, was a beautiful pic-, ture.- Now more houses were Been and broad fields of corn, grain and vege tables surrounded uh on all sides. We passed through a beautiful little vil lage and saw women busy with dinner. This made us hungry and so we got out and ate a delightful lunch under some tall oaks. We again resumed our happy journey and I may well nay I was in the. seventh heaven of delight. .When we finally g6t ' home 1 siir-' prised my mother and sister with all 1 had to say about my travels, and before 1 knew it the happiest day of my life closed, ' can think, no .matter what your teach ers say about animals not being able to think in'the same way as people. do. ; '< Pick out the very ' cleverest thing you can .remember, a"nd next week' The Junior will have a series of animal stories as good asThompson Seton's. ". \u25a0' Remember, got them in by: Wedne sday. Some! of' the compositions are still coming.' iri. too 1 late to be .used the .week for which they are intended. AWARDED A WATCH A VISIT TO THE FLEET MEI,VIA WYCOFF, Green Valley School, AYatnonvllle, Cal. : Fourth Grade. Age 12 Yearn . , • The happiest day I ever" spent was" when t my father, mother and 1 went to see the fleet, while it was at Santa Cruz. ..We, were living nearV Watson ville. then and drove to Wa'tsoiiville, put the horse in the stable;.boaided; the train and went to ..Santa 'Cruz. Such a crowd . I never . was in.' rr 11:1 1 : took us a long time to'get on the launch.' but at last we were on the water, riding the waves.".. •'\u25a0•\u25a0.\u25a0" y ... '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0..\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0 .;.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•.. We had, to go nbout a mile and a half because the ..„ battleships are so large . .the-wator.' was- not deep "enough for them; to -come' any nearer. It was about. 13 o'clock.- when, we? got 'on' the Vermont, and ,howvl. did enjoy looking at the big guns and' learning how. the sailor boys live. One of the boys;took us all over the ship and showed and ex plained all "about 'guns; 'how they slept in- hammocks that were fastened up inxthe ceiling idurlng the day time, and how; they, passed their, time away. I enjoyed myself. all;. the time we were there. '- \u25a0, \u25a0' - '':\u25a0>, . • •..-\u25a0" . : - . The sea getting- so rough . the launch did not- come back to get us, so about, 4 o'clockthey put out;their'life boat, which holds > a bout '50 people/ We could hardly get on, it. bounced around so,- and some of the women were very badly ' frightoned. The .lifeboat was then fastened to the little government launch that . towed us to shore. 'My mamma got very, sick, but 1 didn't! and although I would not care to be a sailor. lMhink Uncle Sam has a fine fleet to help tako care of this grand old country of ours. AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP ruthlwilliamsJ ..Mailera, Cal. Seventh Grade. Age 13 '['-. YenrH 'VvMon'day. morning as I was reading I received a message sover the phone that I'was invited to go on a trip, 20 miles 6ut in the country to spend a day or,' "two with my .friend. Several of my friends were invited to go, too/ . A\ r e started in the afternoon about a Quarter: after 2 and, arrived there at half past 3.- - * * x Next day, we .decided to take, our ' lunch and go up on tint mountain. We gathered wild flowers of all kinds. After -we had,, gone , around two moun tains we ate our lunch. When we were thjough we started for. home. We picked flowers on the way 'back and got there about half past 3. In the morning w« went to go back. We enjoyed our ride in the fine auto mobile about as much as we Old pick ing flower*. CHASING CHICKENS ui:h.vhi: Kit \M»r, Suu Aimrlmu, , Age, II Year* I think one of the happiest days of my life was when 1 was on my grand father's ranch, lie had a number of chickens, so one day my grandmother told up. to go out and catch one of them for dinner. My brother and, I chased it all over the ranch, which r-oiiMl.stt'ii