Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2022 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

Dear Thistle, You are my favorite bug. I think you are soooo cute! Will you please adopt Wolfy? She is a magical flying wolf. She eats raw steak and a looooot of cookies. If you cook the steak, she breathes fire! Take her out for a fly every night. I ♥ your magazines. Winnie, age 9 Arcata, California P.S. Bill, you’re super funny! Why do you like candy so much? Bye! Winnie, candy is dandy. Yum! Bill Dear Sam, Will you adopt my pet uni-cat? Her name is Magical. She eats dill pickles and frosting. What’s your favorite food? Mine is pizza. Jane V. Z., age 9 Bloomington, Minnesota I like pizza, pickles, and frosting, Jane! But I also like food that is fresh from the farm, like lettuce, corn,…

ON THE EVENING the tax collector came pounding at the door, Onawa should have been dreaming beside her sisters. But her eyes were wide open, and her heart pattered restlessly in her chest. Mama and Papa scurried to bring the tax collector hot apple cider and hearty bean soup, hoping to soften his heart. But though he drank the steaming cider and ate the hot, spicy soup, his eyes remained as hard as two chips of granite. Onawa saw all of this from her hiding spot beneath the stairs. She had crept, quiet as a whisper, into the shadows to listen and watch. “Good sir,” Mama said, “surely you can see how poor we are. We have nothing to pay you with.” The tax collector guzzled his cider, wiping the…

Contest Rules Write a story about a cow with an amazing talent. Here are the only rules: 1. Your story should be 150 words or fewer. 2. Your entry must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, authorizing its publication in print and/or online and saying it’s your own idea. 3. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 4. Your entry must arrive by October 25, 2022. We will publish our favorites in the February 2023 issue of Spider. Email your entry to spider@cricketmedia.com, or send it to Spider’s Corner, P.O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354.…

Cow Connect Match the fronts with the rears of these cows and steers. Answer to HOGoween COWstume SHEEPnanigans Mind-Buggler What did the laughing livestock say when the farmer opened the door on barnyard beggars’ night? TRICK OR WHEAT Q. What do you call groups of scared cows? A. Cow-herds. Send your favorite jokes to spider@cricketmedia.com! Answers to Find a Rhyme on the Farm There is one tractor in the barn,And two chicks about to hatch.There are three goats eating hay,And a runaway horse to catch.There is one piglet in the mud,And two farmers wearing hats.There are three cows in the field,And a rooster chasing cats. Answers: 1 B, 2 D, 3 A, 4 C…

The Purple Cow I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one! by Gelett Burgess What You’ll Need: 1 cup cow, soy, rice, or nut milk 6-ounce can frozen grape juice concentrate 2 cups vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt, or non-dairy frozen dessert blender*2 tall glasses 1. Put all ingredients in the blender. 2. Blend until smooth and creamy. 3. Pour into the glasses, moo loudly, and sip slowly. Makes two shakes. Blender is for adult use only. Please ask an adult for help.…

My dog is plain, as plain can be.He has no proper pedigree.Just being is his specialty.He barks. My dog won’t speak or shake your hand.He stares and does not understand,Whenever given a command.He licks. Although we bought my dog a bed,It’s mine in which he sleeps instead.He stretches out, lies down his head.He snores. It really is no big surprise.My dog will never win a prize.And though he’s not much in your eyes,He’s mine.…

THE FUN ZONE What You’ll Need: scissors glue What to Do: 1. Cut out the body (left) and the face (below) along the solid lines. 2. To make the body, fold the four large side flaps back (figure 1). 3. Fan-fold each side flap along the pink dotted lines, and then fold the body in half—flap side in—along the blue dotted line in the center (figure 2). 4. Fold back the face panel tabs, and glue them to the striped boxes on the body (figure 3). 5. Glue the B flaps together. Repeat with the A flaps. 6. Allow the glue to dry. 7. Fold the pig’s forehead flap down toward the front along the dotted lines. 8. To close the bank, tuck the pig’s forehead under the face panel.…