The Australia Times - Kids magazine. Volume 2, issue 6

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June 2014

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

KIDS ACTIVITIES 3++

COLOURING ANIMALS 5

KIDS ACTIVITIES 6++

CUBE ART 17

KIDS POETRY

HOME TO THE SEA 28

KIDS STORY 5++

GENTLE, WINSTON 31

COLOUR IN SECTION 65

KIDS STORY 7++

MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION:

DAD IS COMING HOME…. 83

COLOUR IN SECTION 93

Welcome to the June 2014 issue

of The Australia Times Kids

Magazine.

In this issue, we have colouring animals and

cube art activities. Besides this, Barbara Scott

from Rowville Aspiring Writers provides us

with her poetry Home to the Sea and another

story of More than One Solution. In addition,

Paul F. Carr contributes with his new children

story Gentle, Winston.

Enjoy the magazine!

Anies Hannawati

TAT Kids Editor

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Paul F. Carr Barbara Scott

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Fill the missing colour, therefore both of pictures will be

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chick

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By Barbara

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The Sandy Beach Illustration, Belier, http://openclipart.org

The smell of the sea is pulling me back

To sights and sounds gone by.

I hear seagulls cry at their 'chattering' play,

Watch them quarrel and swoop from the sky.

I see the heave and roll of sun-ﬁlled waves

As they rush to shatter on the land,

Spraying tiny diamonds of light in the air

Before sinking back into the sand.

I feel the cool froth as I walk on the edge

And the sand squeezes up through my toes.

I fancy my heart beats in time once more

With the sea's restless rhythm, as it ebbs and ﬂows.

I feel the warm kiss of the sun on my face

As the sea breezes play in my hair.

But I'm rudely awakened by the trafﬁc's crude roar

I swear I will soon go back there.

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“I think it is time we told the children,”

Mummy said to Daddy.

Mummy was smiling.

“Yes, I think it is time to tell the children,”

answered Daddy.

Daddy was smiling.

“I’ll call them, shall I?” asked Daddy.

“That would be lovely,” answered Mummy.

Mummy and Daddy were both smiling.

What was Mummy and Daddy’s big

secret?

Shhhh, don’t tell Alice.

Shhhh, don’t tell Rose

Shhhh, don’t tell Winston.

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“Alice, can you come here please,” called

Daddy.

“Coming Daddy,” answered Alice.

“Rose, can you come here as well, please,”

called Daddy.

“Yes Daddy,” replied Rose.

“Winston, can you come here please,”

called Daddy.

There was no answer.

“Winston, where are you?” asked Daddy. He

called a little louder so Winston could hear him.

There was no answer.

Oh no, where was Winston?

Alice came into the room.

Rose came into the room.

Winston did not come into the room.

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“Alice, have you seen Winston?”

asked Mummy.

“No, I haven’t seen Winston,”

answered Alice.

Rose, have you seen Winston?”

asked Daddy

“No, I haven’t seen Winston,”

answered Rose.

Have you seen Winston?

I wonder where Winston is.

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Just then Winston came to the

back door.

Winston was holding Felix the cat.

Felix was squirming.

Winston was holding Felix very tightly.

“Gentle, Winston,” said Mummy.

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“Children, please sit down,” said Daddy.

“We have some happy news,” said Mummy.

Alice sat in a loung chair.

Rose sat on the lounge.

Winston sat on the floor.

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Spot ran up to Winston and licked him on the

face.

Winston giggled.

Alice giggled.

Rose giggled.

Winston wrestled Spot.

“Gentle, Winston,” said Daddy.

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“Now children,” said Daddy, “Mummy has

some good news”.

Daddy smiled at Mummy.

Mummy smiled at Daddy.

“Mummy is going to have a baby,” announced

Mummy.

“You are going to have a baby brother or

sister.”

Did you guess Mummy and

Daddy’s news correctly?

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“Oh my gosh,” gushed Alice. “That’s

wonderful!”

“I hope it’s a girl,” exclaimed Rose. “I want a

new baby to dress up.”

“Hmp,” grumbled Winston. “I don’t like

babies.”

Winston turned away and frowned.

“Don’t be silly,” said Alice.

“He’s always silly,” said Rose.

“I’m not silly,” said Winston.

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“Come to me Winston," said Mummy.

“You girls, too.”

Winston came over to Mummy.

Alice came over to Mummy.

Rose came over to Mummy.

Spot came over to Mummy.

Felix slept under the table.

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“Now children, the baby is in Mummy’s

tummy,” said Mummy.

“The baby is moving. Do you want to feel it

move?”

“Oh yes,” gushed Alice.

“Yes please,” exclaimed Rose.

“Hmp,” grumped Winston.

Alice felt Mummy’s tummy.

“I felt it wriggle,” squealed Alice.

Rose felt Mummy’s tummy.

“So do I,” said Rose.

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Mummy picked up Winston’s hand and

placed it on her tummy.

Winston felt his Mummy’s tummy.

“Gentle, Winston.”

Winston felt the baby move under his hand.

Winston smiled.

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The baby grew in Mummy’s tummy until it

was time for the baby to be born.

It was very dark outside Winston’s house.

Alice, Rose, Winston and Spot were asleep.

Felix was scratching at the back door

wanting to go out.

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“Time to go darling,” said Mummy to

Daddy. “Grandma will look after the children.”

“Yes, it is time to go.”

Daddy drove Mummy to the hospital.

