Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1929, Page 26

28 THE EVE NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929." Wotta Life! 227 ;7 THERES NOTHING UKE $25 2 TH' 0LD GAME T GET YUR OUT,IN T 0PN ! o Wotta Life! —By Gaar Williams I BEDTIME STORIE Mr. Wren Solves the Mystery. Jenny Wren had forgotten all about the House Centipede she had twice tried to catch in Brown's house <t time she had succeeded in merely pulling off one long leg. The second time she pulled off two legs. She was reminded of when Mr. Wren came brin Centipede which he h shed. “Did you ever see 80 many long legs?” he “Yes,” said she. “That i Iy lke that queer insect I tried atch and told you about. Where did you get it?” t. however, g a House it in nything with HEan “WELL, WE CAN'T STOP AND LISTEN TO THOSE LEGS ANY LONGER.” “In the shed,” replied Mr. Wren. “Well,” said Jenny, “I don’t think the ehildren will like all those legs.” “Then we'll pull them off,” replied Mr. Wren. So they pulled off the long legs, killed the Centipede and fed it to one of the babies. “Listen!” said Jenny, “Do you remember that funny little squeak in the shed when we couldn't find any insect anywhere around?” “Of course I remember it,” replied Mr. Wren, who was sitting with his head cocked to one side. “I hear it this insf d stant. “So do 1” said Jenny. Both sat with their heads cocked to epe side, You know the ears of birds of Farmer | easily heard by Jenny Wren. Just now The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle BY THORNTON W. BURGESS |are very keen. They can hear what you {and I might not be able to hear. The | tiny squeak that would sound very fatat {to you and me would be much more she was hearing not one squeak often | repeated, but many squeaks, | "Look ‘at those legs!” said Mr. Wren | suddenly, “One might think they were alive the way they are kicking.” Jenny looked at the legs they had | pulled from the House Centipede. All [ those legs were kicking, just as if they | | were alive. Just then Mr. Wren flew | | down close to one of them and cocked | his head to one side. Then he hopped | over to another and did the same thing | There was a funny expression on his | face as he looked up at Jenny Wren “My dear,” said he, “here are your squeaking insects.” “What do you mean?” Jenny asked “I mean that it is these legs that are | making the squeaking that we thought | was made by insects,” replied Mr. Wren. | “Who ever heard of such & thing?” cried Jenny. “All the same, it is true,” replied Mr. Wren, “Come listen to one of these legs yourself.” Jenny did. Then it was her turn to have a funny expression as she looked at Mr. Wren. She hopped over to a leg that had stopped Kicking and listened. There was no little squeak. “You are right, my dear,” said she. “I remem- ber now that when I saw that queer fellow in the shed and tried to catch him, T pulled off three of his legs, I got one the first time and two the sec- ond time, and both times I noticed those Kicking legs and heard the squeaking. It's a queer ‘performance. Well, we can't stop and listen to these legs afy longer; the bables are crying for food.” She spread her wings and off she went and Mr. Wren followed. Now that the mystery was solved, they no longer hiad any interest in it. And the mystery was solved, for the House Centipede does have legs that squeak after they are pulled off. | They do not squeak before, but after- | ward. They kick and squeak and so| draw the attention of a possible enemy | away from their owner, who thus has a chance to escape. You know. there is & Lizard who throws off part of his fail, Which fwists and wiggles and thrashes about while its owner escapes. (Copyright, 1929.) 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