Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1929, Page 54

BEDTIME STORIE Surprising Cocoons, To every one it should be plai; There's never loss without some —Old Mother Peter Rabbit was looilng down at a big caterpillar covered with tiny white cocoons standing on end. They ap- peared to be fastened to the caterpillar's back. Peter had thought they were eggs until he was told that they were co- coons. Thalessa, a big, wasp-like insect, was the one who had told Peter. She had said that a small cousin of hers—a tiny fly—was responsible for those co- AS SOON AS THEY WERE OUT OF ‘THE COCOONS THEY STRETCHED THEIR WINGS. % coons. Right away Peter thought that the fly must have placed all those co- Thalessa felt she must ailk i “all n_}yh cousin was to lay some eggs. e eg'!l hatched into little grubs, and the little grubs made those cocoons, and that's all there is to it.” “That sounds very simple,” said Peter, “but to my mind it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Where did your little cousin lay those eggs?” BY THORNTO. W. BURGESS. you knew that. She placed those under the skin of the caterpillar.” “And did all those little grubs hatch out under the caterpillar’s skin?” in- quired Peter. “Of course,” replied Thalessa. “That's what the eggs were put there for. Then when the hatched the babies had plenty to eat right at hand.” “What_did they have to eat?” de- manded Peter bluntly. “Why, the caterpiliar, of coursel” re- plied Thalessa. “But they couldn't have eaten the caterpillar,” eried Peter, “for here he is right now!” “There isn’t as much of him as there was,” replied Thalessa. “If you look at him, you'll notice that isn’t very fat. In fact, he isn't fat at all. He looks to me a little shrunken. You see, those little grubs ate the fat under the skin. ‘When they had eaten enough, each one matd"e a little hole in the skin and came out. “Right out on the caterpillar's back?"” cried Peter. “Right out on the caterpiliar’s bacl said Thalessa. “Then each one spun & little cocoon, fastening it to the cater- pillar’s back. Those are what you are looking at right now.” Peter drew a long breath. “It sounds like a fairy tale,” said he. “Oh, my goodness, look at that!” 3 It was no wonder that Peter ex- e AH! A rapio From CLARICE AND AUNT ADDIE THE CHEERFUL CHERUB The sun shines down so _scorchingly His glaring face ] cannot see . moon is much more. IN PARIT AT THE GARE ‘flt ST LAZARE SATURDAY > W MORNING ! Gee- L. | m BE GLAD TO I€E ‘ent . By Pop MOMAND The Coat Is Christened. [ Here's AROTHER DISCOVERY l}c THE PAPER, CAm ! ITSkrs THE Boy @ STUDENT OF “TobA SPEADS LeSS AMONE'r THAN THE GIRLS, Look , IT SHows A LoT OF FIGURES MACREREL \S 1S AWFUL. THAT NEW J INGIGHBOR RUNS HIS RADIO EVERY \GHT UNTIL EVERY STATION IN THG COUNTRY SIENS OFFe TH HI'S WDow OPEN AND THe Loud SPEAKER GOING = \T'S UTTERLY IBLE TO SLEEP! SN P s [ P, | THINK (T'S A BIT LATE T RUN YOUR RADIO? PLEASE BE REASOMABLE, MY - FRIGND ! T CAN'T SLeeP WITH THAT NOISE | G oN! PLEASE. o BUO FiSHEs SAYNG THEY WILL ARRWE \F ‘Tou ASR ME ITS A DUMB GAG WITH A DEAD ALl FUSS AuD FOODIDDLE ! IT'S ONE AcMal DON'T YoU AND WAIT'LL CLARICE LAYS PEEPERS ON My NEW 2000 FRANC OVERCOAT, THAT THE DEST TALOR IN PARLY MADE FoR Me! 1 BELIEVE Tl CHRISTEN |T THIS APTERNOON WITH A WALK ON EXPRESSI0A ¢ AW, : NDER Al e A I\ T“Ffiu o1 -"7'\ o, /r & What a ,,_. / Jv Break This |\ 8@ ¥ Neighbor | ** S o Got. claimed. Little lids were opening on the upper ends of those cocoons on the caterpillar's back. As soon as a lid flew open a tiny fly crawled out of each little cocoon. They were such tiny flies that Peter would hardly have been likely to notice them had he not been watching those cocoons so closely. As soon as they were out of the, cocoons they stretched their wings, and in a few mo- ments they were flying, some this way and some that way. ';:Vhere are they going now?” cried = A “To look for more caterpillars,” re- plied Thalessa. “Now you know just what that little cousin of mine looks like—the mother of all those little flies.” “Isn’t she any bigger than those?” asked Peter. “No,” replied Thalessa. “Oh,” replied Thalessa, “I supposed (Copyright, 1929.) Across. . Envied. . Frighten suddenly. . Needlelike, . Small wing. . Construing (grammatically). Persons in commerce. . Silkworm. . The eave or drip of a house. . Bog. . Ceremony. . Scorches. . Pirst name of a movie actress. . Make into a law. . Ogle. . News imparter of olden times. . Punctuation marks, . Chinese laborer. . Anglo-Saxon money of account. . Title of a person of high diplomatic | rank (abb.). | . Walking. . Garnered. . Equalizes. . Noisy quarrel, . Underground stem. . Article of adornment. . Caplike headgear. . Masculine name. . Obese. . Canopies over beds. . Seaport in Eastern Sicily. . Small shelf. . Bestowed. 60. Feminine name. Formed on the earth’s surface. 62. Inclined. 63. Gave evidence. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. . Romped. . Wind instrument, the “sweet po- tato.” . Latin word for “truth.” . Bitter vetch. . Caudal appendage. . Small heating apparatus. . One of & succesion of stages. 13. Fabled siren of the Rhine. . To trap. 21. A month. . Repeating. 26. Formal, official, legal proof. Gulls. 30. Arrives. . Slump. . Automobile. . Consummate. . Flyer. . Unit of land measure. . Nickname of a major league base ball club. . Noun of common gender. Resolved. . Sow anew. . Worthless scrap. " Freed from obnoxious growth. . European capital city. . Figure of speech. . Care for. 54. Cut. . Snare. . In the past. GLUE TO SUIT TASTE. Experiments With Sweet Potatoes Develop Palatable Paste. 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