Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1937, Page 25

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937. . B—9 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Bedtime Stories The Contrast. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. lenty hers and nothing there— urely something you can spare. —Old Mother Nature. OWLER THE BOBCAT on the ro0f of the house of Paddy the Beaver was in torment. Yes, sir, Yowler was in torment and nothing less. He had had noth- Ing to eat for so long that he was starving. Now his nostrils were filled with the warm scent of Paddy the Beaver and Mrs. Paddy and the two young Beavers, who were spending the Winter in that house with their father and mother. That warm, tantalizing scent came up through tiny holes in the roof. Do you wonder that Yowler was almost crazy? Do you wonder that he quivered all over and then began to tear frantically at that roof? He managed to hook his claws into SAID SHE, “SOME ONE IS ON OUR ROOF.” that crust and tear out pieces of it. ‘Then he dug through the snow be- neath. How he worked! All the time he whimpered and whined and his mouth watered. He, who by nature is 80 suspicious, who at all times tries to keep under cover, had completely for- gotten that he was now right out in the open. He was so intent on trying to tear open that roof that he could think of nothing else. It would have been bad enough without the Beaver scent, but with it so warm and strong he was driven to desperation. Inside that house when Yowler be- gan to tear at that roof two young Beavers were curled up asleep. Mrs. Paddy was eating the bark from a poplar stick which she had brought in from the food pile outside, under the ice. Paddy was out there getting a stick for himself. Paddy returned. As he poked his head up through the entrance from the tunnel he found Mrs. Paddy had stopped eating. “Listen!” said she. “Some one is on our roof. Who do you suppose it can be?” Paddy listened. “It can’t be Buster Bear,” said he. “No, it can't be Buster Bear, for he wouldn't be out and about now,” agreed Mrs. Paddy. “It certainly isn't Reddy Fox,” said Paddy. “Or Old Man Coyote,” added Mrs. Paddy. “I don't believe either could get up there on top. Certainly neither could tear at the roof as that fellow is doing. Listen!” “Probably it is Yowler the Bobcat,” replied Paddy, and calmly began to gnaw the bark from the stick he had brought in. “You don't suppose he will be able to tear the roof open, do you?” ques= tioned Mrs. Paddy & bit anxiously. “No, my dear, I don’t suppose any- thing of the kind,” replied Paddy. “Dont’ be nervous, my dear. Don't be nervous. He may be able to dig away the snow, but that is all. We plas- tered that roof well with mud just be- fore Jack Frost got here and he froze it solid. There is nothing to worry about.” Mrs. Paddy knew that this Whs true and presently paid no more attention to what was going on overhead. She and Paddy stripped the bark from their sticks then took the peeled sticks outside. When they returned they curled up to sleep. Such a contrast as there was be- tween outside and inside that house! Outside was Yowler, crazy with hune ger and desire working frantically to break in. Inside were the four Beav= ers, warm, well fed, peacefully sleep- ing. And all that was between this scene of comfort and plenty and that scene of desperate hunger outstde was the roof of sticks and frozen mud. ‘That was all. It is just so through- out the Great World. As little as that may separate plenty and great want, Joy and sorrow, peace and trouble. After a while Yowler stopped tear- ing at the roof. Sharp as were his claws they made no impression on that frozen mud. It was as hard as cement. He began to regain a little common sense. If he could break in through that roof what good would it do him? None at all. Those Beav- ers would not be there. They would tunnel. Yowler gave vent to one screech of rage and disappointment and leaped down from that roof. Later that day he caught a careless young Hare. So he didn't starve to death have left by way of their under-water | BRAIN TWIZZLERS. BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. 'I'wxzzu:n AMDAHL gives us a hwfln- good one today. Two men, both prominent American citizens, were born the same minute of the same hour of the same day of the same year in the same town. Both men wers well educated, widely travelled and highly respected. Both men lived long, happy lives and died the same minute of the same GUESS WE| INTE! RE same day of me smmre I wouldn't let Baby ride on my new Clipper sled. Her sald her had one ©ob her own, an’' there her goes! year same town. 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