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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
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: 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
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