February Frenzy

The Hull in print news crew have looked at some of the things happening in February.

Chinese New Year February 18th marks the start of Chinese New Year and this year will be the year of the pig. According to Chinese legend, twelve animals were quarrelling one day about who should have a year named after them, so the emperor called for a contest to decide their order - whoever crossed the river first would be first, and the rest of the animals would be placed in the order they finished. All the animals jumped in the river; the cunning rat hitched a ride on the back of the ox and just as the ox was about to jump ashore, the rat jumped off the ox's back and won the race. That is why the rat is the first year of the animal cycle, the ox second, and the pig, who was very lazy, ended up last. Which animal are you? Rat 1984 1996 Ox 1985 1997 Tiger 1986 1998 Rabbit 1987 1999 Dragon 1988 2000 Snake 1989 2001 Horse 1990 2002 Sheep 1991 2003 Monkey 1992 2004 Rooster 1993 2005 Dog 1994 2006 Pig 1995 2007 Chinese animal competition This month, we want you to send in a picture of your animal from the Chinese calendar. Just create your design on A4 paper and send it, together with your name, address and age to 'Art Competition', Hull Children's Fund, Municipal Buildings, Trippett Street, Hull, HU2 8AA. Please send in your entries by 28th February, 2007. The winning entry will receive a prize.

Prize Competition Thank you to everyone who sent in their pictures of winter. The winner and runner-up will both receive a prize. Winner (left) Megan Pheasant, age 9 Runner-up (right) Violet Whitley, age 4

Sudoku
Every row, column and group of 6 squares must contain each of the 6 symbols: flower, pancake, heart, pig, lemon and dragon.