BEST FOR THE END.

Hey, Kids!

Send us your pictures and poems--we'll publish as many as we can. Please only YOUR OWN WORK. Pictures should be on unlined paper, and poems should be twelve lines or less. Include your name, age, and address, and mail to: "Best for the End," U*S*Kids, P.O. Box 567, Indianapolis, IN 46206

Note: All work becomes the property of U*S*Kids; submissions cannot be returned. Because we receive so many drawings and poems, we're not able to print every one. But we do look at all of your submissions, and we'd like to say. "Thank you!"

The Winking Dog

Madison Allen, 9 1/2 Wilmington, North Carolina

The Cardinal

Cole Elliot, 7 Overland Park, Kansas

A Rabbit

Jenessa Espinosa, 7 1/2 Portage, Indiana

Our Flag

Katherine Streit, 10 Portsmouth, Rhode Island

My Alien's Fun

Fernand Lopez San Diego, California

Pirate Ship

Yakov Khieynkin, 7 Brooklyn, New York

My Dog and I

Christian Roman, 6 Brooklyn, New York

Meatball Hair

Justine Gorringe, 8 Graham, Washington

Gray Dolphin

Melissa Rogenby, 9 1/3 San Luis Obispo, California

   Gray dolphin,
   Gray dolphin,
   How I love when you swim
   In the white, white sea.
   Gray dolphin,
   Gray dolphin,
   How I love when you call
   With your sweet voice of laughter,
   When you call to the sea.