CUSSICS JUNIOR No. 568 15*

The HAPPY

HEDGEHOG

WHAT IS IT? Solve this puzzle by placing the point of your pencil or crayon on dot number 1 and drawing a line to dot number 2. Then you draw another line to dot number 3 and so on, until you have connected all the dots. After you have done this, you may use your crayons to color this surprise picture.

MUCH TO BE THANKFUL] FOR. IF ONLY WE HAD | A CHILD, I WOULD BE I THE HAPPIEST MAN I—'

VtJN THE WORLD, r1 A

A BOUT A YEAR LATER, A CHILD WAS BORN. BUT THE FARMER AND HIS

WIFE WERE NOT AT ALL HAPPY.

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. HE IS A BOY FROM TRIE WAIST DOWN. BUT FROM THE WAIST UP, HE LOOKS LIKE

is ,<• v n A HEDGEHOG I i w, mi'

yAFTER HIS FATHER'S PIGS.

[HE WILL NEVER BE GOOD FOR

ANYTHING ELSE. I I FEAR.

MY PARENTS ARE SO SAD WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME. PERHAPS THEY WOULD BE HAPPIER IF I LEFT HOME, AND WENT OUT INTO THE tagOTiWORLD .j^s*—

The following morning

WIFE, I AM GOING TO THE] FAIR TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BRING --. YOU? i--'

HFRESH MEAT, AND [SOME WHITE ROLLS A PAIR OF STOCKINGS, AND)

SOME SLIPPERS FOR MY FEET. rrrq-£

SON, I AM GOING TO THE FAIR TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME

TO BRING YOU?

'HAT NIGHT, WHEN THE FARMER CAME HOME . .

HERE. I HAVE BROUGHT): YOU THE STOCKINGS AND SLIPPERS YOU

WANTED. j-' HERE, WIFE. I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE MEAT AND THE WHITE

ROLLS YOU WANTED.

[OH, HOW HAPPY I AM! [THIS IS ALL I WANT!

THANK YOU, FATHER,

j\ND THE VERY NEXT DAY . . . { IF YOU WILL TAKE THE S,! COCK TO THE BLACKSMITH j AND HAVE SHOES PUT ON HIS FEET, I WILL RIDE AWAY _)

AND NEVER COME BACK.

FATHER, I HAVE DECIDED To] TAKE MY BAGPIPES AND GO - 1 OUT INTO THE WORLD. j ■nni=L

And away rode the happy hedgehog, playing the BAGPIPES AND DRIVING HIS HERD OF PIGS IN FRONT

OF HIM, rz-rag-—ViT-

I After a few I ^ days he /

[THIS LOOKS UKE| A GOOD PLACE TO|

I settle. ] CLEARING IN THE t FOREST. /

DEAR FRIEND COCK, PLEASE CARRY ME TO THAT OAK TREE. THERE IS WHERE I WILL ar~i MAKE MY NEW HOME, jt J

. . . AND THERE THE HEDGEHOG SAT ALL DAY, PLAYING ON HIS BAGPIPES AND WATCHING HIS HERD, r-

GO AND SEE WHO IS [ FLAYING THAT MUSIC. PERHAPS IT IS SOMEONE WHO WILL HELP US FIND

I OUR WAY HOME.

''HE SERVANT FOLLOWED THE SOUND OF THE ' BAGPIPES. SOON . . . pgrar-—

fHOW STRANGE! A IHEDGEHOG WITH I THE LEGS OF A I MAN SITTING ON (ACOCK IN A TREE!

YOU MUST PROMISE TOl GIVE ME THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE ROYAL jjjn COURTYARD, jj-jf

FOLLOW THIS. IT WILL LEAD YOU STRAIGHT TO

YOUR PALACE. J

[REMEMBER, THE FIRST] THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE ROYAL

|COURTYARD WILL BE V—i MINE.

AS THE KING RODE "TOWARD THE PALACE, HIS DAUGHTER SAW HIM COMING.

Ihe RAN DOWN TO THE COURTYARD, AND OPENED THE PALACE GATES.

[BUT DON'T WORRYTJ IT IS A GOOD] MY DEAR. I WILL gj THING, FATHER!

[NOT KEEP IT. 11 WOULD NEVER I IT IS A GOOD THING I DID NOT PUN TO

S KEEP IT. j—^

PHE servant followed the sound LOF THE BAGPIPES. SOON . . .

