Father, to little Tommie who had just started to school: “Well, son, what lesson do you like best?” 

Tommie: “I like recess best.” 

And what do you think—Alfred Burke of Cranford, N. J., states that he has read the Whispering Cave book twenty-four times! [xi]

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Here’s another snappy one: “I tried to make a dinosaur egg,” writes Jack Hanson of Rockford, Ill. Jack doesn’t say how the egg turned out. Yet how glad we are that he didn’t try to lay it! 

“My chums and I recently organized a Juvenile Jupiter Detective Association,” writes Wilfred Hinkel of Elmont, L. I., N. Y., “only we call ourselves the Jerry Todd Union of Detectives. Boy! You should see our peachy badges.” 

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FRECKLED GOLDFISH

Out of my book, Poppy Ott and the Freckled Goldfish, has grown our great Freckled Goldfish lodge, membership in which is open to all boys and girls who are interested in my books. Thousands of readers have joined the club. We have peachy membership cards (designed by Bert Salg, the popular illustrator of my books) and fancy buttons. Also for members who want to organize branch clubs (hundreds are in successful operation, providing boys and girls with added fun) we have rituals. 

To join (and to be a loyal Jerry Todd fan I think you ought to join), please observe these simple rules: 

(1) Write (or print) your name plainly. 

(2) Supply your complete printed address. 

(3) Give your age. 

(4) Enclose two two-cent postage stamps (for card and button). 

(5) Address your letter to 

Leo Edwards, Cambridge, Wisconsin. 

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