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ldedicated to children everywhere Bahá’í YEAR 126

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BAHA’I YEAR 126

1. Friends by Maxine Roth 4. Sidney House of Worship 5. The Science Corner: Making a Magnifying G1ass by Carl Hoagland 6. Interca1ary Days Song ,by Betty Conow 7. Bahá’í Ca1endar F1ower by Barbara Cook 9. Paper Mosaics 10. Fun and Games 14. Ho1iday: Va1ent1ne's Day 15. Crayon Rubbings 16. What's Missing? 18. Adventures of Wi11ie Nigg1eworm: The Big Rainmaker by Alice Bacon 21. Memory Prayer 24. Beautifu1 Junk

! . ; Ayyam-1-Ha Prayer by Kay Patton

Advisory Board: Carole A'Ilen, Ray Johnson, LeN'eIma Johnson

Contributing Editors: Barbara Cook, Robert Hart, Mol'ly King, David Lepard, James Nelson

Art Illustrator and Consultant: Diane Paque’r Subscription Service: LaNelma Johnson Managing Editors: David Lepa'rd, Mildred Lepard

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CHILD'S WAY

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Editor's Note

Dear Friends of CHILD'S WAY,

Welcome to the hosts of subscribers from around the world! Our longtime friends will note several changes in format--—in addition to departmental revisions, we have a new cover design and a new inside cover page. Your reactions to the changes will be greatly appreciated.

As the winter months in the northern hemisphere roll on and the Fasting period approaches, we pray that this will truly be a period of spiritual and physical regeneration enabling us to devote an ever—increasing amount of time to the education of the next generation of children. The first day of Spring will soon herald a new Bahá’í year.

CHILD'S WAY is particularily thankful to the many contributors who are helping to provide a valuable bedrock of resources for children, parents, and teachers around the world.

Sincerely,

THE EDITOR'S OF CHILD'S WAY Magazine

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Mother was busy c1eaning the house. The three children were

p1aying together in the living room. She could hear them 1aughing and chattering. The happy sounds made Mother smi1e. "That is nice," she thought; "sisters and brothers shouId a1ways be friends.”

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[Page 2]But then she heard different noises, not so nice, not so haDDY“Oh my," Mother thought, ”the children are fighting again.”

The children were indeed fighting! Their voices were 10nd and angry and not sweet at all. Their faces were not 1ove1y and smi1ing now, but angry and frowning. ”Oh dear," Mother sighed.

”Children," Mother ca11ed. But their voices were so 1oud the children could not hear her. "Chi1dren," she ca11ed again. The angry voices stepped. The children pushed each other in their hUrry to rush to the kitcheniwhere Mother Waited for them, 1ooang a 1itt1e bit sad. They expected Mother to sco1d them for fighting, as she had to do once in awhi1e, but instead, she asked gent1y, ”Wouid you Iike to hear a story?"

"Okay," said Larry, who was quite grown up, being five and onethird years 01d.

"Yes," 1aughed Diana, who was four and dimp1ed. "Yah!" shouted 1itt1e A11ep who was two and very cuddTy.

"Then sit down and 1isten very, very carefully. Try to guess what the story means."

”Once upon a time, there were three children, two sweet boys and one sweet.gir1.”

“Just 1ike us,“ said Larry. Diana said, "Shh-h-h, don't intErrupt the story." She-foIded

her hands and sat very sti11. Litt1e A11an watched his big sister. Then he folded his hands too, and sat very sti11.

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"Once uan a time, there were three'ehtldren,” repeated MethEr.

“They were best friends. They had been friends for a very 1nhgzttmem

flan you QUESS where they were living?“

"In a house?“ guessed Diana.

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"In the jungle?" guessed Larry, who liked in play he WES'a Jung’Te boy.

“In the jungle?" guessed 1itt1e A11an, Who 1iked t6 play hevwa32 a big boy 1ike Larry.

“No,“ said Mother. “They had not been born yet, So they were living in the Land Of Before. That is where we liVe unti1 we are burnt“

The children leaked at Mother in a puzz1ed way. That is e hahg ‘thing to understand when you are young.

