| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER ! For the Young Folks. Is ° Ml The Eider Duck. The eider duck lives on the islands in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Norway. The ducks build their nests of sedge and line them with feathers from their breasts. People gather the down from the nests and sell it. The birds will reline their nests three times, but if the third lining is stolen they desert the nest. Eiderdown is used to liue quilts and for trimming dresses and coats. — The Virginia Guide. A Cunning Cat. Mary put a piece of cake on the ffoor for her eat. The cat. did not eat the cake. It carried the cake to the barn. It. put it on the ffoor near a hole. It sat very still and waited. It watched the hole. A little mouse smelled the cake, It came out of its hole. The cat caught it and ate it. The cat, liked the mouse better than cake. — Compan ion. The Monkey and Mirror. A man had a monkey. He made a little red coat for it and gave it a small red cap. The monkey danced and turned somersaults. It climbed up trees and swung from the branches b\ its tail. It carried a little basket. It drank from a small cup. It held the mirror with its paws and looked in it. The monkey saw its face in the mirror. It took off its cap and bowed. It made faces at itself in the mirror. It slapped its face. It opened and shut its eyes. It stuck out its tongue. It was much pleased with the mirror. I know some little boys who act like this monkey. — The Canadian Mute. The Lunch. I-larold and Hadley were playing out in the maple grove. They were dressed like Indians. Harold said his name was Shooting Star and Hadley called himself Red Eagle. They had brought a lunch of sandwiches and doughnuts. They' spread it out on a large rock. They ate part of the lunch and then stopped to shoot at a target. They were so interested in trying to hit a mark that they played quite a while before they felt hungry. While they were gone four squirrels had a glorious feast with the goodies they found on the big Hat rock. When the boys came back, they wondered who had eaten their lunch, but they could not guess.:—Primary Plane. in, Into, Off, Out of. .lack lived --- the country. One day he went --- the barn to look for some eggs. Ho looked --- the manger and saw three beautiful kittens. He ran --- the house and got a basket. Ho carried them to show to bis mother. She was --- the house. When she saw the kittens --- the basket she was pleased. She took a string --- her drawer, and a paper --- the table. She tied the string around the paper and put it --- th(S basket. One kitten did not like that, so it jumped --- the basket. The other kittens stayed --- it and played with the string. After a while Jack’s mother told him to take the kitteus --- the1 house. He carried them to the barn --- the basket, and put them back --- the manger.—Selected. A Wise Cat. My whole name is Thomas Tiger White-paw. Once the little girl who lives at our bouse left the door of the bird cage open, and the bird flew out of the cage. It lit on the carpet. 1 was taking my nap but I saw it. 1 had often noticed how fat this little, bird was getting, and 1 know bow good it would taste. Beside, I got so tired of hearing it sing. But did I catch the little bird? No, indeed! I said to myself. “Thomas, remember what your mother told you when you were a kitten.” Then I tucked my paws far under me and shut my eyes very, very tight. “Soon the bird flew up and sat on the corner of a picture, and it was still there when the little girl came home. She thought I had been asleep all the time. The little girl had often been told not to leave the door of the bird cage open, and I think it would have been her own fault 'f I had eaten the bird. Don’t you?—The Ml. Airy World. The Ostrich. The ostrich is the largest, bird in the world. It lives on the deserts in Africa and in other places where it is always warm. A desert is a very, very large place where there are no trees, no grass and no water. There are some ostriches in the southern part of California and in the soutn-ern part of South America. The ostrich has it small head and a very long neck, like a camel’s neck. Its legs are long and strong. The ostrich can run very fast, faster than a horse hut, it cannot fly. Ostriches can run thirty miles in one hour. They are very tall—sometimes eight feet tall. That is much taller than a very tall man. They have long, beautiful feathers in their wings and tails. Their feathers are used to trim ladies’ hats, and sometimes to trim dresses. The feathers cost a great deal of money. It is very hard to catch an ostrich because it is very strong and can run so fast. The ostrich eats insects, snakes, frogs, fruit, berries, leaves, grass, glass, chalk, stones, and sometimes small sticks. They can live several days without any water. Sometimes the negroes in Africa ride on the ostriches’ backs. Ostriches make their nests in the sand. They make a large hole in the sand and lay large eggs in it. The father ostrich sits on the nest every night to keep the eggs warm and the mother ostrich sits on them in the morning and evening. They let the sun keep them warm in the middle of the day. One ostrich egg is large enough for three men’s breakfasts. Tlio father ostrich is black. The mother bird is brown or gray.—The Ml. Airy World.
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