of 36 acres, it was great 'fun. We ran over the stubble In the hay Held und our feet were so sore afterward, because.we had old shoes on. Whenever we got into the vineyard the chicken would hide and then It .was a pit;nic fihding him. At last It 'got so tired, and we were the same/that he eimply gave, himself up us a prisoner. Tliat afternoon \u25a0my grandfiithor i har nessed up. an old horse to a home made two wheeled wagon and told us to go for . a rido. Of course we all sat on 'the end of the wayon. and before we \u25a0knew where we were our' swell frig upset and we all landed on the dusty road. We laughed so much < that we could hardly pick ourselves up- again. All *the horse did ' was to ; turn ' around and look at his wagon and: at: us. : /\u25a0Really,, that was 'one of my .happiest days although I have had quite ; a few of them.i- „ „ . MY FIRST COMMUNION ROMIXA ROWE, 1740 Eiidy »t., San FranelncoT . Sixth Grade. St. Rose's Convent. . Age 14 : The happiest day of my, life, so far, was .last, June, .when I and a . class of 60^rcceived our first communion., The good sisters liaJ instructed' us-> for weeks, and how patient they wei«e, for many -of .us, would get fidgety and squirm'aroundin'our seats. , We had to have :u final examination, and I ani sorry to: say some of the girls didn't make the .amount of credits '.that per mitted them to. pass. . '. Then, after M-e found we were to be permitted to receive this wonderful sac rament,- Ave.luid to spend some days, in' meditation or retreat; as it is called. During this •" time we sang- religious hymns and listened to. Bible stories.: : ;. .This sacrament is the grandest in our Catholic religion and as : the, time drew near;to receive it, of course we all felt nen'ous.' It.; was. a -beautiful: sight to see. the girls that Sunday \u25a0morning.': We were all . instructed . to; dress very sim T ply, as our. Lord :had always lived in poverty whlleon earth. , \u0084 . Some of us cried during- the ceremony an.l mass. When the parents and guar dians came,', to claim their own 1 saw many had been crying also. This was the. happiest day- 1 remember, and I am sure- air girls of. my religion feel, the same.. \u25a0 -';,-.' .- \u25a0 . \u25a0 -, -,-,\u25a0:\u25a0 • \u25a0 .'\u25a0'..': .. .• , : SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR KITES Last week you icsul in the Junior of the now day that is to be celebrated b> the school children of Ban Fran cisco — kite day. The details are not yet fully settled, but the interest al ready is tremendous. In nearly every school the boyß are working like mad, and the girls, too, It is to be hoped, only somehow one never hears so much THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, "FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 191ft— TDK JJUXloft CALL A WISE FISH isA noil i<: vatha.v, Arc 11 Yearn : There was once a very'old.and wl&« fish. 1 Ho lived at the bottom of the sen. He tells n story of his life. This is the \u25a0way he starts: '. \u25a0 "I" have irtore than one million sis ters and brothers. They are very small. People catch us and eat us. Some peo ple, when they have vcaught us, throw us in a basket* or into a hollow rock and let us suffer and die. Then we are no "good to eat. If 1 "could talk, like you I would tell you how- to kill us. A wise fisherman would lake a stick.or stone and nit me on the back of. my liead; or if he had neither stick nor stone, take us by our tall and bang us against arstone wall. 1 myself was caught three times, but T am still alive. I was first taken by a tall, kind hearted man, :who said: 'You : are .too. small to bo eaten. If you are not. hurt badly 1 will,4let you go,\ He took the hook from my mouth and let me go. He said, 'Forget me and all about it." But I did not forget him. -I wascaught the sec ond time by a woman, ,who threw,,me In the air. She gave a jerk at the bait and' pulled some of my" flesh with the hook. The third time I was caught by a boy,, who said 1 was a beauty. He did not know where to put me and threw me in a hollow rock. My friend, the ocean, sent a large . wave and it brought nio back to my home in the sea. I would teach the other fish not to get caught by nibbling the food on the hook." This is.how he bcame so wise. . . THE FIRST DAY OUT HKI-EX JAMES, The llplaudw, .t'lareiuont. Emerson - • St-hool. Low Seventh Grade :' , It was the,: November before the earthquake when I set sail, .with my mother and sister, on the Mongolia for Ghlna. 