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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 493, 2 January 1920, Page 2

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t ZOOLOGICAL TOMMY. j-^ When Tommy's good, I often hear His daJajpa call him little deer. ,- But when he has a cold, of «o*fV^ He sometimes is a little horse I m And oftentimes quite sure I am^^V He is a precious little bmh. % **.* While then, again, without excuse, He proves to be a silly gooiaf .■ Alas L# grieves me this to^twI t Bat flave sometimes seen quite wd Greedy Tom, with mouthful big, Turn into a^ little pig! jgj HE KNEW. - >'r—■ A teacher in a big elementary school lad given lessons to an infant's class on the Ten- Commandments. In order to test their memories, she asked: "Can any little child give me a commandment with only Jour words in itP" A hand . was raised itunediately.«lWen, M saio% the teacher. "Keep of the grass.!' was the reply. -THE KING'S ' ; ?||fe y^. 'Wasn't a wicas%an? ,, , Said the professor's littte dajphter. "He used to run over peopfcwith his motor-cars.'* '"''« The professor was puzzled. "Haven't you made a saistake?" he inquired doubtfully. "Surely your teacher didn't tell you that?" "Oh, yes, she did. She told us that King John ground down the people with his taxis." ';•'•' / PRIDE, i Monkeys lookdown upon *» tows which perform in shows witWnu utmost contempt. Once a ahovßßaß' formed a ring not far from some twin frequented by a number of wild at* keys. At first they retired to a » distance, hut by-and-by Ufer enough to see the pmfovmiiHw for nothing'. When they beheld *eir trained kindred dancing to musk and riding about, dressed in queer garments, on goats, they drew stiß closer, but plainly expressed both surprise and disgust at the entertainment If was something novel and painful to them to note to what depths it was possible for monkeys to sink. AN ARTFUL DODGER. When a jaguar wishes to crass ■ stream he deceives the alligators very deverly. standing on the bank he begins to roar and keeps it up for an bow. All the alligators gather near the spot in great numbers, licking their jaws as they think of lbs treat in store. By and by the jaguar cease! roaring and for two or three miles and there crosses in safety: His artfulness is displayed m two points. N* only does b* adopt a plan to outwithis foes, but he proves bis wisdom by choosing a place up the rim, knowing* that the ■ alligators would have to s*im against the stream to reach him add thus increasing his chance of safety. FAIRY FLUFF AND THE QUEEN. In the laod-of Queen Sflverben there lived a mischievous little fairy named Fluff, who was very fond of playing nvanks. One day he pulled up an tQ qween-'s best rose bushes. This made Queen SffverheH so angry that she turned Fluff, into a little brown bunny. But after a while the queen said:

fhf, if you prove to me that yew van be brave and good, and so win my admiration, I will change you back Into my fairy king." The fairyland folk had an enemy, and Fluff conquered hhn. -* The queen kept her promise. But j ffjag Fluf never forgot all the misery and trials his mischievous conduct . thad cost him. FREDDIE'S WISH* n visa," said~Freddie, plainrlvelr. -I wish I wut Billy Smith 1" His mother was astonished—shock-,,; sJL * ■ "Why, Freddie?" she asked. "Bffly | Smith has none of the nice things yet % have. He doesn't get any pocket* \ money.* And he isn't as big as you, and he's not nearly so strong. His father never buys him presents,, *Yes..l know all about that," said Freddie. "But " "And then, look what a nice home you have, and nice books, and you never have to go out when it's cold pad wet to carry papers, and—-" "Yes, I knjpw that," said Freddie, Irritably, annoyed at his mother's strange jack of sympathy 1 and understanding. "But Billy tin wiggle his l»n, and I can't! 1 * * OUR CLEVER TABBY. Auntie Mary wanted a reafly good mouser, so mother M her own Tabby and four of the kittens, and I kept the other one for my very own. Auntie bred ten miles away, so pussy and her . family had to travel by the carrier's | cart. A week afterwards we found old fsjjfcy in the kitahao, licking the kittsß«B had be4»M>%ahuu] for me. When she got to .Aunt Mary's she saust have counted her kittens, and harried back for the one she. had lost. The neighbours had seen her hurryfgf along the toad with two of her babies in her mouth. She could only carry two "at once, so she must have taken two a little way, hidden them, and gone back for the others. I did think ft was defer of her to find the way home again, for she couldn't have seen the way out of her dark basket she went. I gave bet a beauUful saucer of muk, and soother promised that T*bby and her family should stay" with us_w*tfl the kittens wereJHir .u marketing expedition, "but are ttjeie ll! eggs fresh4uid.?"\ "Absolutely, madam," replied the grower, rjrompflyThe farmer I purchased those eggs from won't allow his hens te lay them any other way." r "Pshaw!" scornfully fond mother. "What dp yon -kM about babies?" "Very little," acknowledged the bachelor who.had ventured an opinion, "eactft mat some years ago I had considerable J practice at being one." • ■• • • itet. « -v Old Lady (who sleeps badly): "Now, Mary, if I should wanttajSgW \.i~\ my candle, are the matches thtre?" MaW: "Yes, ma'am, Oil Lady: "One! Why, if *3PPfcs* fire, or won't light?" Mary£?JMw ;, fear of that, mairfrT'ss*e^*««*'