t 4:.) . llv Thornton PETER. COMPLAINI No one likes those who com- plain.

Those who do will nothing gain. Mrs. Peter Rabbit.

Peter Rabbit was out of sorts. He gets that way sometimes. Most folks do. He was grumbling as he sat in the dear Old Erhar- patch. He was talking to him- self, but loudly enough so that Mrs. Peter would overhear him.

"Old Mother Nature isn't. fair," said Peter.

”In what way is she unfair?" asked little Mrs. Peter.

"She makes living easy for some folks and hard for others," gruni- bled Peter.

Little Mrs. Peter twliched her wobbly little nose. "Explain," said she.

Peter hcsitated. He looked out across the Green Meadows, now brown and soon to be white with snow, Johnny Chuck's house was out there. and somewhere down under the ground in that house Johnny Chuck was fast asleep. Anyway. he was supposed to be. Peter hadn't ventured down inside to find out if he really was as- leep. ”Well." sa:d Peter slowly,

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A SIMPLE AND FSEFUL SAFETY PLAY The type of safety play involv- Id in the following hand is per- haps the least. appreciated and the most valuable of all types.

south dealer. North-south vulnersble.

A 748 V QJ8 Q KJOBS A2 Q A 105 3 Q Q 1 s 2 N :40 6 6 4 W E 0 Q 10 1 six 0 to s 1 9 8 3 AI 1 6,5 0 K83 9 A K 10 D 5 8 0 A08 . 4" The bidding: South Wazgt song 5...; 19 an 29 3; 3 9 Pass 4 Q pu. Pass PM: When West. opened the club king and dummy was spread, declaror did not: automatically

reach :for the Ice - as 909 out of every 1000 players in his position probably would do. This expert South thought things over!

The danger point of the hand was obvious: F.-ist might. have the diamond suit stopped. and upon getting in would shift to spades through the closed hand's king. Then one diamond and three rpado tricks mzglit easily be lost.

After a moment's study deciarcr saw an excellent way to avoid this risk: he let West hold the first trick with his club king!

For want of I. better play, West continued the suit. and dec- larer discarded in diamond on the Ciwb ace. After that he had com- paratively smooth sailing. He led 3 low diamond in the ace and returned the diamond six - quite

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"Old Mother Nature isn't said Peter.

tijust take the case of JOllnl1.V Chuck and us Rabbits."

"What about it?" Mrs. Peter spoke a bit sharply.

"He sleeps all winter. He doesn't have to w0i'I')' 8b0U'-

whcre he is going to get something to eat. He doesnt even know Jack Frost is around. But we Rab- bils have to go half starved when

everything is covered with ice and snow. Even when there isn't ice and snow. there

isn't much bark for us to eat, or grass so dry and dead is has no taste. And you know. my dear. how hard it is for us when rough Brother North Wind roars and howls and drives the snow in our faces." said Peter.

"We can always turn our backs to it." said iitle Mrs. Peter dryiy.

"Don't tell me you would want lo sleep all winter like Johnny Chuck."

"Why not! I think it must be nice." retorted Peter. ''I think Johnny Chuck his it easy. and so do the others who sleep all win- ter. I just don't see why Old Mother Nature puts some to sleep through all the hard times, when others are cold and hungry. It isn't fair. I think she should treat every-body alike.”

Little Mrs. Peter gave Peter is

queer look. "Would you really want to sleep all winter it you could?" she asked.

"Of course! Wouldn't you?" re- plied Peter.

Little Mrs. Peter shook her

head. "No." said she flatly. "You wouldn't" either." she added. "Why wouldn't I?" demanded Peter.

"Think of all you would miss."

he was out of the suit. since West could make no dangerous attack in spades.

West realized that if he ruffed the diamond lead toward chim- my he would be unable to make any constructive return, so he discarded a club. The diamond king won and declarcr ruffed a diamond high in his own hand. He led a trump to dummy and ruffed another diamond high. then drew trumps, ending in dummy, and discarded a spade on the es- tablished filth diamond. Thal. accomplished, he was quite willing to concede two spifde tricks!

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mh.,..,all alike. That would be no more

said little Mrs. Pour.

"That is just what I am think-

ing of." retorted Peter. ”I would

miss all the bad storms. I would

miss having to live on food I don't much like. 1 would miss hav-

ing to be everlasting watching for

Raddy Fox and Hooty the Owl and all the other hungry hun- ters. And it would be I good miss. Fuzzy Tail. and don't you think it wouldn't be."

Little Mrs. Peter scratched her nose with the toes of a hind foot. "And you would miss all that is going on." she said mildly. "You would miss finding out what your

neighbors are doing. You would miss scampering about poking that wobbly little nose of yours into other people's business. You would rn.i& kicking up those long heels of yours because you were feeling so good. You would miss the lovely moonlight nights when everything is covered with snow, and the other nights when the twinkling stars seem so close. in short. Peter Rabbit, you would miss the fun of living. I wouldn't slecp like Johnny Chuck for the world." "Still, I don't see why Old Mother Nature t1oesn't treat us

than fair," declared Peter. "Would it?" asked little Mrs. Peter softly.

”Wouldn't it " retorted Peter.

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