Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14

"Well, ordinary green grass is
ice before Neither of us had ice skates,
so we went home and asked our fathers
to buy some for us. They both went
right down to the store and bought us
the skates.
When they came home we took the
skates and hurried down to the lake.
We thought that of course we could
skate. We put them on and the first
step we took we both fell down, and
everybody laughed at us. We tried it
again. but the same thing happened.
Everybody laughed at US again.
We did not think they were very
polite. But we did not want to quit
because the people laughed at US. We
got up to try it again. But the people
all said: watch them fall again"
We did not fall; we went slow, and
then faster and faster. We did not fall
any more that day. But the people
that laughed at us fell down. We
laughed and laughed at them. But we
never went to skate again.
LOTTIE MAY NEWMAN.
California Street school. Age 10 years.
1891 North Spring street.
Daisy Hoblin came out one after
noon to play. She brought with her
a doll and a few toys. She made
little house under the cherry tree and
pretended that she was going to the
city. She got in little box for train
and when she reached the city she
went to a two-story building to get
her dinner. The building was the
woodshed, the inside being the first
story and on top the second story.
She had cherries for bread and wa
ter for tea. She put her doll into bed
and got up to walk across the shed.
A little green moss grew in one Spot
on the shed and was very slippery. she
stepped on this and slid off the shed,
screaming for mother to come ana
help her. Her mother came running to
her
Her mother picked her up and carried
her into the house and phoned for
the doctor. The doctor said IF she
doesn't want a crooked leg 1T ought
to be set" So she decided to have 1T
set. At last this was done, but 1t
was great pain to Daisy. She always
said afterward that this was her Slip
periest day. RUTH DRUM
San Dimas, Cal. public school.
Last year Carl and I went north, and
there is where 1 spent my slipperiest
day. 1t was very cold there and the
ice was smooth and slippery.
One day Carl and / were skating
after a heavy rain and / was not
watching where 1 was going. just
went straight into a piece of thin Ice
IL was very slippery. 1t broke through
and fell down on the Ice and 1 almost
broke my leg.
Another time I was skating and /
slipped a little, but I was holding Carl
by the arm and he held to me, so that
l did not fall. So / think that ice is
the slipperiest thing there is. or
course there are other things that are
very slippery. but 1 think that ice is
the slipperiest.
my Slipperiest day I folded 1t UP and
the next morning I gave 1T to my
teacher and she said it was pretty
good ARDIENNE DIES MOVERS.
1861 South Flower street st. Mary's
academy; age 10 years; grade T.
MY slipperiest day was at a picnic
at which prizes were given in several
contests, one contest being for boys,
in which a creased pig was turned
loose for the boys to catch, the win
ner to receive the pig as his prize.
When we girls saw the pig coming, we
all ran to see the fun. 1 slipped on
banana peeling, fell fiat to the ground
and before 1 could get up the pig
jumped over me- slipping it's greasy
body over my face.
got up to get out of the way OF
the fast running boys, but as they
were in a semicircle and close to-
gether my only hope of not being
knocked down by them was to run in
the direction Of the pig.
Off I started, and since I was COM
PEELED to run for that pig, I made up
my mind to catch it If I could. Sew
eral times I grabbed it, but 1t slipped
through my hands. On went the pig,