ADA KATE'S LITTLE STORY.
; One of our little readers tvrites^td'ua'ffom' i Ngapara as follows :— :' ■>r",' ' ; ' vwt. ;i ,'Dear Sir, ■— ■ Where we live 'the "country •abounds 'with beautiful wild flowers, and (beautiful little moths. Will you kindly .put thisrin the Children's Corner, and) ask. £f ..any, |of your young friends can te^me the-way, ito put inseota to' a speedy, spoiling there appearance? ,1 s w ish* ve[ry much: to make a collection' of insects,^ but I mama, says we muat^riever put 'helpless' ithings to pain for the' sake of' pleasing* ourselves. , : : i; > ,i.;i .i. • I should like toj tell you . of such, a nice ■thing that took place in our , <f owlhouse one" evening when I went in for egga, I .waa, a little late and the, hens had gone to bed,- and I saw one hen .that' has ifour^U^e.ohickfi, [two chicks c'oiild riot" climb into the box' "and ; another' little one 'only'threeprf four mqnt|» told spread out' its "wings' andltook 1 theft under ||t-o'keepthemwarm.^l«wiß%r%%Fwlth''i^ ;it wag very kind in such a young Win '*- ' • Ng«para;tNdVewbpV-2feth, _^
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Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 22
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174ADA KATE'S LITTLE STORY. Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 22
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