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B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 9, 1912. 11 The Busy Bees o .NE of our Busy Bees, who has not written for the Children's page for a year, returns to us today; another Busy Bee, who has been, a member of our hive for less than a year, must leave us. This latter one is William Campen, who has been a very enthusiastic Busy Bee during his brief membership in the hire, Tmt has Just passed his fifteenth birthday, and so is ineligible to belong to the active Busy Bees any more. William Campen has written soma interesting letters to the Children's page and has captured a number of prises. He has been on the Blue side. It seems as if interested Busy Bees shonld not beW off from the page just because they have reached their fifteenth, birthday. Let us form an associate membership to be composed of those Busy Bees who cannot be active writers for the page on account of age, but who continue to read the page and are loyal to it The Busy Bee who has returned after a long period of silence Is Carrol H. Atkinson of New York. He finds only one fault with the children's sec tion. He Bays that we do not have stories enough. Grace Moore of Silver Creek wins first prize today with her description of what she did at the State fair. Nellie Snyder of Provoj Utah, gets second prize. Little Stories by Little Folk (First Prixe.) What I Sid at the State Fair. ByvGrace Moore, Aged 10 Years, Silver Creek. Dear Busy Bees: I suppose Some of you have been to the state fair. But those who haven't I will tell them about It. I have lots of cousins there. So they went with me. The first thing I saw was the place where they judge stock, and the next was the eheeft barn. My uncle had sheephere. And then we saw the cattle barns. Then, by that time It was dinner time. "We also saw the big Ferris wheel, After dinner we went down where the horse barn was and there we saw my cousin's little pony. It took first prise. Then we went over to the auto barn where they keep autos. Then It was night so then we went to see the fire works. They were just fine. We saw a, boy come down a big board with roller skates on. The board was lighted up. I saw an airshiu go up. It went out of sight' The next I saw was the moving picture show. I saw a milk man and girl all made of butter. It was In a glass case. I saw lots of fish, the biggest one I taw was cut on Its side. I hope all you Busy Bees .will enjoy my story and I also hope my story' will miss the waste basket. (Second Prize.) . How I Spend My Vacations. , By Nellie Snyder, Aged 14 Tears, Provo, Utah. . Blue Side. . . Usually during the summer vacation we go to Provo canyon, which Is about fifteen miles from my home. As one rides through the. canyon there are two beautiful water falls to be seen and the Provo river runs through the canyon. We go to a place called South Forks and camp out. We always have swings, hammocks and fishing poles and cook everything on acamp flre. Xst time we went our camp was by a large creek surrounded by trees, a carpet of grass all over, and between two mountains where we went to gather flowers and wild berries, two of which are choke . cherries and wild currants. In the trees, especially pine trees, squirrels are always found and there are some snakes on the mountains. Next time I write I shall tell what I do during vacation when I don't go to the canyon. (Honorable Mention.) A Smart Chicken. By Alta Davis, 1424 North Twenty-fourth ' Street, South Omaha. Blue Side. While watching some little chickens the other day I saw one of them fly Into a small tree. Of course the branch bent low, within reach of the other little chickens. They had quite a feast, and all on ac count of the reasoning of one little chicken. ' For, you see, it took reasoning to think to weight down the branch, and it Was such a little chicken to have so much sense. A Trip with the Pairies. By Marie Nelson, Aged 13 Tears, Fre mont, Neb. Alice was i years old, and had big, blue eyes and brown curls. She lived with her mother and her nurse in the city. One day she went to visit her aunt, who lived In the country. While everyone was talking she slip ped out of the house, intending to walk to the grove near her aunt's house. The grove waa farther away than she Imagined, so It took her some time to reach it. When she arrived there she saw a small stream. She followed It In among the trees, and soon came to a pretty falls. She was very tired, so she sat down to watch the fish and pretty colored stones in. the bed of the stream. ' She was thinking how pretty a boat full of fairies would look sailing along