HOW many like a good baseball game? Raise your hands! Well, it looks as though you all like baseball. That’s fine, because baseball is a great game. It’s the great American game. Boys, men, and even girls play baseball, and hundreds of men make their living playing the game. It’s a grand sport, a grand [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2010’
Blue Hats
THE other day I read in the paper that a real Princess went shopping. Now why was that news? That was news because it was the first time that this Princess ever went shopping alone. Naturally, she was very excited.
Early that morning the young Princess left the royal palace and rode in a beautiful carriage [...]
The Greatest Thing in the World
MOST of you children have been confirmed. You have received the Sacrament of Confirmation and you have received the Holy Ghost. The day you received the Sacrament of Confirmation was one of the most important days of your life. You remember everything that happened. You remember that the Bishop came to our church. You remember [...]
I Want My Mother!
LITTLE five -year-old Loretta Benson and her mother are very good friends. In fact, they spend most of their time together. Although Loretta is only a little girl, still she does a great deal to help her mother. She dusts chairs and tables, dries the dishes, and even helps her mother to make the beds. [...]
Finny, the Fish
FINNY was a green and yellow fish that lived with his family in a cool mountain brook. Finny was the youngest member of the family, and for that reason his mother loved him very much. She taught him how to swim and play, and, when it rained, she showed him how to hide under the [...]
The Boy and the Balloons
I SUPPOSE most of you boys and girls have seen a circus. Well, I know a boy who never saw a circus. Yes, Frank Murphy lived in a small town -He had heard about acrobats, clowns, elephants, dancing bears, and all the other things in a circus, but he had never seen a circus until [...]
Maxie, the Mouse
MAXIE, the mouse, was no ordinary field mouse. Nor was he a common kitchen mouse. Maxie was a royal mouse because he lived in a king’s castle.
Night after night, Maxie played on the King’s soft rugs and slept in the King’s large easy chairs. He loved his home and he knew that he was very [...]