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July-Aug. 7 dedicated to children everywhere

Bahá’í YEAR 127

[Page 2]dedicated to children everywhere

BAHM YEAR 127 r. i ,

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3. The Science Corner: Weather Station

4. Shrine of the Báb

5. The Adventures of Wi11ie Wigg1eworm: The Case of the Hungry P1atypus

by Alice Bacon

7. Prayer

8. Poem

9. Photo Portraits

10. Ca1endar

11. Doug's Diary

16. Chuck1es

17. Prayer

18. Poem

20. Servant of God

21. A Chi1d's Prayer

by Mari on Wi l cox

Advisory Board: Carole Allen, Ray Johnson, LaNelma Johnson, Maxine Rossman, Mark Rossman, Helen Sousa, Donald Streets

Contributing Editors: Barbara Cook, Robert Hart, Mol’ly King, David Lepard, James Nelson Art Illustrator and Consultant: Diane Paque’r

Subegrifitiqn Service: LaNeIr‘rYa Johnson

Managing Editors: DavidLepa'rd, Mildred Lepard'

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Editor's Note

Dear Friends of CHILD'S WAY,

How is your Summer? Soon we can begin thinking about a new school year. We surely hope that you had a chance to attend a Summer School somewhere or that you will, soon!

We have heard from many parents and teachers who are trying CHILD'S WAY in children’s classes and find it very helpful. Have you? If so,

we would enjoy hearing from you.

We actually have two surprises in this issue. The introduction of a fine new author, Doug Allen and a new feature section: Poetry, Prayers and Thoughts. Won’t you send in some soon?

Some of you have asked about the

return of the Adventures of Dewey. We are happy to announce that'the‘ final chapter will be included in' the next issue. I '

Sincerely ,

THE EDITORS 0F CHILD'S WAY MAGAziNE

[Page 3]THE SCIENCE CORNER

WEATHER STATION

rain gauge

Keep a record of how much rain falls with a rain guage made from a test tube or pill bottle one inch across. Put it against a ruler and mark every half—inch with enamel paint or nail polish. Tie the bottle to a fence or lamppost out in the open. After each rainfall, record how many

inches of rain fall into your guage.

barometer

If you listen to the weatherman on the radio or TV, you've heard him say that the barometer is falling or rising. The barometer is an instrument for measuring air pressure. You can make a simple one by fastening a piece

of stretchy balloon rubber ofer the

mouth of a large jar or milk bottle. Glue a piece of light cardboard to the rubber for a pointer. Then stand the jar.next to a ruler in a place where the temperature is always the same. When the air pressure increases, it pushes on the rubber. The pointer tilts upward, indicating nice weather. Low pressure causes the opposite to r””—.

happen, and the pointer tilts down. ""”—,J1 (IIJ

Bad weather ahead. Keep a daily record

of how far the barometer rises or falls.

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Shrine of the Bah

The Shrine of the Báb is a golden—domed structure which stands out above the city of Haifa, Israel. The Báb was the Martyr—Herald of the Bahá’í Faith who declared His mission in 1844 and who in 1850, at the age of 31, was executed in Tabríz, Persia, because of His liberal religious teachings. His last words were these: "Had you believed in Me, 0 wayward generation, every one of you would have. . . willingly sacrificed himself in My path. The day will come when you will have recognized Me; that day I shall have ceased to be with you."

The Báb's remains were brought to the Holy Land and entombed in 1909 by 'Abdu'l—Baha, Son and Successor of Baha'u'llah. The present building was begun in 1948 and completed in 1953.

Combining the style and proportions of European architecture with designs inspired by the East, it is constructed of stone cut and carved in Italy and with 12,000 fish—scale tiles made in Holland by a special process of fire glazing over gold leaf. The whole cost of the new building was met by Bahá’ís throughout the world; contributions for any Bahá’í work are voluntary and accepted only from members of the Faith.

The Báb was martyred” on July 9, in 1850.

