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being left alone. He wanted her around to admire hi.m when he dnimmed on a mossy old log. and Do you em-r wonder why? when he lstrutted to show what. -015 Momer Nature a fine looking fellow he was, There

, . is no fun in strutting when no

Tluiiiilcre: the Grousr was upset. One is WBtC'AhllS-

He iiouldnit admit it, but he was It was clear that Mrs. Grouse Hr was quite upset. and it was had a secret, and she was keep- all because of Mrs. Grouse. She ing that secret to herself. Mrs. His" leaving him alone much of the Grouse is a very smart person. She time these days. He didnt like long ago learned for herself that a secret shared is a secret lost. She would share almost anything with Thunderer, but not this secret.

It uas part jealousy. part cur.os.ty. and part injured feelings thni. led Thunderer to spend a lot of time hunting for Mrs. Grouse. Thunderer thought himself smart. but Mrs. Grouse was smarter. He tried his best to keep watch of her when she was about, but despite his watclifulness she would slip away. He tried following her at such times as he did chance to see her stealing away. He never followed her far, Somehow or other she was always too smart for him. She seemed aiwaysio know when he was following her, even though he kept out of sight. It was most provoking

Now all this time Mrs. Grouse was in a way sorry for Thunderer. "The poor dear is jealous," thought she. "And he's Inst :1 little bit stupid. Yes. sir. Thunds-rer is just a little bit stupid. He should re- member that just this thing has happened at this time of year, ever since we've been together. But somehow or other, the poor dear can't think of aiiytliiiig but him- self. He does love to show off. and I love to see him show off. for he certainly is handsome. And there is no one who can' strut as he can. The poor dear thinks he is doing it all for me. but really he's doing it for himself, He wants me to admire him. I do admire him. he's a dear. But there are more ini- portant things than strutting and being admired."

Of course. you have guessed the secret of Mrs. Grouse, It was a nest, and a nest is always an im- portant secret. Mrs. Grouse had

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and went over to that tree.

been very may in selecting a place for this nest. It was when she was looking for such a place that Thtinderer first mised hi-r.i She was looking for a place where? no one else would think of look-5 imz for a nest. and such places, are not easily found. It was just by chance that she finally found the place that suited her. It was the very last place you would have i expected her to want. Hatll Thundcrer been there. he would have said she was 'crazy. But what Thunderer wouldn't know, wouldn't , hurt him. 1 place Mrs Grouse hadi chosen was under a tall pinp trctai Of course she would make the nest. 3 on the ground. High up in i'iat,i pine tree there was a nest ali't-adxui It was a nest of Redtail the llauini, Rt-dtail and Mrs. Redtail had be- gun nesting early this year. They had fixed up an old nest which; they had used for a couple of years. Doing this instead of build-, ing a new nest had saved tll'll9.' Mrs. Giouse had happened over inl that part of the Green Forest. andi had seen Mrs. Rt-dtn.l living toi

A day or two later she slipped awayi

popped into her head. At first she had thought it was a crazy idea. Had She mentioned it to Tlitiiiticrei: he certainly would have said it was a crazy idea, But the more she thought about it, the less crnz) it seemed.

"No one would ever think of looking for a nest of mine under a 'Iree in which Hawks are nest- ing. No. sir. no one would ever think of looking there. not even those Hawks." thought Mrs. Grouse.

A day or two later she slipped away and went over in that tree. There was a slight hollow in thn ground at the foot of the tree. It was just the right size and shape for a nest of her own. She squatted down in it and looked up. she could see the bottom of Rndtali'S nest hitzh above. But she felt quite sure that no one on that nest could look down and see the ground at the foot of that tree. She went back there two or three times be- fore she finally decided to make her nest there. She lined that hol- low with dead leaves of which there were plenty on the ground. She used plenty of these, enough to make that nest very comfort- .ab'.e during the long days she would have to sit on eggs in it.

There were low growing branches

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By Josephine Cluberuou 6 Of"e60100efOO&tOr100- MANY STYLES OF BIDDING

Bridge bidding has come close to ”staiidardization" in recent years. but there are still plenty of dif- ferences in the styles 01 nationally- famous experts! Take the North hand below for example. Ask any large number of experts how they would respond to partner's one- spade opening, and you .would al- most cerhainlr get three different choices.

south dealer. Both sides winerubll. A 5 3 2 Q 8 9 K10 6 2 .1. A 8 5 4 3 Q 107 A J 9 c K J 6: N 9 A Q 94 9194 W E 3 4. Q 1 2 O Q 7 3 S Q J 10 0 A A K S 6 4 9 io 7 2 Q A 8 5 q.KD There can be no question about South's action as dealer W a oiic-

spade bid is obviously the only call Aftcr West's pass, however. does have somcthuig osa pnoblem.

Three different responses are C0llCt'lValbiC. North can bid two clubs; he can respond with one notrump: or he can raise to two spades. Which of these actions is the most logical?

First, letls examine the two-club takeout. As used by every player of ntkiiowleclged skill. this sort of two-over-om response announces a

very fair hand, not much short opening-bid requireinents. In hoiior-trick evaluation, the two-

over-one response shows at least two honor-tricks with a five -card suit: at least 1': honor-triclu with a six-card suit, In terms of point- count, such a two-over-one takeout indicates at least 10 points in high cards (using the scale of 4 for an ace, 3 for a king. 2 for a queen. i for a jack). '

Clearly. Northls holding fails to measure up on either valuation method. and so. if he bids two clubs, he mis.nforms his partner - a dangerous practice.

The choice, thcn, obviously lies between one notrunip and two spades, and it becomes a matter of Choosing tho lesser evil .. rais- ing with slightly inadequate trump support, or bidding notrump with unbalanced distribution. To repeat, there are tvio schools of thought on this, hut in this writer's view the single raise of spades is substantial- ly the better solution. that partly hid the nest when it was finished, She could slip in and out with small chance of being seen.

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