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(A real story of real children for very young children) I

“Mommy, we were digging for worms and were going fishing", cried Laurie, bursting into the kit-’ chen. 1

“I dug some up too," exclaimed Susan. following close on his heels‘, She carried \Il/inkic, her new ycl-i low kitten. in her arms.

“Going fishing. Sec, worms in can," added little David, as he ap- peared in the (lIi(il".\:t_\‘.

"Well. well. the ll.<ll would need to be scared of lllll"(’ such ablc fishermcn as yr-ti." lauglieri Mrs. Page. “ll/hcic are you going to do your fishing? Pcrliaps you'll be like Simple Simon and go fishing in nne nf my pails"

The childrcn ElELZlt‘fl at her joke. looking at her and thr-n at l.l’ll‘ cans.

"l‘('rIi;iti': _\u-i had lwtlvi' hill. the \\‘nim.'= l»:t('k in tho garrlon for iiuu," M-< Pwzv ,<llEL'f.‘Slt‘i'l “’l‘licy do not loci \wr}' linpn}. \\'l\t‘n they

are out 1»! the ill .iiiii iii_\ unr- dnri lli‘t‘ti.; lit: iii mviiii: in ll(‘lp my iluV\:‘1S .'lI".t‘i . Pl ihiii’ '

'\\'t"i't= grill“: in guing Iisiiiiitz." ;ii’vtt-..-

‘You \.m-. I ll(‘ _ rioar." mini .‘.l Pzitzt‘. “so the three rrf _\'t\l :tl lug nut \\ ith the uoims illlfl ptzt i".I'll‘. in the gairien."

"I lttinw '.\h.«l ‘1 rim" Iiaurie broke in "l.f'l - .‘r‘<‘*l t.ii('.'ii in my gtildfisli lm .\l.‘(' .\‘ivL:-<lir‘i' mid fhic

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".\ll : .«i.'w.~ri ‘.\lr.= Page .\"ii' t3i.i~.'.' it tho \\.'I'<‘l' lll tho hm-l ltiliit‘ '!:-" IIHCP children \\.’llCllE‘(l r'.i;1;:l_-. T'ir‘ii Silt’ sprin-

kind a llll_\' liit of fvmtl on ton of the wztvr

‘Lnuk at tiiic f<nnt," Iniiglicd l.Fllll'lF‘, "Ht".< J i;=‘. gi(‘t‘r‘l_\'. He‘s ti-yiiiiz io got all tlic for-(‘I ll'I)fIl Solaslinr Sr-o liuw fast he's grab- bing at it "

‘That isn't vorv il<1(I(l manners. is it"" SLi::ni'l H\l\(‘(l

E\lr= Paizr‘ smilori “I'm zifraid Iisli kllill" \l‘l_\' llllli‘ nlintit man- ll(‘lF. But Ono ﬁpiit alwziys tries to get mr-rc than lll< .<h:li‘r‘ "

“Oh, i\lonini_\‘. t"1l‘ll(" l‘lUld(1Y.". taid Laurie f‘\'Cli(‘Ell)‘. "Just listen in them. 'l‘hc_v :irr- smacking. sistcnf"

Thp .rm~r~c r'iv'rlro-- and Mrs Pact- cathvirrl arntiwl TllF.\’ COUICI is-ar littln popping .<r»unrl=. lust like smacking as the llflll snapped the

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By 'l‘-l-iorton W. Burgess

THE FEATHER!-ID MASONS Be critical if so you must. But. being so, be sure you're just. -Old Mother Nature.

Folks who are critical are too often unjust. Sometimes they Judge without knowing all the facts. So when they criticize their neighbors. they too often are unjust.

Mr. and Mrs. Muddy the Cliff Swallows, and Mr. and Mrs. Fork- t.iil the Barn Swallous. are masons. Many other lPﬂl.llFl'€d folk are weavers. Some of Ithcm are very expert weavers, and they do with their bills and toes “hat human beings cannot duplicate with their hands. But Barn Swallows and Cliff Swallows build their homes

'0! mud. just as masons build ' ll0llSt’S of cement and brick.

