ASK MR WISE OWL
"FATHER" OR "DAD*!} j
This is Interesting f ' Yes, it is! A membet\ writes to say that there are 0 children in her school and of, these 40 she and her brother* are the only two ttoho say\ "Mother" and "Father." $M wants to know if it is* correct] English to say "Dad" anil "Mum." What do you And what do you say? This is rather an inhrestiw&\ subject for discussion, isn*t flfjl
"There and Back i We had lovely holidays, «wtaß«; ming, riding and Ashing. One dajr, we went for a 15 mile ride. Wh*ll we were half-way home again <«P rode in a circle) we tied our ponifi i up, gave them.a carrot each and found a cosy place among soßwj gorse, and sat down with the dbj to have tea. It was a lovely daf»» warm and pleasant. When we had finished, we r#j, sumed the ride. The road now Mi< pas'; the sea, and we could bMB\ the roar of the wavss grow Mit
gradually louder. At last reachiftf the shore, we went down a lafeflf steep cliff to the sea. The ponwl did not like the sea much but w» drove them down there. Then » wave came rolling up higher than usual and the ponies jumped for* ward and raced on up the ban* down to the riverbed where w« pulled them up and went horn* quietly at a jog, —'MATE TYPHOON, L.B.HW "Well, Jack, did you enjoy the Museum"? "Yes, dad." "Can you tell ne what some of the wonderiet things you saw were called?" "Yes; most of them were called 'Do not touch.'" —•MATE EASTERN STAR, ... '¥{-;.
4, Remove your needle, mill fjfl pictures closely together and tie «• thread ends together at the bacfcop: picture 30. Wrap the ends MM! round the booklet two or fltfji! ■ —- times and kmR the fcaek -<*!»<, Flip the MwPtftMovie and- Mil the bears act
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21732, 14 March 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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