Ken McLaughlin Chooses a Filly on Wyoming Ranch
Ten year old Ken McLaughlin selects a yearling filly from a ranch with a troubled colt named Rocket. His father’s anger grows due to poor school work and lack of responsibility, but his mother persuades a change of course. Flicka jumps the corral fence, challenging expectations as Captain McLaughlin concedes Gly may not be Joco after all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming
Rocket
Ken
Captain McLaughlin
Flicka
Corral
Gly
Joco
Gus
Crosby
Studebaker
Guy
Flicka's Nursery and Ken's Rodeo Farewell
Ken stays alone on the ranch after his family leaves for Cheyenne Frontier Days. He finds Flicka at her nursery where she eats oats from a can and lingers by the cottonwood shade as he reads aloud from The Jungle Book. The day closes with quiet companionship and a children’s moon in the blue sky.
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Studebaker
Cheyenne
Cheyenne’ Boosters
Ken
Lady
Calico
Buck
Baldy
McLaughlin
Gus
Tim
Flicka
Kid
Howard
Kim
Chaps
Flicka Falls Ill in Frontier Farm Tale
Ken finds Flicka dying on the hillside and struggles with fear and duty as a late afternoon ride turns toward a rescue. A cow’s distress and a broken wire trap push him toward action, and he races to fetch wire cutters to free the animal. The scene ends with a pause as he prepares to act, awaiting the continuation.
Bedside Tables From Orange Crates Craft Idea
These orange crate bedside tables are easy to make and decorative. They feature green oil cloth lining, full skirt pieces attached to the sides, a top cover with a 3-inch frill, and muslin trim. The note provides details from a craft book offering monogram ideas and instructs readers to order books priced 15 cents.
Glass engineered to break safely promises safer everyday items
Collier's reports new ordinary glass can be made to break in controlled ways. Home containers such as pitchers and jars are designed to fracture into large pieces to avoid small dangerous shards in food. Some glass ceilings, including those in the National Gallery of Art Washington, are made to shatter into powder to prevent injury from falling fragments.
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Collier's
National Gallery of Art
Washington
This Modern Hen Creates Incubator of Her Own
A Guadalcanal brush fowl incubates eggs by covering them with decaying vegetation. The heat from decomposition keeps the eggs warm. Incubation lasts about 50 days longer than for other land birds, and the hatched young can fly immediately.
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Guadalcanal
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Wescott & Winks Hatcheries
United Deb Monies Are Products Company
Hebbel Huilding
Dew Maines
Iowa
van Buren CO
Acre
Russell Ame WaleBeld
Feathers
Sawyer Sto. Inc
Skaum' Co
M. D. Schreiber
N. Weatsea Ave
Chi Holiyesurt
Glency
Shreves
Dr. Shreves Medicine Co
Newton
Iowan
Germany
France
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
San Francisco
Kellogu's
Battle Creek
George Herbert
Pinkham
WNU
DTN
Han Ae
By Mary O'Harase
Nell
Don
Sargent
Neil McLaughlin
Rosas
Atliches
PEARS
New York
Bowing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
Hitler
eLy
Seneca
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