1 had two reasons' to .be glad. First, because IVlove the sea. and sec ond, because 1; never get seasick and so had a chancp for pleasure. -As soon as we crossed the sandbar — . — ""'"';-. .' ""' ;' r— -——--\u2666\u25a0 about what girls are doing-, livery af ternoon the plassas and empty Jots are rilled witli boys trying out their models. Tha above is the work of George- Miehling of the Spring Valley, who suggests that the kites of each school be colored with the school colors. It's a good idea and will make a brilliant effect if all the schools follow it out. .it the ( !oM<:t ;. i'l. :>-.,. jM..,..,j M ..,.. , rigers left \Ud' (Vi'H for t ell: s;i'fi'.,;ma. Some lOOK^J very ;».i i , j , :m.- pery i ed, some In a firrMt (\VUfy, \\ -.-. v.il>-it raid their rft^pocta to (t.* r> ;J..^f^ <;;«- re ling. In n (-,Jiv.-: "rjeW-was leit io myself to 'p!j».y..»Uufii;~; — aj'trand lie in riv long chair, where I felt as safe as if on land. Just before <Hi7ftv£T went down to see if 1..-t < *ii d do TT?Vj.hing for my mother and, srs*ifer. As 1 could not, I went down to dinn«u In tlnd but one lone man besideh;rij>ibelf.-able to come down. 1 ordereJ from every course on the bill of fare and heartily enjoyed it. After dinner I went on deck for, a' breath of fresh :air;;and- then to bed. Passing, the staterooms I smiled to hear the; groans of the struggling inmates. T undressed without help and went to bed. where 1 "slept £S soundly as if in my own bed at ; hoirt*. MY FIRST COMMUNION AXMR EGAXi :i2r>4 Seventeenth. Street, San Frnnelneo. MlMNlon Grammar Sebool, B Seventh . Grade.': ' Arc :14 Yearn ' I have had many, fine times during vacation, going, out,' on picnics and so forth, but the-nappfest day I ever had was when I made my first 5 holy com munion; y- . 3 The day 1 made my communion, in December, two years, ago, was a bright, lovely morning, and. everybody around seemed to be gay and cheerful. When \u25a01- walked up the church steps the music was playing and'Bweet voices ascended from the choir. .The- church *lo6ked more beautiful this - day • than any other. .The altar .was decorated with \u25a0white calla lilies; maidenhair and ever greens. -For a. while \I: could not help thinking that I was^in paradise. In a short time it came my turn to go' up to the -holy: altar to receive communion. AVhen I reached:the altar I wasassist- 1 ed by two .'little; boys,-* dressed so as to represent angels. »Theservico was soon . ovei'.andthe children'hafl I to remain in their seats until the ipeople were dis missed. .-' In a\u25a0- shortvtime.-the \u25a0 children were sent for. to march down to -the assembly hall. . To-our astonishment a tine' feast was awaiting us. Tho tables were covered*; with; several different kinds, of "sandwiches,*, also- cakes "and many other -r good tJUngs. I. certainly, did enjoy it tine breakfast that morn ing. . When ITreafhe'd 'home my, aunts and' uncles were waiting for me with air kinds' of gifts. MJiWtll never forget that glorious morningfas long, as 1 live. CATCH I NG POL V WOGS GEORGE DKTTAKR, 42N3 Twenty-third Street, Sun I'rnn olhco. Not* Valley SchooL, II Third I OriHle.'^gej.'lOi Year* In ' 1907, ?w ! WW-'<«wMt*7 .years old. I went with *my sister' and aunt and grandma to Lonestar;=.. My undo has a farm down there. ,* .'•,,. \u25a0...-•:.'... . The day after we arrived my uncle said he would, begin* to irrigate. He took me to where he,- was going to-be gin. .There Mere some other men' there with shovels. Tliev dug little ditches and then let* the water in from: .the main ditch. This i» the way uncle waters his farm. •.: . ' . . lie has peaches, apples, pears and oranges. 