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L.ttle Mrs. Striped Chipmunk was distracted. That mettns that

,-he was so worried. so anxious, mat she coulzl think of nothing -Amt what wa-.-2 warring her,

71:14 at the same. Lime she didn't know what to do about it. One of -tar babies was lost. They were not 1-rgatly babies now. for they were am ready to go into the Great twrlci for themselves, but she still thought of them as babies. Mothers are that Wall- One had always been

smaller

tl.ar. the others. And tor this rea- son mother had favored him more than

the others. Mothers should - in-re favorite; among thei: 'en,' but sometimes they do. or Chiptitttnk .did.- She would

1...; said that she loved her :- 'en all alike. But Little 5 ,p really was her favorite,

ar..l l.0l.'.' iv: was lost.

she ran this way along the old stoncwall. She ran that way along the old stonewall. She looked in- to all the openings between the stones. She scolded Striped Chip- wiunk because she thought he no 't. as worried as she was. He wasn't distracted. Like nost fathers among the little acople of the Green Forest and he Green Meadows he had noth- ng to do with the care of the voting Chipmunks while they were babies. Then again he felt. I;l.li it was time for the children in be starting out in the Great world and finding places for themselves. He felt sure that this uas just what Little Stripes had. dono. He told Mrs. Chipmunk so.

"My dear, stop worrying," said he, "I am sure there is nothing to worry about. Little Stripes was ready to leave home and has simply gone to make I. place for himself in the Great World."

"He wasn't ready." snapped tits. Chipmunk shortltv. "How can tou say such a thing? What. does 1e know about the dnngero oi the Sreat world? Nothing. What does

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"MY dear. stop worrying," said he.

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SELF-MADE DIFFICULTY

A deiender's "problem" is not nlwayr Ia diiiicult as it may appear to him - he simply has to con-

food? Nothing. What doe about digging a home to

he know himself?

Nothing. And you say he was ready to go out in the Great World."

"He was as ready as l was when I started out in the Great World," declared Striped Chipmunk. ”He was as ready as you were. How could he learn those things shut up in the house all the time? You know as well as I do there is only one way to learn those things. and that is by experience. You can't get experience outside by staying inside. He's a smart. little rascal. so stop your worry- ing. What he finds out for him- self he will remember."

”Redtail the Hawk may have caught him already. Readtail wt; over this way this morning." cried Mrs. Chipmunk.

"He didn't catch Little Stripes. He didn't catch anytbody over here. I was watching him," replied Striped Chipmunk.

"Black Pussy. that awful Cat, may have caught him." cried Mrs.

Cmpmunk. "Block Pony hasn't been over here this morning," retto-rted

Striped Chipmunk.

"The poor little thing must be frightened almost to death. Folks who are lost always are dread-

ne know about finding hll own fully frightdned," said Mrs. Chip-

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hand, but his actual helm Md 4 If West now led a. low diamond. seems to have confused West in Fdeglagfr C”-yld Putdup thi! 93:9”: tn 1 1 -- 3- ran scar a. spa. e; or s. 5V;;"y.,:e?,idc"ff:dd,:;,non'2 :33... ,t:rted to cash the diamond king. The we was played from dummy 'South. would ruff and later get and west could assume that de: .the discard. So, in the hope that clsrer had AC singleton. since gm” had the Spade kmg' wai otherwise he scarcely would have Nd dot” We 3". Th” "35 the 1-efused me tines”. ;end of the matter - defense was South led I. club and won with H10 longer possible- a queen; hfet ttjhen leashed the club i ioYhSetbSi1:i?;illl1: havesiagxciiigciiiltlyhlsg ace an u - l ” white wrist fm';,.3:.f and1a(::,?:;y J South's clt'b call after he had Now 3 trump was led toward the been raised in the major suit. This dosed hand, and South Put in me it wastsgrongthevidence ntltaizl Soutih ten. w t 'm h -g wane ur er con rma on n Jig. Euemm hearts. before going on in that suit, and this of course indicated a four-card suit in South's own

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”You donlt know he even is lost. He probably is having the time of his life. I know I did when I left home," retorted Striped Chip- munlk.

Mother refused to be comforted. She still worried about Littlc

marked with three spades. and it could do no harm to let him dia- card one of them. Moreover. South scarcely could have bid as he did with either two or three ”

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