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By Thornton W. Burgess

MRS. HOOTY HAS A HARD TIME

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. ir The daily tasks. the endless work. -Old Mother Nature.

Mrs. Hooty the Great Horned om was having a hard time. She always does have 1 hard time dur- mg the nesting season. but this time it was harder than ever. other years she had had Hooty's help. This year he not only was of no help whatever, but actually had in be helped himself. He had a ycry, very sore foot that made it almost impossible for him to get food for himself. to say nothing of helping her.

It was the tail end ,of winter; (here uas still snow in the woods. and on many nights Jack Frost

away for the winter. The big Owls are not really lazy, but they do not believe in doing work they do not have to do. They are not fussy. They long ago found out that an old nest that is big enough can be fixed up much easier than a new heat can be built.

Usually -Mrs. Hooty lays two eggs. She always has declared that two babies are all that any sensible Owllparents should try to bring up. It takes a lot of hard work hunt- ing to find food enough for just two youngsters that grow as fast as hers do. Then, too. having them as early as she does, when rough

Brother North Wind and Jack

Frost are still about. keeping them is no small task. It means less time for hunting. But this year Mrs. Hooty had laid three eggs. and they soon would hatch. Without Hooty's help how was she going to

Mrs. Hooty was growing thinner

preferred to hunt. at; night. and rest and dozg by day. But it they have to they hunt in the daytime. This is a mistake. They can see ver.V well indeed in the daytime. they do not like the sunlight. Per- haps it hurts their big eyes. but doesn't prevent them from

Mrs. Booty was hunting by day as well as by night: she had to. You see. she didn't dare make long flights to distant places where the hunting might be better. She did not dare leave her babies for the length of time that would reakiire.

to earth with such a simple. inno- cent question as "How do you reach the only makeable slam con- tract. in the following deal?" It would he a very remarkable ex- pert. indeed. who could produce a satisfactory answer!

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liooty was sitting on eggs in an old nest that once belonged to Hedtaii and Mrs. Redtail. the two big Hawks that many folks who .('.l01lId know better often call (fhickcn Hawks. Hooty and Mrs. Hunky had taken possessou of that nest while the real owners were

The three eggs did hot hatch all at the same time. That made it bad. It would have been easier if the three babies had been exactly the same age. As it was, thev hat- ched two or three days apart. It often is that way in the owl fam-

ing trips short so that she could get back frequently. This meant that it was harder and harder to find enough food.

Hooty was doing the best he could. but that sore foot made it very difficult for him to catch anyone bigger than a Mouse. and

ily. It meant trying to keep the unhatched eggs warm. and at the same time hunting for food for the baby or babies already hatch- ed. It would have been a lot easier could Hooty have helped her. She could have stayed on the nest while Hooty did the hunting. As it was she had to do all the hunting and all the time she was worrying. Good mothers are like that. Won-ylnr: seems to be a part of motherhood.

Like most other members of the

Mice were growing more and more I-iooty spent much time just sitting around on one foot. holding the sore foot up. It was one of the,little spears of Prickiv Porky the Porcupine that. made that foot so sore. How Hooty did been more careful. Never again would he be in such a hurry to catch someone that he didn't first make sure who it was. when he had swooped at Prick- lv Porky by mistake. he thought it was Peter Rabbit. Only

0W1 family. HOOIY and MFS- HOOW a short time before. Peter had gone

into the hole that Prickly Porky had come out of.

Mrs. I-looty was growing thinner day by day. You see. by the time she had fed those three precious

'I'hls'deal occurred in a rubber game. and the biddding proceed- ed according to the best current practice:

saw: T West Nomi use 1 & Pass 1 0 Put 1 Q Pass 3 9 Pan 4 9 Pass 5 4. ?ass 6 7 Pass Pass Pass

Perhaps the writer erred in judging this the "best current prac- tice," because it might well be ar- gued that there should be some variation in the above sequence. by North or South. or both. This. however. is not at all pertinent. Itis the writer's sole object to point out that many North-South pairs would reach six hearts on the hand. that others would reach six clubs. and that no expert pair would conceivably reach the only slam that can be made - namely.

babies..and had shared what was six spades!

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