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child’s way

january · february 1981 sharaf · ‘alá’ 137 [Page ii]

child’s way

sharaf - ‘alá’ 137 b.e., Vol. XII, No. 6

child's way is a publication of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

child's way is published bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, September and November in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. child's way is intended for the five to twelve year old child and strives to:

• develop the child's awareness of the oneness of humanity
• increase the child's conscious awareness of his spiritual nature and the need for its development
• provide practical approaches to viewing life's difficulties
• develop the child's reasoning power and stimulate his love for the order of the universe
• provide a standard by which the child may learn to relate to others with love and justice
• assist parents and teachers in developing all of the child's hidden talents and virtues

Subscriptions: U.S.A. $6.00 per year, 2 years for $11.00 Foreign $8.00 per year, 2 years for $15.00 (U.S. funds). Single copies $1.50. Subscriber and business correspondence should be addressed to:

child's way/Bahá’í Subscriber Service 415 Linden Avenue Wilmette, Illinois 60091

Manuscripts and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to:

child's way/Radpour 6446 Ridge Lake Road Hixson, Tennessee 37343

Manuscripts should be typewritten and double spaced throughout. Children's contributions of art are preferably line drawings of black on white. Children's contributions are welcome, however, in any form. Return postage should be included if manuscript is to be returned.

Copyright 1981 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. World Rights Reserved.

child's way Editorial Committee: Mary K. Radpour, Mildred McClellan, Rita Leydon, Janet Richards, Keith Boehme. Editor: Mary K. Radpour Art Direction: Rita Leydon Production: Rita Leydon Printed in the U.S.A.

Dear Children,

Can you imagine? This entire issue of Child's Way has been done by children! If you didn't send us anything for this special issue, won't you start thinking now about what you can write or draw or explain for us? We would love to have your creative projects!

Love, your Editor

About the cover

This is a modeling clay construction done by Rita Leydon, it was photographed for reproduction by Bob Harris. With this full color cover Child's Way celebrates reaching its goal of being on time for our subscribers. Thank you for being so patient. [Page 1]

WHAT’S INSIDE ?

Did ’Abdu’l-Bahá like children? Find out on page 4.

Eeeeeeeek! Who likes mice? I do! See why on page 7.

What’s a Children’s Conference? Check it out on page 10.

Can mushrooms talk? Fly in airplanes? Visit a china dollhouse? See how on page 14.

What’s an Assembly? Consultation? Conventions? Learn all about them on page 24.

Editorial
What’s Inside?	1
Letters From Our Friends	2
His Holiness ’Abdu’l-Bahá and the Children translated by Ladan Strain	4
Friendships	6
Mice a poem by Matt Balsam	7
My Bahá’í Life	8
Puzzle Page by Laura MacLachlan	9
New Jersey Bahá’í Children’s Conference a photo essay	10
The Three Mushrooms a story by Juliet Carson	14
Some Silly Group Games and Logic Puzzles by Laura MacLachlan	18
A Letter from Robin by Robin, with June Bollan	20
The Goodness of Love by Harold Ostovar	22
Bahá’í Administration	24
Let’s Make Bread a craft activity by Rita Leydon	28
God and the Kingdoms by Janna Hoffman	30
Maze a poem by Colleen Lavery	31
What is a Good Parent? Parents’ Page by children	32
Back Cover: Shrine of the Báb by Benjamin Moritz, age 5

Illustration credits: pg. 5, Rita Leydon pg. 6, top, Brillana Cholas, age 7 pg. 6, bottom, Jennifer Montgomery, age 10 pg. 7, Krispin Leydon, age almost 4 pg. 8, Rita Leydon pgs. 14-17, Juliet Carson, age 7 pgs. 18-19, John Solarz pg. 21, Rita Leydon pgs. 22-23, Linda Orlando pgs. 24-27, Elizabeth Filstrup pg. 30, Judith Hennesy pg. 31, Ginny Mair Harry [Page 2]

LETTERS FROM OUR FRIENDS

Dear Child's Way, I have a lot of Child's Way books. I have a next door neighbor and her name is Theresa Kim. She is my best friend. She wrote a letter to Child's Way. I like Child's Way very much. Love, Melanie Grant, age 72

