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The Tiny Folk

(A real story of real children for very young children) I

'l‘hr-, supper dishes had been rleared away and washed. the floor 5“ viii. and the kitchen

l'.dlPd. Noni .\/[other could settle

oziwii in: a little while to watch L‘lll"( and L i pl.i_v btfiire they weiii. to boil, . Ptizo wa.s l)us_\

do.r.z up a it-\\ Ol.li.fl<l(‘l' chores, and had not come in yet.

‘L 5 play \\'1lli our blocks. Lir.d'i L.".Ll:‘l9 sxizgestcd. He dumped tits‘ imxful out on the

floor and riiziiv a\i:i_-.' Liiitm reach- ed for t.ht'm she ht-‘id '.\\(J in her

chubby fists. then banged them on the floor

“She's d:'.\in.g i‘.a.i5. Mr-mm_\." Laurie lattgiteti “.\'n\\ ststtt you are l'1l'.i‘.‘l‘i too Izitle to be a car- penirt

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I to pI;it~I' l..vi(i.i (ll‘i'.fll"lll ’lll(l warh- <rli' She oii her back ."lt.(l l.*iLigh:iig_ 5 .»iii- knocked L.llll'l(’ was

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then. ll“ lsaid Billy. talking to himself. "That

HOW Ml'(‘H ARE EGGS WORTH

Consider well. At lust think twice. in what you seek well worth the mine? -Old Mother Nature. Billy Mink licked his lips. He had Just eaten three eggs. They were very small eggs. They were iihe eggs of El pair 01 young bank lsuiailows. who nesting lor the first. time, had dug their nest. in a think \\li(‘i‘e Billy Mink was able to rlig :t open. "ThO<O eggs are Just a taste.“

l! at they are. Just a taste. I ‘.\lll‘.l ill0l'f‘ I‘m tized of fish. I want a rnriug.-9 Eggs, or soiiie yniiiig hirtis, are what I want now."

So Billy Mink sat nn the bank oi the 13.: Rl\’(‘l‘ tryiiig to decide where he would be most likely to get a dinner of l'R'.:s or young

.‘l!l2.mPii \'."i~“.l . ‘he l)lOt‘KS.

lJlI'<iS He hcairi a sh.irp rattle in

l‘-ll! \\llf‘I1h€‘ A R killtl RH‘l;tlii= distance. He prickecl up his

h€l‘v'mE 5‘li‘«'l 33'-iihed m";r-rirs. He heard it again. "That.

sfflfld» '.v:i.s Rattles the Kingfisher, or Mrs.

‘f.~.r.' :31» ‘ .\t«~ri:vr.i".“ h"1Rattle.I. Why ii:dii't I think of

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no cm "I‘‘ 31" riinugli to he more than .1 taste,

: "'1 E"-3 ‘- W151 W“ and ll."llZ\ll.\' .\ii'.<. Rattes lays a lot

some to info:-rm‘ ‘of them. I wonder when-, they

Linda lo "M n’ him a tnrintmf. are nenlllig this year? I think I'll said some‘ r .look around a bit."

and s!:iI'lL‘i‘l : ' Now Billy Mink knew that the

Then she t‘ .‘.r' .=trmi- Llill‘l:i:.\ll£‘l‘H nest in the ground Just

“Trll Ll‘t1.I‘. as the bank smziilows do, so lu-

11 t1‘.\(‘:' .l‘L‘.lllki1("'.\' \\‘lIt‘l'P to innit for their ne<t.

EH9 know it uasii't in me bank

f‘.‘.:5. lvntiri."§i.\here the sirallnw were. because

more onPlhe had looked t.hat all over. But

in will .'allith»=re were other banks. and Billy

lknew all of them in the neigh-

The iinh Sit‘ q'i.I~'‘'.' '\ ' ii: boriinod. It didn't take him hing

for 3 -.\n:.r. t.::~.:~. it go: Loo miirh to find out which bank the king-

for her. She go’. dmm on her fishers here using. Rattles was

hands and Kil(’(‘S to crawl. over. “No! No! L:nii.i must not touch," Mother scoitlod gon'l_\‘.

“Lon :\itim:‘ l‘.ti'.\‘ ‘nzzh it is!" said L.n:zi.e \t‘ tilrnsrd with him- self. 'O~o-o-h," said Linda, very loudly.

Laurie and Mother laughed to- gether and Linrla \\’l'lllkl(‘(lllp her nose anti _]Oll’1(‘(l in the fun She clapped hrr ll7ll‘.i'lS trizrthtr. and oaizged her hcc'_= on Lite. floor

Thai. bang did it Down tumblrd the blocks‘ ThE\' flew all over the floor and under the cnurh Linda's eyes opened wide in surprise

"O-o-ah, o~n-oh!” she said. look-

ing \'P..V scrimis. and making her mouth as round as an 0. That was H. great Joke for

Laurie. He laughed and laughed. Mother smiled too, at the funny face Linda was making as she said. “Oi-i!"

"I must. tell Darlriy that lit‘ comcs in," said Laurie.

Linda crawled over to the couch to pick up the blocks She got one in her hand and then ptillsd her-

when

self up. She walked alon: the side of the couch. ‘.ioldim: on with one hand, t.'.‘.l she l"(‘.’|l'l1(‘d the mishinm. There she poked the

block in undor the iiowcred cush- ion.

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using a dead tree for his perch, and that dead ire» was very near a fairly steep batik. Billy guessed right. awiiy that the nest was in that bank. He hid wliere he could watch. He was patient. Billy in ii grmri hunter, and like ail good hunters, he knows the value of

in his m0l.l1Cl"lI ear. '!.\n't she funn;.. l\‘ln:nni\~',1 She thinks .shr's hiding ifztem nn me. She saw me hide them there today when we were playing"

"That's quite right." Mother an- swered "That is how she learns She. does just what she sees oth- ers doing. That. in why I always tell you to be careful what you do when sho ill around. She will copy every thing you do. so be sure she does not learn to be naughty."

"I’li try to be careful. Mommy." Laiirie proniised "Now read us our bi-dtinie story, then we'll both be off to bed."

Thrn Mrs. Page aetiled down in the big chair with Laurie on one knee. and Linda cuddled in her arm. to read them nursery rhymes lrom Laurie's big book with the colored pictures. They were quiet now, for they had had n busy day and both were happy to be head- ing for bed and I good night‘: sleep.

By Thorton W. Burgess

patience. In time he saw "Mrs. Rattles come out of that bank. She was going fishing. When she came out Rattles went in. so it was that Billy found out just where the entrance to the nest in the ground was.

Billy licked his lips as he thought of the eggs he was sure were in that. home in the ground. When he was sure that Mrs. Rat-

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ties couldn't see him Billy rm swiftly to at hiding place near enough to that bank for him to watch the doorway without being likely to be seen. He was aura that he could climb to that door- way. He wished he knew how far into the bank he would have to go to ranch the nest. If that next was only I little way in it would be easier to get those eggs, 3 lot easier. If he should be surprised in there by either at those king- fishers he could get out quickly. But it the hall leading to thlt. nest. should be long. he might be trap- ped in there by the return of Rat.- ties or Mrs. Rattles. And he didn't.

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