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Show o 3 WHAT BIRD IS IT? Did you ever hear of a bird that can whittle like a quail, chirp like a robin, trill a whippoorwill, cry like a catbird, and imitate almost any other bird you can think cf? Well, this one can. Sometimes he " can. even ' whistle the Banner, or ccme other sons he has heard, or bark like a dc or scream like a hawk!- - On moonlight " by Ruth Dlxbn eat fruit and harmful insects, and practice their sideway hopping dance. le scientific name is MINUS POLY-GLOTT- What is their everyday name? : Star-Spangl- Thirteenth Color Contest ed rFeb:5,l!S: Solution: Prairie dog.t 1 in Californiayou Color: Pale rights down South-rchestnut, lighter .underneat wcm hear these birds sing all night rv Al though they are only 10 inches long, z thece birds gurd their nests night; and day Winners end attack snakes, dogs, cats, and even men, George Kunkel, Utica, N.X . or -- Dodge Shuler, Santa Fe, N. M. " Judy Wood, Marion; Ind. Betsy Harris, Concord, N. C. v ; who he "is andjwhat 7 he ; -- My hobby is rabbits. When , wants?" , the mother rabbit is expect- - j Then : the fox suddenly ing her little ones, she lines grabbed the two little rabbits her nest with; fur which she by their feet : (because their pulls from herself .After' they Tears were so short) . - are born, she pulls out more One of the rabbits said, 7 fur, to cover them. They are "What is the meaning of kid-bo- rn " with delicate skin and - naping us?H t would " chill without a warm r The big fox said, "Aw, keep " : fur blanket In about 10 days quiet!" B o t h t he ra bbi t the babies have fur coats of re " their own, - and - they - open - frightened.- - Later, after they for T the first time, had been carried about a - their-eye- s When they are about : three mile, one-rab- bit nervously weeks old, they leave the nest asked, "What are you going to do with us?" - , to find oats and hay. "First Fm going to wash Lovingly, Lois Jean Bosworth you and then I'm going to CiiyrColo Age 13 that, I'm going to eat you," "Dear Miss BaiTOWs: Here is something that" AfteT&erabb most anyone can make. It washed and were hanging up: would make an ideal Mother's to dry, they planned how to Day gift She can: set hot: escape. The fox had hung bowls on itso-the- y won't them to the' clothesline by the short ears. hurt the tablecloth. While they were" drying, It takes about 30 cold- drink bottle caps to make it their ears started to grow Pull the cork linings out of long. They grew so long that the tops and cover them one the clothespins fell off and at a time with a small piece the rabbits dropped to the of cloth. Fit the cork piece . ground. - as- - fast as - back so it holds - the cloth- an-home '. place. After all the caps are their legs could carry them. " covered, sew them together. They tried and tried to shrink -- Use different - colors - and iittheir ears. This -- was- impos- -sible so they just let them will work out beautifully, Sincerely, stay as they were.- ' r Aren't you surprised how Mary Mitchell Florence, Ala. the rabbits got long ears? Age 11 ..." Sincerely, rDear Miss Barrows:" Robert Boynton Here is my story. Middleville, N. Y. Age 11 Dear Miss Barrows: - - ; ' - -- if they think they wuJiarmtheirggs " If they think you are kind, though, they'll build their nest right beside your doorway, US. Junior Journalisio .j. s-- . ; (ot mThey -r- . How Rabbits Got Z : Their Long Ears . - . rtZzZcs :Ccr Contest : Crcrj Cm , L!r--V rsrio and. picture"ctat2y fa its tree eclcrs. Eed wi!a cae tvtcIi to Cuth Cixca, Jcsior Trzzz-- rz Chtct, Ttrzfiy WeekKcrth 13 ly, IHclia Avesse, CL!rr3 1, EL E sure to send zzzzs, tzt tsd address jczt trlx yczr pzzs Prfcts wCl be trrzrizi to trro teyt asd. two jrla f;r t!:3 test entries. Try ct-c- 14 r - ..I . THIS-gk- One day many years ago, Childrtnl Snd in your ORIGINAL JUNtwo little rabbits were eating. ent to Mist Mrjori Barrows, MicKi- IOR JOURNAUSTS, 153 N. All of a sudden, out of the Avnut, Chicago I, Illinois, with forest came a - big fox! , He . gah your nam, AGE, and addrass. Th made' such a racket, it scared writars of tha, bast contribution! the two rabbits. $5. AH contributors will racaiva One rabbit said, "I wondef tha JUNIOR JOURNALISTS' button. i t!!u( MY NAME ' ' " ' ; : AfiiP ' ' : CITY: STRICT Ruth Dixon ; Here is a game that lots of boys and girls enjoy playing. It is a sort of relay race, with players divided into two teams. Two players of one team stand with their backs together. their arms tightly locked on both sides. At a signal, they race in this position, one going forward, one backward, to a goal and back to the startmg When theyget back, a second 'couple then goes in the same way as the first As many couples . can race as want to, and a time limit may be set je. MY MgWAPK -- - 1 " va Race Uacte-to-Ba- eh ... LETTERS-HOBBIES-STORI- ra-cai- - - : ' |