The Tiny Folk

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it seemed as if all the children‘ on Playtime Lane had gatheredi in the Page orchard. Peter had come over to play when he saw- Susan and David out there with

Laurie. Glenda. Heather. Donnie and Billy had come along, and they too stopped. There was great fun and running for a while. but nefore long the little girls decid- pd they would much rather make mud pies than play so on they went by themselves.

THE HOMELY TOL'Si.E- HEADS

Nona looking at an egg 4-an toll Success or iailure in the shtll.

“Let's play horse." said Peter.‘ -—01d Mother N31“?!- "l have this heavy twine for‘ ‘ _ _ ._ reins. David. you can be my bﬁbfiia L”: bisrfigremhosrgllgy hm_se_.. mo era. 05 a es V

..I “am M pl”, hm," mon to other folks. It is Just ll‘l:iL way _ k Em‘, ' among mothers in .’t‘fllil(‘l‘S and ""i).I.'uu‘peu wharu Donnie furs. Most little babies in fur are Fuuesmdl ’..u LN“; Wm “,_ far pi-_et.tler than most little babies something for "Hm I.“ 1” you in feathers. The babies nt _Mrs.

-- Grouse are pretty iihen they nre

' b '1 Sh . . . angaﬁilir ].:nn:;‘“ ﬁgnlhg ho‘:.r;e",,, just out of the shell. You see they gm Snm'e twine {mm his mum,“ have little (.i0\\'ll_\' C0'|iS it is sit and Came back Curymg a 10,,“ with is few other biid i)1li)1t‘~‘. B}l1ll more that had come around I “'93” "1 th°“‘_C‘’‘‘‘° __"u‘_°I [9 X713: ordvr PETE!‘-bD:"“i°f :1-‘ll’ have any appltx. said Laurie one it across t e ac a o i Y thoughtfully-, and Laurie and in front of their‘ Jun ‘hm they hmm H“, hack arms.‘ "Gid-dap_i" he shouted. dm, 51am‘ --Hen. S|‘r\'-’\‘ (.,,mmg’~- SRPPIHR l:\[Edl‘9‘|;;-tlilld §t“"Y ":9 gigggled Laurie. "I..e\s got down

orses tro e . a un I was 0 quickly-v

llfﬂend “WY “'9” P”-um‘ h°"’yI Peter scrainbled (‘i0\\l'l anrl loads. galloping. or 5"" lilllinl made a jump to the grniind. but ﬁlnnli The)’ I0‘ d°W“ "id 9"‘ Laurie was a bit scared to go too tended to eat grass. then Donnie fast

'”"k ‘hem ""97 "3' " M5 pa" mri “I'm stilt-k"' he L‘£liif‘(i "Peter, :1 drink of water. Peter was hav- 1 can} in dmn, My rm,‘ ,5 "W ""”h]*'- “’“h DEV” 1"“ ""5 caught in tho i)lilll(‘ilA‘F ' He did

was David’: first time ac,playlng not look 5,, mum. mm.’ ""T5“- arid h“ ‘h°uKh‘ he 'h°u1dl Mrs. Page came arniinrl the cor- "°a“-" drmk the ‘”‘i”' her and saw them. "What are you

Thorton W. Burgess

shell with no little coats at all. and there is nothing pretty about them excepting to their mot‘ner.~. Of all the homely babies those of Rattles the Kingiisher are aniuni; the homeliest. And even when they are big enough" to come out of their underground home they me still homely. This year there were eight of these hohiely babies in the nest deep in a biiiilt of the Big River. Their bed wasn't maile of feathers. No, sir, thei'e \\.t.~i'.‘t .1 feather in their bed. Those eight little babies had it poor sort of bed mostly of fish bones. Nf‘\'Pl‘ ha\‘ing had a feather bed tliey ltneiv no difference. The eight t*tZ_'_'x‘ rill hatched at about lite same time. Then father and mother \\’('i'c busy. They spent almost every “Ilk- ing moment fishing, and Ilyiiig hack and forth betiieen the fish-

Lng \l'al(‘i's rind the iivsi.

