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Children's Page Jokes "Mum there's a man at the door collecting for the Old Folks' Home. Shall I give him Grandma ?" Q. What's brown and can see just as well from either end? A. A horse with it's eyes shut. Teacher: "Alan, Give me a sentence starting with "I". Alan: "I is -" Teacher: "No, Alan. You must always say "I am." Alan. " Oh, right. " I am the ninth letter of the alphabet." CHARLIE'S WISH Charlie loved Easter. Not only was it usually the beginning of the fine spring weather, but all the flowers were coming into bloom and Coton looked at it's best from where he sat on top of the church spire. His only regret was that he had never had an Easter Egg. He decided that he would ask the Weathercock Fairy if she would grant this wish and let him have just one, particularly as he hadn't asked for anything for ages. As usual, she appeared at the end of the month looking as beautiful as usual and sat on the parapet below him combing her hair. When she asked him if everything was all right or whether he needed oiling he plucked up his courage and asked if she could grant his wish. He was so excited when she said yes, and as Easter got nearer he could hardly keep still even when there was no wind blowing. Unfortunately he had forgotten to ask the fairy to allow him to move his wings so that, when the egg suddenly appeared in front of him, he couldn't catch it and it rolled down the spire and broke on the church roof. Before he could recover from the shock he noticed dozens of tiny gold things had come out of the egg and were moving around on the roof. Imagine his surprise when he realised that they were tiny weathercock chicks all like him but each only about 2 centimetres high !! Charlie began to panic, there weren't that many new churches to perch on ! The silly fairy had thought that, when he asked for an egg, he had wanted to have lots of children, and soon they were all over the place !!. Just as well that he was always given a week to cancel any wish that he didn't like! He decided straight away that it wasn't such a good idea after all and asked her to take them all back. He was a bit shocked when she said that she couldn't. Luckily she had a bright idea and, waving her magic wand, she turned them all into little fluffy yellow chicks to decorate next year's chocolate eggs. Quotation of the month I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King ( 1929 - 1968) The black Baptist minister who led the first mass civil rights movement in America and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. He was assassinated in 1968. Cook's Corner Turkey & Broccoli Bake Serves 4 Cooking time 25 -30 minutes Ingredients 8 oz Fresh or Frozen Broccoli 12 oz Turkey Escalopes 10 oz Can of Condensed Chicken Soup 2 tbsp Lemon Juice 2 -3 tbsp Dry White Wine 4 tbsp Single Cream Freshly Ground Black Pepper & Salt to taste 1 oz Fresh Bread crumbs 1 oz Mature Cheddar Cheese, grated Cook the broccoli in boiling salted water for 2 -3 minutes. Drain and arrange in a shallow oven proof dish. Brown the escalopes in butter in the frying pan, remove and place over the broccoli. Combine soup, lemon juice, wine and single cream, season and pour over turkey. Mix bread crumbs and grated cheese and sprinkle over the dish. Cook in a preheated oven for 25 - 30 mins., Gas mark 7, 220 C, 425 F. Serve at once.

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