Dear Child's Way, I am not a Bahá’í, but my next door neighbour is a Bahá’í. In my competition, I got the highest points. I was very proud of myself. The Bahá’ís are very friendly. LOVE IS SPECIAL TO BAHÁ’ÍS. Theresa Kim, age 7

Dear Children, Since the friends from whom we get letters are usually children, we thought this month you would like to hear what the mothers sometimes write to Child's Way. After all, this is your issue! Love, your editor

Dear Editor, Several years ago I looked through copies of Child's Way (before I was married) and found it to be interesting, but unattractive in layout and artwork. This issue (July 1979) is simply lovely. The layout is professional, beautiful to look at and the artwork, I think, is top-rate. The stories are excellent. It's so well done, I plan to share it with my many non-Bahá’í friends who have children. . . I found the essays printed by Bahá’í children very inspiring!

I thank you with my heart for such a dignified, spiritual, uplifting child's magazine. I wish more parents could see how Child's Way has become more beautiful in every way! Thank you, Anni Yazdani [Page 3]Krispin Leydon, almost 4, from Lahaska, Pennsylvania, sends us this sturdy elephant.

Dearly Loved Co-Workers in His Cause,

After reading the Parents’ Page in the May-June 1979 issue, concerning parenting handicapped children, (which had a great impact on our entire family) the following Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá came to light while reading from the Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:

“O thou possessor of a seeing heart! Although, materially speaking, thou art deprived of physical sight, yet, praise be to God, spiritual insight is thine. Thy heart seeth and thy spirit beareth. Bodily sight is subject to a thousand maladies and assuredly will ultimately be lost. Thus no importance should be attached to it. But the sight of the heart is illumined. It discerneth and discovereth the divine kingdom. It is everlasting and eternal. Praise God, therefore, that the sight of thy heart is illumined, and the hearing of thy mind responsive . . .”

As to your adult readership, as one of those “eight-year old Bahá’ís . . . running around in a 30 year old body,” I read Child’s Way cover to cover every issue and am grateful for the many things it has taught me. You have my gratitude.

Your friend in His service, Lucinda Montgomery, Okmulgee, Oklahoma [Page 4]

His Holiness ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Children.

By Shohreh Rassekh, from the Persian magazine for children, VARQA, issued in Khordad, 1351, or 129 B.E.

Translated by Ladan Strain, age 14

As we all know, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá loved children. When He was in England in Mr. and Mrs. Jenner’s house, their children would sit on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s lap and would put their arms around his neck. When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá would talk, the children would listen very carefully. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá would put his hands on their heads and say, “Children are pure at heart; we should be like children.”

Mr. and Mrs. Jenner’s house was near a park called Richmond. One day when He was taking a walk through the park, several girls and boys were riding small horses and were racing. He watched them carefully, and when one of the girls won, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá shouted, “Very good! Very good! Wonderful!” The children became very fond of the Master after that.

When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was in America, He went to Denver by train. A vendor was walking up and down the train and showing his merchandise to everyone, trying to sell his things. The children were sitting around ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and were looking at the vendor’s wares. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gave them each a dollar so they could buy whatever they wanted.

When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was in Germany, He became ill. The parents of some children there told ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that they had told their youngest child to say a prayer for Him so that He would get better. The child said, “I don’t want to say a prayer because if I do He will get better and leave Germany.” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá became very happy because of this affection which the children had for Him. [Page 5]--BLANK-- [Page 6]

FRIENDSHIPS

A PICTURE AND A STORY by Brillana Cholas, age 7

My sister and I went to meet a new girl on our block. We asked her name and she said, “My name is Karen.” We told her our names and became good friends. Because we made friends, our fathers and mothers became friends too.

FRIENDS by Jennifer Montgomery, age 10

Friends are for sharing and caring, Friends are for fun and for joy, You can tell a friend your feelings, And they always understand.