The Kingfisher folk liave very small feet, very ueak teet. The only use that they have for feet is for perching. Fl!‘.fi for kicking the sand out when they are dig- ging their i‘lOi‘ilf‘S. They dzg \\1lil .hc-ir grout .\i(iUi. bills. and with iil(‘ll' small fort. lhI‘_\’ l.i.lt we s.ttul

out. You don't see Kiiizfisitcr folk walking about.

jPege 10 The Guardian i grids)’. May 21. 1954 i

Now some babies such as those of Mrs. Grouse and Mrs. gsaiit and Mrs. Quack, can about and leave the nest almost ‘as soon as they are out of their ishells. They do not have to wait ito grow as }babies have to. some babies have ‘iio learn to ily. They learn to fly ijust as baby i)O_Vs'Blld girls learn to walk. But some feathered babies have to remain in the heat until they are big enough and strong cnough to fly as soon as they leave the nest. iningbird babies, and 'the Swallow babies, and the Kingfisher babies. You 59!‘. not being able to walk. they Just have to fly or they would uliiays be prisoners in their homes. Those babies in the home deep in the bank grexv fast. It hap- pened ihiii Pf'l£'l‘ Rabbit was over by the Big River the morning that the lll'SL of the Kllu:fl5ht‘r bRbiFs put his head outside the door. Peter happened to be sitting where he could see the iloni'\\'ay. He had seen Illrs. R itzles take ti small fish in there. That l.\' how he had found the ilftit‘ iii the bank. He saw her mine out again, and go for another fish. He was sui'pri.sed tn fiitrl the dnoritay blocked by the young tniisie-head. He didn't rzive him that small rut flew to a small dead tree pok- ing out of the bank a short dis- tance mxa_\'. The young tousle-head seemed to tumble out. The truth is. n brother behind him pushed liiir. out. Without ever hav- iiitt il.lli a l<‘~.sim ill flying. he flew had

rizhi o'.('t‘ in iviiere Rattles pf‘l'(‘il(‘(‘i Of course he got that little fish.

