Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 25

7AE_EVENING STAR., WASHING E OUR SECRET AMBITION.—By Gaar Williams T Buy A RAT Wi A GAUDY BAND AND FEEL T LOOKS RIGHT BY THORNTON W. BURGESS BEDTIME STORIE | rled these in. He took in two or three | nails which his bright eyes spied. That Jenny Wren Is Inquisitive. the best will look around, thus may it be found. Jenny Wren. Who Forian material, but these sticks and bits of Mr. Wren and Jenny Wren belleve in a good foundation. All the time Mr. Wren was singing. When he found a stick, he would stop and sing. Then he would hurry over to the little house with it and when he came out he would sing again. Meanwhile Jenny Wren was here. there and everywhere. Finally she left Of all the feathered folk none is brighter-eyed or more inquisitive than Jenny Wren, She is a busy little body. as everybody knows. Mr. Wren would be fust as busy if he didn't have to take time to sing. But he just has to; Xkeep stopping to pour out his happiness | in song. Just as soon as the Wrens arrived | the Old Orchard. There wasn't a knot- | at Farmer Brown's Jenny Wren became | hole in one of the trees that she hadn't the busiest person anywhere about { peeped into. She flew over to Farmer There was houses to inspect and Jenny | Brown's house and she looked that over made a thorough business of it. She!as thoroughly as she had looked over inspected them all, inside and out, | the little houses. She examined the and did it more than once. | barn. Her bright eyes peered into every Now, Farmer Brown's Boy had to put | crevice and crack. To watch her you up two houses especially for the Wrens. | would have thought that there wasn' The little doorways were just big enough | a suitable place for a Wren home a for Jenny Wren, and you know birds where about, that build in houses usually like door- | By and by Mr. Wren flew over to join ways just the right size. Jenny discov- | her, “What, my dear. is keeping you ered these houses at once and both she | so long.” said he. “I should think vou and Mr. Wren went in and out of them | would t to get that nest ready.” many times. Jenny was not satisfied [ I do.” said Jenny. With inspecting empty houses, but| “Then why don't you come over and watched her chance to visit the house | get busy?” Mr. Wren demanded. Winsome Bluebird and Mrs. Bluebird | I don't believe in acting too quickly were occupying. Mrs. Bluebird saw her | and being sorry afterward,” retorted coming out, and flew at her in a fury. | Jenny. Put Jenny didn't mind. She popped | “But there are two perfectly good into one of the little houses meant for | houses over in the old orchard waM- her and churckled while Mrs. Bluebird | ing for us,” said Mr. Wren. scolded outside. “Tut, tut, tut, tut!” scolded Jenny. “Shall we take both houses?” asked | “Don’t you suppose I know that as well Mr. Wren | as you do? Those houses are all right, “You might take some sticks into one | put if there is a better place for a nest, house and we'll make sure of that in | want to find it. Now you go back and & case another family of Wrens happens | keep busy and leave things to me.” " said Mrs. Wren. “I'll make up| With this Jenny once more began to my mind later about where we'll build.” | fiit here and there, peeking and peer- So Mr. Wren began carrying little | ing into everything. A more inquisitive sticks into one of the houses. He car- small person it would be hard to ried other things, too. He found some | jmagine, rusted bits of chicken wire and he car- | (Copyright, 1929.) Across. 1. Packsaddle used in the Southwest.| 1. Apart. 8. Groups, | 2. Reglonal views. 15. Tea urn. 3. Part of “to be.” 16. Greek foot soldier. ot Lodling 5. Wicked. g me. 6. Crush. 18. Energy. 7. Otherwise. 19. Flock of quatl. ot . Was fond of. 20. Pronoun. 10, Coples. . Headless peg. 11. Cunning. . Fit of yawning. 12. 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