PLANTS by Lisa M. Michaels

I have a friend. Her name is Martha. We plant things. We planted vegetables. They are as green as the grass. The stem is as thin as wire. [Page 7]

MICE

by Matt Balser, age 7

I think mice
Are rather nice.
They have such curly tails
And they have soft feet
And they run so fast --
They run like the wind.
So I think mice
Are rather nice. [Page 8]

A TRIP TO A BAHÁ’Í PLACE AND SOME BAHÁ’Í FRIENDS

By Melanie Grant, age 7½

Me and my brother and my sister and my brother went on the train to visit my Bahá’í aunt, uncle and baby cousin. On the last day of the visit we went to the Bahá’í House of Worship! We also went and saw Mr. Khadem. He saw the Guardian and he knows a lot about the Guardian. I was the only child that asked him a question! I wanted to know if the Bahá’ís would take the Guardian’s body to Haifa the same as they did with the Báb, even though Bahá’u’lláh said you must bury not more than one hour away. Mr. Khadem said that at this time that was not a law. Nevertheless the Bahá’ís might do that some day. No one knows. I was born in England, and my family and I used to go to the Guardian’s grave a lot and say prayers. There are a lot of Bahá’ís buried around the Guardian too.

BAHÁ’Í CHILDREN’S CLASSES

By Derik Coleman, age 10

On Sunday morning at 9:30 we go to Bahá’í school. We see all the Bahá’í children. That is fun. Classes begin with some songs and music. Then I join in the 7-10 year old class. Between us we will elect a chairman. I like being the chairman. I ask everyone to say a prayer and make sure the others are quietly listening. Then our teacher will teach us the subject of the day. At the end of class, we read the Child’s Way and other Bahá’í books. My teacher’s name is Miemanat, and I like her.

MY BAHÁ’Í CLASS

By Leah Coleman, age 7

Sunday we go to Bahá’í school. First we say prayers; then we sing songs. We like Tom and Trees and Therasa and others who teach us music and sign language. The first song we sing is “God is One”; the second song we sing is “I’d like to teach the world to sing.” I like my class. [Page 9]

Puzzle Page

by Laura MacLachlan

UP, DOWN, ACROSS, DIAGONALLY

N	D	A	R	E	A	L	I	Z	E	D	E
T	N	E	M	N	I	A	T	T	A	I	M
R	W	O	E	I	N	E	C	P	U	V	B
O	R	A	I	D	A	M	I	L	L	I	F
V	S	E	I	T	L	O	T	I	A	N	K
R	E	T	G	T	C	H	A	R	T	E	R
E	H	L	S	I	X	A	M	R	L	U	O
F	S	O	P	O	O	N	E	I	O	A	W
M	I	D	P	O	I	N	T	H	S	S	L
L	W	I	T	N	E	T	S	I	S	N	I
H	E	A	R	T	S	P	Y	R	T	N	E
F	A	L	T	E	R	S	S	T	L	S	Y

charter	soil	wishes
divine	fill	attainment
systematic	realized	action
insistent	six	deed
regions	people	work
hour	laid	one
midpoint	loss	fervor
home	hearts	wait
entry	falter

(Note: Letters not used for any of the words spell NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY) [Page 10]

N.J. Bahá’í Children’s Conference

June 7th & 8th, 1980.

photographs by Ron Bond

Forty-six children from all over New Jersey (and one from Pennsylvania!) attended an action-packed weekend at the Evergreen Cabin in Teaneck, which was built by Hand of the Cause Roy Wilhelm. [Page 11]Sponsored by the N.J. District Teaching Committee, we arrived at the Cabin on Saturday morning and met lots of new friends.

In the afternoon we formed workshop groups, where we talked about how to participate in the Bahá’í Faith. This included praying, going to Feasts, giving to the Fund and trying to serve others. [Page 12]We later walked to a nearby park where we ran ourselves ragged! After a great dinner of hamburgers and hot dogs cooked outside, we watched some spine-tingling movies . . . [Page 13]. . . and listened and sang to music. We were all very tired after such a busy day but still had energy left to smile at the camera. We slept upstairs in sleeping bags.

On Sunday, we went to more workshops, ate lunch and sang. Our group photo shows all the good friends we met. We can’t wait until next year! [Page 14]

the three mushrooms

By Juliet Carson, age 7

Once upon a time in a far away land, there lived three mushrooms in a Once were very good friends. One day these three mushrooms were talking and someone came along. The three mushrooms froze. The person knew they had been talking so he told them not to be afraid. The person that saw them was a very kind man, so the three mushrooms and the man became very good friends.

One day the man was very happy. The three mushrooms did not know why. That day the man asked the three mushrooms what they would like best. [Page 15]

The man infront of his house

The first mushroom said that he would like to be way up at the top of a very high building so he could see the whole city.

