Last week there was a story a- bout Brenda's new pet. Just in case you missed it. or have tor- her aunt. It was alive. and it was to be her very own. It was a real, live hon!

Whan she had taken it home, the hen had walked out of the box. quite annoyed at being carried and having her feathers all ruffled. Brenda had left her at the barn. for that is where she was to stay.

You see. this hen was the only one at Brenda's home. The big barn was empty except for Lynne”: mother cat. Whitesocks. and an- other striped gray cat. about half grown, called Tiger. Brenda de- cided that the hen could share the barn floor with the cats.

Brenda was all excited over her new pet. "What shall we call it? She needs a name. What do you think. Mommy?"

”Oh. I guess Red Hen will do." answered her mother. ”l can't see that a hen needs a name.”

"Yes she does. I'll ask Anna and Lynne what they think for a name." said Brenda. "Perhaps they'll have an idea when they get home."

When Anna and Lynne got back from their holidays, they were so surprised to see Brenda's new pet. "Imagine having a live hen! You can't take it up on your lap." teas- ed little Lynne.

”You know. I think Buffles would be a good name for her." said Anna thoughtfully. ”She is a red- dish buff color." So Buffles was ihe henls name from then on.

In the meantime Buffles was stepping around the yard, talking away to herself as hens - and sometimes people - often do. "There doesn't seem to be an- other hen on this place." she tackled. "Just what will I do for company. I wonder where I am in sleep? Let A. 2 look around. That barn over there likely has lots of hay in it. and th t makes a soft. sweet-smelling be . I'll stroll over and take a look. That big door has been left wide open just for meg and the sun shines right in. I think I'm going to like this place. A-a-ah, cut a cut, ah ah ah -1-rut."

The big red hen stepped briskly nff toward the open door. Farther back in the shadows sat White- sncks. who had been there all the time, watching every move.

"Just what is that hen doing around here?" she thought to her- self. "There aren't any hens allow- ed on this farm, for the henhouse is quite empty. Just look at her strut around! Doesn't she think she is important! Now what does she mean by coming this way? Do you suppose she intends living right here in the barn with me. "Well I'll settle that. No hen sleeps on my hay!" and with that White- socks got up and walked to the door. her legs stiff. and the fur standing up all over her tail.

"Good afternoon. Cut a cut cut." laid Buffles politely. ”I'm just look-

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By Thorton

THE TRACE IN THE GRASS

Alas; that it should often be. That best of eyes will fail to see. -Old Mother Nature. There was a certain garden in which young Buster Chuck had been in mischief. The owner of the garden and his boy had found the entrance to the young chuck's home. and had decided it was an easy matter to carry pails of water

ing the place over. Do you live here too?”

Whitesocks did not answer. In- stead. she sprang straight at the hen. and landed on her back.

”Awh! Awh! Cut a cut cut!" squawhed Buffles, racing madly a- way from the barn. flapping her wings to help her along. for her feet could not carry her fast enough. Behind her ran White- socks. her black and white fur all bristled up.

Brenda came tearing out when she heard the noise. She stopped stock still as she stared after Whitesocks putting the run to Buf- fles. Then she called the cat, and gave her a little slap.

”Listen here. Whit:-socks, you. 'waiting for the way to be clear

must not chase Buffles. She is go- ing to live here too, and she is going to sleep in the barn with you. Now you behave yourself or there'll be no more cream in your milk in its blue saucer."

Whitesocks listened. and settled down on the back step. "There that's a good cat." said Brenda as she patted her and went back in.

Whitesocks looked over at the hen who was still hiding at the end of the barn. "Just wait until i get a chance to chase you again." she muttered to herself. "You'll see if you'll sleep on my hay in my barn. Just you wait until no one is looking. I'll make you run again." And with that she went off to look for a mouse in the long hay in the next field.

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and pour into that hole in the ground. They were not trying to drown him. but to make him come out. They had a cage trap so set that if he came out he would be caught in the trap. You see they were not hard-hearted. They did not want to hurt that chuck. They wanted to catch him unhurt, and carry him all where there was no garden to get into mischief in.

After a number of pails of water had been poured down into that den in the ground, they began to be worried. They were afraid that they had poured the water so fast that the young chuck had been drowned there in his own home. and that was rather a dreadful thought.

They waited 3 long time after they stopped pouring the water down, hoping to see the chuck come out. He didn't come out. And when they finally went away with their empty pails they were not at all happy. They were sure that somewhere down in the ground that young chuck had been drown- ed. All the time he was sitting in one of his back doorways. just

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The next morning it was the boy who got to the garden lint. Right away he saw that more plants had been eaten. "There must be another chuck." thought he. and began looking around. Between the garden and an old stuns wall grass was quite tall. Presently he noticed a place when some one had been through the grass. bending it down as they passed. It wasn't exactly a path. but it was a trace as easy to follow as a path. The boy fol- lowed it. can you guess what it led him to? It led him straight to one of the young chuck's back doors. .

There was no doorstep. There was lust a hole in the gtound,'snd that was partly hidden by the grass hanging over it. "rhis must be the hole of another chuck." thought the boy. and said so when a few minutes later his father Join- ed him.

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