"YES, they Iived in the Land of Before. Now, thege three-friends Jeved each other very much and‘helped each other and were.kind.and pQ1itQa They loved each other so much that one day they asked the Ferfibms WhemArranges—Fer—Mothers-And-Fathers if he wou1d 1et them be born'in the -same fam11y‘ That way they cou1d a1ways be together." "0h,:y95," the fleregn-NhQ:Arranges-For-Mothers-And-Fathers answered. "We always Send tfie1b85i friends to live tagether in the same fiamfly."

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[Page 4]Sidney House of Worship

In the last issue of Child's flay you read about the first Bahá’í House of Worship to be built on the North American continent———in Wilmette, Illinois near Chicago. The Houses of Worship will always have nine doors and a dome, but otherwise can be of almost any design. The doors are open to people of all religions and races for prayer and meditation.

The proper term for a Baha' i House of Worship is: Mashriqu' 1— Adhkár which is pronounced, mash— —reck-ol-as-car, and means "the dawning-place of praises." Can you practice saying, ”mash—reck-ol- as- —car?" They are to be surrounded by other institutions of a scientific, educational, and humanitarian nature.

Another Bahá’í House of Worship is located near Sidney Australia. It was finished and dedicated on September 16, 1961. The following words were borrowed from the Bahá’í News, No. 369.:

Like the opal which is mined from the heart of Australia, the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is unchanging yet never the same. When the skies are blue

the facets of the crushed quartz which encrusts the walls sparkle in the sunlight, and we see a building of dazzling white. On other days it is a soft pearly gray, and the six turquoise stars on each of the wrought-iron doors glow with a peacock brightness.

Australia is a large island continent lying south of the equator between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Can you find it on a map? It has an area of nearly three million miles, about that of the continental United States.

The vast interior of Australia is barren and arid, much of it resembling the Sahara Desert. The raising of sheep, beef, and dairy cattle is the mainstay of Australia's economy. The stock raising is conducted around the rim of the dry interior of the eastern highlands. Most people live

in the southwest—--in the fertile farm belt along the Pacific Coast. Many others live in the coastal cities and in the Murray River area.

Australia has many variations in climate. Most of the interior is hot and dry. Parts of the north are tropical. Much of the southern region is warm, sunny weather like southern California and the southeastern part of the United States. Is it like where you live? Snow is unusual. Seasons are just the opposite to those in the United States———summer is from December to February and winter is from June to August. Do you know why?

The Bahá’í House of Worship is located near Sidney which is the largest city in Australia with a population of over two million people. Can you find Sidney on the map. What kind of weather do you think they are hav ing now?

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[Page 5]THE SCI ENCE CRNE

WE ksew Eh'E thé Eldér— boys afidfgitls Efijayéd‘making-Ehe HeaE:DEEeEE6f

. WE. =h appe re.a 1n the 1asE isSue. Did .you notiEE'what happened When

yeu apply d'the .i_ce cube- near Ehe— rubber band? The rubbe_f bafid_ get a 1 E1_e smaller (contracted) frem the eo_1d and as it did 30:, .1t cans d 1} _ Er ght pin to r011.. Because Ehe pa1nter was attached to E : {m 1t turnEd EE_o. .If Equ heaEed t—he rubber band aE the same place, E.E

r bbéE band ng a little largEI (eXpandefi), which causefl Ehe-gointér EE

_ mEEe 1n the apposite dir6ctibh.

§EE a wfth thlngs EQu have right aE home. There aré :a let 0_ guesth i» ” '7 want to ask after you have checked the.tesu1ts By the Waf '3 , 5 me interestlng experiments you would 11ke E0 share with Our athif re~ders, please sena them in.

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$i“1EElALS PROCEDURE

NEWSpapér or maggzine print Place newspaper Or mag321ne flatly on table.

Waxed paperPlage.sheet of.WaxEd payer

-Eye drpppan evanly ovér ?aper. wGléss Qfi-Water With an eye drappér, place

different sized water draps on the waxed Paper.

>ifiéVMQ/Oagféar

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Ean yEu tell What little drops do to the print? Large draps?

