For the Children

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 3

For the Children

THE MYSTERIOUS GOLUAVOG. It was -Mrs Mobbles who saw him first. She was doing her markoting upon a Satm clay morning, and just wlicit she got to the third pot of raspberry .lam on the second shelf from the top she saw a dreadful sight. It was a large creature with a mop of fierce black hair, and eves that glittered. Mrs Mobbles ran ail the way home and nearly died of fright. After til at. people constantly saw him, especially on the second sbe.jf front the top. Many a. mouse going along that shelf would see the creature bounce out item behind some jar or canister, and would he frightened out of its wits. The youngest mice refused to go along the shelf at all. It was only the old ones who had the courage 1 , and by degrees even they avoided the shelf and used the one lie low But when the Golliwog found this out. he used to haunt that one too. and so at last i lone of the nhelvep vere safe, and the mice had too keep to cupboards and the floor. Ao\r tfie (billiwog had a "ooH appetite, and as lie louml plenty of tilings to eat In the pantry, he had a very good time. The people of the house said that the mice were eating everything and so they shut the cat into the pantry at, night. But when Pussy met the Golliwog for the first time, site nearly had a fit, and bolted straight through the window, glass and At last the mice found it so hair] to' get food, because of the Golliwog tnnt they left the house ami went away. But still the food kept on disappearing, so the people of the house pm me cat m again. And exact!' ,ne same thing happened as before I ussy smashed tile window for the si-, one time. And the people could no‘ i out , at »>l. So they tried a new plan, and put Bengv. the dog lo the pantry, to see if !,» • nsrhten the mice and the rats An’ henr/v ami the OoKiwoe met in ,1.. middle of f?->e night X,. i-new what it was that V wm d »' that no more f—-' " as. stole , and wher. the housemc te went to -tveeu onf the „.,,p rv ... hl'wkT *UMk- bits of fierce black hair all over the floor. j THE BATHING SE IT. : Arthur happened to be a. duckling j hut bo was a different kind of person ; rom all hi.-, brothers and sisters. liibrothers and sisters laughed with their voices) and played Nuts and Ma\ and other nice kinds of games, ami "ore just their natural yellow Huffy kind oi down. But Arthur neve, played Nuts ami .'lav because he list'd always to wear top hats and white satin breeches and all the kind oi ; things that look very superior but that get I very dirty if people play things iu them. For Arthur the Duckling was j very proud and haughty; and he liked to pretend that everybody m the world was awfully stupid, except himself. Presently the time came for Aithut and all his brothers and sisters to g > and live in the pond. And when Arthur saw Low wet the pond was. an l how white satin breeches, and top hats got to look after they had been swimming about in water, he became very After thinking for a rerv long time he decided that it was not possible for him to go on wearing things like too huts in a pond, and that he had better get very beautiful and stripy bathing suits in-tead. So be sold all bis top i huts and satin breeches to the ol i I clothes woman, and he bought very strip:,' bathing suits in their place. ' ’ . It borp?red 'hat he had on a V. 3 :V.:?.r - : range stripes, nr. i a.- :.c tv a:; iw naming very happily about one of the buttons be- , iom'ing to 11 1 «' Lailiin«r suit came ur. i buttoned, ami the suit slipped an i

1 -lipped until it, became quite and Vcr, ( ntangled in Arthur the Duckling’s legs. And because his logs w«w tli ■ special parts of him that he swam with, ho began very quickly' and very gaspily tv> drown I 4 heu it was that- very luckily an.l very eleverl}' his brothers and sister.: saved him. And after he was quite saved, he promised very faithfully that hewouldn’t ever wear bathing suits or top hats agaiu as long as he lived. A PRACTICAL JOKE. One morning when Dolly and Dick J. were at play. They saw Jos their doggy, come trotting that way. And Dick said, “ There’s Jock, let u.s play him a trick: We’ll put Teddy Bear in his kennelbe quick!*’ Jock stared in surprise when lie saw Teddy Bear, And Dick jerked i hr- kennel. winch w asn’t quite fair. For Teddy jumped forward—Jock thought lie would Lite, So-galloped an ay in a. terrible flight! THE LION. - u picture books the Lion looks magnificent and charming. Jut it's a fact that when attacked his manners are alarming; And though Lb eyes look mild and Aviso, and though his name is splendid. cu mustn’t let yon.self iorget he’s, easily offended. !is wife may scowl at him and grow.l and box his ears or pat him : •is cubs -may-tease him as they please —he doesn't cafe an atom: at if you go and treat h-im so, or twist his tail or stroke him, 'r even ralec his paw to shake, you'll jind u may provoke him.