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Thursday, October 14, 1945 THE OAKVILLE: RAFALGAR JOURNAL ST] e following headlines o ons g ee Ohe Oud Ss Page 6 King Nep Tells A Tall Tale Na U.N.C. crises may "Bye for now. near, Russian bloc to withdraw?" and "More recruiting bases for R.AF.VR."" as "Major HE SAYS THE BROOK WAS ONCE A DRAGON By Max Trell Knarf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-ahout names, were sitting on the old stone wall, under the big Button- ball tree. It was a cool, shady spot. Not far off, they could see the brook winding and turning as it made its way around the foot of the hill and into the dark woods beyond. 1 at once, they heard a rus- fle in the grass nearby and in a moment later, they say their friend Qing Nep riding on a green frog, He hailed them cheerfully. I see you've been admiring my aggon,' he said. Almost Forgotten Knarf and Hanid looked at him in "astonishment. Once upon a time, long, long ago, King Nep used to be King Ueptune, and he ruled the Seven Seas. But now he was almost forgotten and he had grown quite small and lived in a hollow cave made by some rocks at the edge of the brook. "What dragon do you mean?" Last Saturday, we were out to a Battle of Britain. air show at Wittering, one of the RAF sta- tions not far from Peterborough. Although it was overcast in the morning the afternoon was clear with a brilliant blue sky against which the silver jet Meteors flash- ed in a dazzling display of aero- batics. .It was interesting to see around this station and the con- trast of mellow brick barracks and administration buildings, cov- ered with ivy, to the wartime sta- tions familiar in Canada, was Very. a the 1 had all sorts of wonder- By Audrey Watts McNaughton noticeable. Tennis courts border-| gato ed by trim privet hedges and land- scaped gardens gave more the an airfield from which had carried the war to the heart of Germany and which had play- ed an important part in the Bat- {le of Britain. The green flying field stretched away to woods and pastures and it was hard to im- agine war breaking the apparent peace of that bit of England. However, one had only to look back to a large concrete hanger which lay roofless, and the blank windows of an office block ad- Guardian, Gy peers urge abolition Call for action by UN. act to resist aggression as al- ternative," and SCfant of a busy country club than | iooia,. bombers | npe Daily Graphic Sketeh, "Half the nation on de- fence. all mention greater with Canada. "A.A. fire in air Protest to Russians." and Daily They ties Census of 18-42's." trade Let us hope the U.N. will prove itselt more capable of discharg- ing the principles of its charter than did the unfortunate League STAMPS Old Canadian Preferreq Collectons and Accumulations BOUGHT Send description to BOX 500 Oakville-Trafalgar Journg| Hanid asked again. King Nep pointed to the brook. "Didn't you know that this brook once used to be a dragon?" "My goodness! When?" Knarf and Hanid both cried. King Nep climbed down off his ful pets. I had sea-horses who galloped with my shell chariot across the waves. I had dolphins, and flying fish, and whale as big as mountains, but my favourite pet was a dragon, named Mean- der. He followed me about. wherever I went." "Liwe Mary's Knarf. "Perhaps," said King Nep, "and perhaps even more than that. hen I went to sleep at night, it curled itself around my bed. But it was so big that the end of its tail turned and twisted so far away that not even Meander him- self could tell exactly where it joining another, to see that this field, like hundreds of others, had heen ferreted out by enemy bombers. WHY ARE MANY WOMEN NERVOUS « « » without reason? It was a thrill to again see a Meteor close up. As the engine started, the dull, resonant beat quickly rose to a scream, two blasts of hot air swept the grass flat and the slim, bird-like ma- chine trembled with its own tre- mendous power. It moved onto the runway, and almost before I o : realized it, it had left the ground, or 2 on and was a streak of silver rising 2 toward the sun. Suddenly it bers. Make os and twisted, rolled to the|[ls this a Record left and disappeared beyond a Hallowe'en. cloud. An instant later it roared over the airdrdme upside down and skimmed the control tower by a few feet. I was left breathless, not only by the speed and beauty of it, but by the engineering which had made its flight pos- sible. A formation of Tiger Moths appeared to be hanging suspended from the sky and sur- prised me when they didn't scat- ter like autumn leaves as the Me- teor went by. At one point a low rumble, which gradually increas- ed to a deafening roar, heralded the arrival of a squadron of low- flying Lancaster bombers, giving some idea of the terror which must have been spread in Ger- many at the sound of hundreds of the same type on errands of de- struction. 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Each night, as usual, he curled himself as near to me as he could get while the end of his tail twisted on and-over the fields around the hill and down into the valley until he himself couldn't see exactly where it was. But alas, there was nothing for Mean- der to eat--no fishes, no green- colored frogs or snails with shells as red as the sunset. Day by day he grew thinner, but nothing would make him leave me. Optometrist - 173 Colborne Street -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- OFFICE HOURS 30 to 5.00 Evenings 30 to 12.00 Mon. and Thurs. 7 to 8 Or By Appointment Oakville Bus Schedule Leaves Kerr St. 7.10 a.m. 7.40 a.m. 8.10 a.m. 9.10 a.m. 10.10 a.m. 11.10 a.m. 12.40 p.m. 1.40 p.m. 2.40 p.m. 3.40 p.m. 4.40 p.m. 5.40 p.m. Leaves Dundas St. 9.40 a.m. 10.40 a.m. 12.00 -- 1.10 p.m. CORNERS 2.10 p.m. ON ROUTE i =O 2 3.10 p.m. UGLAS 4.10 p.m. 5.10 p.m. 6.10 p.m. 20: 9. STOP AT ALL "And then one day," King Nep went on, "I took pity on this faithful friend and changed him into a brook, just as he lay, curled around me with his tail twisting on and over the fields and around the hill and down into the valley 7.10 pm further than anyone can see. And . HD he has his little fishes now, and 8.10 p.m. his green-colored frogs and snails 9.10 p.m. with shell as red as the sunset." 10.10 p.m. And is the brok's name still OAKVILLE BUS LINES Meander?" asked Knarf. Despite the beauty of the air- craft, we were reminded of the ugliness and tragedy of the war for which they were developed, by the sight of a young man watching the performance from the confines of a self-propelled invalid chair. The longing in his expression reminded me of a trapped eagle and we thought of him vigorous and whole, as he had been when he served with the same squadron as Tan in the Bat- tle of Britain. 0 SPRUCE I | i To REYNOLDS When the day comes for you to ease up, will you be de- pendent on others--or will you enjoy freedom from worry on a CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNUITY? Don't look back and say "If Only..." Look forward and say I Wil." King Nep nodded. "Meander," he said, "means to twist about and wander. Isn't that what this brook does?" Hundreds of people were there to watch the display, which was not marred by an accident as happened at three other fields that day. There was a keen in- terest and pride, particularly in the jet, for it represents British supremacy in jet-propulsion, the latest development in aviation and with the international un- easiness which has spread so in the last few weeks, the security of superior aircraft is encouraging. to the war-weary British public. 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