November 1980
Contents
Friend to Friend
Joleen Meredith
The Surprise
Gail Bergstad
Five Kernels of Corn
Joyce Chalmers Perry
Counted Cross-Stitch
The Final Test
Jane K. Priewe
Frontiers of Science: The Octopus—Chameleon of the Sea
Sherwood B. Idso
A Blessing on the Dressing
Bertra Kusik
A Thanksgiving Prayer
June Swanson
Peeps in the Attic
Betty Lou Mell
Giving Thanks
Verda Mae Christensen, Jennifer Christensen, and Robert P. Manookin
Books Alive!
Funstuf
Mother Goose Menu
O. J. Robertson
Harold B. Lee 1899–1973
A Place of Our Own
Joy N. Hulme
“The Surprise,” Friend, Nov. 1980, 8–9
By Gail Bergstad
Illustrated by Colleen Hinckley