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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3491, 2 March 1905, Page 4

THE WINGLESS CUPID. Ho Seeks For Wlnfff, anti the Mother BirtE Teaebs* Him tho Birds’ Bccret. Among the Cupids one washer/ sad, ftu” his wings ht'd never grbvm, and tha ether Cupids laughed and jeebed. Then one day he started off determined to try whether ho could not find somewhere in the world a friend who would tell him how to make his wings grow. Jti M. First ho asked tho butterflies, but>- they were bo careless and taken with, their dance they would not stop to listen. Tho fish insisted that ho was a frog-ana would have nothing to do with him. Tho frogs themselves said any one who could hop ought to bo satisfied, and they supposed ho could do that. The earth children begged him to stay with them and offered him all their best toys, but could not help him about tho wings. . ~ , , Tho bees were very angry at their work being interrupted with “frivolous questions.” , , „ Tho squirrel was not interested, in wings. Ho thought a bushy tail much bettor worth having. turn* 0 \> 1 m sa W But the mother bird understood, and she taught him the birds’ secret, so that when ho went homo again his wings'were the envy of ail tho other Cupids. Dandelions. Gay little Dandelion Lights up tho meads, Swings on her slender loot, Telleth her beads, Lists to tho robin’s note. Poured from above. Wise little Dandelion Asks not for love. Cold lie tho daisy banka. Clad but In green, Whore, In the days a-gone. Bright hues were seen. Wild pinks are slumberingi Violets decay. True little Dandelion Greeteth the May. Brave little Dandelion? Fast falls the snow, Bending the daffodil’s Haughty bead low. Under that fleecy tent. Careless of cold, Blithe little Dandelion Counteth her gold. Meek little Dandelion Groweth more fair, Till dries tho am? jr dew Out of her hail, - High rides tho thirsty Btafe, Fiercely and high. Faint little Dandelion Closeth her eye. Palo little Dandelion, In her white shroud, Hoareth the angel broez# Call from tho cloud. Tiny plumes fluttering Make no delay. Little winged Dandelion Soarethnway! —Exchange. Tho Game of Courtesylng. This is a merry g;uxu; that The Housewife fcella about. All join hands in a circle One of tho party starts running round’them on tho outside of tho circle. When passing, he touches some one lightly on tho shoulder. This ono immediately leaves the circle and also runs round, not, however, after the person who touched him, but in tho opposite direction. When they meet, they must courtesy three distinct times to each other and then run on quickly to see who will reach the gap In tho circle first. The winner takes the vacant place, while his adversary repeats tho running, touching and coartesying to some one else, and so the game goes on until each player has had a turn or the children want a change. Advice to Young Stamp Collector*. If you want something quite novel for your collection, you must endeavor to obtain some of tho now issue of Portuguese stamps. A series has just been brought out like our Columbian issue to commemorate an important event in Portuguese history, and indeed the history of the world In general. This event is tho five hundredth anniversary of Prince Henry of Portugal, who was a great navigator and explorer and is called tiip father of modern discovery and geography. The stamps are long in shape, like our Columbian stamps. My Troublesome Children, You think my children good as gold? Well, that’s a groat mistake, ma’am. Per they’re so naughty now and then TbSf quite deserve a shake, ma’am. You never would believe it true Tho way they sometimes act, ma’am. I have to whip them, every one— A melancholy fact, ma’am. And yet. In spite of all their tricks, I dearly lovo my children six. Giving Him Boom. An Irishman was riding a mule, a* tome means the animal got a hoof fast la the stirrup, observing which the Irishman remarked, “Faith, and if yea are going to get iutll the saddle, I’ll *kt--iblMigs,