1 played around the water, and then thought. 1 would look about. , l went down;,to the main ditch because that led ,10 % the house. As 1 was walking along I gaw a little trout nearly dead, because the water was running out. AMien I had walked down a little farther i came to a place where there : , were ,;, about a hundred polywogs and some of them were Just uettlne their hind legs. The banks of tho ditch were very slippery. I thought ] would catch some of the polywogs, ho 1 got down as near to the water as I could. When a fat little, polywog came near me 1 stretched out my hands and got him, but 1 began slipping Into the water as fast as 1 could, j tried to hold on to the grass, but 1 fell head first into the water. I got out as quickly as I could and 1 never went near there again. THE NEW BABY I'AUl.l.Ma WAI.SII, \u25a0 16-10 llaje* Slreel, Suu PraucUro. St. \u25a0 viiiiTitt'N Couvenl, Ninth Gruile, AB* 14 VenrN Mother had been very ill, and we had not seen her In months, l missed her very much, for 1 was the youngest, or, I thought 1 was. Ho when thn house keeper told us papa was going to bring our mother home and was going to bring us all- something- wonderful, we were terribly excited and kept guessing what each of us would get, and I am sure we pestered our good house keeper nearly to death. \u25a0 At last the eventful day arrived, and we were not allowed to leave tho house at train time, for papa 'would take just as good care of her alone, so we were told. "Oh, my!" said Claire, "there is a carriage at the door; surely our father is getting extravagant." Then father stepped out and helped mother up the. stairs. Dear mother carried a large parcel In her arms and, after she was seated and had kissed us, we all looked in astonishment at the • noisy bundle, for it certainly was yellfng. Then she uncovered a wrap and showed us our. present. We all stood like statues for a second, and such questions as: we asked about that new fcaby of ours. Papa asked me-- if I'd like thai new sister— such a question to ask one. I. felt years older, for now I would not be ' "Baby" ' any more. I could be al ways speaking of my baby sister, just as Bob and Claire used to speak of me, .Baby Ruth is now 3 years old. and. of course, . the darling of the family. Mother was strong soon' and we^ all tried "to help In the care of Ruth and of the house. All our days are happy Since mother came home well and brought the wonderful gift to us. A VISIT WITH MOTHER NATURE KIJXA JOHXSOV, Hnynard Gram mar School, High Sixth . Grarte. Arc 13 Years One summer we camped in the hills about live miles from town. We went on picnics and on hunting trips. After a hunting trip we usually came. back to camp with nothing but good appe .tites.'j - \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0; ;• : \u25a0 ,-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0..;. ,\u25a0\u25a0 r. : One day- my 'brother, my dog and I went out to explore the fields and can yons. We followed a cow path, bor dered With s ferns and wild flowers.' which led us to, a -canyon. .Having reached the canyon we sat down and ate our lunch. I looked -about; me. There was a sparkling brook bound -ing. from 'a -bank of ferns. The spring, seamed to sing to, me, the flowers seemed to talk. In fact. Mother Nature was smiling at me. The^blrds whls-' pered to me the secret on God's^love.' 'I'o stay- in .that ,frrove and Veommune with nature would be like living in a little-: paradise.. - - A DAY IN THE WOODS AILEEN SMITH, liny PoMtofliee, Cal.' Aite H Yearn ' • "Oh, Alleen," said my mother, "how. would you like to spend a day in the woods at, Uncle John's?" as she came Into the room.-y . • \u25a0 • \u25a0•'-\u25a0»\u25a0 \u0084 ' "Yes,, and may I take Bravo with me?"' j asked. (Bravo is my pet dog.) "Yes, you may take him," she replied. 