12 Feb 18

Monday, February 12, 2018
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Mary Had A
Little Lamp
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Story Time
Lost in the Canyon
Two little girls, neatly dressed as they should be
for a pleasant walk, and pretty lunch-baskets
filled with the nicest of things, started out for a
walk up the canyon. There was a good road for a long
distance, then it branched off right and left, the trees
grew taller, the bushes thicker and more tangled, and
they felt as if they were away off in a little world of
their own. How nice it was ! Birds came close overhead,
and they saw several live chipmunks.After gathering
a great many flowers and eating lunch, and having
had enough walking for awhile, they began telling
certain fairy stories in which the parties all lived out in
the woods; they also discussed " Robin- son Crusoe"
and the "Swiss Family Robinson," finally agreeing
that an outdoor life was the best and nicest, and that
gypsies had a fine time traveling and seeing the sights
of the world no house-work, no crowding of neighbors,
all free and easy.
The day wore along until afternoon, when the"
canyon began to grow dark very fast. All at once a
thought struck Addie "bears ! " Gracie immediately
remembered and related to her shuddering companion
a horrible encounter that took place in "some canyon, may be this one," between a bear and a
man. It was also remembered that some bears can travel as fast as a horse can run. In the
remembered event nothing was left by the rapacious animal to identify the missing man
excepting a tin dinner pail, which must have been overlooked by the bear, and which was recognized
by relatives, by a place that had been soldered, also another place with a blue and
white gingham string drawn through a hole. " For truth?" asked Addie. "That's just the way I
remember hearing it told," replied Gracie, evasively. " Do you think we'd better start home ?
" asked Addie indifferently (that is, as indifferently as she could speak under the circumstances).
" I guess it's early yet, but if you wish we might walk slowly down a little way," said
Gracie. With a show of some reluctance, Addie gathered her treasures together, and they started
at a sauntering gait, which somehow was gradually accelerated without the apparent notice
of either, at least it was not objected to as tiring.
These children had gone farther up the canyon than they had realized; the many charms
had beguiled them along, their light and healthy forms feeling no fatigue for a long while.
Suddenly, a low rumble was heard that increased and seemed to be rapidly coming in their
direction.
"Oh, dear! Gracie, did you ever hear that canyons are awful places for storms?" " Yes,
Addie, and for swollen streams, and cloud-bursts," replied Gracie. "It's raining! Are there any
caves?" "Only way up on the side, down yonder." " Let's take hold of hands and run! " " We'd
have to drop our flowers." " I don't care. Hurry ! "
Away they went, the wind driving the rain right in their faces; the pretty hats with daisy
wreaths were dripping ; the pretty light print dresses hung straight down, and their shoes were
sopping wet.
" Do you think our folks will come after us when they know it's storming up here ? "
Addie began to cry, and Gracie, instead of being able to console her, exclaimed : " We've
come a long ways now and I believe we're lost ! " Looking around and not being able to see
very far through the rain, Addie replied : " I believe so too. What shall we do ? "
Now these were both very good children and had been rightly raised, but in their hurry and
flight had forgotten what that morning they would not have thought they could forget, and that
was to remember how the heavenly Father is watching over us all and is able and willing to
protect us. But, standing there in dismay, it came to them.
" Let's pray that we may get home! " " Oh, yes ! "
Then they knelt down in the mud, with the wind and rain roaring around them and the creek
foaming and raging below, and asked God to please show them the way home, never doubting
that He would hear them through all the storm.
You may think this story to be imaginary, but Gracie and Addie are now young ladies, and
still live in Salt Lake City. Their own happy mothers told it all to me.
Rain contains vitamin B12
• The meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have
a high value
• DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times
more data
• The term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
• Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air
• The average soccer ball is made up of 32 leather panels and held
together by 642 stitches
• Soccer is the most followed sport
• Volleyball was invented in 1895
• That in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away
• The odds of being struck by lightning are 600,000 to 1
• The first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
• Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
• It takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
• Your most active muscles are in your eye
• A banana contains 75% water
• 13 people die every year from vending machines
• Rain contains vitamin B12
• Your liver has over 500 functions
• Your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
• After Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
• Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of
people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
• A flea can jump 350 times its body length
• Cucumbers are 96% water.
• A full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
• A honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph)
• A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times
a minute)
• Flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
• Horses have 18 more bones than humans
• A cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
• Horses sleep standing up
• A jellyfish is 95% water
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as
snow;
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was
sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, which was
against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play, to see a lamb
at school.
And so the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered
near,
And waited patiently about till Mary did appear.
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?" the eager children
cry;
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know" the teacher
did reply.
Golden Cowrie
The golden cowrie is a marine snail named
for its brilliant orange shell. It is among the
largest of the world's 250 known cowrie
species, reaching four inches (ten centimeters)
in length.
Rare and reclusive, these mollusks spend
most of their lives hiding under rocks in the
cracks and crevices of reefs in the South
Pacific. They come out only at night to feed on
sponges and algae.
Golden cowries are egg-shaped with a flat
Fun Facts
Type.................................Invertebrate
Diet..................................Omnivore
Size..................................4 in (10 cm)
Relative............................Size relative to
a tea cup
base and a narrow opening. Like other
cowries, their shells are smooth and highly
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polished. They protect their glossy finish by
wrapping their brightly colored mantle lobes
nearly completely around their shells when
they move.
Golden cowrie shells have been used as
currency and religious symbols throughout the
South Pacific. On the island of Fiji, they were
worn on a necklace by a chieftain as a symbol
of status and rank.
Golden cowrie shells are among the hardest
shells to find and are prized by collectors.
Unfortunately, habitat loss and over-harvesting
are hurting the wild population numbers.