Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 41

Bedtime Stories Friendly Neighbors. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Would neighbors always dwell in peace, The troubles of the world would cease. —Old Mother Nature ANY feathered folk love the Smiling Pool. Of course, those like Mr. and Mrs. Quack and Longlegs the Heron and other members of their families, who get most of their food in or close to the water, love the Smiling Pool. That is to be expected. But there are others who never go into the water except to bathe who love it almost as well. Redwing the Blackbird is one of these. Mr. and Mrs. Redwing love to make their home among the alders or the rushes very near the Smiling Pool. Another who dearly loves a home near water, either the Smiling Pool or the Latgh- ing Braok, is Little Friend the Song Sparrow. He and his demure little mate sometimes build far from it, but their first choice is a place near water. This Spring they had found a place just a little back from the Smil- ing Pool, a place that just suited them. It was at the lower end, where the Laughing Brook left the Smiling Pool on its way to the Big River. The running water gurgled around some big stones there and rippled over others, and the music of it Little Friend tried to reproduce in his own happy song. There were 2 few bushes and some tussocks of grass among them, and it was one of these tussocks that Mrs. Sparrow chose for their nest, for, of course, she had the final say in so important a matter. On the tussock they built the nest. It was a good nest, for in this important matter Little Friend and his mate are very particular. There was nothing fancy about it, but it was substantial, the foundation and outer walls of fairly coarse grasses, weeds and rootlets, while the whole was lined with fine grasses and a little hair that Mrs. | Little Priend had discovered. “What I can't understand,” said the, “is how some folks can be so slipshod and careless in their nest building. Why, I have seen nests so flimsy that it was a wonder to me | that the babies didn't fall out before | they were big enough to fly.” The coarse grass of the tussock had grown fast, as such grass does, and, despite the size of the nest, it | was well hidden. Surrounding bushes also gave protection. In due course there were four eggs, and the Little Friends settled down to the joyous task of keeping those precious eggs covered and warm, taking turns in sitting on the nest, although Mrs. Little Friend did the larger share of this. It wasn't because Little Friend | wasn't ready and willing to do his attention whatever. They were intent on their own affairs. Finally they appeared to agree on something and Mrs. Teeter flew away. Teeter looked around and saw Little Friend aand at the same time discovered the nest. He whistled his surprise. “Excuse me,” said he, “is that your nest?” Little Friend acknowledged that it “EXCUSE ME,” SAID HE, “IS THAT YOUR NEST?” was and Teeter hurried to say: “Mrs. Teeter and I have just decided to make our nest here. I hope you won't mind. We didn't see your nest, so we didn't realize that we were to have such close neighbors. I hope you won't mind.” “Not at all,” replied Little Friend, and burst into song. (Copyright, 1837.) Brain Twizzlers BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. DOES THAT WEIGH ? DAY we have one that is neat, concise and packs a wallop. A tripper, we might say, if you don't watch your step. The problem - is part, but because she wanted to. She | 8bout to be wrapped up in trimmings. loved those eggs because of the babies | that would come from them, and she loved to sit on them and dream while she listened to Little Friend singing his heart out to her. . It was the day that the last eggs | were laid that it was discovered that | they were to have neighbors, and | very near neighbors, at that. Just to one side and hardly more than a foot from that tussock was a patch of sand and pebbles. Little Friend, | returning from a peep at those pre- | cious eggs, discovered a couple of very busy little people looking over that pebbly patch. They bobbed and bowed and teetered in the most amus- Ing way, for they seemed to be very delicately balanced on slim, quite long legs. That is, the legs were long for the size of the owners. Their necks were long, 0o, and so were their bills. Little Friend knew them well. They ‘were old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Teeter the Spotted Sandpipers. Little Friend | had often seen them along the shore A workman, during the construction of a building, was carrying a large piece of stone which was to be used for part of the ornamental work. One of the many onlookers had kept a keen watch on the workmen all dur- ing the process. Finally he spoke to him and said, “Pardon me, buddy, but how much does that stone weigh?” “Well,” said the -workman, “it weighs 32 pounds and half its own weight.” The onlooker said, “Oh, yes, I see,” but after thinking a moment he added, “Hey, much much is that?” Can you answer it? (Copyright, 1937:) (Bee Answer on Page D-5.) Couples Wed 4 at Time. So great has been the rush of wed- dings in London recently that at the Church of St. George the Martyr couples were married in batches of four. of the Smiling Pool and bobbing and | bowing on stones in the Laughing Brook. Just now they gave him no RESORTS. FREE—New England Vacation Guide, 40 Dbix pages. Fully illustrated. Write now for your copy. New England Coun- cil. Dept. WS. Boston. 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