USE soapy wa.te r t_o see= what happens. Try vegetable 011. Cgmparé an

011 drop W1th __a water drop qf the same 3126.

The possessors -df sc1en6es and arts .have a _great r1ght anvng ilué people af‘the wbrlé.

Bahá’u’lláh, Bahá’í Wfltld Egigh, gagé 1891

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{How are your Hyac1nths com1ng? D1rect10ns far prépar1ng the QUIbs

were an page 24 of the last 1SSue and you m1ght want to refer 'to

1 1them,aga1n. ’If you.fiollowed the d1rect1ons and are keep1ng the 45611Pm6~ f ahd1the p1anted bu1bs 1n a darkened, coo] p_1ace, the f10wer bud should nbw be e xte.nd1.ng out of the top 0.1 the pet sen'WET 1h€hes 50 that you may bring them out 1nto mere 11ght. Be Sure n6t to put-in the d1rec115un11ght 0r thgy W11] bloom too sonn. Wa1t unt11 juat a few days_before you want to present them to_a fr1end befOYe_you.put them 1n the full sun11ght.

. . . sow the seedS-Qfi My divine Dan‘t "-f-brget to enclose. a: gift card Wiede’m 11“ the PUIe ehil‘ Pf ‘ ‘ thy heart, and Water them With the water Qf .cer “‘udb; that the hyac1nths Qf : Knowledge and wisdbm m: spring up firesh afid”grééfi in the sacred city af thy heart.

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P_INTERCALARY DAYS SONG

‘aédéfitatiqn by Words and MUSLC by ’13: vigd‘ ESParfi

'In ‘ teh" €31“ ,la_-IT F F‘

‘Da 5 £6: évfltyr h@Q&:W“‘ NH Bby‘” _ ._ ,y Bb

53.1hag spells a iQt~Of fun}

[Page 7]Dear Chi1dren,

Let's make a beautiful ”Bahá'? Ca1endar F1ower." A co1orfu1 reminder for feasts and Ho1y Days throughout the year!

Pin the calendar f1ower to your bu11etin board with a strong tack or pin---turn the ”flower" as each'Feast occurs so that the current month is at the top---do the same with the "f1ower center" for each Bahá’í Holy Day. It won't be 1on9 unti] we wi11 be ce1ebrating the Bahá’í

year 127. . V.

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(ealgnda: flowef) fMKEERTALS 'Seissgrs

Glue '

Light'waightgéaraboatd for two gixeiilg pat: terns

Multihéélgfiea yarn or.gift

Brass paper fastener 0r lame. Pin

PROCEDURE

'Gut out pattéfn7#1

cut each largg fialfdeircle from pattern #2 down line-A B and jqin to fom a nine inch cinele. ‘, Carefully glue largé and small circle pattérns en tb a

light,wgight carabaérd; ’Let ary thbroughly.

When dry, gup-éfigra cardboard fIQm around cirtles.

Cut ant a narrow wedge. between each "p-eitavl"-‘--5i,t is necessary fio-Have a little Space between tfie petals fer the yarn thaf Will béWwéaVéd‘around each pétal.

USing edlqréd.yarn or gift.wrapvwribbon, hold the and 9f the yarn at ”'g back 9f the cirgle and begin to'wrapaanaund through aafih:qpening to farm a griSSGIQSSQd-eentér.

When center is cbmpleted, begin to weave areund the pefals-+ undfir fine and'then over the next until you reach the pfinffifl information. Tie at the_back when finished. Pin small flower in thg center of large flawer with a strong pin qr brass planer fastener.

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NOTE: ‘Tb chamgé.cdldrs of yarnr—fitie new cdler at the baak

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DIVISION PUZZLE

The 4 dots in the diagram below each represent a house. How can you divide the land on which they were built with fences so that each house has exactly the same amount of land?

AMAZING MAZE PUZZLE

Starting from the entrance to the maze be-' low, try to find the shortest way to the center with your pencil.