The second mushroom said that he would like most of all to be in an airplane.

Now it was the third mushroom's turn. He did not know what he would like most. He thought for many days. He still did not know what he wanted. So one day he had thought so much that he just said he would like to be in a china doll house.

Now the two other mushrooms were furious. They didn't know how he had thought that up. They wanted to go with him to the china doll house. They wished they had picked the china doll house, but it was too late to change their minds. The man had already made plans for them to do what they wanted. [Page 16]When the time came for them to go do what they wanted to, the man said that they had been very smart in making their wishes. He said he would let each one go on their trip. But he also said that each one could go on another’s trip.

China Zoll house Hiest Bilding

So the next day the 1st, 2nd and 3rd mushroom went to the highest building in the city. The day after that, the 2nd, 1st and 3rd mushrooms went up in an airplane. The third day, the 3rd mushroom was very excited. He and the others were going to the china doll house. So the man took them to the museum, where he had bought them the most beautiful china dollhouse there was. The three mushrooms spent the whole day in the china dollhouse. They even ate breakfast, lunch, and supper there. They played and played. They drank tea out of the china teacups, and there was even a silver tea set. They used it lots. As you know, the man had bought the dollhouse so it didn’t belong to the museum any more. One day the man had to leave the mushrooms. The mushrooms were very sad about it. But the man said, “Don’t be sad. I will always remember you and I hope you will remember me. I will write you sometimes too. I’ll be back.” So the man left the three mushrooms. But the three mushrooms weren’t sad like the man told them not to be. And they lived happily ever after in the china dollhouse he had left them. [Page 17]

Air plane

[Page 18]

PRUIE? PRUIE?

The object of this game is to find the Pruie. All close eyes and mill around in the group shaking hands with the others. When you shake someone's hand, you ask them the question, "Pruie?" If you receive the reply, "Pruie," then you have not found the Pruie. If you receive no answer, but the person continues to hold on to your hand, you have found the pruie.

Now you become part of the Pruie and stay. If someone shakes your hand, do not let go and don't answer them. If you find two people holding hands, it must be part of the Pruie, so you can try to find the end of the chain so you can join it.

PRETZEL

One player volunteers to leave the room. Others join hands in a circle and without letting go, form themselves into a complicated twisted mass of bodies. This is done by manuvering about, raising arms and ducking under, lifting feet over joined hands, etc. The players are drawn closer together until they are a knot. Then the player who left, comes back to unravel this human pretzel without loosening any of the players' hands. [Page 19]

Logic Puzzles

by Laura MacLachlan

Jane, Eliza and Mary each have a quality, but only one. Their qualities are prejudice, temper, and a pure heart, but not necessarily in that order. From the following clue, who has the best quality?

Jane is very angry at Mary because Mary doesn't like Eliza because she is black, but Eliza doesn't mind because she knows it hurts Mary more than her.

Eliza, Pete and John all like Bahá’í meetings. One likes Feast best, one likes firesides best and the third likes Assembly meetings best. From the following clue, who likes what best?

Eliza always likes to hear the writings and what is happening in the community, John is always telling someone new about the Faith and Pete likes to hear and help decide on activities for the community. [Page 20]

A Letter from Robin

Dear Angie and J.D.,

by Robin, with June Bollan

I thought you might like to know about the Bahá’í school I go to. Sometimes I am the only person there, but my teacher says that one person is just as important to God as a hundred are. I don't know why more of my friends don't go because we have fun and besides, we learn a lot about God and Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and all the other Messengers from God; I just didn't know there were so many.