Forktail and Mrs. Forlttail thought

r their cousins were altogether too

fussy because they didn't like the the mud in the barnyard at Farm- iiier Brown‘s. It was the first mud there had been for some time. The first rain for a long time had fallen the night before. Now, Fnrklilll and Mrs. Forktail were making the most of this opportun- ll\'. The iiiud suited them, and the-_\~ were starting their nest on nno of the rafters high in the

{hurt from the top of the water.

‘They aren't really smacking." .<7ll('l Mrs. Page. "but it sounds a lot like it They are really enjoy- ing the food."

Winkle}: big eyes had been fol- lmxing every move of the fish. As they flashed about the bowl. he grew more interested and then more cxcitcd. His little tail switch- cri from side to side.

Suddenly he sprang from Susan's arms right on to the table, Susan squealed, Laurie yelled. David laughed and Mrs. Page gasped. She made a quick grab for the kitten.

"I-lei-r-, Winkle. you must not

do that." she said. “Those little‘

goldfish are not for you."

I Laurie and Susan laughed, "Win-

kle was naughty, but he really didn't know any better. I think we had better all go back out to play We were ill? three fisher- men who dug the bait. but Winkle

was the on.I_v one who really tried

in go fishing"

iloft of the big barn.

But Mr. and Mn. Muddy were

.not satisfied with that mud. They

had already chosen where their nest should be. They had picked out a spot under the eaves of the big barn. They wanted their home outside, not inside. Of course outside there were no big timb- ers on which to build. There was only zi very narrow strip of wood that Farmer Brown's Boy had nail- ed under the eaves upeclally for them. A nest couldn't be built on it, but it could be used to hold a nest that was fastened to the barn. That is why it was so neces- sary to have the right kind of building materials. A good house can never be built with poor mm. crlnl A good builder is always fussy about his materials. so it was that Muddy and Mrs. Muddy

[that they were building their nest ‘could touch it. Perhaps if their

melt away when it is wet; and when it becomes dry it becomes hard. The nearest clay that Mud-

be more work than he and Mrs. Muddy wanted to undertake. so. finally they decided to make the _ best of in bad matter, and start-, were not satisfied with this mud. ed using the barnyard mud.

raga so 1110 Guardian Saturdly. May 1. 1954 And so it was that For-ktail and Mrs. Parktall were critical of them. “The mud is All right. Thei trouble is they don't know how to use it," said Forktsil. "They Jllt don't. know enough to work I lit- tle straw and gun in with it the way we do. I wouldn't ask‘ for any better mud than this in." Now Forktail didn't stop to think

inside, where neither sun nor rain

nut had been,out-side, it wouldn't have stood up so well. even though

‘they had mixed straws and grass-

es in with it.

Meanwhile their pretty cousins were looking elsewhere. They were looking for a different kind of mud. The mud in the barnyard was a sandy mud. If it got too dry it might fall apart. If it got too wet: it might do the same thing. What, the cliff swallows wanted was mud

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dy could find was so far away that getting it to that barn would

Nidpoleon and Uncle El

and National. Liston: National

casts. Local

May 3, 3:30.

May 2 — Mental Health Week — May 8 TAKE PART IN‘TH|S WEEK'S PROGRAM

Road: Local papers for Mental Health Series-—Local To CFCY for spot announcements. and broad-

Standarrl Time

Monday—— May 3rd, 7:30 PM. Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, Minister of Health &

. Welfare.

Tuesday-’— May 6th, 7:30 P.M. Dr. W. J. P. MacMlllan, O.B.E., Member of the Legislature.

Saiurday—May 8th, 6:00 P.M. Dr. A. J. Mur- chison, Director, Dlvision of Men- tal Health.

Visit: Mental Health Clinic, Palmer Building, 100

Fitzroy Street, opening Monday afternoon,

Tuesday and Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 Mornings —— 10:00 - 12:00 Occupational Therapy Building, Falconwood Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- day, 2-4, light refreshments. Bus service from Bus terminal leaving at 1:15, 2:15, 3:30, returning at 1:30, 2:30, 4:30. Sec: Display at Mental Health Clinic, City

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l)r;Pi\RT.\lEl\'T OF EDPCATION, Cliarlottetown, P. E. 1. April 24, lflfivl.

DANCING OLOIIER OLIIB

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Display of patients work—Recreational activi- ties. Posters and display showing the var- ious activities of the Division of Mental Health—-Films relating to Mental Hygiene in Hospital Auditorium.

and

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