The Tiny Folk

(A real story of real chlldnn (or very young children)

Now that Perky seemed to be staying on Playtime Lane for good. Frisky denied he might as tiL‘ll play with him and be friends. The little black pup vias a bit of a nuisance at times. for it did not know how in play dng games like I-‘i‘isk_x's friend. Tammie. but it has always with the children so li‘ii.<‘.<y had to make the best nf ll its irrie. he uas a teeny nit it-alniis of the pup. for he was .i::I-d in nrtifiig all the attention Iilifl all the potting fiom the chil- dren. ll'.!i he would get over that after :i iiiiilc.

Siisaii. David and Laurie were

\-‘l‘,\' l}'l.'<\' iii the orchard. They time iii. ing: a play house but of Swill" \i v .1 h.-.\'e.~'. The place

i\»'l.\ ri'<i..rl'.~ti t‘lliIu_L’l| \\ilh three iiii.<_v (llll"iIt"ll, but “hon you add

'.\\ii |Tl(llll‘~l'i\'(‘ piiiis, trouble is l'><'Llh(i to l’tlllit'. and isiimc it did.

l"i‘:ki. llétii i‘i:.\-.li(i in under one mix: ll: «..:.ti fin-i,\' \\llll\'S uhenl iiIiiiii;i' II ii iii lll’i/)||1l‘Il a stone «E ‘ii li'l mi of him The stone v.:i= f »' liisz. so of course it

lllll‘l i‘eiI;_\- xuliieri with pain and I.'If‘l iiii: lwldiiiiz up his little front pa.‘ llsiuirl niirl Sii.~.'iii started in 1’f- . 1.‘: is hiokcii His leg 15 l\ilil(I‘ll -. iiiir- raced in the house II‘l‘ his lliHillf‘l‘.

Mi-’ Page hurried out in pick up ill‘ pl“ \\'ith the three c'hil-

4llFtl azirl I‘ l\_\‘ at her heels. she wont hark vim ilw l(ll(‘l‘lt“ll to sit in ilif‘ lil(l\'i".’ The (‘l‘illI‘it‘(‘n gath~ 5‘if‘f'i viii" as she ii:i'terl the pup and (‘.’lllliiIll(‘fT him Then she zcntly rxamzrieii the little black

f'.iii_\' To: and pan

4». I can"! find that it‘s l‘Il’f1l'.f‘lI. but I know" it is badly iiiii.:eri " «lie .\fl.ltl ill .'—iiiswei' in il\“l;' .lVl\lIiLiS (‘VPF "ll liiirts just

ilm ii.-ix yrvzi own would hurt if xmi lI‘ifi |'ilIlllll(‘fI that stone on _\'Ill!' min tor:-. Pr-i'l<.\' is still only :i.ba‘ri*.. so you must expect him in cii " Sim cuddled the pup in the (‘Ii-viii’ of her arm. patting its l"‘.It'l. ;iii'i talking siiiily The i-liilciimi i--\«i~',’0i’i their voices as the iiiipls eyes closed and he dozed iiff’

l*‘ri.<k_v felt left out. Here was ilie iiiip geliiiig rocked just like lizihv I.iiizi.'i. and everyone was iiiakin: ri fii<s O\'(‘l' hini. l.aiirie's dug lll.'Ilr‘(i and stalked siilkiiy off into the (lining room and into the sim porch.

Several minutes later the child- dren pointed to the door and gig- zlod ’i‘lii~re was Frisky with an

vlfi mgttzcrl tny lamb of Laurie's in his mriiitli fie lay (Iowa on the fincir hnlrliiii; the lamb securely

bet" r>=.i1 hi: front paws. and start- ed to lick ft all over Every now arid then. he-'r'i glance sideways as if in sa_\' "You fellows are t‘.‘lﬁi\‘lllE inn much fuss river that hatw pup l'\'r- got something bet- ter "l'\'e gm :4 hahy lamb to look after. Soef I lick it and care for ll "

"Why is T"ri.sky doing that?" Susan asked in surprise.

“I think h'r~’s _lL"ninliS hecause _V‘iill aren't, making a fuss over him. You no mrr and pat him. l.aiirie. and see what he does."

Laurie w:ilkcd m-or and put his arms arriiind Frisky's neck. He liiiizgrid him tight. and said. Ynu’re my ring. I like you. Don't feel no

:lllI.’ll1p_\‘ " Frisky lhiiiiiperi his tail. gave. l..'iiirie's face A very wet kiss.

lhr-n \-ualkrd n\'f'r in place his head -n Mrs. Page's knee. She smiled r-s slin bent in stroke it. and rub ii: (‘.’\l‘.=. "That's all right. Frisky. \\'c ln'.'(- you just the same. You're :till the best dog in the world.

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By T hoi-ton W. Burgess

FALCO MISSES

The loss of one, anoLhei".s gain; The gain of one. anolheris pain.

Tousiehead. the young kingfisher, had been out. in the Great World long enough now to be quite iii- dependent. At the time he lizid. started out in the Great World‘ leaving the snug home in a lllglll bank of the Big River, he hail li-ad seven brothers and sisters. One of these he had seen caught by l-‘alcu the Duck Hawk. The others had_ scattered up and down the Bigf

River. Now he was alone mcsi nil was ﬁned Wm‘

the time. His father and iiitiiheri iin longer brought him fish. What he ate he had to catch for himself, and he had already become, 3 very good fisherman.

He didn't mind being alone. In fact. he liked it. Most fisliei'iiivii like being alone. When they are alone they usually liare better luck fishing.

Every day Touslehead constantly watched for the one enemy he had learned to fear most. This was Falco the Duck Hank The. latter has not around often. Once or twice Touslehead had seen Falco in the distance. and had wisely hidden, keeping out of night until he was sure the way was clear.

Now Falco knew all about T0usle- head and his brothers and sisteis. He has the wonderful far-seeiiig eyes of the hawk family. He could see Touslehcad at ll greater dis- tance than Touslehead could see him. But he wasn't. much inter- eated in trying to catch the 3-oiinz kingfishcra. There were other feathered folk he would much re.- ther catch. A pigeon made a much better dinner than a kingfisher. Falco was very fond of pigeons. So he seldom tried to catch a king- fisher unless by chance one gave him an extra easy opportunity.

One day Touslehead started to fly acrou the Big River. First he. looked carefully in all directions; The way seemed to be clear. He didn't. see, anything of Palm. and started out flying low over the. water. Falco had been sitting in a tree so far away that Tousle-Ii head‘: eyes had not. discovered him 1 On the other hand. Falco hat! seenf Touslehend even before. he had started to fly across the river. ‘The first thing Touslehead knew that. fierce hunter of the air was almost. on him. Touslehead did the unlyl thing there was for him to do. Hel remembered the trick he had seen‘. Rattles play. Without an instant of hesitation. he plunged into the water. Falco was so close. that his reaching feet with their dremlfull claws actually touched the water; as Toualehead went under. It wris a close misc. But ll miss is a miss.‘ however close. And Falco was mov-

Now nff you go with the children while. Susan carries Perky home."

A happy look came into Fi-‘isky's< eyes as he started off with thcl youngsters. The sun shone again‘ in his dog world and he was happy.

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