Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1935, Page 51

Bedtime Stories Rattles Has a Few Bad Minutes. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. e Rtml&(hhlml.olgheg‘!'lfl, may ™ out 10 B itles. the Kinefsher. YERYBODY gets in trouble » E sooner or later. Some People have & lot more trouble than others, but those who never get in trouble at all are few and far between. I doubt if there are any. You see, trouble is a part of life. The funny part of it is” that sometimes we get in trouble trying to do some- thing to keep us out of trouble. That is the way is was with Rattles, the Kingfisher. Rattles was staying North this Win- ter. There was still some open water in the Laughing Brook over in the Green Forest, and it was there that Rattles was staying, for you know he lives on fish. At first fishing had been good. In fact it had been too 'good. It was because it had been so good that Rattles had put off going South. He had put it off until it was too late. But now the fishing was not so good. There were days when Rattles was so hungry that he could think of nothing else, but he made no complaint. He pluckily did his best to find food of some kind and always had his eyes open for food other | than fish. So it was that Rattles discovered the mussel which, you know, is a sort of clam that lives in fresh water. Many times had Rattles seen Jerry Muskrat over at the Smiling Pool bring up and open and eat these clams. Jerry is very fond of them. Rattles had never had a chance to try one, but he had always thought he would like to. He had sometimes seen them on the bottom of the Smil- ing Pool or the Laughing Brook but usually their shells were closed. And anyway, it was Summer when he had plenty of other things to do. It happened now one morning that having his eyes open for some of the food to help out in this time of need, he discovered a mussel in shallow be——— EVERY NOW AND THEN RATTLES ‘WOULD GLANCE DOWN AT THAT CLAM. would open & little more he would try this one. But he waited in vain. The shell did not open any more. Finally Rattles could stand it no longer. He flew out and hovered over the spot where that clam lay. There was only | & very little water there. He hovered low. Then he darted down and thrust his bill between the halves of that shell. Now it may be that that clam had decided to close his shell anyway at just that time, or it may be that he caught a glimpse of the shadow of Rattles on the water and it fright- ened him. Anyway he chose just that instant to close his shell, and ‘the halves closed just as the tip of Rattles’ bill entered between them. They closed on the tip of that bill and they held on. Rattles had thought to catch a clam, instead of which the clam had caught him and he was |in a heap of trouble. (Copyright, 1935.) - s water near the edge of one of the‘ opeR pools where he fished. ‘ HOW It Started “I suppose if Jerry Muskrat were here he would open and eat that clam,” thought Rattles. “I wish he would open it for me.” Of course this was an idle wish, for Jerry Muskrat wasn’t there and had he been, he would have opened that | clam for himself, not for Rattles. Every now and then Rattles would glance down at that clam. It was tantalizing. That is what it was, tan- talizing. There lay a clam right in plain sight and it did him no good because he knew of no way of open- ing those shells. After a while he for- got that clam. He was so intent watching for fish that he forgot that clam. It was quite some time later that he happened to glance at it. He blinked. He blinked again. It looked | to him as if the shell of that clam had opened a little. | Rattles forgot all about fish. He Just sat there and watched that clam. | There was no doubt about it, that shell had opened a little. Perhaps it would open more. It did. Yes, sir, | it did. Finally it had opened enough 8o that Rattles could see a little of the clam inside. What a juicy mouth- ful that clam would make! Rattles | never had tried one, but he felt sure that he would like one. If that shell Sonnysayings ‘War-hoopin’! War-hoopin’! and all. the year ‘round “ BY JEAN NEWTON. The Fez. TH.E movies have familiarized the Occident with the tarboosh—the headgear worn, among Eastern na- tions, by the Turks, Persians and Hindus. Sometimes the tarboosh is worn alone. Sometimes it is swathed with linen. It is a cap-like affair which gives an exotic appearance to its wearer, usually proclaiming him Oriental. The felt or cloth cap, oftener than not red and with a dangling tassel at the conical top, which is known as | the “fez,” is in reality a variety of the | tarboosh. “Fez” is Gallic, being named after the town of Fez, in Morocco, during its occupation by French troops, who applied the term to this particular style of headgear. (Copyright. 1935.) What I Keep BY GEORGE ELLISTON. So many lovely things I keep, Beyond all loss or fret; The Summer’s wealth in flower gold, A pavement glistening wet. Of rainbows in my heart, And on a bitter day they bring Dear comfort when tears start. I keep the jewel-sprinkied grass, I save the catalpa’s bloom, I keep the restful green of each Small dainty forest room. Oh, there is much to store of joy Against a weary day, And not the least, I heard each word, Of tenderness you say. TOGETHER » » » Trere's 2 pal-like look the chummy brown bottle. G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER Nature’s Children Giant Octdpus. BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. . perfect roads and easy transportation, weé can travel great distances, if need be, to see some of Nature’s Children in sheir home town.” 'This one lives on the Pacific Coast, California being his domicile. If you cannot take this trip, you may visit & public aquarium and gaze into the cold, calm eyes of this creature. Ancients referred to this demon of the sea as “polypus,” and Aristotle de- scribed it faithfully. If you want to read a thriller, and keep well in mind it is not scientifically accurate, then, by all means, read Victor Hugo's “Tollers,of the Séa.” There are many species of the Order Octopoda. They range from the size of your fist to the giant size "here. They prefer the rocky bottoms of temperate seas, and may be seen in the shallow waters. Fearsome though this creature looks, in some countries he is con- sidered a most toothsome morsel. The flesh is either fried, boiled or pickled! 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