Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1930, Page 23

BEDTIME STORIE Chatterer's Little Joke. A harmless joke plaved now and fhen 1s good for squirrels and for men ~—Chatterer the Red Squirrel. TFarmer Brown's boy was both sur-| prised and disappointed when he found that there was nothing in_the trap he had set for Chatterer the Red Squirrel. That is, there was nothing in it but the nuts he had used for bait. The trap had been sprung and he had been sure that he had caught Chattersr. All the time Chatterer was hidden in the great pile of corn and was watching him, chuckling as he watched. “I don't know how that little rascal = “WE'LL FIND SOMETHING THIS TIME,” MUTTERED CHATTERER. sprung that trap without being caught.” said Farmer Brown's Boy. “TN try it again. He did it once, but 1 don't believe he can do it twice. He must have dorie it by accident.” 8o Farmer Brown's Boy once more set the boxtrap very carefully. As be- fore, he baited it with nuts. He took great pains with the setting of it. You see, he meant to catch Chatterer if it were possible. The next morning when he looked at it, it was sprung again. As before, there was no one in it. “You little scamp!” exclaimed Farm- er!Brown's Boy. “It must be that voll elimb up on this trap and so trip the trigger. I've got to think of some way of fixing it 50 that you can't do Farmer Brown's Boy took the trap | BY THORNTON ¥'. BURGESS away and worked over it. That after- noon, when he brought it back to set it. he fixed it so that that little Chatterer had touched was Chatterer couldn't touch it jow,” sald Parmer Brown's Boy. ;l 11 see if you'll spring this trap this ime.” Of course, Chatterer knew nothing about this unti] very early the next morning when he visited the cornerib. The first thing he did was to look at that trap and, of course, he saw right awav that he couldn't spring the trap | as he had sprung it before. Chatterer sat down in front of that trap and studied it for a few minutes. Then he | began to chuckle. If he couldn’t spring | that trap he could at least see to it | that Farmer Brown's Boy should find | something in it. | Chatterer picked up & bare corncob, one from which he had taken all the | corn. He pushed it into the trap. Then | he did the same thing with another | He hunted out a third and pushed that | in. The fourth one was extra long. | When he pushed that in it touched the trigger of the trap. Down came the door! Tt gave Chatterer a fright. In- deed, it came very near hitting him on the head. “He jumped back just in time. ‘When he had recovered from his fright and once more looked at the trap, he chuckled more than ever. | “Hell find somethnig this time." | muttered Chatterer. “Farmer Brown's | Boy will find something this time. It won't be what he thinks it is and I | guess he'll be some | n this Chatterer was not disap- pointed. It was only a little later that Farmer Brown's Boy came in. He looked | at once at the trap. Of course, he saw at once that the trap was sprung. He chuckled ‘aloud. “That's the time I fooled you, old fellow!” said he. “As they say in some places I outsmarted you. You've had the joke on me several times, but now T've ‘got it on you.” He went over and picked up the trap. | It was then that he discovered that the door was not quite down. There was the end of a corncob in the way. The instant he saw that bit of corncob he knew that once more the joke was on him after all. He opened the trap. There lay the four corncobs. Farmer Brown's Boy gave vent to a little whis- tle of surprise. Then he just had to laugh. e was enjoying Chatterer’s ittle joke quite as much as was Chat- terer himself. (Coprright, 1930) )? I8 Daily Cross-Word Puzzle . Culmination. 5. Short distances. . Measured quantity of medicine. . Horses in harness. - 5. A characteristic. . Pleced out. 7. Spanish ewer. . Passageway. 9. Small nail . Person invested with full powe: transact any business. 3. Entirely. . Hut 5. Moved about busily. Errand. 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