The reading room
Sun #164
This issue of *Sun* presents an anthology of stories and features. The cover story, "Moko the Mischievous Monk," is a nine-panel comic strip depicting the monkey's chaotic antics involving an orange barrel, with sound effects like "BASH," "CLONK," and "BORK." "The Joker's Fun Page" invites readers to submit jokes for potential prizes, featuring humorous illustrated comic vignettes and a call for postcards to be sent to the publication. "My Pal Wagger," written by David Roberts, tells the story of Ned, a runaway boy who discovers an abandoned dog trapped in mud beside a river and nurses it back to health, naming it Wagger and forming a deep bond. "Tommy's Magic Whistle," by Geo. E. Rochester, follows young Tommy Brown, who discovers a magical golden whistle that makes a statue of General Scroggins come to life and obey commands, leading to comic situations at his school.