'We had to ride in a wagon, as there were no cars. We; arrived at uncle's at 10 o'clock in the morning. - • *\u25a0•\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 In the afternoon my uncle had to go to my aunt's and left mo all alone. My aunt was only, a little way off. ' I ' took a book along with me and went outside. 1 saw a nice place to r*ad without being disturbed. -I was in the most interesting part of the story when I heard a nut crack, then a squirrel appeared. . The squirrel came nearer and nearer until it reached my feet. At that moment Brnvo came. Up went, the squirrel and. disappeared in the trunk of a tree. : I never saw an animal, as quick as that squirrel. » 1 jumped up and began searching for my aunt. Soon 1 found her and we had lunch. We returned and told stories of animals.. When 1 fell.asleep I dreamed of animals and trees and flowers* • Such was the happiest day of my life. ROVER'S HEROISM (HA It I.ICS JENSRN. IIOU Tm-nly-flfih St., Sun Francisco, AKf 14 Vi-iirN Rover, our large Newfoundland dog, pToved the hero of our stay in the country. At about half past 6 one Sunday morning Hover lumped the fence and ran over the hills to the 'railway sta ilon. lie walked up the tracks a little way until he came to v place spiked by some train robbers. Hover seemed to know the meaning of the spikes and ran home barking. I saw that some tiling was the matter and I followed him to the tracks. Seeing the rails were spiked 1 walked to the next sta PUZZLE CONTEST The correct answers to the puzzles in last Saturday's Junior are as follows: (1) Two step. (2) Spark plug. (3) Jack plane. (4) Billiards. (5) Whale. (6) Belfast. Watches are awarded to the follow ing:^,*, , iV ;. _ -."'\u25a0 ' \u25a0 \u25a0;--\u25a0 \u0084 \u25a0 '. '- Geral«line Qullllnnn, 1700 Shattuck avenue, Berkeley. Sunle Hojle, 4C4 Brannan street,' San l^ranciscb. * : . JaineM Torpey, 3403 A Sixteenth street, San Francisco. , * ; Answers to the .puzzle, contest must he sent in on postals.; Those received' in other ways will not be considered. tlon. • When the train came along I told the. engineer .that the track was spiked The passengers jumped off- the train and Kover was rewarded with a gold collar. ' - BORROWED FOR A DAY # VAI,ORES F." JIEYERi* !)(t3 Union Street, San- Frnnelneo. llnn . .-. cock School, A Fourth Grade The ' happiest day: I ever \u25a0 had was Avhen I was ,7 years old. r A young lady friend of my mother took- me to spend the day in Berkeley. \u25a0We started early in the morning and had-.-a" bright. •, beautiful- day to bjegin with. The bay was as smooth' as glass. Upon reaching Berkeley we /met our friendsand wentto their home. After some confidential talk we played sev eral.games and about -12 o'clock lunch' was served. \u25a0 ; , : . "After luivch we went' for a. buggy ride. .We rode through Fruitvale and Alameda and then to Oakland, where we spent, the rest of the afternoon, at the Oakland Orpheum. . And such fun! Well, \u25a0 1-. was willing to stay and see the whole thing over again, but as it-was late the young lady thouglit.lt was best to have mo home in time for: supper. : I never will forgot that day: and often wish for some nice young lady to take me out again like that, but 1 suppose rm'growing too old- for' them to bor row any more. ' ;.; OUR TRIP ON FOOT MAHIi: .STHEETER, 87:t Thirty-ninth St., San Jome. Eighth - (•rude. . Aite 1H Year* \u0084 . „_ One bright, sunshiny morning; my chum and I started out for a tramp with a light lunch, but no money (as we soon regretted). tWe started toward Alum Rock, seven miles distant from San Jose. In an hour's time we Mere roaming in the foothills. By this time the sun had warmed the atmosphere to an uncom fortable 'degree. \u25a0 It was unanimously voted to find a shady place to eat our dainty repast and rest our weary feet, We had no sooner started then we saw a cloud of dust coming down the road. Upon closer observation the cloud was found tp contain a runaway horse. Being girls, we ran, leaving our much longed for lunch to be trampled on by the in considerate beast. Our spirit of adventure still undaunt ed, we continued