HOW STRANGE! A HEDGEHOG) WITH THE LEGS OF A MAN, SITTING UPON A COCK IN A

GIVE ME THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE ROYAL COURTYARD.

After a time, the hedgehog/ ^THOUGHT ABOUT THE / PROMISES THE TWO KINGS HAD f MADE. i-7-1-, ~ rr I WILL GO TO THE FIRST

KING AND CLAIM MY REWARdJ

At HIS PALACE,THE FIRST KING WAS ** ALSO THINKING ABOUT HIS PROMISE TO THE HEDGEHOG. [-

f TELL MY SOLDIERS TO [GATHER IN THE COURTYARD.

I7HEN THE SOLDIERS

TEN PIECES OF GOLD TO THE W WHO CAPTURES HIM! TWENTY

PIECES! FIFTY PIECES! r—

fCARRY ME 1 I THE KING!

THE FIRST THING I SAW WHEN I ENTERED THE ROYAL COURTYARD WAS MY DAUGHTER.

FOR SHAME! I SEE YOU ARE NOT A MAN OF YOUR WORD! WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU SAW WHEN YOU ENTERED THE ROYAL —-. COURTYARD? j--

WILL DRIVE Y FROM YOUR

^KINGDOM.

T»HE KING TOOK THE, * HEDGEHOG INSIDE j THE PALACE. p

BRING THE ROYAL ] CARRIAGE TO THE |

DAUGHTER IS I LEAVING AT ONCE !j

f I WOULD RATHER BE A HEDGEHOG AND NEVER MARRY THAN BE A MAN AND BE MARRIED TO YOUij

Ftell the people of] [THE TOWN TO GATHER [ IN THE COURTYARD. J

HE HAS DONE ME A GREAT j SERVICE. I WILL GIVE TEN PIECES OF GOLD TO THE MAN WHO BRINGS THE GOOD NEWS THAT HE IS COMING. J

GOOD! WHAT WAS 1 THE FIRST THING

Phe hedgehog was given a royal 1 WELCOME AND LED BEFORE THE KIN<

WELL, YOUR HIGHNESS, I HAVE 1 COME TO CLAIM MY REWARD. DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP —J, YOUR PROM

THE FIRST THING I SAW WHEN I ENTERED THE ROYAL COURTYARD WAS MY DAUGHTER. THEREFORE,

>—-n MY DAUGHTER IS YOURS j—

YES, FATHER. HE HELPED YOU FIND YOUR WAY WHEN YOU WERE LOST. I SHALL BE HAPPY TO BE HIS BRIDE.

THEN YOU SHALL BE WED THIS VERY NIGHT.

ONCE THE HAPPY ( HEDGEHOG WAS ' NOT HAPPY. NEITHER WAS 1 THE PRINCESS. 4

LOOK! LOOK! THE HEDGEHOG IS NOT A HEDGEHOG ANYMORE! HE'IS A HANDSOME

I YOUNG MAN ! jy, x ^

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AESOP’S fables

r WELL,WELL. ISN'T THIS COZY! ISN'T THIS NICE!

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fHE frog laughed at the mouse, 1 AND.SWAM FASTER AND FASTER.

HELPI HELPI I'M AFRAID! I CAN’T SWIM!

HAWK WHO WAS FLYING BY HEARD THE 1 MOUSE AND SWOOPED DOWN TO RESCUE

DON'T BE FRIGHTENED, LITTLE MOUSE. I ONLY WANT TO TEACH

THAT FROG A LESSON.

[ I HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNED YOUR ] LESSON, FROG. NEXT TIME. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD I

[HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. I

HELP! 1'M AFRAIDl] I CAN'T FLY! I

Tkrne Wot An Otd Mon Oj, Tke Dec by Edward Lear

There was on Old Mon of the Dee,

Who was sadly annoyed by a Fleoj

When he sold,"I will scratch It!'1 they gave him a hatchet,

Which grieved that Old Man of the Dee.

THE ANIMAL WORLD: The BUFFALO

The cape buffalo is a fierce animal and mCANNOT BE TAMED. HE IS KNOWN AS ONE OF

THE MOST DANGEROUS BEASTS IN AFRICA. HE CAN BE FOUND IN THE SWAMPS, WHERE HE FEEDS ON. WATER PLANTS. .--

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