START

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FUN AND GAMES

CROSS WORD PUZZLES

Fill in the words for which clues ‘are given below. Some letters are already in place 3 of the words In each puzzle will read up and down AND across

1, 2, 3 = child’s animal 4, 5, 6 = face part 7, 8, 9 = effort 1, 5, 9 = earned reward

‘ 1, 2, 3 = to have lunch 4, 5, 6 = everybody is , " 7, 8, 9 = a drink ‘ 1,5,9

time period

1, 2, 3 little bed

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4, 5, 6 = iron in rocks

7, 8, 9 = number

RING AROUND THE NUMBERS _

Using the numbers from 0 through 8, plac ing one number into each of the 9 circles in ’

the diagram below, arrange them so that

any 3 numbers in a straight line add to 12‘ \

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f, CRAYON

MATERIALS

Paper Alphatone Newsprint Poster

Cut—outs shapes-cut from: Sandpaper ’ Cardboard .Fabrics String (other‘scrap materials

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7-, ;__‘ _,_,fi_ :; __‘ »" fifiw—i? (Fig

RUBBINGS

PROCEDURE

Place paper over cut—outs or leaves, etc.

Rub’over with broad side of crayon to transfer shapes.

having interesting textures)

Pressed leaves

' Flowers Stems, etc.

Crayons

[Page 12]‘r'r “ _' ’ "W ‘— ‘ 7:77,; K" T * ‘ *» - *r_ *7 WHAT’S MISSING “ A letter of the alphabet is missing between some of the letters shown

below. If you'll write the proper letters in the right spaces, the puzzle will reveal something important you should know.

TE ITECALRY DY (AYYAM—I-HR) WIL BE

H E E F 0 F BLJR Y 2 6 T 0 A R C 1 F 01.0 E D Y

1 9 A Y S 0 F A T I N G F 0 G‘O W U S .

Did you solve the puzzle in the'last issue? The answer was: NOVEMBER

HAS TWO BAHA'I HOLIDAYS; BAHA'U'LLKH'S BIRTHDAY AND THE DAY OF THE COVENANT.

F The shortest route is *

"n B—A—M—N-K-L—J-I—G—H—F “‘C‘D‘*"°“ SOLUTION TO FUN AND GAMES

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- FI NS cont.

"HDQVayi" the chiidren Shofited5'becaUSe they were so happy.

WFinaTiy, the first friend ieft the.Land of Befere. It was time

fuh him to be barn“ When he opened his eyes for the first time, he Sew

tWQ fiabpy'face3?5mi1ing at him over the edge of the crib." He thought,

'“The kind and pretty face must beieng to my mother. And the hide, strong ‘iHEE'must belong to my new father. They iook very nice. We wiTl certainly ’lewe each other very much. But, I g9 miss my two best friends.“

_ Theibaby grew iarger and SWeeter. He learned many fine things, Like ‘ ‘héW‘tb sit up and haw to stand anthow tp biow his appie sauce into his ' ThEfi another baby came to the famiiy.

This baby was a dariing-giri. When she opened her eyes for the firet fitme, She saw three faces smiling at her in the crib. She thought,'VThe _ kihdaind prétty face must beiong to my new mother. And the nice, §trpngt_ thee must belong to my new father. And the third face! Why, why 1*? it‘s my best friend who 1eft the Land of Before to get barn here on earth, 'Qh, isn“t.that.nice! We are together, again. If oniy my other best friend couid be here, too, that wouid be just perfect."

After awhiie, another dear baby came to the famiiy . As he opened his eyes for the first time, he saw four faces smiling at him over the uedge 6f the crib. He thought, "The kind and pretty faCe must belong tfi my new mether. And the nice, strong face must beiong to my new father; And the two‘iittie, jdily faces --- why, I know whe they are! They are

, ‘ my D&SE friends. They left me so they couid get born. I have mi5$ed

E: 'them.SQ Much: And here they are. Oh, this surely must be the happiest. and iuekiest family in the whoie world; I am so giad that the Person‘Wheehrfanges-For—Mothers-And-Fathers.kept his promise. Now, we three

• fihiehds are together again. We wiii be happy together every day, just

1HKE‘before."

