GOING TO THE BALL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 27

GOING TO THE BALL

I met a robin in the wood, With scarlet waistcoat bright; Said he, “I’m going to the ball In Happy Town to-night.” I met a little rabbit, too, In glossy coat of brown; “I’m going to the ball ” he said, “To-night in Happy v Town.” I met a smart and saucy elf; He gavc» a little prance; “I’m off to Happy Town,” he cried, “To see the Sunbeams dance!” I met a Sunbeam, dressed in white, With dewdrops on her frock; “I’m going to the ball,” she said, “It starts at 12 o’clock.” —Arranged by Norman Lydster. PUZZLERS ■ Word square: 1. —To curl round. 2. —A great lake. 3. —Things to write with. 4. A piece of office furniture. Hidden names: The name of a girl or a boy is concealed in each of the following sentences: — 1. —He gave little Thelma a penny. 2. —When I saw it the ship was in her berth. 3. —There was a lane near the house. 4. —That big dog-will need warding off. 5. —The rain may mar your day’s pleasure. * • • Answers to last week’s puzzlers: Word square.—Lane. Area. Near. Ears. Word puzzle.—Gold. Bold. Fold. Sold. Cold. Hold. VERY QUEER It’s awfully queer How the holes appear In Susan’s stockings and socks. Whenever she scrambles Through briers and brambles Or clambers on scratchy rocks. And she wanted to know Where the pieces go; Each hole’s like a half-crown bit. Does a goblin gobble A bite and hobble Away to his home with it? —Sent in by Doris Lydster. MISTAKES TO FIND Can you see the mistakes in these sentences? They are not errors in grammar, but mistakes about everyday things. See if you can find them. 1. An island is a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by water. 2. A spider is an animal with six legs. 3. The sun sets in the east. 4. Pearls are precious stones dug out of the earth. RIDDLES What is most like a half moon? — Tho other half. Why are turtles unfortunate?—Because theirs is a hard case. What goes to London without moving?—The road. —Sent in by Nola Craig. THE GAME OF ZOO Here is a splendid outdoor game. It doesn’t matter how many players join in—the more the merrier—so collect all your chums together and suggest a game of zoo. One player must bo chosen for the keeper, and the rest are the animals in the zoo. Of course, all the animals are named, and there should be three or four of each animal —three bears, three lions, three tigers, and so on. And when you decide what you will be, make sure that the keeper doesn’t overhear. Now chalk out two cages on the grounds—some little distance apart—and when you commence the game the keeper must stand in the one cage and all the animals in the other. The keeper shouts out the name of one of the animals. If he shouts lions, then all the lions run from one qage to the ether, and the keeper tries to catch them before they step over the chalk line of his cage. When he does catch an animal then that animal must help the keeper to catch the others. The animals, however, who get into the cage without being caught are allowed to go back to their own cage, and so the game goes on until all the animals are caught, and then you start all over again with another keeper.