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Show 9 uwl iuuiL Mutty Fun Here-ar- JUNIOR JL any nice descriptive pieces any more," my mother com- CHEST EDITED BY ANN two ways to have fun with walnut half-shell- s. For the sailboatsnut paper sails on toothpick masts and mount the masts on a blob of clay inside the shells. Wouldn't it boats be fun to take a bath with. a, whole fleet of walnut-she-ll bobbing all around you? The turtles are made by gluing pieces of colored felt on the open edges of the shells. These should be traced and cut to fit the shell except for six points four for the feet, one for the head, and one for the tail. These make unusual party favors or ll gifts for a sick friend. Treasure see why you "t don't don't ever write e get-we- DAVIDOW plained today. "Well, everybody does that sort of thing when they're growing up," I said. "You know: the stars spangle the sky, and the rosy dawn taps at the window." "I don't care," said Mother. "I like to read about it anyway." So here I sit on the front step and it's twilight and I guess Mother, like most mothers, isn't far wrong. 1 nere is a ngni against tne ciouas, but it's not a spangled star. It's a plane headed west. Tennyson's heavens did truly fill with commerce, but I would rather sit here on my step than fly that plane. Sometimes I think we desecrate the earth with our insatiable curiosity. We leave the litter of ourselves across the world, andtnow we must invade theuniverse. I wonder . how the blue horizon feels about our little efforts. I wonder whether there is an uneasy unrest up there somewhere. THE SCREECH OWL HOOTS in the tree. He sounds lonely answeringcall. V What Happens This Wednesday? The autumnal equinox occurs, which means that day and night are of equal length, and that summer has ended and autumn has Triple begun. There is another equinox, the vernal equinox, which marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Do you know in which month this occurs?. Eye-Teas- er Hereyou'll think you see .. three, prongs Yet don't, 'cause something's" somehow wrong ! They'll seem to be round, They'll seem to be square, Yet aren't, no matter how you stare ! Can you copy me? "" ' But sometimes silencehealsthe hectic heartbeat. My little church in the distance is gone now. My little church shone in the morning sun and bravely defied the night with its light. Now there is a fine new church of brick- . 'i. It reacn xne sun aoesn ana3 sione, Dui111. i trees the it through and, though I hear the bellTepro- ' 1 tape-record- ed theTold bell that I knew was real. Is it wrong to preserve the old? Perhaps I cling to it too much. I love the oldtree by the window, rl tlimirh Kftlf nf if. lifts manv vears. The birds, love it. too. Now it is dark on my doorstep. The woridjs black, but it is a gentle softness. The plane has gone into the cloud and the little church into the past and the hoot owl to sleep. And, oddly enough, the stars do spangle the heavens. Good night, little world. hppn-rlAA- Answer: 'qoiBpi A Trick That Teases! is a good trick, and it always . Here works. Tell - someone to stand against the wall. Throw a dollar bill down in front very close to his feet. Tell him he can have it if he can pick it up but only if he doesn't move his feet or bend his knees. He of-hi- m, can't do it! Family Weekly, September 20, 196 A 15 |