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Show . iu,,) V : Block -Pall : This a good outdoor f game for about ten or more V. players. The players form a circle and spread their legs apart until their feet touch those of the players oh eithIs er side. One player is This is a game in which you have to be alert at all times to block the ball, or else you Ye "it." : ' Riddle Me This! L Why is the Statue of Liberty's finger only 11 inches long? 2. Who was the smallest man that ever lived? 3. Which is the largest kind lected who stands in the middle of the circle with a basketball and tries to throw the ball between the legs of any one player or between fany two players. With their of ant? arms and hands they try to 4. Why couldn't anyone play block the ball If it goes cards on Noah's ark? through a players legs, he must take the thrower's 3fwp ain uo and j) if it goes between place, poo) mjojj two players, the one to g IijDBM sjq uo daajs o whose right the ball passed tU3M OUM Jorjos HX Z must take the thrower's v aq pmoAv 4 43uof saqoui 21 place in the center. ;i n I :SU3AISNV f X. ' " f - - m?-i- , 1 ' . , Name the State - See if you can name the state in which the following fast-movi- ng se- ' things can be found. 1. The heads of Abraham r Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, and Thomas Jeffersonsculp-turein the solid granite of Mt. Rushmore. 2. Carlsbad Qaverns, called "the Big Hole" by its discoverer, Jim White. It b the largest known cavern in the United States and peopl who tour it eat their lunches in dne of its enormous rooms. 3. The Giant Redwoods, largest and oldest of trees, date from the age when coal was formed." Some of the ,trees are large enough to be used as rooms when the in- d SuzJeSnider becomes hot, like the tropsides have been burned out ics, and even the shrubs and by forest fires. flowers are different 4. "Pikes Peak or Biisr is 7. The Great Salt Lake, still exclaimed by many a which has so much salt in tourist i who is making his its waters that a person will way to the top of this famous float with no effort and, in mountain. On the Fourth of July there are daredevils fact, can't sink. 8. The glaciers of Glacier who race down the treachNational Park, where there erous winding road in their are snow banks in July The racing cars. water from the glaciers 5. The geyser that came to drains in three directions, be called "Old Faithful" because at intervals of 64 to eventually reaching Hudson 65 minutes it spouts forth a Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean. column of water 150 feet high. It is located in Yellowstone National Park. 'L Jbuozijv 9 .'SuiuioX 6. S opwoOQ IctujojuO wnicn io uris ts can travel on V Z :oDtxay burros. Nea the bottom of -ea innog 1 :SU3AISNV the canyon theMe mperature - V Junior JoumalintH Dear Miss Barrows: I bought a batch of baking stopped at the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North powder and baked a batch, Carolina. The Indians looked of biscuits. Ibrought a big and dressed a lot different basket of biscuits tack to than I expected. ,My sister the bakery and baked a basand I had our pictures taken ket of big biscuits. Then I with one. He was dressed like a chief. took the big basket of bisWe really had a good time, cuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big and hope everyone had as tfbiscuits with the basket of much fuji. biscuits that was next to the Yours tAily, Charlotte Blankenship big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket Age 13 Tuscumbia, Ala. .into a box. Then I took the Baseball box of mixed biscuits and I love baseball. a biscuit mixer and biscuit basket and brought the basIt's a wonderful game, ket of biscuits and the box And if you've ever played it - of mixed biscuits and the Youll feel quite the same. biscuit mixer to the bakery I belong to a team opened a tin of sardines. And it's lots of fun, But the biggest thrill comes Sincerely, Marjorie Homola When you hit a home run. 15 Gackle, N, D Age Billy Cunningham 10 Age Richmond, Va. Dear Miss Barrows: Last summer we went to CKildr! Snd In your ORIGINAL the Smokie Mountains on onct to Miu Marjori tcrrowt, JUNvacation. We saw one bear IOR JOURNALISTS, 153 N. Michigan and took some pictures of Avttvm, Chicago I, Illinois, with your nm. AGE, and addratt. Th writer him. We took pictures of the ' of th bott contributions will rocoiv mountains, too. will rtcnivo tko $5. All contributor On our way back we JUNIOR JOURNALISTS' button. ' l . it FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE MARCH 2 0, 1955 Alexander Dragon Take an old white or other light-color- ed sock and put it on your hand with your thumb in the heel and the rest of your fingers in the toe. If the toe is too long, fold it under like a cuff and sew it in place. Now lay the sock flat so that the sole is upward, and cut a piece of (A Hand Puppet) dark cloth to fit the sole; Sew the cloth on and you will have the mouth. Sew two buttons on large dark-colorthe top side about two and one-ha- lf inches from the end pf the toe. From a bright piece of cloth cut a circle seven inches in diameter and cut ed suzie Snider fringes along its edges. Tack the prele on the top of the sock with some thread so the fringes reach over part of the eyes. Now cut a strip shaped like figure 5 and sew it around the top of the mouth. Paint the nostrils, and Alexander is ready for action. |