urru: Loni: ciucic rmns urn wmos Nona ever knows with what he's bleot, am put to unexpected test. -Old Mother Nature. pone Little chick was a very young Grouse. so young that as Y9” she had never tried her wings. S-he hardly knew what wings were loi'. she had seen Mother Grouse my, and she had seen some other birds fly. but she really hadn't bhougm, anything about it. Litte Lone Chick was out in the Great would all by herseli. She and no idea where mother and )rOthcl's and sisters might be. It ya.-, through no fault of her own that she was alone. Indeed, it was because she was smart. Gray- Fox had suddenly aDP9t1-'ed- mil Mmh" amuse had given the signal for an the children to hide. Little Lone Chick had been smarrenouzh in make use of 9. hole in the ground which happened to be close y Thornton W. Burgess &. J at hand. No one had seen her run in there. When Gray Fox had left the neighborhood and Mother Grouse had returned and called the children together. Little Lone Chick down in that hole hul not heard mothe call, Vvhen at last nhe ventured to come out. she ilound she was quite alone. She was Vfrightened. dreadlmlly frightened. Wouldn't you be if you were very small and iound your- self all alone in the Green Forest with no idea of where mother or father or any one else was? But she wasn't so trlglhtened that she forgot the things she had been taught. She remembered to keep watch while she hunted for some- thing to eaif. She remembered to keep near something she could hide under if necessary. She remember- ed that safety first is the most important thing to keep in mind. Priclrly Porky the Porcupine had given her a clreadiul iright, but she had soon found out that he wouldn't hurt her.gHe was even friendly. He had told her that he uates will N ame Address " HANDS TIED? 3 Because you lack a. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA You can get one at HOME in your spare time. If you are 17 or over and have left school, write for interesting free booklet-l-tells you how! Diploma of the American School. AMERICAN SCHOOL, DEPT. 0.P. 1260 University St., Montreal, Que. Send me your free 44 page High School Book Grad- receive the High School Age ca Bringing Up Father 50 PEPE APE THE PULE5 AH' REGULATIONS FOR VISITORS GONG TO EUROVE S AkO THE WAT IIAAW RE HE C HOPE IT BEL s THE MFCEE IL 5LiCl('-V E ewmr... 2 I aueeojo I V mix EVERY NOT A SOUL AIZQND AS FAR A5 I CAN SEE. I sE;:i2i3lB.Fz:4T . ll He ma told her that he didn't hunt, or eat Birds or other folks. didn't hurt or eat Birds or other folks; that he lived on things like bark and tender twigs, and other things that grow in the ground. she never again would be afraid of Prickly Porky, or any of his kind. Now Sammy Jay had found her, Sammy had guessed right away that she was lost. He had given her a lot of good advice. some folks dearly love to give ad- vice. Perhaps it is because it doesn't cost anything, No one in all the Green Forest knows the folks living there better than does Sammy Jay He makes it his business to know them, and what they are doing. and where they live, and all that can be found out about them. some iiolks do not like Sammy Jay. In fact. many folks do not like Sammy Jay. He does at times do some dreadiful things. He steals the eggs 04 other birds, and sometimes the babies when they a.re helpless. Be- cause of this the good things he does are overlooked. Sammy has Saved the lives of many of his neighbors. and done it over and over again by giving warning of the approach or an enemy. Hunters wiith, dreadful guns have no love for Sammy Jay..Over and over again he had spoiled their hunting by warning Light-loot the Deer,.or Thunderer the Grouse. or Reddy Fox of the approach of a. hunter. "Why don't you fly up in a tree when you want to rt? I know you have to get your food on the ground, but when you are not hunting for it a. tree will be much the safest place for you." said Sammy. use saver: contract Irite I: Josephine uuhrluu O1& INTBIOOHJGIATE SHIP As this article is being written. weeks botore publication. the re- sults of the annual Intercollegiate Bridge Ohsmpiomhlp are just being compiled. This event. participued in by some 300 undergraduates at no leading colleges. Ls n. bridge-by-nnil contest. with the players wrestling with prepared hands. Here is the sort of deal that is given to them - it was part of last yeuls set. The "per" set by the Ocmmliltee was: "East-west to bid vi make four spades" East dcsier. ' Neither side vulnerabl-' Q10983 yJ1o43 Q43 q.xJ1o . Q7652 .AKQJ :23. N -8 QAQIIO -I-A75 WSE 76 L542 Q4 UAKQ52 0985 &Q983 The bidding recommended by the Committee (so as to make sure that East plays "the hand at the: desired contract is as follows: 4-7 I East South west North 1 Q 1 V 2 O 3 V 2 Q Pass 3 Q FIJI 4 Q Pass Pass FIJI There is no desire on the Com- mittee's part to make these hands extremely difficult in the play - the undergradruates are not experts, yet. so in this case, the making of the iour-spade contract offers no great problems, but there is still enough of a catch to trap the unwary, South, of course. opens a heart and leads a second round. Under the match-point conditions of the contest, the declarer cannot refuse to ruii-f,.sinice a trump break would give him an extra trick. (At rubber bridge. the safest method of play would be to discard clubs on the Continued on page 10 PASSPORT WITH A PICTURE OF NOi.lF26El.F- 493 el V .ll&'-'i.f.lxl"l:,VA(x..l g Continued on page 10 By George McMa nus HOKAV. I MAKE TALAPHONE. 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