Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1937, Page 31

Bedtime Stories Mzrs. Toad Explains. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. 1 mysteries at once are plain those who know will but explain. —Old Mr. Toad. LD MR. TOAD had lost his tongue. At least, that is the way it seemed. He was 8o surprised he couldn't say a word. He just floated there in the water-filled posthole and blinked and blinked, and kept swallowing, as if he were trying to swallow something that wouldn't go down. He blinked and swallowed and swallowed and blinked, | and continued to stare at Mrs. Toad, Just at the edge of that hole. He stared at her as if he didn't believe she was real. “Haven't you anything to say?” she demanded somewhat sharply. you glad to see me? What are you doing in there? Why aren't you in the Smiling Pool? To whom were you singing just now?"” Old Mr. Toad found his tongue. “Tt is you! Now I know it is you, my dear!” He scrambled out beside her. K \ ! % S THE A =t i “BUT I WASN'T CALLING YOU,” PROTESTED OLD MR. TOAD. “Of course it is me. Did vou think it was some one else?” Mrs. Toad eyed him suspiciously. “I—I—No, of course, I didn’t think it was some one else. I just couldn't believe you were real, that's all. I was afraid that you were already at the Smiling Pool, those uppity young Toads singing to you. Then to have you suddenly ap- | pear right here was almost too muck for me to believe could be true,” ex- | plained Old Mr. Toad. It was plain that he meant just what he said, and Mrs. Toad wa mollified, though not wholly satisfied She demanded an explanation of how Old Mr. Toad happened to be there, instéad of in the Smiling Pool, and Nature’s “Aren’t | wondering where | 1 was and perhaps listening to one of | why he was singing. Mr. Toad ex- plained eagerly. He told her how he had overslept, and how, when he finally did awake and discovered that he was late, he had started for the Smiling Pool st once, and had been in such a hurry that he hadn't used his eyes properly and so had tumbled into that hole. “My dear,” said he, “ I was in de- spair. I knew I could dig my way up | and out of it in time, but it would | take & long time. I knew I ought to | be at the Smiling Pool, singing, and I was sure you would get there first and think I wasn't coming, and per- haps listen to some other Toad.” | "I might have, at that,” said Mrs. | Toad softly. | Old Mr. Toad pretended not to hear | | and continued. “Then came this rain and filled that hole with water, and I knew I would be able to get out shortly. So I started to get my music bag ready, so that I could use it as soon as I reached the Smiling Pool, | Then I tried it a few times, and then | I Just had to sing. Now, tell me, my | dear, however did you happen to come | | to this one place on all the Green | | Meadows?” “I answered your Mrs. Toad simply. “But I wasn't calling you,” pro- tested Old Mr. Toad. “I had no idea you were within hearing.” “Then you were singing to some one else, after all!” exclaimed Mrs. Toad. | “No, no, no,” replied Mr. Toad | hastily. “I was just practicing my | song to you, so as to have it perfect | when I should reach the Smiling Pool. | | So you heard it?” v agreed Mrs. Toad, “I heard |it. I was on my way to the Smiling | Pool to meet you there. I was a little | late myself in waking, and I was | hurrying toward the Smiling Pool | when I heard your voice. It wasn't| coming from the Smiling Pool and I didn't know just what to make of 1t. I listened a while, to make sure that you were staying in one place while | you sang, and I started over here. | ‘That is all there is to it. Now, I| think the best thing fof’ both of us is | to get to the Smiling Pool. It is| always easier to travel in wet weather.” “Just so, my dear, just so” re- plied Old Mr. Toad happily. So away they went, hop, hop, hippety-Hop, for the Smiling Pool, and a funny pair | they were. You see, Mrs. Toag is con- iderably larger than Mr. Toad, and e sometimes tries to make up in importance what he lacks in size. | It often is that way with small people. | (Copyright, 1937.) | Clfi_lfiren call,” replied Common Blue Butterfly. BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. called the blues. very well-named. for they are They are | fnally flourish on the tissues of the cater- | dies. | Look carefully to see if you can THE‘RE is a tribe of butterflies, | pillar, who daily becomes weaker, and clothed in the most exquisite | find one of the caterpillars with its | shades and tints of blue. They have &lender bodies and the under surfaces of the wings have dots according to & characteristic pattern | If you wish to spend an interesting | #ummer, see how many forms of this species you can find By the time you get deeply involved with identifying these dainty little but- | terfiles, you will tnterested in the larvae The mother blues lay their eggs npon flower buds of different plants. They are partial to those that bloom m clusters. hatch into the strangest looking, mi- nute, sluglike larvae. Like all cater- pillars, they have appetites far greater than seems necessary for their size. The first thing the little sluglike ereature does is to burrow into the calyx lobes and feast on the unde- veloped stamens and pistils. After this repast, the caterpillar, having out- grown several tight skins, is ready to ehange to a chrysalid. In this form you will find them securely attached | o = central flower stalk, quietly | ehanging into a butterfly. Never pass by your flower friends | without inspecting them care(ul]_v.“ Odd looking packets, of a neutual | shade, usually mean & little foe is on the job. Our unseeing eyes have let | such things as caterpillars and butter- } flies take possession of our flowers and | plants time and again, simply because | we have not been alert enough really | to “see,” when we do look at them. | Still all is not a bed of roses for | even the little caterpillar. It, too, has a foe, still smaller, but one that | ean destroy the caterpillar, making it the house as well as the larder for the tiny, parasitic fly babies. The fiy parasite comes along, seek- g the caterpillar, who by the time she needs him is sleek and fat. The determined mother pierces the soft body of her victim, laying her minute eggs in his body. In & short time, in fact, while he s still in a very healthy state, the eggs hatch into tiny maggot-like ereatures. They now proceed to Brain Twizzlers BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. TWO men were seated at a table in the dining room of a university club for professors. They were mem- bers of the sociology staff and at the moment were discussing group life and family relationships. While they were talking two men came to the table end greeted one of the professors. After the introductions all four talked, and in 10 or 15 minutes the two visitors departed and the professor who had known them first turned to his col- league and said: “It's funny that FOR INSTANCE, | TAKE MY | MOTHER- IN-LAW —_— Frank and Bill should happen along when we were discussing family rela- tlonships because Frank is Bill's father'’s brother-in-law, brother’s father-in-law and father-in-law's brother, and also Bill's brother-in- law’s father. Figure out that rela- tionship between Bill and Frank.” How is it possible? Copyright, 1957.) L3 See Answer on Page B-11§ become far more | has a | These tiny eggs soon | head stuck into the round ball of a | flower bud, with part of its body exposed. This is the position the paiasitic fly mother would call ex- cellent for her purposes. | This is not all you will be able to | see, if you go into the life story of this offspring of the common blue. Seeing is believing. The caterpillar common understanding or | partnership with the ant! Use a| magnifying glass, count the abdominal | rings of the caterpillar until you reach the seventh. Here is hidden | a tiny pocket in which is secreted | a wee drop of sweet. Now you know, | ants love honey-dew and sweets of | all kind. The drop is turned out ori the pocket for the ant! The ants| drive away the flies! This has been cbserved by W. H. Edwards, known as one of our most reliable naturalists. Following his discovery, many nature lover have been amazed at the part- nership that exists between the offspring of the blue and the ant. But as you have heard before, there are many strange, but profitable, re- lationships existing between outdoor neighbors. (Copyright, 1937.) 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