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[Page 6]PRAYERS FEMS AND THOUGHTS FOR: ?CH..ITLDRE-fo

~ Canefully loosen thg‘stgplgs on the ' "magazine to remove the spatial coVer. Also remove the poetry pages, '

Each new issue of Child's way will contain poetry,;prayefS,-and‘_ oughts which you Will want t6 put ifi~§fié

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§;:% Own special book to share Wlth athers. '9n3’ . _ > _ '23:: Tie the book together with a chorful

? ribbon or string, Add your néw poems

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If you know of a poem Or wouid like tb write one to share with.others, sefia it to us and we-will try to print it in the magazine.

Willie. cont.

“It Says hate that the p1atypuses eat 800 worms a day! said Levi.

"Oh my, I fee1 a 1itt1e faint!" said Hettie. "Why that”s warse than ‘wari You must ca11 your counci] together and D0 somethingf"

"But tho§e p1atypuSES are in New York," said Levi. "What could we worms in Amentja d9?"

"Couidn‘t those——those THINGS eat something elsé?” askéd HéttTeu

“Lt says here thqy eat grayfish and egg custard too!" said Levi. ‘ Then LeVT”rémembered that long ago~Ceci1 and Pene1ope PTatypus‘had been sent from the faraotf country of Austra1ia. He remembered, aTthpugh he had just bean a 1itt1e worm5 squligg1ing around at his mother'g feet, how ter— , rified he had bean hyxail the talk. They had sent out an airplané with ten thousand more warms :to meet the ship and supp] y fb‘ed {For the duck-A—h-‘i‘TJed‘ Dl‘atypusesi . 7 _ ‘cpntinuefi’ohxpage.19 6 _ :_ ‘";~ 7.?”

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[Page 9]PHOTO—PORTRAITS

Choose a black and white photograph ‘from a newspaper and decide on two contrasting coldrs you would like to use to paint with. You might use red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple or any others

you wish.

First you will paint all of the black areas carefully with the darker paint. Then you will paint all of the white areas with a lighter color

Now comes the difficult part—look carefully and notice that some of the areas of the picture are different shades of grey. You must now decide which greys are closer to black and which greys are closer to white. When you think that you have a pretty good idea you may start to paint the areas that seem closest to white with the lighter color and the ones closer to black the darker color.

TIPS**use a photograph of a head at least as big as the drawing shown on this page.

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enough to cover the grey, but thin _enough to paint neatly.

_ **be sure to let one color dry before putting another color next to it.

• • be sure that you wash your

brush thoroughly when changing colors. Newspaper photographs work best,

Let us know how your Photo=Portrait Came out.

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1111 cont So the mayor of Ament1a _ca11ed h1s-_counc11 tqg_ether. The members a11 de11berated a 1ong t1me, but there was noth1ng they cou1d do to save the1r fe11ow worms from be1ng fed to p1atypuses.

F1na11y Bertha Genske rose up On her segments and waved herseTf 1h the a1r. “We can go on str1ke against gardens," she sa1d. ”Let the gardéns wither. Let them shr1Ve1 away! Not unt11 they k111 off those monStrQus p1atypuses W111 we carry $011 to the top of the world aga1nl ‘Ne W111 starve gardens unt11 the human monsters starve p1atypu ses'”

Lorenzo Rockahead asked Bertha Genske to s1t down. "It won't d9 any 900d for us 11tt1e worms to str1ke," he said ca1m1y. “We are on1y-a few 11tt1e worms compared to a1] the worms 1n the world. 'Now 1f A11 the worms 1nAH mewmfl¢.J

"Be qu1et and don't be s111y," advised Bertha Genske.

II‘Mo1es and toads and énakes eat us too,” sa1d Lev1 Hors1ngton sad1y; ‘“On1y they don't eat as many of us at once!"

