PAGE TEN The Tiny Folk (A real story of real children for very young children) I "Alanf called Mr. Clark as he came into the house. "where are you? Here is a surprise for you." Alan came running from the living room where he had been listening to a Cowboy story. "What is it, Daddy'."' he asked ”Is it in that big pnrcv-l? is it for me? May I open it? What is it?" "Whoa." laughed Mr. Clark. "One qiicstinri .1: a time. Why dnnlf you Just open it and find out?" Quickly Alan tore off the brown paper. inside was ii largo grey cardboard box. He lifted the cover. "Oh-o-n-ii!" he said There were the new rubber boots lin wanted. How hlimk and shiny they were? E.r.gm'l-. ho klcl-2'-d off his slippers and pm on the boots Ho giinnrd up at his father. "”I'hoy are Just are-at. Daddy Now I won"! pct mud on my pants C to school Listen in me walk H 'l'f how they squs-ak mi H10 "in l'. Th-211.: ion, Daddy. thank yr:-.: " "We: don't waif ynii to miss any (la-.5 go a: s' x-car in school." said Mr (l 'uiir new boots will b" rl"- '11, and ynuill be iihlo in -. ri'.ir arc-n thoiich W" are bad s:nce the thaw ” "Harv. nin wark thnm an yrrll iiw '1'” them mlxcri at srhrml " ' kits Clark She lnrxk svrl : zl ',lii'Sll mid nitrit- vri A F 1' "go ll'll'i( of inch boot licnr tho Mp The ii R" dnr it W13 raining. How i not and muddy the rrmrl lav wri Tho dilchrs wi-re full of Wat" Dwiii in the hol- lrxi iii.” i-"or l.'l!l across the ward oral lll"ii 1 ii 'll'i Ell llw ficid Tho mmii lip". vniiiivlriiiirri about isiiini coiiiiis Ml'iiriItcn!V. Hi-Hhavr riisvorerrri . wh Q i " i' brrathirig. Ind '.:i or A.-thma rn and . .r is rated very sat- !s.'ac'm.ii' lM' ., callv compoundnd IUENLVAC 0 million pltklgeil used. oflcr pm Hoof S.-iusfaciion or moncy i it? I hark. GI-i. ME5.l31(”O at Iliuggisls lOdA1 ll permit natural, restful 51609 mnighl. THE GUARDIAN. CHARIJOTTETOWN the day, but Alan was so ,' d Now he could wear his new boots this very day. He was ready for school much earlier than usual. but he was so eager to start that at last lils mother said he might go. Proudly he started out. squish! that was a queer sound his boots made in the mud. He looked back at his tracks. Thare were the little diamond prints of the soles in the mud. Then he walked into a small puddle. The water gurizled around his feet, but they just felt cool, not damp or wet. This was fun. Down the road he went, taking his time. He listened to the suueak. squeak of his new boos. He. noticed how shiny they were. They looked so pretty. But that mud splashed up on the aide did not look pretty. It spoiled his new boots. He wanted them clean to show his teacher. ”I'll wash them off in this pool." he thought, "I'll just walk where the water is running, and it will take the mud away.” H9 walked into the little brook of water that hurried across the road and bubbled along the ditch. The clear water seemed to go so fast. Bits of sticks, straw and chips were in it. What a happy sounil it made. He put his foot across the little drain it had made for itself. The water stopped. sckr-d up, then ran over the top of his foot. making little bubbles of foam as it rushed on its way. Alan laughed. This was such fun This was the best sur- nrise Daddy had Pvr-r brought him There boots uere Just won- (ii-rfiil Then he slipped! splash! The watt-r rushed and gurgled, but Alan didn't like its sound now. it was gurgling into his boat. It was full to tho top! He was soaked. What would Daddy say? Slowly he turned and walk:-rl homr. He knew ho would be scolded. for he had not been care- ful. What could he say? He opened the kitchen door. "Daddy." he called. "Come here. ll have a surprise for you. I guess .my new boots aren't so wonder- ful after all. They leak at the top." Now what do you think about that? get yours carly. ST. PATRIGKS PLAY MEET SHANE FOR A CHANGE At the Community Centre March 17th and 18th The laugh riot of the year Splendid acting - great specialties All Scots Reserved Plan opens at the B. I. S. Wednesday, March 10 at 9 olclock. Don't be disappointed--tickets always are scarce- It”s A B. I. S. Production Hall, 175 Grafton Street, Rip Kirby L Soothe By Thornton W. Burgess WHAT A BABY! When meeting someone quite un- known. Pray never judge by age alone. -Prickly Porky. In a very small cave in a jumble of rocks in the- Green Forest, Prickly Porky had a newly born son. Prickly Porky knew nothing about it at the time. When Moth- er Porky loakeil him up and told him about it. he wasn't interested. You see, Prickly Porky is not a fatherly father. For the size of