our journey to Alum Kock without further excitement. I can not vouch for our being In a happy state of mind, as we still had our journey back. As I said before, w« were penniless, so did not dare tempt ourselves by thinking of a car ride. Jt is sufficient to say that we reached home at last in a weak physical and mental condition from lack of proper nourishment. TRAMP IN THE MOUNTAINS i.triij} ray; lletteravla, Cal. Fifth Grade. Age II Yearn We were spending the summer in Manitou, Colo., and one day my cousin and I thought we would take our lunch and climb the Red mountain. It was very hard to climb, being steep and so sandy. When we got up to the top we found a place where come one was Stories Among Children of Nations The Selfish Wife— A Story QNCE upon a time there was a farmer who had a selfish wife. This couple "had no children," but the, farmer had a pet sparrow; wnich' he loved as much as if it were a real child. One day when the farmer and his wife were away from -home the sparrow ate up all the paste which his 'wife had made in the morning. . Soon after sun set vthe farmer and his wife returned. As soon as the womah saw what the sparrow had done she was ; very angry and cried: "I will cut out the tongue of. that' sparrow and turn him out of doors." Her husband begged her not to, but she. would not listen to him and cut the poor little bird's tongue and shut it out of doors. : - V -The old farmer was so unhappy with out his pet that he could not stay at home, but early the next morning went into the hills to look for it. All day he walked and walked calling, "Where is my pretty -sparrow? Where is my pretty sparrow?" . , When it was quite dark the tongue less sparrow heard hinif calling and an swered. ; The sparrow was just las glad to hear his master as the farmer was to find his pet.' * ; The 'sparrow took, the farmer- to his home in the bush.'introduced him to his friends and that night the birds gave a great feast and begged j the farmer to stay with" them for. several days. This he did. But' when he had'' been there three days he began to fear that- his wife would be frightened if he did' not get -back. So, he said gdodbyi-to the birds and turned toward his home. Just before he left the bush 'the tongueless sparrow brought out two baskets. • "Here are two baskets," he said, "and I wish to give you one. V: The one is light and the other heavy; you can take which you wish." ' "Alas," »said the; farmer, "I am so old l.can not. carry the heavy one;- I will take the other." When he reached home. his wife was very anxious to know ' where he had been all, the time, so he told her the whole story and they opened the basket together. What was their surprise to find it full of gold. ,'. The old man was so thankful to the good little birds that 'the- tears- came into' his eyes. But his selfish '.wife could only think of how much better it would have been if her foolish hus band had chosen the heavy basket. So she said, "You have been very stupid. Why didn't you take the other one and then we should' have . had more gold. That is what I should have done." , * The next; day when her husband was out she left the house and went Into the mountains. The sparrows heard her calling and invited her to their home just as they had done her husband. When it came time for her to return to her own home they brought out the- two baskets and asked her which she would like to have. .• ; "I will take the .heavy basket," she said, and they gave it to her. But she did not wait until she got home and could open it with her husband. Bhe sat down in tho middle of the road and took off , the .cover. •'. Then the selfish woman fainted right there In the road. buried. There was a large American flag over it. "We never could find out whose grave it was. As we were com ing down 1 saw a little silver thing, so 1 asked my cousin what it was. as 1 couldn't get to it without falling. While He was getting it I saw another thing lust like it and found out that they Were two silver dimes. He got them and we went down. As we were going down we played that we were burros and had lots of fun. When we reached the bottom we went to a soda water fountain and got two dishes of ice cj-eam with nuts on it, which is called nut sundae. After that we went home and tpld our mothers about it. for the basket was not full of gold, but of uglj- little ghosts^ The Broken Horseshoe— A Ger y~. man Story ."