‘W1T11e Wiggleworm heard h1s mother and Hett1e Hors1ngton ta1k1ng abogt ”the hungry p1atypuses wh11e he 1ay 1n the back burrow that separated the1h thomes. He remembered then how his Menster had saved Ament1a from the drought, and he remembered how h1s Monster had saved him and LorenZo and the othEr worms from the f1sh hooks. Sure1y h1s Mbnster cou1d save them .311 fFOm p1atypusesl

When Monster saw him there in h1s fam111ar p1ace on the bedpost, he said, ”He11o N1111e" I'm g1ad you don't 11ve 1n New York YQU m1ght get; eaten by two funny f1at- footed birds I saw at the 200 today'"

"Y—yeyou mean PLATYPUSUS?” asked N1111e, back1ng away as though Mfihster might thy "to eat him too.

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[Page 20]The Servant of God

When His Father was a1ive and dwelt outside the city of Akka among the mountains, 'Abbés-Effendi (‘Abdu’l-Bahá) frequent1y visited Him. Though the journey was rather long, He usua11y walked. His friends asked Him why He did not save time and effort and go on horseback. "Over these mountains, Jesus wa1ked on foot," He said, ”and who am I that I should ride where the Lord Christ waIked?"

Once when he was older and rode in an ordinary stagecoach to return to His home, the driver thought that for a man of His appearance and bearing that He should be riding in a private carriage. ‘Abbas-Effendi insisted on using the stagecoach. At the end of His ride, He was stopped by a poor man who p1eaded for a few coins. Turning to the driver, He said, ”Why should I trave] in a carriage when such as he needs money?”

Adapted from Bw, V01. IV, 340

[Page 21]A CHILD'S PRAYER

Words and Music by Marion Wilcox

CHORDS:

O God! Guide me, pro— tect me,

11— In - mine the lamp of my heart,

the lamp of heart.

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"What do you know about piatypuses?" demamded Monster sitting up on his e1bow and shaking the bed. Willie clung tighter and advanced a little cioser to Monster. ”It's Ceci] and Peneiope," he said. "Can't you do something about them?"

"My Daddy can," said Monster, "because he can do anything in the woridi”

But Daddy-AI iaughed when David toid him how many earthworms Cecii and Penelope ate every day. "I don't think they wi11 get your little friend, because there are mi11ions and triilions of earthworms in the worid. There are enough for aiif”

"But Daddy=A1," quavered Monster...

"A11 right, a1] right, I'll think about it!" said Daddy—A].

When the mayor of Amentia called his council together again, Berthe Genske was the on1y one who talked. She sti11 waved her segments and said they shou1d a1] stop taking soil to the top of the garden.

"But that won't help anything," said Lorenzo Rockahead. "We must just continue to work—-but in harmony, each he1ping the other."

”Words! Words!” thundered Berthe Genske. ”I don't see any sense in saying everything is all right with the world when everything is a11 wrong!"

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[Page 23]"We can't even make our own world over-—to say nothing of that other one at the top of the garden. A1most every creature is bigger and stronger than we are, and we have no protection except to work in unity!"

Bertha Genske sobbed then. "It's hard being just an earthworm," she said.

"It's hard being anything worth whi1e," observed Levi Horsington gent'ly.

And then the very next day, something happened that caused great rejoicing in Amentia. Word ran around the burrows that Pene1ope P1atypus had run away from the 200. It was in a11 the papers. Even the po1ice at the top of the world were a1] on the Iookout for Pene1ope.

"As if she rea11y AMOUNTED to something," said Berthe Genske.

But Penelope P1atypus was never found. Cecil was 1One1y and he drooped and refused to eat worms. He refused egg custard and crayfish, too. Fina11y, Cecil died, there in the New York 200, thousands.of mi1es from his native 1and of Austra1ia.

"There! What did I te11 you?" demanded Monster of w1111e Wiggleworm. "Now there are no p1atypuses to eat you up. I TOLD you my Daddy cou1d do ANYTHINGl"