After a while David grew tired doing ,h,,r(.~-- _m. H d. ny playing horse and wandered off km“. hem... “Em ‘ﬁr’. I--0 O“ D A i L Y C R O S S W O R D .» "‘. Md 5”53”' “’h“° D°““i° “d ‘'l c:in't SIM iim-.u," .«.-mi ;\(‘R()SS ~10. l’ii~.cii 14.1%!‘-dtr R“]_1»"_“"-‘m "” “P ‘h’ "°“d- Laurie in a lam \'(IM‘€' fiill of l.S;m]ileton l9.l‘i':iiti- llhflz ‘an ,‘‘'e may by °“r' tears. "I'm stuck.“ 4/Tallis DO\\'.‘| i*r- E '°}_"°~‘ Lﬁu"'°_ 35ked- _ i His mother lwlwrd hnu dmiii 9. Srtof 1.Bililiral Pi‘! I k"°,“'- ‘am Pei" "Leis “Look at your overall: " she said box-33 30~\"> I3 i-limb this apple tree. its braneh- -is“ the hi “,7”. M,” 1.3”, n,_n,“, (01.10,-oi, 2 imxgor E M a”__lmr‘ 5" we can 5" up qune in that log. I dvurt ilk!‘ tho‘ «inn 10.l‘:<rasi‘ut in“-W u “"5115 ‘little bit You'll ilﬂ\(‘ ill rt-tilt‘ l:\ uizinials 3 “.1-5'-W I H” "eached up "’ “um ‘he now and stay for the it“Si. oi the antl_nian -I 5’-31"-"-9 ' ir-west branch. and by pushing m,,mmg_'- 11 I-we, ,1, “swim ,1, “um” _'h° trunk with hi5 19“! Peter ran off home \\i)ii(‘ France h"t‘“'mis' . . I F“ “P mm the "1" Fmm “"79 Laurie walked slowlv and S:t(iiV' 13. Affirm ."- (‘orridors 22.lnciincii ‘°‘”"‘“’ ' A"'“"‘ ” W“ '‘“3' °“°“‘h ‘° climb *0 into the house. He l\'1l.< lozirning u.’l‘:ike H Drxtcroiis I0-‘ii~“W‘L‘ 30 ““"3i~‘i° Eh’ "em bﬂnch ‘"d the "°‘"~'that mothers i(ll(i\\' llllllt‘ thaii lllllll“‘I 7. Bir.tl 2l.l.r~zulin;; l»ariitr rherf’ hp, sl°pp°,d mr ma‘ seem‘ little bovs after all and that bcloiigiiig l~ i‘tVlli(ii'i5 I‘-1819 31v”-i‘~‘¢‘l yd Iiiigh 1" the 3” 1°‘ ‘ b°y b‘”‘ chiidren.are Sil|)|)US(‘ti to obey iilCll' to otheis 9. Suffix P31‘! '‘3“‘-‘’ y we -~ 2.D.i«.i 32.i‘itci Laurie watched with great inter- pal-ems‘ 16' €:,“,'l;\,ahM' 6 t-i:i¢‘i~_t;;,~ 4-r?iin C est. He held back until he saw 1-,.Pe”m.m. n.wa'\.sm.c, agamst 33__1u,¢¢ of Peter safely_seated. then he de- _ 18_5(.aK“u ",3 SM 23_\\',\,; Aplanl, mded tndtrly the sameh stunt. His EVER 19‘ Pmplc 1.)‘ To cnmde “pm 35.1,-|.mr»Sm]e . armsan egs were I urter than YBODY Ioves “Rome Peters. but he managed to get I 22_vm.my up.’ ’ of prickly‘ 'What would Moi-nu-iy lay it I pear l \s‘h0endsau;i ust Llip dhere?" Laurie; zarsuhsme ngherew Oil‘ °u ‘ H‘ i ‘ 24.Hurricd moinrhy tigts ‘Xe uciliimian" trexy’ 25' Lune ' ii d laughed Peter.’ | 2e.ssh::;[ Perhaps shell be cross it we’ -at ‘v'l period break the tree. Then we won't ones‘ i 27. Speck 28- A kind Of ’ _ garment ‘. HAWES i am» 5' 29. Elevated "HARD FIIIISII” » (shortened; _, 30. Sociology FLOOR GLOSS (mi - sense) . ' 34. Corrcrt DRIES TO A saume cavalla HARD LA mm effort ' t 38. Grate SHINE IN av-Hams ‘ ears 2|’, 20 mitt’ CRYPTOQUOTE-l{ere's how to \\‘(iri( lt:;' A X Y D L B A A X it ist.oi~'ot-‘Et.t.ow W One letter simply stands for another. In this cxa .\ is used for the three Us. X for the two 0's, etc. Single ii‘ll«‘i.?, ttpos-I trophies. the length and formation of the words iiic Llii hints. ﬁiach day the code letters are different. A Cryptogt-am Quotation DTM 'FCCE. PJVEMN DC’ NEVN\\'.\li-:0 HJN NPBDENBB. HLD APDTCVD HPZ ‘_- L C A F M E. Yesterday‘: Cryptoqiiole: ‘A MAN OF FASHION NEVER‘ HAS RECOURSE T0 PROVERBS AND VULGAR APHORM ISMS-CHESTERFIELD. ' H0953 AND WELL LEAVE YOU HERE LNTIL KEHO SABAY./ LKTEIZ. (oak! .- . 3 .. = 3 O ._ 05 t 2 U‘) C O .1 2 LL. 0 .: >~ +- m READ ALL ABOUT l'T.. ‘U C O E >~ 0 Z X 2 >~ Q

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