Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 45

THE EVENING Bedtime Stories Unintended BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. ore often than you e'er suspect, our deeds another may affec —Old Mother Nature, bit. Old Mr. Toad had no hope for Mrs. Toad. How could there be any hope when she had been fairly caught and now was pinned down by the two black paws of Jimmy Skunk. What was the use of hoping under those conditions? There wasn't any use, and both Mrs. Toad and Old Mr. Toad knew it. They thought they did, anyway. Jimmy flipped Mrs. Toad over on her back. He planted his black paws on her to hold her in that position. *“Well, well,” said he, “it appears that T arrived just in time. A minute later would have been late. I came over here hoping to catch one of your cousins, the Frogs; I would rather have a Frog any time than a Toad, but a Toad in my paws is better than a Frog in the water any time. 3 “I wondered if I would find you or Old Mr. Toad around here, but I didn't expect to meet up with you so soon. Indeed, I didn't. By the way, where is Mr. Toad? I haven't seen him, and, now I think of it, I haven't heard him singing this Spring.” Of course, Mrs. Toad didn't tell Jimmy where Old Mr. Toad was. In the first place, she was too fright- ened to tell anything. But, of course, she wouldn’t have told anyway. All the time Old Mr. Toad was only a very little way off. Two or three times Jimmy looked right at him, but didn't see him. You know, Jimmy Bkunk’s eyes are not as bright as some ey Besides, he wasn't look- ing as sharply as he would have been bhad he not already caught Mrs. Toad. And, very wisely, Old Mr. Toad didn't move, At the instant Jimmy had sprung on Mrs. Toad and she had &screamed Old Mr. Toad had flat- tened himself as much as he could and then had remained motionless. Perhaps this was wisdom on his part. Perhaps it was because he was too frightened to move. It doesn't mat- ter; the result was the same; he looked like & little lump of earth, and noth- ing more. Now, Jimmy Skunk didn't at once kill Mrs. Toad and start to eat her. The truth is Jimmy was not so very hungry. Since the end of Winter Jimmy had managed to pick up a pretty good living. He had sprung on Mrs. Toad more because he couldn't resist the temptation such an oppor- tunity offered. So he h her there on her back, kicking rather feebly, while he looked around and wondered whether he was hungry enough to eat Mrs. Toad right then and there, or if he should take her off and put & her where he could get her later, when he might be hungrier. He was thinking how much better Pleased he would have been had she | Interference. been a Frog instead of a toad. He had dined on both before, and he knew that a Toad left a most un- pleasant taste in the mouth, such an ucpleasant taste that some, having dined on one, would never touch an- other. A Frog isn't that way at all. | This is why Jimmy would have much | preferred one of Mrs. Toad's cousins, the Frogs, in her place. Now, as he stood there, trying to | make up his mind what to do and looking around, a carelesss young Meadow Mouse ran out from under & tussock of grass, saw Jimmy and darted back again. Jimmy saw him just as he was disappearing. “Ho!” exclaimed Jimmy under his breath. “I would rather have a Mouse than a Toad any time. I won't move, and perhaps that fellow will show himself again.” So Jimmy Skunk froze, as they say of one who keeps perfectly still. Only Mrs. Toad continued to kick some- what feebly. Perhaps it was this that | HE HAD JUMPED FOR THAT MOUSE. [arnuspd the curiosity of the young Mouse. Anyway, it wasn't long be- fore he poked his head out again. He would run out and run back, run out | and run back. Each time he ran out tering grass. Each time he ran out he was a little more curious. Never had he seen a Toad in such a posi- | tion before. He t w what to make of it. In fact, h n't it was a Toad he | So, without thing of the kind was interfering w Jimmy Skun {p:ans for a dinner. A tender y | Mouse would be ever so much better than an old Toad. Jimmy moved, and the movement was surprisingly quick for one who rarely moves quickly at all. He had jumped for that Mouse. The second his paws were removed from her, Mrs. Toad flopped over and in two frantic jumps was in the water. (Copyright, 1937.) know 1g at. young Mouse Winning Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine. Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby. Howard Sch. team-of-four inventors of the other system An Unusual Pass. N A recent game at the Regency Club, Walter L. Pate was pre- sented with an opportunity to make a very unusual and brilliant bid and made the most of his chance. South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable AKQUJ 104 vJj83 Q1072 * 6 N W-E S A= YAKE6 4AKJ9 43 &J1095 Mr. Pate. The bidding: South, West. 1e Pass Dbl. 2v Pass Pass 3v Pass 54 Pass North. 14 24 3e East. 24 34 Pass ken, world's leaaing system that has beaten every in’ existence.) | score by playing the hand themselves than by doubling the opponents. | North now showed his diamond sup- | port, whereupon Mr. Pate felt that his | | hand was strong enough to cue-bid in | hearts. Then, when North jumped to five diamonds, Mr. Pate was convinced | that the double raise was based partly on a singleton or void in clubs and Aces will be | in this ser e . olly Polly BY JOS. J. FRISCH. THE MAN WHO SELLS DAD HIS FISHING TACKLE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED *THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHING 6¢ Pass Pass Pass Mr. Pate's first difficult decision came at his second turn to bid. He had a fine hand, primarily of an at- tacking nature. But at the same time, with no spades, he saw the opportunity for a sizable penalty at two clubs doubled. West's rescue to two hearts was definitely a bad bid, but West was a rescuer. 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