My teacher, whose name is June, says that knowledge must be shared and she is sharing with me. Do you want to know something about my teacher? Well, she's a great Grandmother, she says. I'm not sure what a great Grandmother is, but it has something to do with having a lot of little kids but she looks more like a grandmother to me and she acts like a mother because she rides around in a little red Vega car that looks young, but June says it is only necessary to be young at heart. If you think I'm using big words, it's because my teacher explains them to me. She is retired and explained that being retired means not being paid for working. I think she was being funny. She lives with her husband, Carl, and he's retired too, and they live in a neat little house with a piano and a patio and a beagle dog named Wags. Sometimes we eat on the patio that's when June doesn't want to cook. She cooks inside the little house and Carl cooks outside. I get to eat with them once a week when my mother goes to classes in the evening. My mother is a social worker; my teacher explained that to me -- she's always explaining things -- a social worker helps people who need it, and my teacher says that is what Bahá’ís are supposed to do. My mother gets paid for that because she's not retired yet. She's young and pretty just like a mother is supposed to be. Carl is neat too; he lets me ride his riding lawnmower and is always making things for our Bahá’í school on his jigsaw. He is not a Bahá’í but you would never know it by looking at him. Our school meets for 1½ hours every Saturday morning unless my teacher is out of town teaching and explaining to big people. We say two prayers and then we can each pick out one from the Bahá’í -- [Page 21]children's prayerbook. My teacher can't carry a tune in a bucket -- that's what she says, but I don't think she's so bad, but she can play the piano so we do the best we can. When there are a lot of kids it's better; we each get to pick out the songs and there are a lot of songs in the Bahá’í children's songbook, and my teacher has two different ones. Then we have our lesson; this year we are studying how to live the Bahá’í life. Last year we studied about how mankind is one and the year before that, the kingdoms of God. I don't remember what we studied when I was only four, but if you really want to know, I'll ask my teacher.

I'll bet you're surprised that I can use a typewriter. My teacher has two -- one that children can peck around on and one we can't touch. After our lesson, we consult -- you're not a Bahá’í so I'd better explain to you that consulting means finding out. We have 15 minutes for songs and prayers, 30 minutes for finding out, and then about 45 minutes for what my teacher calls cre-activity. She explained that cre-activity means being creative and active. WE MAKE SCRAPBOOKS! They are fabulous! (How do you like that big word? I'd better explain it to you as you probably haven't heard of it since you don't go to a Bahá’í school -- It means out of this world, super, amazing, and a few other things.) Our scrapbooks are all on the same subject, but we create our own books. Every book is different, just like people.

If you would like to know more about our Sunday school, why don't you write to me at my teacher's house in Quincy, Illinois? Next time I'll tell you about our fabulous schoolroom. It used to be a spare bedroom, but my teacher said that her company could go to the Holiday Inn, as children need a room too. I think my teacher is fabulous.

Love, Robin, age 8, almost 9. [Page 22]

The Goodness of Love

by Harold Ostovar, age 9

Once there was a mouse and a cat. They weren't friends at all and they chased each other every time they saw each other. But there lived a very friendly dog, and he liked every living thing in the whole world. There was one thing that he didn't like, however, and that was fighting. When he'd hear the cat chasing the mouse, he'd run into the house to break up their fighting and then demand what happened. The mouse and the cat would only start complaining. The dog told them each to be quiet, and then said, "All right, I will ask the mouse what happened first." The mouse replied, "I was only going to get some food or cheese when the cat started chasing me."

Then the dog asked the cat for his side of the story. "He teased me," the cat answered, "and that is why I started chasing him."

The dog thought for a minute and then said, "I believe the mouse, because how can a mouse tease a cat? Do you two want to be sent to the cat or mouse pound for your actions? No? Well, then don't chase each other any more.

But no sooner had the dog left than the cat and mouse were fighting again. The dog finally couldn't take it any longer and had to step in. He had to become a fighter himself to show the cat and mouse how much harder they would both be treated if they didn't stop. From then on the cat and mouse learned from their mistake and tried to be more like the dog who cared about everything in the world, including cats and mice. The cat and mouse even learned to obey God and His Messengers who come to teach people not to argue and not to fight in this world, for there is another world after this world. Because the cat and mouse changed, God gave them a nice house to live in with food for all. [Page 23]Dear Harold,

I like your story a lot. My mother asked me if I thought the dog could have taught the mouse and the cat without beating them up first; I think he could, but he would have to be very smart and a good teacher. Also, I’ll bet that if the cat and mouse really changed and worked hard, they could build their own house without having God just give it to them for nothing; that would be more fun. What do you think?

Love, Mary, age 9 [Page 24]

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By Marzieh Radpour, age 10

I am a Bahá’í. I live in a Bahá’í community. There is an Assembly and my Sunday school. Sometimes I stay all night with my Bahá’í friend and then we go to Sunday school together. Our Sunday school teachers are very nice. If we are very good we get prizes and we get presents on our birthdays.