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There was troub1e in Amentia where Wi11ie Wigg1eworm 1ived be1ow

the surface of the earth. A11 the moisture had gone out of the 5011 and earthworm c1usters Of burrows were topp1ing and tumb1ing and 1eaning against one another.- Earthwonns were butting and burrowing and choking on their dry suppers of crumb1ing 5011. There was near panic among the grownups.

Only Grandma Zitto, 01dest worm in Amentia, knew what to do. She'd 11ved through dry spe115 before. She coiled herse1f up and made a coating of slime around herself for protection and went to s1eep. She said that was what a11 smart earthworms did when a dry season came.

"Let the young 'uns go ga11ivanting to the top of the garden," she said, while preparing herse1f for her 1on9 nap. "Red robins and s1ugs and bugs are just waiting to eat them. When worms are hungry they aren't carefu] of the enemies! ú1 just stay here and sleep!”

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But, over in the town burrow Levi Horsington, great-hearted mayor

of Amentia calied his counci] together.

"How can we save our fe110w worms from this suffering?" he asked the council. The mayor's counci] wiggied their segments in deep thought. But all they could think about was how thirsty they a11 were.

”It says here in the Times,” said Levi Horsington,”'as the earthworm digs, so the nation rises! The worm is the first fertilizer factory in the worldl'"

"Who 5333; about those gardens at the top of the world,” stormed Bertha Genske. Bertha was fat and‘fierce. She waved her segments angriiy from side to side. "Those rich wonns living over there on the spiit-leve] —- I hear th§x_have moisture stored up in their fine burrows. Let's march on them and take their dirt away from them and §§t_it! They have

no right -——" continued on page 20

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[Page 16]Willie cont.

“Rumors+4a11 rumurs," interrupted Lorenzo Rockaheadbza youth Kann 'for ideas. “Rich worms are'no richer than poor warms when a dry speiT comes. What we've got to think aboUt is working tggethermeand.not CriticiZing wofim$.over on th9’5p1itélévé1!"

Levi Hersington banged his counei] tab]e for order. ‘Berthareenske, who just ioved an argument and was a1] swoiien up, ready for one, had to stop waving_herseif in the air.

”We wi11 a11 have to 99 to sieep 1ike Grandma Zitto gntii it rains, _and then rebuiid eur town of Amentia," said the mayor "uniess we have rain by tomorrow night." He dismissed the council. The warms wiggied slowiy back to their tumbTing homes.

Willie Wiggieworm;got Out of his bedrgom burrow whiie Mama WiggTeworm stirred up the breakfast porridge. Willie ate without knewing whether the porridge was moist or dry. He had bloomed with an idea just at dawn, and he had been unable to sleep a wink since! Perhaps he and his friend Monster could save Amentia! He was so excited with his thoughts that he forgot for the moment that Father Wiggieworm had forbade him to go to the top of the worid again. But to same Amentia-nil

Willie‘wiggled to the top of the garden siowiy. Sure enough, there was Monster in the garden he1ping MomaAbbie pick peas. Wiiiie chewed a 1itt1e moist soii he found under the cucumber vine. How good it tasted:

Wiiiie iooked at Monster's big bare foot. It was a mountain, but he'd have to c1imb up to attract Monster's attention. He climbed and ciimbed, hunching his segments as he preceeded.

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[Page 17]Boys and girls, wouldn't it be nice if we could all try to memorize the prayers that appear in Child's Way? Let's see if we can. The prayer which follows was given to us by Baha'u'llah so that we might pray for the unity of the world. Can you imagine what that would mean? There would be no more war; no more fighting; people would no longer be without enough food and shelter as they now are in so many places in the world. It would be a world free of these troubles, where we could grow in the love of God and Man. One very important way Bahá’ís worship God is by helping others.

= MEMORY PRAYER

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants, and reveal to them Thy great purpose. May they follow Thy commandments and abide in Thy Law. Help them O God, in their en. deavor, and grant them strength to serve Thee. O God! leave them not to themselves, but guide their steps by the light of knowledge, and cheer their hearts by

Thy love. Verily, Thou art their Helper and their Lord.

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“That is the end of the story,” said Mother. ”Do you know what it means?"

"I think I know, Mother,” said Larry. "It means that brothers and sisters are friends that God gives us.”

