Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 50

BEDTIME STORIES How Peter Was Fooled. Few folks have eves that really see Things are not what they seem to be. 0ld Mother Nature, ing to want to|ing about idly and suddenly he made a v in vain to find it | disco the Grebes must | little mounds of dead rushes and weeds | because, though he often saw Dipper, he never saw Mrs. Grebe with him Sometimes he saw Mrs. Grebe, but she was always alone. He never knew which one it was that he saw until he asked. all of which was very amusing to the Grebes. But at last one day he found a way of distinguish- ing between them. He noticed that there was a feather missing from Mrs. n M‘ “I WISH I LIKED THE WATER BET- ‘TER,” THOUGHT PETER. Grebe's right wing. After that he could always tell one from the other. Peter tried watching Mrs. Grebe to see where she went. She always went in the same direction and Peter couldn't follow her. Have you guessed what di- rection that was? It was down. When- ever she bade Peter good-by she dived and that was the last Peter saw of her. He knew that she swam under water, but when she finally came up it was always where Peter couldn't see her. Peter had become so discouraged that he had about made up his mind that he wouldn't look any more for that home of the Grebes. Then one morn- | ing, quite by chance, he discovered Mrs. Grebe. Peter had come down into_the swamp at the head of the Smiling Pool BY THORNTON W. BURGESS during the night. You knew Peter likes to travel about at night. At daybreak | Peter was sitting under some ferns clcw | to the place where the Laughing Brook | | enters the Smiling Pool. Ha was look- | .. Sitting on one of the many | he d cred one of the Grebes. He felt sure it was Mrs. Grebe, and in this | he was right. ““My goodness,” thought Peter, “can that be her nest? No wonder I couldn't | find it! I wonder if it really is. Il her and sece what she’ll do. If that is her nest and there are any eggs | |in it, I ought to be able to see them | from here.” So suddenly Peter thumped | as only Peter can. Instantly Mrs. Grebe was off that nest and disapeared under water. There had been a couple of quick movements of her head as she went off, but that was all. Peter then stretched up as high as he eould, but he could see no eggs. Indeed, he could see nothing that looked like a nest. It was just & mass of dead reeds and grass matted together. There were several other similar masses scattered about. No, it didn’t look at all like a nest. Peter was disappointed. Still, he felt | that it must be the nest. “I wish I liked the water better" thought Peter. “If I liked the water batter I wouldn't mind swimming out there to find out. But I don't like the water, so I guess I'll just stay here. I that is Mrs. Grebe's nest, she will come back to it sooner or later. Of course, st]:e may have been just sitting on that place.” BSo Peter settled himself to wait in patience. He could hear Redwing the | Blackbird. He always did like to listen to the song of Redwing. Presently Red- wing came flying along and alighted on that little mound that Mrs. Grebe had been sitting on. He stood there for a few moments, after which he flew over to where Mrs. Redwing was sitting on her nest in the alders, not far from where Peter was sitting. “That_settles it,” said Peter with a sigh. “If that had been Mrs. Grebe’s nest, with eggs in it, Redwing wouldn't have sat there so unconcerned. He didn't see anything unusual there and there is nothing the matter with Red- wing's eyes. Oh, dear, I was sure I had | found that nest! Well, I guess I'll go | home to the dear Old Briar-patch.” That is where Peter made a mistake. He should have remained right where he was. He would have seen something. (Copyright, 1929.) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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