TOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

TOR THE LITTLE ONES

NAUGHTY LAURA,

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE ONE. TOO?

My Dear Little Friends,—

We all love to have lot. of pets, don't we, and so many of you have if,? * ««i«a pigs and aU kinds of things, bat I know* little girl that has a very fanny pet. What do you think it is? It ii«l « parrot, although it look* like one, in fact, it's larger and has a ntuch ,ar B e J * nd *• c » lle ' * macaw. It has, oh, sack dark blue feathers and bright red ones and yellow ones as well, and a long tail that touches the floor when it is on a chair. She calls it LauraIt is such a happy bird, and is never shut in a nasty cage, and does not even have a rmg on rts foot—just wander, about on ledge and in the garden. When it is tired it noes to sleeo on * L - hark «( » Old chair, and you would laugh at meal time, because it has its dinner when everyone else have theirs. Sometimes it is extra hungry, and when it sees the cloth being laid, it cannot wait, and takes the spoons •nd bangs then on the table to make the family hurry up; if they take no notice it throws all the •poons and forks on the floor one after the other to make as much noisea. possible!

The other day Elsa went to put on her shoes, and what do yon think! Laura had broken all the buttons of all her shoes; of coarse, she was very cross,-and went to give that naughty bird a good ing, but could not find her. Where do you think she was? Why under die bed! And when Elsa went to punish her, she curled into a round ball, and said "Poor Laura," to that Elsa had not the heart to be cross any more.

Wouldn't you like a bird like mat, but I think I would rather I maller k" k - ° ne «ook» ,o dreadful if he die happen to give you a nip, doesn't it? I am afraid we should say £d d£. *KTT- V««Hy » T«y well-behaved bird, "If • p,t * ful th , ,n «" '*® thi ». perhap. because Elm never Pimm her or allows anyone else to do *o. If you tease your pets they W»H get angry, just like people do, Jp£) so that the beat way is to always //J I IjMgj treat them with very great kind- (Mfl/tfX ■ess; they will love you in return.