”That's right," smiled Mother. Then she hugged and kissed the three friends.

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[Page 18]F FRIENDS co;

David reached down to sbratch his foot where it tickied. Then he jumped so high that Wiiiie wiggleworm almost tumbied off his mountain perch on Monster'S‘foot.

”Mommie,” cried Monster, “It's Wiilie Wigg1eworm! Come and ioakeee!" MomaAbbie stopped picking peas and 1ooked.

"So that”s Wi11iei" she said smiling. "Ne11, you 1et him go back into the ground now, and you come aiong with me into the house for 1unch and your nap."

Wiiiie heard Mom-Abbie with-dismay. He needed to taik with Mensteh. But even Mom—Abbie coqun't stand between him and Monster when the very lives of Amentia earthworms were_at stake! .So he stamped his sides a1] at dnce as hard as he coqu and David said, "0w! He‘s tickiing me. He wants to talk to me, MomwAbbie!“

"Nonsense," said Mom-Abbie, who was in a hurry to cook the fresh peas.

David brushed Ni11ie gentiy of his foot. Wiilie r011ed‘him5e1f into a tight ba11 and said in disgust,_”ELMSPPFl" We11, he'd just have to wait untii Monster went to.bed fbr his nap. So he unroiied himself and slithered back to Amentia. He cur1ed himse1f away from _a11 the other worms. He didn't want any questions about that trip to the top of the worid! He'd wait fbr‘MbnSter to s1eep. "I’ll See You in My Dreams," he hummed.

-_-_—__-,._——_—-_——--—______(-__——-__ "Mcnster,“ said Wi11ie Niggieworm from his Safe piace, c1inging to the bedpost, ”our town of Amentia is choking on dry dirt and a1] the

burrows are crumbiing. YOU can make rain for us.

22 "I CAN?” said Monster, brushing at his sieepy eyes with his fist.

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When a boy-fa1ls into the water, What is the fifist thing he gets? :Wete

qu many eggs can a giant eat on an empty stQmaCh? ?Oné. After awe, his stomach is hp idnger empty.

How-mfihy sides does a barre] have? Two. The inside and the oatside.

• What is the best thing to put into a pie? Your teeth.

'What QGES uphii] and downhili andlyet stands stili? A read. What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but has no fieeh Or bane? A glowee

Whith is fagterg heat or coid? Heat is faster, you can catch a gold;

Willie cont. 50 Monster rOSE'from his nap and hauied out DaddyaAiVs gardEn

Mesa and turned the water and 1et it run a11 the rest Of that day. It triekied dOWn, déwn into the dry spiT and at last it seeped_into the town'of Amentia. A11 the earthworms began to eat, and they a1] ate ‘untii a11 the rich worms and the pour worms were very fu11. Then they ~gathered in the tawn-burhow and gave thanks to the_Big Rainmakeri Nana Of‘them knew it Was Monster. None of them knew 1ittTe~Wi11ie_Wigglewpmm's Very own idea had SaVed their'town. None of them knew Menster or gaddye

A].ET'MQmeAbbie

except‘Wiiiie, who was a very speCiaI warm.

And Grandma Zitto woke up startled at such a Shart dry gpell. She 'was a11 prepared fer a iong sleep. But she uncoi1ed hehseif and tasted the gcod moist earth and she said: ,

"weii, I dediare!“

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[Page 21]Ayyém-i-Hé Prayer

by Kay Patton

Gifts of friendship, joy and love

Come with each Intercalary Day; There are fbur and sometimes five,

To show our special Agyahbi-Ha way.

These days reflect the spirit of Baha, That of kindness, sharing and love; A time when Bahá’íb renember God And share their blessings from Above.

Gifts are not always things we get Like trinkets, gays or fbod,

But gifts are also visits and deeds Given to others fbr their good.

Ayyam—i—Hé prepares us, too, For the period of the Fast;

we cherish these days themselves as gifts, From the first day through the last.

So we offer our prayers and gifts And greet you in all loving ways, And hope that you will be blessed Over these Ayyah—i-Ha days!

-Kay Patton