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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
7
A vase of jonquils tickles a frightened boy until his parents soothe him. The doctor later calls it delirious and changes the medicine. Weeks later he heals and avoids flowers, recalling the strange tickling episode.
A school scene explores why children feel compelled to play as spring arrives. The teacher notes a nationwide impulse to begin games like tops and leapfrog in March, while students recall how play signals the end of the school period for the day.
A mother tells her children a tale of a boy who hates flowers, disasters his aunt brings jonquils, and a garden chorus who vow to tickle him into laughter. The moral: joy can grow when flowers are cherished and mischief is turned to delight.
A young trout named Goggle Eye E lives with siblings in a still pool beside a gum tree. He is tiny, about the length of a middle finger, and so clear sunlight passes through him revealing his ribs and heart. The tale notes his breakfast bug in a simple, vivid description.
A collage of brainteasers with trick answers. It presents problems about cats and corners, numeric wordplay, and symbol puzzles with quirky solutions like -38 Cats and -LOVDE.
A duck tale describes Goggle Eye watching river crowds from gum tree roots. A wary catfish, with amber eyes and two spear like mustache fins, stalks prey as others fear his approach. The water folk stay alert as danger glides through the current.
A merry fisherman seeks to fish without wetting himself by laying a net on dry sand and luring fish with music. He imagines fish dancing ashore, but the sea and luck yield no fish. He wades in, discovers labor cannot be turned to play, and concedes old ways may be best.
A distressed boy named John struggles with the A B C's during school hours. His father, offering encouragement, debates the order of letters and the quantity of letters in the alphabet while trying to motivate John to focus on his lesson.
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