Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1936, Page 36

. Bedtime Stories The Double Surprise. e ' ’n'm' 'm of blufl, ™ GS are not always what they seem. No, indeed, things ' are not always what they seem. ‘The big Rooster who lorded 1t over Farmer Brown's hens, found how true this saying is. Never in all his life had he been more surprised and never more unpleasantly surprise*.- He had seen what he had taken to be a rather large worm. = The instant he had caught sight of it he had hastily moved forward and struck at it, in- tending to pick it up. An instan later he was staring into a sharp face with lipc drawn back in an ugly snarl 80 that it showed dangerous looking teeth. It was the face of Unc’ Billy Possum, Instantly the big Rooster lowered his head and raised all the feathers on his neck. ' He always does this UNC’ BILLY DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK IN THAT ROOSTER'S EYES. When he is preparing to fight. Now,it 1s a question which was the more sur- prised, that Rooster or Unc’ Billy Possum. You see, it was the end of Unc’ Billy's- taill which the Rooster had mistaken for a Worm and had pecked at. Unc’ Billy had carelessly left the end of his tail outside the bushes in which he himself was hid- ing, and there really was some excuse for the mistake the Rooster had made. ‘When he had pecked at that tail he had pecked hard. It had hurt. It bad hurt a whole lot. Indeed, the end of Unc’ Billy's tail was aching and smarting. even as Unc’ Billy glared at that Rooster. Not only had it hurt, but it had given Unc' Billy & bad fright as well. “What do you mean by pecking at mah tail!” snarled Unc' Billy. “What do you mean by leaving the end of your tall sround in such a careless way?” demanded the big Rooster. “If I hurt it, it serves you right. Yes, sir, it serves ysu right.” Now, Unc’ Billy had ccme over there for the express purpose of catching a ch!.ken dlarr. and here was the biggest of flock right in front of him. Somehow Unc' Billy's appetite wasn't what it had been. Somehow he wasn't quite 50 keen on a chicken dinner at that minute. - You see, that Rooster was big and he looked a lot bigger than he was. Not only that, but he had an ugly look. Certainly he showed no signs of fear. Unc' Billy didn't like the look in that Rooster’s eyes. It was a look that seemed to threaten trouble for some one, and Unc’ Billy had a feeling that he was that some one. Now, Unc’ Billy can make himself look very ugly and dangerous when he tries. He has sharp teeth and when he rolls back his lips in & snarl it is quite enough to frighten any one not considerably bigger than Unc’ Billy. He did his very best this time, but that Rooster wasn't to be fright- ened by looks. No, sir, he wasn't to be frightened by looks. He suddenly jumped at Unc’ Billy and struck at him with those spurs with which he fights. It was just Unc’ Billy’s good fortune that those spurs did not strike him. : Unc’ Billy backed somewhat hastily. He backed into the bushes. The Rooster could not get at him there. He walked back and forth along the edge of the bushes glaring in at Unc’ Billy. The feathers on his neck stood out. He put his head down and shook those feathers. Unc’ Billy snarled. He snarled in his most ugly manner. But even as he snarled he was back- ing sway. He was backing toward the old stone wall. When he was near enough he turned and darted in be- tween ‘the stones. You would have laughed could you have seen that Rooster then. He walked back and forth along the edge of the bushes, stepping high. Then he stopped, stretched his neck and crowed. “Cock-a-doodle-Go-0-0," the Rooster crowed. And all the hens in the distance stopped to listen. Yes, sir, they stopped their running about to listen. Meanwhile, Unc’ Billy was keeping himself out of sight, and, somehow, right at that time he didn't feel the least bit of a desire for a chicken din- ner. No, sir, he didn't. New Mystery Plane. Britain’s mystery plane now being constructed is expected to fly nearly 11%% miles sbove the earth. How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. old. | PCBBIBLY one of our oldest, most universal’ and deep-seated ap- preciations is for that which is old. Thus the whole world is kin with King James, who kept his servants constantly hopping to answer his| calls for old shoes. Goldsmith loved everything that was old—especially “old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old ‘wine.” Alonso of Aragon voiced his com- mendation of age when he eulogized old wood to burn and old suthors to “What finds ,you better or more honourable than age?” asked S8hakerly Marmion in the Antiquary. “Take the pre-eminence of it in everything.” Old pippins, old linen, old lovers, olg: pedigrees, old soldiers—almost e that is old has had note- worthy mention; hardly anything that is old—even when in ruin—but has come in for some measure of glory. ‘Those who are given to psycho- analysis have here a fine field for investigation: a cue perhaps lies in ths origin of the adjective, which is rooted in the Anglo-Saxon identical term, akin to the Gothic alan, to grow up; the Icelandic ala, to bear, and the Latin alere, to nourish. (Copyright, 1936.) Train and passenger ferry service between Dover, England, and Dunker- que, France, is to be inaugurated. 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