THE KINGFISHER
One sunny day the cat next door had a kingfisher In his mouth: the poor frightened little bird. We thought that was the end of him. but my brother charged the cat with the garden rake and let him go. The bird flew right away, much to our -surprise. But he had broken his wing. —By Patricia Girllng-Butcher, aged 7 ■ years. .It.was still raining and Joan wondered If she would ever be able to go out to play. “Why must it rain. Mummy?” she asked. “To make things grow, my dear," replied Mummy, “the flowers and fru.'r, corn and vegetables.” “Then why does it rain on the roads and pavements?” asked Joan.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 18
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114THE KINGFISHER Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 18
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