/ '.;.% yVI- 1 A' farmer was /out walking one. day with -his, little son.' .-.'As! they. drew t'near, to the ci ty,' the father saw a horseshoe lying in*thelroad.;i :,,'". \u25a0;;\u25a0. ' : • : : '"See," he said to the little boy, "here is a piece, of horseshoe. Pick it up and put it' in your, pocket." : . • ;, ; But the boy - thought j t hat. it wasn't worth while to ; plck -up. a piece : of broken horseshoe and would not do it. : The ..father .did .not scold him,: but . stooped down and picked it up himself, puttingit in: his pocket.:". : . WhenUheycame to the next town he sold it to, the blacksmith for, 3 pennies* and bought : some ' cherries. V It was very warm and they had, to walk miles before, they : would -reach the city to which they were going. : Pretty , ; soon, the father- dropped 7 a cherry .and the son stooped 'to pick tit up. ; Every i few steps the man did ,thls ; and the -boy. always stooped, picked up the cherry: and ate it. When the .boy had eaten, the last one the, 'father said \u25a0to -him: ..."Do yoii remember :T ; told you to pick up the horsoshoe,. but you would not do it? Now,' you, have.had topick; up each' cherry." You' have given your-: self just, that' much more work." * - A • Favorite Fairy Story of Per 7 . sian Children \u25a0 ~ ; Once upon a time'- there lived a very clever fox. -As is the custom is Persia when there is: a wedding, the glrl' ? who is to, be married.'.together with alittle child, is put into a carriage and driven -about theiclty. iv.. ' V '\u25a0'\u25a0"''»'\u25a0"" :..\u25a0-'\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-' One very, hot summer's day a ' bride : wast being driven along a country road - with her .little niece. . - Suddenly, ?she saw a fox coming along toward them. Her, small niece cried out: . ; , I'What a ; pretty fox. ' Let us- take him Intothe.carrlageiwith us.". \u0084 \u0084.< The. bride tookthe fox into the c.ii \u25a0'- riage. As she drove along the fox'said: rit you ;do not ': give me all your j«welry I will choke- you to death, and the baby, too." , v r" i. , ; •The poor girl begged him to. have mercy, but .he would not listen. - So she had to give up all' her beautiful trinkets. \ As* soon, as th« fox had'tho jewels: he ' Jumped out of the carriage and ran away. W r hen,he was sure that he was safe,he stopped and put all the lovely, things on his tail, : the rings, and the ; chains and the ; watch also. ,Then, holding his head up 'very proudly, be ran Jiome^ to.his own. house. When his -brothers, saw him they were very. much astonished and begged'hlm to'tell them where he 'had found the beautiful things. . . • , . . , . "I went to the poml," he said, "and dipped my : tall in the water. Ikept It there all nigWund this mornlngwheh 1, took "it out these things were hang ing to it." .1 , ' . ...;?.;./ The brothers could hardly wait for him to finish, but scampered away im mediately to tl^e pond to try their luck. They, stuck their tails into the water, and waited.. But it was a very cold night, so that soon all their tails'were frozen, and most of these foolish: foxes died. . ik''*-&r.-> '\u25a0 J: VISITING GRANDMOTHER VKHA HAGEIITV, 4.MS Twenty-third .St., San Kranel»eo. II 'J'lilril l.'rudr, ,\«>e Valley Mcliool, Aije 10 Yearn The happiest day that I ever spent was when I was 6 years old. AYe went to see my grandmother, who lives in ban Mateo. We went up the hill in back of her house. We took our lunch, too. There were some pretty wild flow ers, and we all picked baskets of them. \\ « played tag, hivle and go seek, We stayed until 6 o'clock, then we went homo. AYe were all tired, r 5