MISCHIEVOUS SPOT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 951, 19 April 1930, Page 27

MISCHIEVOUS SPOT

As Graham Smith was lying in a hammock reading, his small dog Spot was wondering why his little master was not running about throwing sticks for him to chase. Soon, Graham’s book dropped from his hand, and he fell fast asleep. Then Spot gave up waiting for his master and, running on to the lawn, he began rolling about and chasing butterflies as they flew past. In a few minutes lie grew tired of this and ran down to the orchard to see what he could find there. Now, Mr. Smith was very fond of keeping bees and had bee-hives all along the side of the fence. When Spot reached the orchard he looked round and, seeing the bee-liives, he ran over to one. Now, being a very inquisitive pup, Spot tapped at it to see what would happen, but nothing moved. Seeing this he poked his nose in the place where the bees were going in and out, but he did not keep it there long, for the bees became furious and stung his nose, so that he cried out. Graham, who was by this time awake, heard the cry and ran to see what had happened to his pup. He found him running toward the house with bees flying all round him. Picking Spot up, Graham carried him inside and bathed his nose, lie then removed three stings, and for the rest of that day, Spot lay quietly in his kennel, although the next day he was playing about as if he had never been stung at all. But he never again interfered with the bees. —Ross Eaurenson, aged 9. A CIGARETTE CARD GAME Of course you all know the everyday game of cigarette card throwing, where you flicft the cards up to a wall, the player getting his card nearest the wall winning them all. Well, here is a variation of the game. Chalk some circles, about* six inches in diameter, near the wall. You can do this on the pavement or in the playground. Chalk as many circles as there are players. Now each player is given a number—one, two, three, four, according to how many players there a Te —and the circles are numbered likewise. The players all stand In a line, about eight feet from the wall, and in turn flick their cards along. Now take particular note of this, because it is important. The cards flicked into the circle with your own number on it will come to you, so it is up to you to try to get your own cards in your own circle. Going right along the line of the players, each one has his turn, and at the end of the “turn” collects his winnings from his circle. Cards that go outside the circles are taken back by their owner. If a card goes on the rim of a circle it is counted as in.