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Who himself can laugh will find His troubles soon are left behind. --Farmer Brownis Boy.

Ituefully Farmer Brown's Boy packed up the big, new shiny pail which only a few moments before had been on a big rock. filled to the brim and heaped up with lus- cious big blueberries. Now it was a sad looking pail. Yes, sir. it was a sad looking pail. It had a great dent in one side where it had

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S . V ' u-:3 GUARDING AGAINST PARTNERS ERROR West made a bad dctensivc play .2: today's deal, but a truly expert East would have made it impos- sible for his partner to go wrong.

contract Bridge

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'. '.-'-.t dealer. Vurlh-South vulnerable. Q 9 8 7 5 U Q 10 8 O A 6 p 2 Q A 5 4 3 . R Q v I 6 4 N :14 7 .5 3 QQJ109 W E .54 2 7 5 S d 10 8 6 2 QQ J 9 Q A J 10 G 4 .'l V A 9 2 9 K 3 . 4. K 1 The bidding:

Waat North Eu: gnu". 3 0 Pass Pass Dble. Pan 3 N '1' Pass 4 Q Pass 5 Q Pass 6 Q Pass Pass Pass

Worth three-diamond opening was. of course. a desperate shut- out tactic.

West tried the surprise attack of the club queen. South won in own his hand, laid down the spade ace. then led the club seven to the ace and ruffed a club. Next. he cashed the dia- mond klng. then led the diamond three to the ace and ruffed dum- complcting the elimination of both minor suits.

South had no reason for feeling hopeful. but the line of play he adopted at least gave him a chance Now, playing for that chance, he led a trump.

East. in with the high trump, knew that South had no more diamonds- sincc Wests bid cer- tainly had to be based on a six- card suit! - and, rather than give

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struck a stone when Buster Bear knocked it off the big rock. The blow of Buster's big paw had also knocked it out of shape. So it was a sad looking pail. Of course, it was empty. Those beautiful, lus- cious blueberries were scattered over the ground among the bushes and it was all because Buster Bear had seen his own 'reflection in that new, shiny pail and had mistaken the image for another Bear.

When Farmer Brownls Boy had appeared Buster had gone crash- ing away through the bushes to the Green Forest. In his excit- ment Farmer Brown's Boy had tripped and fallen and had spilled all the berries out of another pail he was carrying. No wonder he was peeved. He shook his fist in the

direction of Buster Bear and per- haps it is just as well he didn't say out loud what he was think-

g. What changes can ha-ppen tn ijust a few minutes! Just a few i mintuea belore Farmer Brown's 'Boy had had several quarts of berries that had taken him two or three hours to pick. Now those berries were scattered far and wide and his work was all for no- thing. A few minutes before he had had a big. new, bright. shiny tin pail. Now he still had the pail. but it was a battered-looking pail. It no longer looked new. A few moments before Buster Bear had been feasting to his heart's con- tent, or should I say his stomachs content? There's nothing in the world he loves more than berries unless it is honey. Now his feast had been ended when he had only half enough. and he was back in the Green Forest feeling very much out of aorta. Farmer Brown's Boy picked up

South 9. ruff and discard, East rc- turncd a low heart. South ducked. and West was so injudicious as to put up the Jacki Dummy's queen won and now South flnesaed the heart return through East's king making the slam.

West could not possibly gain by playing the hrart jack on his part- ner's lead. and if he had made the proper low heart play. declarer would have been helpless. East. however, ahould have made it impossible for his partner to fall into this error. All he had to do was count South's marked

dis- tribution. Thus. he would have known that South had three

hearts. certainly including the ace and that a rut! and discard would do him no good. Obviously, if East had returned a diamond instead of a. heart, and then had covered the heart queen when led. de- clarer would have had to lose a

heart trick.

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his pails and for a couple of min- utes stood looking ruciully at the scattered berrics on the ground. It would be easier to fill the pails again from the bushes than it would be to pick up the spilled berries. Should he give up and go home? Or should he stay until he filled his good pail He felt like going home, yet he didn't feel like going home. He knew he would be laughed at. How strange it is that so many folks are afraid of being laughed at. .

”Caw, caw. caw!” That was Blacky the Crow. ”Caw. caw. caw!" Farmer Brown's Boy looked up. "Are you laughing at me. you black rascle," he exclamed.

”Caw, caw. caw!" It did sound as if Blacky was laughing, or if

comfort.

Suddenly Farmer Browns Boy began to chuckle. He chuckled and chuckled. The chuckle became a laugh. Farmer Brown's Boy sat down on a handy rock and laughed and laughed and laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. What was he llulhihl It. H0 "W35 laug-hlng at himself. Yes, sir. Farmer Brown's Boy was laugh- ing at himself and what had hap- pened to him. It suddenly -' to him one of,the funniest things that ever happened to him. Now that laughter was good me- dicine. Laughing at one's self after a funny mishap is always good medicine. Farmer Brown'a Boy wiped the tears from his eyes, the tears of laughter. picked up his pail and started picking berries. He whistled while he picked. Now and then he stopped whistling to chuckle at the memory of Buster Bear and how he looked when he hit that big. new. bright, shiny pail and sent it and the berries flying.

"The old rascal cheated him- self," said Farmer Brown's Boy to no one in particular. ”He might have eaten all those berries if he "hadn't lost his temper. I wonder just why he did lose it.” You see. Farmer Brown's Boy didn't know how Buster Bear had seen his own reflection in the pail and had mistaken it for another Bear.

WOULD HONOR POETS

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not exactly laughing uas enjoy- ing Farmer Brown's Boy's dis-

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