We have a very nice Feast in our community. We pray and talk and then we sing, very loud, so the neighbours will know we are happy. We have three boxes for the Fund in our community. One is for the grown-ups, one is for the children, and one is a big bottle to put coins in. We are going to build a House of Worship in India with the coins.

My community has a special bank account for the children. The money is for us to go teaching. When we get older, we will go travel teaching together. I want to go to Jamaica but my brother wants to go to Africa. We are practicing teaching now. I told my teacher about the Bahá’í Faith and she asked lots of questions so I told her to ask my mother. [Page 25]

BAHÁ’Í ELECTIONS

By Chris Radpour

If you are a Bahá’í child, you need to know about Bahá’í elections because when you grow up you will vote in them. Bahá’í elections are different than Presidential elections. In Bahá’í elections there are no nominations or politicking, but in other elections there are. Nominations are when someone says your name to be on a list of people to be voted for. Politicking is when someone tries to get me to vote for them.

In Bahá’í elections the ballot is secret. People say prayers at the election. Bahá’ís vote for people with spiritual qualities. If you are spiritual, someone will vote for you! [Page 26]

BAHÁ’Í ASSEMBLIES

By Chris Radpour

My friend asked me where is my church and who is my minister. That was a hard question. I am a Bahá’í and in my Bahá’í community we don’t have a building for our meetings. Sometimes we meet at my house or in my father’s office or in our friends’ houses. So we don’t have a church. But my mother says we have lots of blessed spots, like in “Blessed is the spot . . . where mention of God hath been made.”

We don’t have a minister either. Or a priest or a rabbi or a mullah. Instead we have an Assembly. A Spiritual Assembly has nine people and none of them are the boss. They decide things together and then they say: “The Assembly decided that . . .”

There are three kinds of Assemblies. One is the Local Spiritual Assembly. That’s the kind for a town. Then there is the National Spiritual Assembly. That’s for a whole country. Then there is the best Spiritual Assembly of all. That’s the Universal House of Justice. It meets in Haifa, Israel, and it really is the boss of all the other Assemblies. But it doesn’t act bossy. I guess that’s why everybody wants to do what the Universal House of Justice says to. [Page 27]

A LOOK AT BAHÁ’Í CONVENTIONS

by North Georgia Bahá’í children

ATLANTA, GEORGIA . . . The North Georgia District Convention was held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Atlanta. Following is an account of that Convention as reported by the Convention’s official reporters – ages eight through eleven.

The District Convention is where we elect people who will go to the National Convention. These people are called delegates. They vote for the National Spiritual Assembly. They make recommendations to the National Spiritual Assembly. The National Convention is held in April in Wilmette. Dr. Bill Tucker, Auxiliary Board Member, said the Bahá’í State Convention is held every year. Only Bahá’ís can come to the Convention.

Teaching was discussed at the Convention, deepening and consolidation. The Seven Year Plan was discussed. The Seven Year Plan is a plan for teaching more people about the Bahá’í Faith. To help meet the plan, the North Georgia Bahá’ís will hold firesides, teach, contact people enrolled, on the same trip try to enroll someone new and give to the fund.

Some of the speakers at the Convention were; Dr. Adrienne Reeves, our new Auxiliary Board Member, Dr. Bill Tucker, our other Auxiliary Board Member and Mr. Ben Levy. Mr. Levy used to be our Auxiliary Board Member. Now he belongs to South Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Mr. Levy is from Miami, Florida. He has two children, a girl and a boy.

Four delegates were elected this year. Last year it was three.

Reporters were: Laura Hampton, 10, Faran Massoudi, 10, Jennifer Murphy, 10, Jim Reese, 10, Lafayette Royal, 11, Andrew Taylor, 10, Derek Taylor, 8, and Chad Varner, 9. [Page 28]

LET’S MAKE BREAD!

by Prila Leydon

❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖

Read the directions carefully before you start !!

Ingredients: 1 c. milk 1 c. hot water 3 tbsp. oil 2 tbsp. honey 2 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. yeast & 1/4 c. warm water 6 1/2 c. unbleached flour (approx.) Soy flour } from the wheat germ } health non-instant dry milk } food store

1. in a large mixing bowl dissolve the yeast in 1/4 c. warm water.

forget about it for 10 minutes.