in the clear water. Very soon she saw a small boat made of leaves and moss. In it were fairies, clad In thin dresses of silk. They, had beautiful white .wings, and long golden hair. When they reached Alice they Bpoke to her, and asked her it she would like to visit Fairyland. She eagerly assented, sc one of the fairies touched her with a wand, to make her grow smaller, like themselves. She got In the boat with them, and they were Just starting dowii the stream when she heard some one call, "Alice." She was telling the fairies that her nurse was calling, so she must leave them, when she awoke. She expected to see fairies still near her in their little boat, but ' Instead ; she ' saw her nurse bending over her. She then went home with her, and found her mother and aunt very anxious about her. When she told them of the fairies she had seen, they told her It was only a dream, but she said She would always believe she really saw fairies. The Clover. By Morton Blum, 1149 West Eighteenth Street, Des Moines, la. Blue Side. Down by some rocks and rills there grew a clover plant. It had two red blossoms. These blossoms were very happy. One day two children were playing down by this clover plant They saw these two little blossoms and they picked them. This made the clover plant very un happy. blossoms, but each summer they died. The plant grew more blossoms and more blossoms. It seemed as If the clover plant would not die. But one day the rill turned Into a river and the soil In which the plant grew was carried away down Into the Mississippi river and then the plant died at the bottom of the Mississippi river. Charley' Sister. By Carrol H. Atkinson. Aged 13 Tears, 111 West 104th Street. New York City. . Charley's one redeeming good point in his high school course was his base ball playing. The team won two champion ships because of his wonderful playing. Charley could do the school work, but he waa too laxy. He had taken three years for two years' work. The faculty had passed a new rule pro hibiting boys not passing to play on an athletic team. Charley's average had been fifty-five. That meant that he could not play on the team. All his teammates celver of the goods, who was la the se cret. But here also the leading dog only at first showed himself. On a certain whistle, which was a signal tha? all was right they all hastened up. They were then ' unloaded, taken to a convenient table where there was a good layer of hay and well fed. There they rested until midnight, and then returned In the same manner back over the frontiers. Length of Animal Life. Some very interesting facta are quoted in a recent number of La Nature from a paper read by Dr. Mitchell before the London Zoological society. Dr. Mitchell has been collecting data regarding the length of life attained by various anl mals under observation at the London Zoological gardens. Animals 1A captivity are usually rather short lived, in spite of the special attention and precautions taken, for them; In fact, as compared with most animals, man occupies a very favor able position in respect to longevity. Lions have a mean length of life of thirty to forty years. One pollar bear lived In the soological gardens for a pe riod of thirty-three years. The- oldest among the hoof tribe may attain some fifty years or so. In the popular mind there is a common impression that whales and elephants attain a very advanced age. As regards whales the soological gardens have no observations available. With respect to the elephant, however, It appears that the common Impression Is an exaggeration. Dr. Mitchell thinks that 100 years represents an extreme limit. and that the usual length of life is about twenty to thirty years. Birds are comparatively Mong lived. raven reached the age of w and an eagle (S; a parrot exceeded a century. Ostriches seem to reach only about thirty-five years as a maximum. From New York Busy Bee. Busy Bee Editor: This Is the first time that I have written for more than a year. I have started to read The Omaha Bee again. I notice only one thing that could be criticised about the Busy Bee section and that is that the beys and girls that write, write too much on trips and do not write stories. I was on the Blue side, having written but two stories before. Tours sincerely, - , CABROL H. ATKINSON. Ill West 104th Street, New Tork City. AWiPFr mio Ate SS 11 1 fW''r irKVv VJ3GK & : I "w -, t ?i ' -' v 4 K$ pe;t: Y p. k offered to help him In his studies, but he showed nothing but indifference. ; The scene changed to a well-lighted room with a crippled girl occupying a chair. Charley entered and -kissed his sister. She saw that there was something wrong and finally made him tell her all about his grief. That night, thanks to his sister, Charley spent an hour more on hte lessons. He did this every succeeding night.