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A: long sustained suqaense. -Blaacky the Crow.

Blacky the Crow and Mrs. Blaoky sat side by side high in a tall tree in a lonesome part of the Green Forest. Not far away was a tall fir tree. In the top of that tree. well hidden by the dark branches. was the nest they had built the year before. Not far from that fir tree was a dead tree. Near the top of that set the last person in all the world Blacky and Mrs. Blacky wanted to see in that neighbor- hood. It was Hooty the Great Horned Owl.

Hooty is not only the largest member of the Owl family, but he is perhaps the fiercest. He is fear- ad. by all the smaller folk of the Green Forrest; even Jimmy Skunk is afraid of min. This is because Hooty is virtually the only one who seems to care nothing at all for Jimmy skunks Wag of potent scent. He has no respect at all for nmmy. There are one or two others, who if hungry enough will try to catch Jimmy, but they have to be very hungry to do that. Hooty is one of the very few Blacky and Mrs. Biacky fear. Pro- bably they are more afraid of him

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cause, like other Owls, I-looty ean see at night. Of Oourse, Crows are birds of the daylight and not of the dark. For this reason, Blacky and Mrs. Blaoky go to bed early so as to be well hidden before Hooty starts out hunting. Some- times when they hear his hunting call in the dusk of early evening they will shiver and shake.

”What do you suppose he is do- ing over here?" whispered Mrs. Blaoky. ,

Blacky shook his head. "I don't know," said he. "Perhaps he has come over here just hunting."

Just then, Mrs. Hooty joined Booty in that dead tree. "They wouldn't be hunting together, would they?" whispered Mrs. Blacky.

"Perhaps they have come over here to spend the day. You know it is the daytime they sleep," said Blacky.

"They are not asleep: they are very much awake. Anyway, they wouldn't sit together right out in the open 'to sleep. They would find a place where they wouldn't be seen," whispered Mrs. Blaoky.

"That is true," said Blaoky. "Of course, it may be that they are so hungry they are hunting by day as well as by night. It is a funny idea that some folks have. That Owls cannot see in the daytime. My dear, I would hate to have either one of those two over there

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Mrs. Hooty was in the nest, and H001! was sittinl at one side.

get after me in the day time."

"Look!" interrupted Mrs. Blaoky. "Mrs, Hooty has flown straight over to our nest. What can she want of that?"

"And there goes Hooty!" claimed Blaoky.

It was true. Both I-looty and Mrs. I-looty were in the top of that fir tree. Mrs. Hooty was in the nest. and Hooty was sitting Bl one side. Mrs. I-Iooty stood on the edge of the nest. Thenshe step- ped inlro it, and settled down as 11 trying it out for fit.

Biacky and Mrs. Blacky looked at esoh other with the same star- tled look. "You dontt suppose-" be- gan Blacky, and stopped.

''I dont suppose what." Mrs, Blacky.

"You don't suppose they are thinking of taking our heat for themselves, do you?" replied Blacky.

Mrs. Blacky looked distresed. "I hope not." said she. "Phat is our nest, and they would have no right to take it."

"Much they will care about rights it they want it!" exclaimed Biacky. "You know they took the nest of Redtail the Hawk last year.”

"Perhaps they are Just looking around and ohanced to see our nest. Anyway. it isn't time yet for nesting, so perhaps by nesting time they will have forgotten all about that nest of ours," said Mrs. Blacky.

"Your mistake. my dear!" retort- ad Blacky. ."Have you forgotten tract I-footy and Mrs. Hooty are the first at All the birds to nest?"

"That is true," replied Mrs. Blacky. "but it is still winter."

"That doesn't make any dif- ference," said Blaclry.

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south had to be lucky to mnk'e his slam contrast in the following hmd. whereas a different slam oontract had an odds-on chance.

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With the club suit breaking 3-3. the dglarer had fair sailing, but such eaks are decidedly against ”probaibiiity,” and it would have been far sounder for North to play the hand at six diamonds. More- over, it would seem that logical bidding would have resulted in the diamond contract,

The first round of bidding was obviously oorrect, as was North's rabid of two spades. The fact that Sou'Uh's heart response did not fit North's hand was of little im- portance against the further fact that North had about 5!; honor- tricks and I solid spade suit.

It was Souths second response, three clubs. which was the really questionable bid. True, South had a good hand in the light of Northls bidding, but the three-club call at this point strongly suggested a live-card club suit - not the four- card suit South had. The bid could scarcely fail to mislead North; he immediately assumed that club: would make a satisfactory trump suit.

It would have been wiser for South to jump to three notrumlp over Nort'h's two spades, thus in- dicatlng clu-b strength without committing. himself about the length of the suit. Then. later, if South properly raised diamonds. the right contract would be found. Under the cirumstances. Southls J-lo combination in diamonds was worth showing to North.

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