2. scald the milk (don’t boil). then add to the pot the cup of hot water, the oil, honey and salt.

stir it up a bit.

Now go do something else so it can cool down to finger temperature. very important !! [Page 29]3. pour the milk mixture into the bowl with the yeast. stir it up. If the milk mixture is too warm it will kill the yeast.

4. Measure each cup of flour as follows:

1 tbsp. soy flour + 1 tbsp. wheat germ + 1 tbsp. dry milk then top it off with unbleached flour.

terrific protein!!

Dump in all the flour at once or stir after each cupful (there are no rules). Empty the dough out onto a floured surface and ...

5. KNEAD ...

for at least five minutes. Add more flour to keep dough from sticking.

6. Put the dough back into the bowl, cover with a tea towel and let it rise til ‎it’s its‎ size has doubled

7. Punch your fist into it!! Knead the dough once again. Divide it in half, put into greased loaf pans. Let them rise again, not quite so much..

And into a 350°F oven for about 1/2 hour. Enjoy. [Page 30]

God and the Kingdoms

by Janna Hoffman, age 9½

GOD

There is no other God but Thee. He is not to be replaced by any person, place, or thing. He does not take orders from anyone or anything. He is good and the greatest of anyone.

The All-Mighty One.

THE KINGDOMS

Divine	God
Human	Me
Animal	Bird
Plant	Flower
Mineral	Rock

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Maze

by Colleen Lavery, age 12

I see the world as a great big maze, and I didn’t know where to go. One side bright, the other side dark. One side friend, and the other side foe. Where is the middle? There has to be a middle. What is in the middle?

When one side is dark and filled with the mottoes: “Foe, look upon foe as foe, Foe, look upon friend as foe, Foe, look upon self as foe.”

And on the other side light and filled with the motto of: “Friend, look upon friend as friend, Friend, look upon foe as friend, Friend, look upon self as friend.”

In the middle must be . . . Yes it has to be . . . Unity!

But in this maze how can I get to unity? Then a voice answered me saying, “Take the road called fellowship, then of love and this will lead you to unity.” [Page 32]

PARENTS' PAGE

by Laili Radpour, age 13

Then I was little, I thought that taking care of babies was simple.

Wh Babies were always perfect angels. If they cried, you just patted them on the back once or twice. If they were bad, you told them to sit in a corner. If their diapers were wet, you just taped on a new one, and this wasn't any problem because it only happened about once a day. Babies slept all the time, which was good because you always had time to clean house.

As I grew older, I learned that many of the things I thought were not true. For one thing, a child is not some kind of toy that you can stop playing with. You must love and understand your child. You must also have patience with him. You should praise him when he does right and punish him when he does wrong. Another thing I learned about was respect. It is good for an adult to respect a child.

Now when I take care of children, I use all the things that I've learned and try to remember that a child is also a person.

WHAT IS A GOOD PARENT?

One who is good and cares for a child and does not beat on their child. Bill, age 9

A good parent is someone who takes care of you, someone who loves you, and someone who feeds you. Rachel, age 7

Someone who plays with you when you ask and shares time with their children. Jessica, age 8

A good parent works to make money and picks up my toys. Joshua, age 4 [Page 33]Good parents give you pennies to buy gum in a machine. Kelli, age 5

Good parents have eyes in the back of their heads. Ryan, age 4

A good daddy brings flowers to your mommy and a good mommy makes sure daddies can find their socks. And good parents don't always blame you for starting fights when somebody else did it. Kevin, age 6

A good parent loves you, even when you did something bad. Randi, age 5

A good parent is one who helps you when you need it, like my dad when he helped me build a tree house. Robert, age 9

When I am a mother I am going to have spaghetti every night for dinner and never ever liver! Lisa, age 7

Some good parents teach their children to eat right, not junk food. Like they bake bread and make cookies with carob chips. Jamal, age 10

A good parent is like my mother, who takes good care of me. She brushes my hair very carefully and gets the knots out without even pulling, not like my grandmother, who yanks! Goli, age 9

A good parent is someone who takes care of you and they buy you food and drinks. They give you an allowance every week. They bought the house that you live in. They buy a bed for you to sleep in and a pillow for you to lean your head on. Parents take good care of children. Marzi, age 7 [Page 34]Shrine of the Báb by Benjamin Moritz, age 5

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