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North. in making his quite lin- jumma jump in five hearts. must have forgotten that Sout.h passed originally!
West opened the rlub nine. East captured dummys jack. then made the correct shift. to the diamond jack. Declarer won his own hand and. after some reflection. laid down the king of trumps.
(It, can easily be seen that if South had led and lincaacd the ti-urnp jack through west. he could have picked up West's trumps with- nut 10:. but this first-rounddinesse would entail the risk or losing to the singleton queen in East. South felt that West probably had the greater heart length. but he could not well assume that west had all the missing trumps.)
With the trump situation revealed. it appeared all too likely that a tricl: would have to he lost to West's queen. and there was of course some danger that south would have to lose a spade trick as well. He solved this matter ad- mirably. however. He led the trump Jack. West of course ducked and dummy played low. south now
cashed his diamonds. ruffed a club went back to the spade king and
By Thornton TINY TOAD DOESN'T PEEL GODD
only foolish folk 't.is clear Are ever wholly lacking fear. -Old Mother Nature. Tiny Toad was indeed tiny. He was so nsall that beside him a Grass-hopper was big. In fact a Grasshopper gave him a. dreadful scare. There was nothing to be afraid of. because that GsIl5hODp couldn't and wouldn't hurt him.
but of course he didn't know that..
That Grasshopper had suddenly landed right clue to a dead lea! in the grass beneath which 'riny Toad was hiding.
The big Grasshopper stayed only a moment. 'l1ny Toad was glad of that. me Granhopper hadn't seen him. because he had kept perfectly still. when the Grasshop- per had gone with a mighty hop. Tiny Toad drew a long breath lie crept out from under that leaf, for he felt rested now. All around him was Iiort grass. It wasn't as easy to hop in that grass as it had been to hop when he was out on the sand. He didn't know just what to make or that grass. He didn't hop far in it before getting very tired. He stopped often. He rolled his small bright eyes up at the sky.
Jolly. round. bright Mr. sun was creeping higher and higher. The Jolly Little sunbeams grew warmer and warmer. Tiny Toad didn't feel good. No. sir. Tiny Toad didn't feel good. He didn't like those Jolly Little Bunbeams. -l-le
ruffed dummy'a last club, then cashed dusnmy's second spade trick and finally led a thin round of spades. East thrown in with the spade queen had to re- turn a diamond or a club and when South ruffed with the heart nine, Wat's queen was "smother- ed."
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was becoming drier and drier. The drier he became. the worse he felt. Never had he felt at all like this. A sudden great longing to be back in the water took possession of him. Yet. he didn't. want to go back the smiling Pool. lt was a dread- ful mix-up feeling. He wanted to go back, and he didn't want to go back. And all the time Tiny Toad felt worse and worse.
He came to a small piece of bark lying in the grass. He c'rept under it to rest. There he no longer felt the warmth of the jouy Little Sun- beams. somehow he felt a little better. but still very uncomfortable.
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Several times Tiny Toad was a- wake long enough to wish that be wasbaokinthedmllingroolintlu oool lovely water. He was awake long enough to think he would start back. 'l'wis:a he poked his head out from beneath that piece of bark only to draw it back in a hurry. He didn't like the iouy Lit- tle Bunbeams. No. sir. he didn't like them one bit.
Jolly, round, bright Mr. sun went to bed behind the Purple Hills. The Black shadows came creeping across the Green Mea- dows. Tiny Toad poked his head: out and then crawled whouy out from under that piece of bark. Now there were no hot jolly Little sunbeams around. There was cool- ness in the air and dampness Tiny Toad ibegan to feel better right away. His skin no longer felt hot and tight and and dry. Thsre was dew on the grass. How good that felt when he hopped through -the wet grass. He thought lcas ab- out the Smiling Pool. He didn't know where it was now, and he didn't care. It was fun to go hop- ping through the damp grass. He didn't know where he was going. but he was on his way, hop. hop. hlppity hop. Each hop was a very amall one. for he was a very small Toad.
But each hon was taking him farther away from the smiling Pool, farther from all his brothers and sister with whom he had spent his babyhoori as a tadpole. Tiny Toad really was out in the Great World.
He wanted to go on, yet he didn't feel like moving. so he tucked his. legs under him and squatted downf close In the earth. He closed his bright little eyes. He went to sleep. Now and then he awoke Just en- ough to blink his eyes sleepily and; dose off, again. He still didn'ti feel good. He didn't know why. Hei just didn't. that was all!
Now the reason that Tiny 'Iiosd didn't feel good was that his skin had become very dry. Had he stay- ed out in the sun much longer. it would have felt a great deal worse than it did now. If there is one
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