FOR THE CHILDREN.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 9 August 1921, Page 6

FOR THE CHILDREN.

HIS CHOICE. What shall you be when you grow up? A soldier strong and brave? Or sailor perhaps to sail the seas On the crest of toe foaming wave. Or a sweetstuff man, or a tinker black, Or perhaps a pirate bold, Or a crossing-sweeper or a doctor-man, Or a miner who digs out gold. Then Frederick thought for a long, long while, Then he -aid, “Why. if I can, When I grow up, I think I’ll be Just an ordinary grown-up man!” CHARLIE AND THE OTHER DOG. “It’s a fine dinner,” said Charlie ’--hen Cook had left him to himself •‘and I am so hungry.” He began to eat greedily. Then he noticed the other dog. “ H’m! He looks as if he’d like a bit,” thought Charlie. “ But I don’t see why I should let him have any— it’s mine, it was all meant for mt I” And he looked away.

The other dog did not spy anything. He simply sat ahd looked. Charlie looked round again. “ I wish he didn’t look quite so miserable,” he thought. “Why can’t he look a little less hungry? It makes me feel quite uncomfortable I” He went on for a minute or two with his dinner. Then ho said at last, “ Here, you there! Come and have some of‘this! Look sharp! It will be all gone directly if you’re not careful!” The other dog did not wait for a sccoitd invitation; he hogan at once, and by the way he-rite it seejned as if he hadn’t had anything' to eat for weeks. Somehow the second half of Charlie's dinner tested very nnrh better than the first. He n st ha e left 1 th•; best bit.; to the last.