- By the time the season opened Charley was high in his lessons. - Charley pitched wonderful ball all the season and won the final game and cham pionship with much glory to himself. He gracefully put all the praise on his sister. The Orange and Blue. By Udah, Lambert, Aged 13, Auburn, Neb. clue Mae. The Orange and Blue Is a little maga zine made up by seven girls in my grade. Three of them thought of it and we asked four others to help us. The first one had a gray cover with a picture of a cat drawn by the artist of the "Lunch." Then there was the words "The Orange and Blue, by Tou, We, Us and Co." On the first page was a table of contents. Next was a poem describing the book. The book had twenty-eight pages and on the top of each page a small picture was drawn. Nearly every girl wrote a poem and those were put in. There were stories and news and funny "haps,? puzzles and word squares. We asked our teacher if we might put It on the reading table and she said we could. ' ' We made another, but It was not quite finished when school closed. .Our club yell was: Rew, rew, rew, Turn, yum, yum, Orange and Blue, Always on the "bum." Dogs Used in Smuggling. Previous to the year 1795 in the Nether lands dogs were employed In smuggling, which was the more easy, as they are ex ceedingly docile. The dogs were trained to go forward and backward between two places on the frontiers, without any per son to attend them. Being loaded with little parcels of goods, laces, etc., like mules, they set out at midnight, and only went when It was perfectly dark. An ex cellent, quick-scented dog always went some paces before' the others, stretched out his nose toward aU quarters, and when he scented custom house officers turned back, which was the signal for immediate flight Concealed behind bushes or in ditches, the dogs waited til all was safe, then proceeded on their journey, and reached at last beyond the Tear after year this plant grew more frontier the dwelling bouse of tbe re- My Garden i My Friend. By William II. Camper. My garden is my truest friend; . Real happy hours with it I spend It matters not the time it be, My garden always welcomes me. In May. when falls the warmlnc rains. When the sun slow melts the Icy chains mat rorce an lite within to sleep, I make my garden's plan and Joy I reap, The chains have now lei loose the earth, rne various creatures get their birth; The roots and buiba and seeds Grow up to fruits and flowers and weeds, The tree gives up his ghostly look And makes a shade tor little brook. Whose winter coat Its Job did cease; Its bubbles sing sweet songs of peace. The bird comes hurrying from the aouUt wnn joy and cheer in Its little mouth; It dreams and plans for future near. When it shall have young birdie dear. The wind no longer bears the chill, ' Its softness sings on plain and hill; The sky has changed Its hoary look, Its blue the flying clouds forsook. The sun takes up his dally round Along the distant west Is bound, Its glory fills the world with Joy The man, the bug, the beast, the boy. What is more grand to ear1 and ye Than water, land and clear blue sky. On sunny morn of glorious May. When things are blessed by Him from away ; And birds who ever happily sing And joy around the world they bring; The ever gentle southern breese Makes heaps of leaves on the trees. My garden I've lately made into a great Dig mulch bed; I've given It its yearly feed ' And planted many little seed. - , I water it now every day; . The little ones are ud and ntv. Abundant weeds their arthiv fnu IWouM always stand before their nose. Before the sun his road ascends I run to see mv little frlnri The friends that unvnna mnv nnrn r rora me ruae nui to tne mighty throne. They look at ma with friendlv mil A smile that nature only tn bestow; iuoy iw hi. neaven ana seem to sign. uiwuia w mo viewing irum on nign. Before I go to yonder school I have made It mv dailv ruia To look, real close, my garden o'er When I return I look some more. The twlllcht slow draws to an r. The nightly lamps to sight ascend; I take a seat close by my friend And Him I try to comprehend. The wind creeos on their nMfnin... The stars shine on their gentleness; ' ino niuun, me cniei or mgntiy skies, On them and me throws splendors wise. At last the little ones In June Begin to show the silverv mnnn That they, like it and winds and stars Can give the world some soothful gifts. 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