Hopscotch articles from April 2006

Hopscotch archives from April 2006

Mystery picture puzzle.
April 1, 2006... 2 trees [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 bananas [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 rabbits [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 pencils [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 cups [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 purses [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Postcards from the bed and the shed.(Molly & Buttercup)
April 1, 2006... Dear Buttercup, The cat tells me a new addition has been added to your farm. The bleating of goats can be heard clear down here, so it wasn't necessary for the cat to inform me. Nonetheless, would it be possible to tell them it isn't...

The wild goat.
April 1, 2006... On the mountaintops of the rocky deserts of Northern Africa, a regal creature with lovely curved horns makes his home. The terrain is so unfriendly that few other creatures on Earth can follow him, but he navigates the mountains easily. He is a...

Goat word search.
April 1, 2006... ALPINE BOER DOE GOATS MILK PYGMY SOAP ANGORA BUCK FARM IBEX MOUNTAIN PET TOGGENBURG BILLY CASHMERE FETA KID NANNY RICOTTA BLEAT CHEESE ...

Miss nanny.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... Miss Nanny When I was young, we had a goat. Miss Nanny was her name. She lived behind the chicken coop And she was very tame. Miss Nanny fed on all the shrubs (I often wondered why) And managed to prevent...

Goatees and goat teeth.(Short story)
April 1, 2006... "I can't wait for tomorrow's zoo trip," Alexa said as she unpacked her lunch. I sipped my lemonade. "Let's go to the petting farm first." "If only we didn't have to wear these dreadful uniforms," Missy said, twirling a dark red curl around...

Have a go at goat decoding.
April 1, 2006... Below are several statements about goats, but to completely read them you will need to decode the underlined letters. To do so write down the letter which comes before the letter given. 1) People get several products from goats including...

Magic, mischievous, milk machine.(goat)
April 1, 2006... Recently, I met a lady who owns a silver medal for butter fat and a gold medal for milk. Her name is GCH Scuppernong's BPCS Waffle. She has golden eyes, light brown hair, a natty little beard, and a mischievous manner. She unsnapped my jacket...

How to make glue ... from milk!(Science)
April 1, 2006... I'll bet you have seen white glue. It is a common kind of glue used to repair things around the house, and it is the kind of glue often used in schools. When you look at it in the bottle, it looks like milk, but when you touch it... yeah!......

Puck, the wild goat king.(Short story)
April 1, 2006... Puck was just an ordinary wild mountain goat. All day, he lazily munched grass on a cliffside in Ireland. He never dreamed he would soon be sitting on a throne, wearing a crown around his horns. To his surprise, this everyday goat was about to...

The goats of Aerie mountain.(Short story)
April 1, 2006... Cathy's house was in a village across the valley from big Mt. Aerie. Like everyone else who lived there, Cathy would often say, "How lucky I am to have been born here. There are other mountains just as tall and other mountains just as...

A Hungry Billy Goat.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... A Hungry Billy Goat One day a hungry billy goat Went looking for some food. He ate the buttons off my coat. I thought that rather rude!

Please don't faint when you read this!(goats)
April 1, 2006... Here's a riddle I'll bet you can't answer: What runs on four legs, has a beard, and will faint if you scare it? Would you believe it's a goat? Of the 200 breeds of domestic goats in the world, the most interesting surely must be the...

Fraction-nition.
April 1, 2006... Contents not available due to copyright restrictions.

Goats.(Word Search)
April 1, 2006... Circle the letters of the words you find. Cross the word off the list. Look forwards, up, down, and diagonally. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell something about goats. BEARD (2) BEZOAR (goat) BILLY...

The quest for the Nubian Ibex.(Girl Power Comics #30)(Short story)
April 1, 2006... In this episode, Agent Birdwing flies alone in-- I'm very excited about my final assignment here in Africa. I need to take pictures of a particular animal. An animal that I didn't know existed--a wild goat called the Nubian Ibex! ...

Just "kidding" around.
April 1, 2006... Jessica loves to kid around. Sure, she jokes and plays with her friends in her Kenyon, Minnesota, fifth grade class. But she really kids around when she helps her friend Mary with her dairy goats at Dancing Winds Farm. Every spring Mary's goats...

Blue ribbon goat.(Short story)
April 1, 2006... Jessica Blair took her goat to the fair, the best-looking goat that she knew. She hoped he'd astonish the judge who was there and win her a ribbon of blue. Jessica cleaned him, bathed him, and preened him, kissed him, and wished him the...

How to make a "no ridding pop-up" card.
April 1, 2006... 1. Fold a piece of heavy white paper (8 1/2 in. x 11 in.) to form card. 2. Cut out a blue background and glue to front. 3. On brown or gray paper, trace and cut out goat. Draw in eyes and mouth. Add two white horns. Glue onto front of...

The mountain goats gruff.
April 1, 2006... Trip, trap, trip, trap went the bridge. Who s that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll. You may remember these lines from "The Three Billy Goats Gruff. On Highway 2 in Montana, there is a special bridge. Underneath, you won't find an...

Potsy's pen pan club.
April 1, 2006... Dear Readers, These are the new additions of Hopscotch girls who want to be pen pals. These do not include girls on the previous list. To receive the addresses, simply mail us a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope. We'll send you the...

Potsy's post office.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... Dear Potsy, My name is Annie, and I am almost 13. I have four sisters and one brother. My favorite subject in school is history. On our farm we have three peacocks, four rabbits, five fish, three cats, nine dogs (we just had five...

Mystery picture puzzle.
April 1, 2006... cupcake easter basket (2) crowns cone mouth vase loafer badminton birdy carrot spoon watering can fried egg mouse fish sling shot tepee (2) hearts bee coffee pot baby bottle pail candle [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]