Show 41 THI OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINTHURSDAY EVENING MARCH Burgess Bedtime Stories E! 8 1981 summer Farmer Brown's boy had By Thornton W Bargees much of the bird called confess heard must if will Scoff you you That much at times depends on King of the Woods He had been told how very beautiful the King dress — Farmer Brown's Boy was and when he found that the bird was not big being only a little Down in the if any bigger than Creaker the Crackle whom most folks call simply Blackbird he thought it Sliced Corn Beef must be because he was royally Slice a can of corned beef hash dressed that he was called King of Then place a the Woods Now he had seen the into four slices King and he was disappointed canned cling peach half on each more liked to slice and top with a piece of un- admit disappointed than he cooked bacon Secure to place is just plain black so what with a toothpick and bake or broil in "He world is be called King of until bacon is crisp and fruit and the the Woods for?" said he hash are heated through Makes a "Wait until you really see him" good supper quickie said the friend who was with him "But I have seen him" protested Enclose a Farmer Brown's boy send without charge "Not really" replied his friend stamped envelope bearing your own name and complete address "You really were looking at him Send your latter to Uncle Ray to against the light so he looked all black Really he is nothing of the care of this newspaper Uncle Ray's Corner Som Banana Plants Have Huge Leaves The average family in the United States and Canada eats one bunch of bananas to the course of a year The bunch weighs about 65 pounds and has about 100 bananas in it The bunch described has what we may call "normal" size There are larger and smaller bunches Sometimes a bunch has only 40 bananas and sometimes It has 180 bananas The bunches grow on treelike plants These plants look something like trees but they are classed as "herbs" Often they reach heights of from 15 to 20 feet In past times it was common for a grocer to have a large bunch of tuna run hanging where customers could pick them Today the usual method of retail marketing is different the customer finds little groups of bananas (perhaps two Bites or four in a group) lying on a counter or table ready to be weighed This is different from the days of 40 or 50 years ago when a parson could take three bananas from a bunch and pay the grocer the full price — a nickel! Flowers appear on banana plants After the flowers fade their place is taken by tiny fruits in the shape of bananas We might call these "baby bananas" The little bananas grow until they reach an average weight of more than half a pound That is an average but bananas differ in size when they are ready for picking some weigh only a quarter of a pound but others tip the scales at a pound apiece or even more The bananas known as "plantains" often are of large size They are raised for the market in various parts of the world The plants grow wild in parts of Africa also Poor Land-of-aiway- PLANTAIN in India and the East Indies During colonial times plantains were brought to the New World by Spaniards Central America is an important center for their production at the present time Some banana plants have huge leaves — the length may be 10 feet The leaves are broad as well as long sometimes having a width of two or three feet For General Interest section of your scrapbook UNCLE RAT Tomorrow: An Old Breed of Cattle s- "What do you know?" asked his friend "Why he is called King of the Woodsi It must be because he wears such a royal coat a coat fit for a king" declared Farmer Brown's bey "He has another name He isn't called King everywhere you knew' replied the other Farmer Brown's boy nodded "You mean Motmoi" said he "But that doesn't sound so important as King of the Woods In the sun he looks the part so that is what I shall call him What has happened to his tail? His friend chuckled "Ask the King" said he The next story: The Badge of Royalty colors there Because of the way (Copyright 1951 by Thornton W Burgess) those feathers shine and sort of J WELL I'LL BE GETTING BACK TO THE OFFICE ' OR HUMBOLT SHOULD BE DOWN FRO SURGERY IN A FEW MINUTES v Funny Business m Brown's boy "Blue Is there with sparkle In thq sun it is hard to be the black and there may be other sure of all the colors And what does it matter how many there are anyway? 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