his mother Baby Prickles was a big baby. He was actually bigger ihan either of Mother Bearls twins at birth. And what a baby! To begin with he had a white coat instead of a black one. His eyes were pink in- stead of black, as all porcupine eyes are supposed to be. Buster Bears babies do not get their eyes open for many days after they are born. but Baby Pricklc'.s eyes were open at birth. Baby Bears are helpless like most other babics, when they are born. By the time he was two rlaya old this baby porcupine could begin to climb around. Now as all the world knows, all porcupines carry in their coat sharp-pointed little spears, called quills. It is because of this that their neighbors. Prickly Porky and all his kind arc untouchables. This is why they are so independent. Baby Prickles was born with a full supply of those little spears. called quills, hidden in the long white hair of his coat. Purred and feathered folk who have white coats when they should have coats of other colors, are called albinos. That simply means that, they are no different from others of their own kliid excepting that Mother Nature seems to have forgotten to put any coloring matter in their coats. Perhaps she has been ab- sentminded. Sometimes their coats are only partly white. and some- time their eyes are not pink. These lheiii with MINARIVS Liriimaur Ddcinhr-chtfrody and 1 Edlz:-drying. Na -51: are partial albinos. Those with pink eyes and wholly white, are full albinos. Baby Prickles was a full albino. Mother Porky was a much up- set mother, but she didn't let this make any difference in her care of the little fellow. she nursed him just as freely as ,if he had been as her other babies had always been, and as all baby porcupine: she had ever seen had been. sha didn't pay much attention to him otherwise. But that wasn't because she thought him so odd. Porcupine Baby Prickly was a full albino. th t. lltll l'ld' they are let severely alone by allimo em do M W0 wr CH 1” as so many other motlwrs spoil thciis. He already had teeth when he was born. When he was three days old Prickly Porky came waddliiig over to the home in the rocks. Mrs. Porky stopped him at the entrance. Prickly Porky was only mildly interested now. "How many?" he asked. "That's a silly question." grunted Mother Porky. "Did you have a brother or sister when you were born?" "Not that I know of," replied Prickly Porky. '"Ot course you didn't. One baby at a time is enough. How these folks with big families get along. I don't know. Even only two is one too many. One is all any por- cupirr mother can bring up proper- ly." said Mother Porky. "And one can be a niiisance." grunted Prickly Porky. which wasn't. a nice thing at all for it father to say. WIDE VARIETY KEN'I'VI.Ll.iE, N5 . (CP)-The famed Annapolis valley had a wide variety of wealhor in February. The Dominion experimental sta- ti-on records here showed tempera- turea ranged from 13 below zero to 53 above, with total snowfall of 32 inches. By Alex Raymond TONT0, I WONDER VMN HORSES APE IACLOSED N A i Uoe Paiooka IJASKIN LIANDLED THE PLENTV. DESMONQ BOTH BATES AhD ?si GUN WE FOiND. A WOMAN WITH 50 FINGERDRINT ll-'1 ONLY HAO SOME MY PERHAPS I CAN J! HELP. 53E LEFT A CDMWCT HERE WHICH I HAD RD OPPORTUNITY OF PLACE! L. .. a........... ?.A........ -gr--.. . ,.......- 4 . I-lEliEEF; Aron roowo. L 1oAvo...wnu:guA1'.. . near THAT scnewsv "ll ' '-55'0" "W ';E;;.;Vm; WA,” ,.,M I REUNION or out Iaonl...u:..5:o OLD MAMMY VOKUM' PiJ'l'1'IN"l'H&J:H FA L016-DCSTADCIL PERSON-TO'9E5& OUTFlT. ,. y . VOUMVA IVMIIO 'IM.' CNN! l'lJ.'l'D5S MY ROPE OIER. 50 WE V CAN CLIMB OUT. THEN WELL HAVEA RETURNING... TO FALL INTO vu. inx you up WITH TWO Fll?ST-l?ATE HORSES. -1. g HE'LL HAVE A YER A BIGGER YA OW SAP THAN I THOT... NAS A SWELL TIME... lT'LL WONDERFUL TIME. WISN I COULD HAVE GONE ALONG. , . YA ANSWER mi '6 DOUGH FRUA YA .' ...lF JERRY .. ..- ry Z: Jilly The Toilor ”D&5T.ALlCE -WIRE A rmouc: .MARCH 11, 195; . y Ty . By Bob Gusfafron NOTHlNEI LIKE A 3Kl5K KUN N we COUNTKY 10 MIKE sou FEEL 600:7: COME on rwotaon, LET9 rm? rue srizasw ) l-iONlY- umuan --PLl.l6A I PA BE WITH NCLE U65 GOBACK Q1.-WATS! WINGS Hi9 PEID... U By Carl Anderson :1Tfr.uS..... I-.7 i r.,..yu.K.qr.-4......;.,..,var.,.. V NOWWI-IAT rear NAMA HA wmi lion: vac: i;:i&r?mm Guns 1 arm: iiboowmuu m Farr Mum um M-in m . I-lLIMOQ,S0 I COULD ASK HEQ T0 WASH TWCURTAIBS YODAYH Bringing Up F I aihor - -..:'i'ii By George McManuI 13-WE LIVE NEXT IWELI-.0N! -re: Pu? uP'oN NH WALL, out 10 any WITH ME Atws-;c.. "Ii ' i 1 . nrtit Li . ,,,,.y.- .- X , uFX .-E .