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By Thornton

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and not others. Those who do not : learn to be independent do not

live long. Independence and long life go together. .

Little Toad had been independent from the time he was born. He had had no one in look out for him, or watch over him. or take my care or him whatever. Even as a tadpole in the Smiling Pool. he had had to look out ior himself. .When he left the Smiling Pool as a tiny Toad he had no one io tell him where to go, what to do. how to hide, how to catch his food. what dangers to look out ior.

He had to learn to do all these things himself. and had to learn by doing them. He was independent, and he. would be indepe " t all the rest of his life. just as was his rather. old Mr. Toad.

Little Toad was now living in Far- mer Brownts garden. It was A good place in which to live. He could hardly have found a better place. From the very start he was paying his own way. although ,he didn't know this. You see. he was living on harmiul bugs and insects and worms that were eating the planis growing there. And that was the finest kind of help ior Farmer Brown's Boy who, had charge of that garden.

Little by little he learned Just where to look for ditferent kinds of insects, and Just how to catch them when he found them. lie learned Just how near he must get before shooting out his long ton- gue with its sticky up. He learned that there were some worms that he couldn't pick up with his ton- gue. but must pick them up with his mouth. He learned that what seemed easiest to catch was not always easiest to allow.

It was Old Mr. Toad who gave him a lesson in swallowing earth- worms. those long rubbery worms that fishermen use for bait and Robins delight to pull out of the ground. Little Toad had seen lit- tle ones and big ones crawling along the ground in the early evening. They crawled by stretching themselves out as far as they could. and then to pull themselves together.

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East could not have felt very secure when his. indiscreet double or three notrump brought a prompt redouble from South, but, as he explained later, East felt that he might drive North back into spades, and that he would have a better chance against that contract. West. reading his partner's double as a demand for a spade lead. obed- iently opened the six-spot. Deciarer covered with durnmy's seven. but East refused to part with an honor - he played the deuce, Dec- larcr won with the blank queen. but it was an expensive victoryi when he then went to dummy in hearts and returned the spade-king. East again ducked, and now dum- my's spade suit was finished for all practical purposes. The outcome was that South won precisely two spade tricks. two hearts. two dia- monds and two clubs, and so had to give the opponenis 400 points.

This result would have been al- tered considerobly if South had made the proper play at the first trick - namely. the king of spades! Now, whether or not East ' to hold oil, South could easily ea- tmbllsh tour spade tricks and cash them in via the two outside entries in dummy. Instead of going down 400. he would have collected iour spade tricks and two tricks in each of the other three suits, thus scor- ing 400 below the line. 450 above, and the 700-point bonus (or the two-game rubber.

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