FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

HOW MANY PETS HAVE YOU?

IVY CHRISTENS HER CAT.

Dasr Little Friend*, — lam goin* to tell you such a funny .tory. It', about a pussy cat that Tery l ° n * nAme - Now ' 1 ,U PP°'f «» of you have pu..ie. or doggie, at home, and tome of you are very luckv and k... . . , .. " -n.. IM. ,w who m p. m x , o tr l v„ 0 °r J b : r^ ,> r„r: pretty cat, black w.th , wh.te U«1 and two Haek paw. The litUe girl's M me *»« Ivy, and she wai very anxious to set a im-UI Most people suggested Felix, but no .h. would not have that. "Everybody kgi a cat named Felix, she said, "I want minn i rryooay other cat ha»." "Well," said her brother Tom who wl! « "" me A *no "Why not ask your friend* to name it. Tell them when ita hirtfcl. ' W und, and get a present for it." Ivy thought thi. , , P !c„did idea"™" And .0 she began with her cousin Kate. "Call it 'C*tehv'" «!J Katie, because it catches mice .0 nicely, . n< | have if birthc£ In March " •fApril." So Ivy added, 'Boo" to "Catchy," an/cllled it Cmme * u'l TP 7 " 0t " U h 'Loddy'," .he «id!*'l read that name in a book, and have it. birthdav on mL« 1 » « 1 j "Loddy," and it wa. called "Catchy-boo-loddy " * ' S ° Ivy added Then came Uncle Thomat. "Nam* »k. . give it my birthday, June." "Thomas" was added •. «r M, i ' an< * Cdy-thoma." Then Aunt A„„?l£ivl* itotTlllfJ cat 'Single'," she aaid, "and I will Mnd it a present on tk« «!k* r * 1 9*.. 'c" it wa. now "Catchy-boo-loddy>thomas-single." Then efm* ° . cousin Katee. "I want you to call it 'Lardy?' deaT I X££ v" name, and let it have a birthday in August." "L*rj«»» ' */ weet now "Catchy-boo-ioddy-thomas-single-lardy." Then T who had been on a big ship right across the sea "Oh ** llor cou * ,n ' •Tar'," he -id, "and I will Jnd it a i~.Lt torn Cl/ T'l ,l there in September." So that cat China. I shall get "Catchybooloddythomassinglelardytar." Do vou thJ L * caU . e ®' Certainly he had seven birthday. hT *" thmk you ean it? oh year which brought him seven pretty presents, but how would you J&& ~f Vk* a name a. long a. he had? 1/ / TH *" '