An Insect Conference

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19268, 3 January 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

An Insect Conference

HOLIDAY. (By E. MOTTERAM.) Di's an enchanted princess sleeping a round of years. With her brown, blown curls upon the grass, and-her grey eyes shut up tight; Bunny’s a handsome lover, riding a broomstick horse, Coming to save his loved one from her unhappy plight. Robin is gravely fishing from an old grey pepper bough. And I—l’m lying in the sun, hearing the leaves sough, sough. Yes, I—l’m lying in the sun, breathing the dancing air. Looking upward into the sky, which is blue like lobelia flowers; Seeing the butterflies chase across some airy path above, Hoarding the lazy moments and loving the shining hours! Yes, I—l’m lying in the sun, breathing the dancing air, And smelling the sweetness of the rose that Rob pushed in my hair. Ob, Di’s an enchanted princess, asTeep for a round of years, With her brown, blown curls upon the grass and her grey eyes shut up tight; And Bunny’s a handsome lover, riding a broomstick horse, i Coming to save hfs loved one from her unhappy plight, For these are the weeks of holiday, and every day is our own, And none in the world is more happy than us, and none shall ever be known! ADDRESS WANTED. Shirley Cotter.

A SIMPLE SAILING BOAT. Ask daddy for an empty cigar-box. Take the bottom portion out of it, as in Fig. A, and saw both sides into the shape shown in B. Bend a piece of cardboard over these cut sides to make a new and bent bottom for the boat. Fill up all crevices with putty or plastic wood. Nail the lid of the box to the top, where nor-

mally it would rest, and again fill up crevices. In the deck, make a hole for the mast, and nail down another piece of wood for the bowsprit. From a piece of tin cut out a rudder, E, and nail it to the stern. Your boat should now look like Fig. C. Make the sails out of old linen, and attach the booms to the mast by hooks and eyes. Attach the string stays from the mast to eyelets placed in the deck to the rear of the mast itself. Give the entire boat a good coat of thick paint. Allow it to dry and then let it sail away in the water, as in D. RIDDLES. Q- —What never bites with its teeth? A.—A comb. Q- —What town is often drawn? A.--Cork.