Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1930, Page 33

Reddy Proves Wisdom. g not too bold. it doesn't pay. he wise will sometimes run, swag, —Rex dy Fox. Reddy Fox was bungry. He was very hungry. It seemed to him that he could éat almost anything. 8o perhaps you can guess how he felt as he lay hiddén under a hethilock trée and knew that only a little way from him, under another liftle hemlock tree, was a young Owl. “An old Owl might be tough” thought Reddy. “I guess it would be tough. But a young Owl like that oné theré couldn't possibly be tough. I have never eaten Owl, but I am quite willing to try it. I guess I had better not make the attempt, however, while Hooty is around. Perhaps if I am a little patient Hooty will fly away and I can grab that little Owl before Mrs. Mooty re 5 B0 Reddy lay right where he was and his mouth watered. It was all he could do to keep from springing to_his feet ) little Owl. He knew if he did i, however, that he would suffer for it. He a gréat deal of Tespect fo cla and by spread his at 'll’;’:l and salled away, Reddy ':lr:ed a mofmeént. Then he began to get to his feet. A moment later he settled back, howéver. You see, Mrs. Hooty 1. Most important harvest in India. Drops. . Box. . Palm leaves. . Vegetable. . Old-fashioned féminine name, . Bank officials. . Conspicuous. . Obliquely. . Cravats. A Jokns ot the body . A joint of . Arenose. ST 2 % n 2 =l :/(\0 7_‘5 7lc / EM/ 75 v ] and get away | tom, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS had arrived. She had brought another mouse for that baby under the little hemilock fee. For a moment she stood there on the ground very straight and turned her head first one way then the other so rapidly that Reddy eouldn't ?t away from the feeling that if she idn't stop she would twist her head off, Her great round eyes stared with a flerceness that made Reddy feel un- comfortable. He began to wonder if she suspected that he was hiding there. It fhade him uneasy. He began to wish that he was somewhere else. In a moment Mrs. Hooty stopped looking aebout so uuxtglclously. The oung Owl stretched neck up and Keinn to tease the mouse she had just brought. Mrs. Hooty fed the young- ster. It seemed strange that so fierce a bird could show affection. Yet had you been there you would have seen at once that Mrs, Hooty loved this baby of hers and was very, very proud of it. Evén Reddy realized this. Right close by was a low shiub. Mfs. Hooty perched on this. Then she flew up for a look at the baby up in the nest in the tree. Batisfied that this one was all right, she returned to the stump and there she mounted guard untjl Hooty returned. She waited while he fed the baby in the nest and then shé in her turn went off hunting. Meanwhile Hooty remained on watch in & bree close e nest. This sort of thing happeéned severa] tifmes. Reddy Fox began to feel as if he wefe a prisoner. It wasn't going to be eéasy to get away without bel seen by either Hooty or Mrs. Hooty. me- how he didn’t want to be seen, Hé had a feéeling that if either one of those big birds should see him he would be lucky indeed to get away with a whole However, at last he had an oppor- tunity. ooty left before Mrs. Hooty returned. way was clear. Reddy took a good long look at the place ‘where that little Owl was hiding. The tlon was very, very great. It woilld take but a moment to dart over there, seize that nun, Owl and race away with it. As I sald before, Reddy was ver¥ hungry. He was almost on the ?I.n& of darting after that Owl when e decided instead that he would take this chance to get away. It was a wise decision. 1t shows the wisdom that Reddy has in that shrewd head of his. He wi 0 more than out of sight when Mis, ty arrived and she u"‘lm would have caught him had he tri to gét that baby. (Copyright, 1930.) . Long outer garment. . Canadian provinee, . Crude metals, . Solitary. Down. 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