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hi I lone cedar tree in s lonely out of the Green Forest. a young

Grow at hunched up against the,

trunk. Probably there was no one In an the Green Forest who felt quite so miserable as that young Crow. He had been shot the day be-tore. In some ways it mzigtht have been better for him had he been killed; than he wouldn't have sui- rered. Now he was sumtering both pain and fear. You see, he couldn't fly because one wing had been hurt by those dreadful shot. It was knowing that he couldn't fly that trightened him more than sm- zhing else. He felt too miserable an even want to my.

He had had a bad night. He h'idn't been able to sleep much. Twice the fierce hunting call of Hooty the Great Horned owl had sounded close at hand. There is

.no one the Chow fdik fear more

when they do Hooty. the biggest of the Owl family. He delights in hunt. for them at night when he can see and they cannot. It ls well for them that their coats are black. In the blackness of tin: dark

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& SON . Optometrists 0'3 Grafton Street

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from being seen unless they move. It is to startle them, or any other small person who is near. so as to make them move, tihait Booty sounds that fieme hunting call of his.

It. was a bright morning now. Jolly, round. bright. Mr. Sun ni- reedy was well up in the blue. blue sky. There was little to fear now drom Hooty the Owl. He seldom hunts on a bright day. He doesn't like the sun-light. so the young Grow felt fairly sale from Hooty. He wasn't hungry. He had lost his appetite. as mom folks do when they are hurt and feel badly. He was quite content to huddle there in that cedar tree, and just pity himself. But there would come a time when he would heave to eat. He knew that. and the -knowledge worried him. He couldn't fly with one wing. No bird can fty with one wing. and one wing was all he had that he could use. How was he to get around if he couldn't fly? It was a dreadful thought.

He sa-t close up to the trunk of the tree with his head pulled down on his shoulders. one wing. the hurt wing, drooped. He felt. so miserable that he could think of nothing else. He wondered where his friends were and what. iihey were doing. He wondered if he would ever see any of them again. And somehow, it didn't seem to matter much if he didn't see any of them again. That is. it didn't until he heard the voice of Blacky cawing in the distance. Blaciky was in good spirits. Harsh as is his voice, there was still a note of cheerfulnem in it.

At first the young Crow paid no to Biadky's voice. The very cheerfulness in it made him feel worse; In so far as he was concerned there was nothing, noth- ing at all, to be cheerful about He wished that Blacky would keep his tongue sitzill.

For a while Blscky did keep his tongue still. When he did begin to cazw again he was very much nearer. He was cwwing as he flew,

. and every cuw sounded nearer. For

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the first time the young crow felt a little bit of hope, perhaps Bdacky would see .him, and could help him. He didn't know what Blacky could do for him, but some- how he knew he would feel better just to have one at his own kind near him.

Blacky sounded nearer. and near- er. Now he was almost to that

to call. The best he could do was to await, and it was not a loud croak either. Blacky passed high over that tree. The young Crow saw him, but Blacky didn't see the young Crow. Again the latter tried to cow. and again the best he could do was to make a sort of croaking sound. Blaoky was already past ilhat tree, and out of mght of "the young (how. He was wholly in despair, And then, suddenly Blncky was rimhit there in that tree. He heard that crook and had inn-ned back to see what it meant. ,He had lighted in the tree above line young Crow. Now he hopped down from branch to branch until

he was right beside the young Crow. "Villiat is the niatier?" asked Blacky.

”I don't know." replied the young Crow. '"I'here was a terrible noise. and than I was hurt. That's all I know."

Blarky looked him all over. "What you need now is someiliinq to eat," said he. I'll be back with something soon."

He was as good as his word, He wns back soon, and he broumhl with him what he had intended for his own breakfast.

ORVVELL SCHOOL

.."!the following is the honour roll for February for Orwell School:

Grade ix-1. Fllspeih MacI.eod:

2. Ronalda MacDonald; 3. Celine Naddy. Grade VII-:1. Eleanor MacDon- ald. Grade VI-l. Eileen MacDonald; 2, Malcolm Taylor.

Grade V-1. Evelyn MacDonald: 2. Ignatius MacDonald.

Grade IV-l. Gloria MacDonald.

J. A. FULLERTON,

City Clerk.

Grade I (Alv-1. Sandra Mac- iDonald. (Bl-l. Clitlord MacDon- -ald.

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"Average" bridge players are not alone in taking many more rinae than are advisable quite a few players who have earned master ranking under the scoring system of the American Contract Bridge League have the same low temptation-point vis-a-vie finemos. In the following deal. for ex- ample, moet of the masters in 1 tournament took an unwise fineae.

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Almost every Wesvt opened the Jack of clubs, and the usual result was a one-trick defeat of the con- tract. Every East. after collecting two club tricks, shifted to the jack of diamonds. and almost every declarer put in the diamond queen. It was automatic for West to re- turn the five diamonds after win- ning with the king, and that end- ed South's chances.

One declarer made the excellent decision to go up with the dia- mond nce on East's lead of the jack, but, unfortunately, he failed to carry on properly. He next cash- tlie A-K of spades, then drew the needed two roundsoftrum-ps,csshed the spade queen, and went to dum- my with a trump intending to return a diamond in quest of a ”si-t.uahlon." The situation existed. all right, but East changed it! On South's lead of the heart to dum- my, East hastily threw off the dia- mond ten. and that fixed the de- clarer.

South should have made one small adlllstment in his technique. Instead of cashing the spade queen. he should have ruffed that card in dummy. Then when he led a diamond from the board, he could duck Eastts forced play of the ten v-. and the defenders would be helpless.

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