Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1929, Page 39

UP HERES WHEREE we USER T KITES BEDTIME STORIE Queer-Looking Caterpillar. There's something new to see each day And always it will be that way. —Old Mother Nature. Peter Rabbit had started for home He was thinking about all he had learned about Thalessa, the insect whom he had first mistaken for a wasp. “My,” said Peter to himaelf, “there are some wonderful things in the world! Yes, indeed, there are some wonderful things in the world. I didn!t half realize it until I saw Thalessa drill & hole in the trunk of a tree to lay her eggs. I don't believe I'll ever see any- thing as wonderful as that again. P PETER TOOK A STEP NEARER, TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY. Hello! What under the sun is that?” Peter stopped short and stared at & curious thing crawling across the path right in front of him. He knew it must be a caterpillar, but never before had he seen one like it. This caterplllar was of good size, green in color, and had what looked like a horn on the rear end of the body. He had seen just such caterpillars before, excepting that they never had had anything on their backs, while this one carried a back- load. Its back was covered with what Jooked like little white eggs standin on end and close together. Peter tool & step nearer to look more closely. “Well,” said he. “I have seen a lot of queer-looking caterpillars in my ny a3 > BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. time, but never one as queer as this one. 1 wonder what kind of a cater- pillar it is.” The caterpillar paid no attention to Peter. It continued ross the path and began to climb nt. Presently it began to eat the leaves of the plant. It was only just above Peter's head and right where he could watch it. So he sat down to see what would happen next. The caterpillar went right on eating. Apparently it had no business in all the Great World excepting to It ate and ate and ate. Watching ter grew hungry. think I'll go and have a bite my- self,” sald Peter. “That fellow can't travel far if he wants to travel, and I don't believe he does. He'll be here when I get back.” So away went Peter, lipperty-! rty-1ip, in search of something to eat. hen he had filled his stomach he went back to where he had left the caterpillar. The caterpillar was still there and was still eating. Peter sat down and made himself comfortable. He couldn't have explained just why he wanted to watch that caterpillar. It was simply that he had a feeling inside that there was a mystery here and that if he watched he might learn something worth while. v “I wonder,” thought Peter, “if that caterplllar is sick. Those white things on his back are queer. I wonder if they have grown there, or if they are really a part of the caterpillar.” Peter sat there a long time. Nothing happened excepting that the cater- pillar ate and ate and ate. There was nothing queer about this, for most caterpillars live just to eat and eat and eat. At last Peter was about ready to give up when who should come along but his new friend Thalessa, the wasp- like insect who was not a wasp. She saw right away what Peter was looking at. “Oh!” she exclaimed. “I see one of my cousins has been this way.” Peter looked all around. you mean?” he asked. “Don’t you see that caterpillar?” asked Thalessa. “Certainly I do,” replied Peter. t is why I am sitting here. That is queerest-looking caterpillar I have ever seen. ‘What about that cousin of yours?” “My cousin found that caterpillar before you did,” chuckled Thalessa. (Copyright, 1929.) Daily Cross-Word Puzzle 1. English .poet and satirist. 5. Bring up. 10. High priest of Tibet. 14. A mountain chain. 15. Flower. 16. Proper name. 17. Trading places. 19. Pink. 21, High in the scale. 22. At the shortest distance. . Behold. 28, Certaln] 30. Benefit. 32. Slumber. 34. Skillful. 37. Perforates. 39. One who has a home in place con- sidered. 41. In or of the thing or matter. 42. Inlet. 43. Exclamation of impatience. 44. Go on (music). 45. Meantime. 48. Reduced in rank. 50. Depart. 51. The vanquished one. 53. Undertone. 54. Superlative suffix. 56. Seaman. 57. Equine quadruped. 7 ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. 3 Hopelea:hn.e‘u. - - . Those en, single combats. . Extent of cuflm‘e i . Greatest in number, . Worship. 3 Blbllur name. . General in the Civil War. . Accumulated. . Tiny bit. . Away from the wind, . Alm. . Inclosure. . Revisers. N ’: . Deprive utterly. . Scene of contest. . High temperature. . Barter. 5% . Tune. 40. Total. " Went. Hiding n t . Wenf an sutom:hile, . Scoffer. i . Pendent ornaments. . Aromatic shrub. Eroded. . Pirst man, 2. Move away. ' -'hm.:ly-lmlr American at oni iive fire engines wers shippcd 2b oad this year, - “What do, i [TUT-TOT NOW HR. 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