OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3646, 26 April 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

THE WINGLESS CUPID. *»)sjs«ks !"(*:• W!'iamt «io Mother Bird Kim the Birds’ Secret. Among the Cupids one was very sad, te hlawii;;-:; had never grown, and the •thfrv Cupt I: lau-acd.-.a’J. . Thou one d«y he btariwd oh determined fa try whether he could not find somewhere in the world a friend who would fell him how to make his wings grow.

Jfirst he asked the butterflies, but the. Were Co careless end taken up with thcii dance they would not stop to listen. The fish insisted that ho was a frog and would have nothing to do with him. The frogs themselves said any ono whe fednUl hop ought to bo satisfied, and tae., supposed ho Could do that. Tin earth children begged him tostaj with them and offered him all their best toys, but could nob help him about tht wings. The bees were very angry at their work being interrupted with “frivolous ques lions. ” The squirrel Was not interested in wings, fio thought a bushy tail much better Worth having.

But the mother bird understood, andshr taught him the birds’ secret, so that when he went home again his wings were the gory of all the other Cupids. Dandelions. Gay little Dandelion Lights up tho meads. Swings on her slender toot, Telleth her beads, Lists to the robin's note. Poured from above. Wise little Dandelion Asks not for love. Cold lie the daisy bank#, Clad but in green, Where, in tho days a-gontt Bright hues were seen. Wild pinks are slumbering Violets decay. True little Dandelion Qreetelh the May. Bravo litile Daudelloal Fast falls tho snow, Betiding fbe daliodil’a Haughty head low. Cuiler tlmi fleecy tent, Garel','.-of odd, 33; i 1 :' In tie r-.indelion C>i-:r.t>uh lie;’ gold. Jit little Dandelion (I- 1!, : :,<»)■ ■ f i'ir, Tit! d:L- tins it' dew Oi.tof her hah, Ki:;h tides the. thirsty stut Fiercely an 1 high, iairt little Daude.ion Ciosolh lien.ye. Pels litlio Daiideik In her while shrouti, Heai-eth tho r.ngcl breez* Call from tho cloud. Tiny plumes fluttering Ms ho no delay. Lithe winged Dandelion Soarcthuway! —Excnang#, The Came of Courtesying. This is amorry gamo that The Honsuwifs telbabout. All joiuhttndo in a circle Ono ot the party starts running round thorn on the outside of tho circle. When passing, he touches some ono lightly on thu shoulder. This ono immediately leaves t’noclrcle and also rims round, not, however, after tho person who touched him, but in the opposite direction, When they moot, they must courtesy three distinct times to each other and then run on quickly to see who will reach the gap in the circle flrst._ The winner takes tho vacant place, while hi# adversary repeats the running, touching and couxtesyiug to some one else, and so tho game goes on until each player has had a turn or the children want a change. Advice to Young Stamp Collectors. If you want something quite novel for rour collection, you must endeavor to obtain some of the new issue of Portuguese ■tamps. A series has Just been brought out.llka our Columbian issue to comment- ' orate an important event in Portuguese history, and Indeed the history of tho world In general. This event is tho five hundredth anniversary of Princd Henry of Portugal, who was a groat navigator and explorer and is called the father of modern discovery and geography. The stamps ar» long in shape, like our Columbian stamps.

Mf Tvoeblttome CUldrtn.

You think my children good as gold? Well, time’s a great mistake, ma’am. For they’re eo naughty now end then Thar quite deserve a shake, nm'uin. You never would believe ft true The way they sometimes act. ma’am. I have to whip them, every oneA melancholy fact, ma’am. And yet, in spite of all their tricks, I dearly love my children fci-t. Giving Him Kn«m. An Irishman was riding a mule. Jy tome mean® tho animal pm, a hoof fast ir. the stirrup, observing watch the irishman remarked, -'Faith, and if rea are going U get intil the saddle, I’I J climb down.”—Hl*tshanga