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Alice woke up and looked out the window.

The sun was shining.

Rose woke up and looked out the window.

The birds were singing.

Winston woke up and looked for Spot.

Spot was asleep on the bed.

Naughty Spot.

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Grandma called out from kitchen,

“Children get dressed quickly. It’s time to see

the new baby”.

Alice ran into the kitchen. “Is it a girl?”

she asked.

Rose ran into the kitchen. “Ooh, I hope so,”

said Rose.

Winston chased Felix into the kitchen.

Grandma smiled. “Let’s go to the hospital and

ask Mummy and Daddy,” she said.

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Mummy was holding the baby when the

children ran into her room. “Children, you

have a baby sister. Her name is Grace.”

Alice hugged Mummy. Alice kissed Grace.

Rose hugged Mummy. Rose kissed Grace.

Winston jumped on the bed and reached out

to pat Grace on the head.

“Gentle, Winston,” said Mummy.

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The letter lay open on the kitchen table. It was the ﬁrst thing

Amy saw when she walked into the room. She had dropped

her homework and had run to see why her mother was cry-

ing. Amy thought her mother must have cut herself badly...

or something worse. She wasn’t one to make a big fuss about

anything, not even when her father had given them the news

that he was going to Queensland for a year to work at one

of the big coal gas mines and the oil rigs.

Things had not been good for the family in the months be-

fore he left. The factory her Dad worked at had closed

its doors with very little warning. Though he searched day

after day, he found no other place that had a vacancy for a

diesel mechanic. A dark cloud had begun to hang over their

once happy home. Occasionally Amy would hear sharp, snap-

py voices from her parents’ room. Soon it was happening

regularly.

One night, when Dad arrived home, she heard laughter from

the kitchen and ran out to see what it was all about. Mum

had grabbed her in a big bear-hug and waltzed her around

the kitchen.

“Your Dad has found a job. Wow. Are we going to live it up

tonight!”

“Hang on... hang on just a minute.” Dad had butted in, “You

haven’t heard it all yet.”

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Her mother let Amy go and was ‘all ears’ to hear the rest of

what he had to say.

“You mightn’t like the next bit. The job is in Queensland. I

can’t take you with me just yet. I won’t get any leave in the

ﬁrst year... not any long enough to come back to Melbourne.

After the ﬁrst year, they’ll tell me if they’ll keep me on.”

Faces dropped. Then Amy and her mother were silent. When

her mother spoke again, her voice had lost its happy sparkle.

“Well it’s good that you’ve found work at last, love. You’ve

tried so hard.” Mum held back a sob. “I’ll hate it with-

out you, but don’t worry; Amy and I will look after each

other.”

A week later he was gone, leaving a surprise for each of

them on the kitchen table. For Amy it was the set of drums

she had dreamed of for so long.

He had kept in touch occasionally, but he found it difﬁcult

to write. Now here was this letter, and her mother in tears.

“What is it Mum? Has something happened to Dad?”

“No love, you’d better read it and tell me what you think.”

Amy read it out aloud to the sound of her mother’s occa-

sional ‘snufﬂe’.

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“Hi, my two best girls,

At last I have some real news. My ‘conditional’ year is

nearly over and the mining company wants to keep me on

if I’m happy to stay. They will help me with accommoda-

tion. There are some quite nice houses in the town, to

rent or to buy. Also, many of the miners’ families have

holiday places down on the coast at Yeppoon. They enjoy

the beach and all sorts of water sports after months in

the hot, dry country around the mining town. The pay at

the mine is enough to afford that. I have a month’s leave

and plenty to tell you. I’ll come home and we can talk it

over and decide what to do.

Can’t wait to see you both again and give you a big hug.

Love,

Dad.”

Amy’s Mum gave a convulsive gulp and blew her nose. They

couldn’t speak to each other... they couldn’t speak because

they didn’t know what to say.

It was a different story when Dad arrived home; everyone

spoke at once. Questions and information ﬁred back and

forth as if on the hottest battleﬁeld... except that it was

friendly ﬁre. When Yeppoon was mentioned, and the possibil-

ity of a holiday home ‘of their own’ there, Mum was ecstat-

ic. The beach and the sea had been her longed-for dream.

As they talked, Amy began to have visions of sail-boarding,

skimming through the water; of doing a morning run along

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the sands. It would be worth the wait in the heat of the

mining town between holiday breaks. The discussion paused

to allow thinking time and a coffee break, and Dad changed

the subject.

“How’s your band going? Still playing your drums?”

“We’ve broken up, Dad. Too much study...ﬁnal year, remember...

exams coming up, then we’ll all be going our different ways.”

“Well now, that’s a shame. But here’s something to think

about. If you and Mum decide to come up to Queensland and

live at the mining town, the big pub there has been crying

out for a decent drummer. The local band is trying to get or-

ganised because it’s the main form of entertainment there,

that and rugby… and it might be worth checking at the local

school to see if they need a music teacher... since music has

been your main subject....”

The discussion went on, shifting to consider what there

would be to interest Mum, until the sky outside began to

grow light. Dad stood, stretched and spoke one last word...

several in fact.

“To bed, to bed. Think about things and we’ll talk some more

tomorrow. By Monday I must let the boss know our decision.”

Before hopping into bed, Amy checked on her drums and

gave them an affectionate pat. “I have a feeling we’ll be

hard at work again soon,” she whispered.

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