Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 35

A Fishing Party. ;(“i' on lfl‘od’ news, not news that's bad; ake people joyous—never sad. it id Mother Nature. It happened one morning that a school of small fish came up the Laugh- ing Brook into the Smiling Pool. Peter Rabbit was over there at the time. He didn’; know anything about that school of small fish and he couldn't under- staud the cause of the sudden excite- ment. Rattles the Kingfisher started it. Rattles was sitting on his favorite perch on a dead limb of the Big Hickory tree on the bank of the Smilinz Pool. Sud- denly he plunged. in the way he has of doing, down into the water, and a HE FLEW BACK TO HIS FAVORITE PERCH. moment later came up with a fish in his bill. It was a good-sized fish for Rattles to catch. He flew back to his favorite perch and there he thumped and pounded it on the branch until the fish was dead. Then he turned around and swallowed it headfirst. A moment later Longlegs the Heron, who was standing in the shallow water near where the Laughing Brook leaves the Smiling Pool, shot that long bill THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, ' MAY 21, 1920. WaL TS TRIP To YouNeS TowN CERTALY GOT ME INTO A FinE MESS ! 1T LOOKS AS It THE QL LABY IS THROUGH WITH ME, AND ALL BECAUSE L WAS TRYING TO HeLP [P 0l BY THORNTON W. BURGESS the appearance of their feathers. Al- most together they dived. No one can dive more quickly than can Dipper the Grebe. One instant they were there and the next instant they had disap- peared. But they were out of sight for only a moment. They came up on the other side of the Smiling Pool and each had a little fish. Bad news travels fast. Good news travels fast sometimes, too. How the news that there was good fishing in the Smiling Pool traveled, I do not know. But travel it did, for in a very short time who should appear circling above the Smiling Pool but Plunger the Osprey? Peter always did love to see Plunger fish. You know, Plunger is called the Fish Hawk. Presently he hovered for a moment, then down he shot. He disappeared completely, but it was only for a second, and then he was flapping his way up again. He had a fish in his great hooked claws. It was bigger than the fish that Rattles had caught, or_the one that Longlegs had caught. Once more Dipper and Mrs. Dipper disappeared, only to reappear, each with a fish. Then Peter discovered Billy Mink climbing out on the Big Rock. Blilly also_had a fish. He began to eat it as he sat there on the BIg Rock. Glancing over toward the place where the Laughing Brook flows into the Smiling Pool, Peter could see a brown head coming swiftly down the Laughing Brook. Just after it entered the Smil- ing Pool it disappeared. A moment later it popped up right in the middle | of the Smiling Pool. “Hello, Little Joe Otter!” cried Peter, dancing about excitedly. Little Joe Otter turned his head and looked over at Peter, but he didn't say a word. He couldn't. His mouth was full. He had a fish. Quack the Night Heron presently came flapping up from the Big River. Soon he, too, was fishing. You see, it was a regular fishing party and every- body was having good luck—everybody but the fishes. Peter sighed. His sigh sounded al- most regretful. “I—I almost wish I liked fish myself.” said Peter. Grandfather of his downward, and he, too, had a | Frog. fish. Dipper the Grebe and Mrs. Grebe were sitting on the water idly smooth- ing out their feathers. They saw Rat- tles catch his fish and they saw Long- legs catch his fish. Instantly they were alert. They no longer had thought for them?” That was & question that Peter couldn't answer, so very wisely didn’t try to. (Copyright, 1929 The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) . Small fish. . Small animal. . Melody. . Bcold. . Goddess of peace. . Followers of a belief, . Strictness. . 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