HAND AND PAW

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)

HAND AND PAW

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GREY AND SANDY We have two kittens. Their names are Grey and Sandy. Grey is tat and Sandy is thin. Every time we haye our meals they jump up and

me-ow for something to eat. We do not let them have anything till we have had our meals. —ZELMA WAGHORN (aged 9), Chorlton. Two Mischievous Pups We have two little pups about 10 weeks old. They chase the fowls and ducks. On Sunday we had

some towels on the fence drying and we saw two puppies with one of the towels, tugging at it. —JUNE QUICK (aged 11), Amberley. Our Calf We have one 'calf 10 days old. We taught it to drink without suck-:

ing our fingers. It is a good little calf. She is a Jersey call. —RON' QUICK (aged 8), Amberley. Judy and Betsy Jane I am an ol£ horse, and my name is Judy. For many years I have lived at Hay’s Farm, with the other horses. My mistress is a young

girl ,whose name is Betsy Jane Harris. Although I am old, every morning I take Betsy to school and bring her home at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Sometimes I get up to mischief. One rainy day I came in through the garden gate, and saw Betsy playing in the dining room. Soon she went out of the room, so I drew closer to the window, to see where she had gone. Then I heard a crash, so I stepped back and there was the window I had had my nose against, all in pieces. For weeks-afterwards I was not allowed to go into the garden, but it served me right. A few days later, when I was let Into, the stable, 1 broke through in-

to the barn Adhere I ate-some wheat, bran, and oats. I like wheat and oats very much, and sometimes when I have been very good I get some oats with my chaff. That seems a real treat to me. —MARGARET BLACKLER (aged 11), Preston, South Canterbury. Owl’s Nest

In a paddock near our house there is a nest of German owls in a willow tree. One morning we saw an owl sitting on a branch. Its colour, was brown and white. , It

was very hard to see because its colour was much the same as the tree. It was about the same size as a sparrow hawk. —GWENYTH DUNBAR (aged 8), “Te Mara,” Waiau. My Lambs We have 57 wee lambs. I love them; they frisk about so happily.

Some of them are quite big; while others are small. We haven’t had any motherless ones yet, but we have some sheep that are' Childless. —CAROL, USSHER, Prebbleton.

My Ducks

About 18 months ago my uncle gave me two baby ducks. I fed them on wheat and peas. We clipped their wings so they could not fly away. When one was full grown she made a nest and sat on it and brought out 10 dear little ducklings, but when, they were several weeks old she swam away with them down the water-race, and did not bring them back. —MERVYN BARNETT, Dunsandel. How Old is Your Gat? I have a pet lamb called flossy, two puppies called Sharp and Storm, a magpie called Peter, and two pussies called Gray Boy and Nepia. I mder if any of your

members have a cat as ' old 'as Nepia? He is 13J years old. When

he wants to come in he stahds on his hihd legs, and rattles the door handle. , —DONALD PALMER (aged 9), Annat. Lambs In The' Field The little lambs look so pretty on, the lovely green fields, with in the middle of the field;' ‘

At sunset the lambs frisk about, and sometimes they look as if they are playing hide-and-seek. Then all at once they think they, hear someone, and off they run to ■ their mothers. —JANICE MULLIGAN, Cracroft, Ashburton. My Pets We have a pet cow called Linda, who comes when we call her. And we have three little pel lambs and a nice grey pussy called Paddy. I love all our pets, and have lots of games with them after school. —RUTH HAINES, Okain’s Bay.

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Answers Deer. Camel. , Giraffe. Bear.. Horse. , Kangaroo. —ANNE IRELAND, Methven. In The Fields The green grass grows upon the ! ground. Where animals do scamper round.

Now they run to mothers fond. Who take them to the clear blue pond. —’MATE SILVER MOON, Otaio,

TOST-—A brush by a girl with pins in.