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The Tiny Folk

(A real story oi real children (or very young children)

The cold north wind whistled a- round the corner of Susan Dale's house. It heaped the mow in great banks along the Ir-nc:-, and trzml its best to cover the shed right over. No one was moving on Play- time Lane, not even grown-ups. Susan tried lookinig out tho win- dow, but the snow flakes were so thick and whirled by so fast that she could not we very fur.

"I don't like this olil storm," said Susan cmssly. "I lll(i- the snow to play in, but I can't go out to play in this, It is siorniing too hard for me to co m'm- In Laurioiz. I have no min to l)ll)' with. What can I do, Mmaiiy?

"What is ihr l:l.l'.l(ll' Willi 3'n')l.ll':

is not a baby any innrr-. You :a.i have fun with him"

"No, I can't" said Susan. lillv;

doesn't know how to play mv games."

"Now Susan " said ht-r inotlu-r firmly. .' jns? aren't pleasvvd l"ilJ'l Xoiirself today. You stated up too late last it Lzht. Of l'i)ilZ(ll.

you love Davxd, t. tijv l)lilVll'l with him. and ion on that )0'l vll have lots iii in

Susan siciinil, "I Slll)lIOSP thorn in nothing rls.” I can rlo, I'll l)'

glad when I ("ill go to scliml nrw? year. Then I'll have lots of cli:'."n ion to play with. Come along David, lets play lionso"

She tnok out her ltile rod table and David ran over and pickml up onr little red chair. The top of the chair cainv iin as lriizh as h:s yrlv low curls. bi.-t he kvnt liftin; and Walklniz iint.l ho rt-ncliorl thrv tahl".

"You're a crud lllllv boy to hn'.:i me." said Susuii. ainl D;n'i(l's bim- eyes t.ulnklr(l with a pleased look

"Let's set the taliln for supper. You can be Dll(l(l)' and I'll be Moniniy. Marg.;rrt Lou can be our baby." she sairl as shn Dlnccd her now Cl1rl5l.lTla.s doll in the chair.

Away David ran. Buck he mine luizgng his blr: black and white Panda Br-ar with him, "Panda

.By Thornton

HOMER THE ROAMER IS LUCKY

Luck and chance go hand in it he had 3. compass in his head.

hand; Neither is at your command.

-Old Mother Nature. did considerable strutting about

Homer the Reamer was Farmer Mrs. Homer was looking on. He

Brown's Boy's pet homing pigeon. He was being trained to fly in

pigeon races. He was an exception-. little broiliwr Mix Dnlv risked l ally handsome and line youngi "Now that he is two ymi-gs old. li:-l pigeon. You know, homing pigeozia, perhaps more often called carriori pigeons, are the kind that arcl used in war time to carry mes-y

rug GU'ARDIAN.yCHARLOTTETOWN

W. Burgess

to a greater distance. Each time that wonderful instinct Ior home took him straight there. just as

'1'oir.niy Tit and Homer had be- come very well acquainted. Homer

the bariiyard. especially when

uas prounu oi his strength and the way he could use his wings. So far he had had no adventures whatever. On each llight he had nothing to think about except get- ting home as quickly as possible.

Tommy Tit. altei'wai'd others, warned the young pigeon that?

As it was. he reached home Just

.in time to dart. in through

the doorway to ulety.

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look outside. When at last he did go out, he anxiously looked this way and that way.

"Dee. (lee. dee, dee! He nu zolic, you have nothing to worry about now," called Tommy Til; the Chickadee. "You may not know it. but you are a lucky bird. That

sages. They are carviuty trained there were rlani.-ers to be loukorlqcilow 3” but caugm you. 1 wgrn.

to do this. In peace time they

are traiiied'to tly long distancesl in races. Homer the Roamer was has a liking for pigeon dinncr.s.

being so trained by Furiner Brown's Boy. Every so often he would take

Hilnltll" all some distance lroml home-.' and there set hlin trec.1liiin. Because he never had been Homer would circle until he was! sure of the direction in uhlclil

home lay, then would fly straight there. Each time he was carried ..m Bear wants supper he said, sitting Panda up in the other lit- tle chair. I

Susan looked for a minute. Then she started to laugh "You and I are funny, David. We put uu" lamily on the chairs Now WllD1'C shall we sit? We'll havo to stand up to eat our supper." Then l)O'.'l she and David started to laugh at the joke on themselves.

"Come sen how funny we are,

Monum-." Susan called. "David and I are having a great time t)- izether. You kncrw. it is nice to have a little brother to play with. after all."

out for. He was warned to watclit out lor Fall-o the Duck Hawk, who

Homer let the warning go in one ear and out the other. He didn't; believe there was any hawk who could fly last enough to catch

woircrl by anything on any of his flights he forgot to natcli out. He became careless. So it was that he Iaileil to see Falco the Duck Hawk until it was almost too late.

Homer was lucky. He was al- most home at the time. Had he been even a little larther from home. he couldn't have escaped. As it was he reached home just in time to dart in through the doorway to safety. So close was that last-(lying hawk, who really is a falcon. that when he turned to avoid dashing headlong against the barn one of his swift wings actually touched the tip or Hom- rr's tail.

Willi a scream of disappoint- ment the lflslsllyllllz rubber or the air flew away. It was some tliiie before Homer even ventured to

ed you to look out for him."

Homer wasn't strutting now. He wasn't puffed up. He wasn't (eel- ing proud. The truth is. he was still reeling very much upset at the fright he had had. You see, that was the first great (right he had had. Always having had the protection of Farmer Brown's Boy, he had not yet learned the dangers of the Great World. The leather- rd folk oi the Green Meadows and the Green Forest begin to learn these dangers as soon as they leave the nest.

DUKE SURPRISE VISITOR

SYDNEY, Australia -(AP)-Joe Fallon, 41-year-old Sydney busts HOS man, was reclining at home

Thursday in swimming trunks when the Duke of Edinburgh vxalkr-d in unannounced. Theywere wartime buddids. They chatted for 2”; hours -suntll the duke had to

dash away to a lormal state ban-

quet for lilni and the Queen on

their royal tour.

Tilly The Toiler

Napoleon and Uncle Elby

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