The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1903, Page 15

he Mudturtle and the Angle Worm. Can You Find the Other Three Turtles, the Country Lad and the Catfish, Sunfish, Eel, Frog, Duck, Lizard, Bass and Pike WWho Witnessed the Mudlturtle’s Downfall? NCE upon a time there lived in the headwaters of the Rancocas Creek a family of mudturtles, the Latin name of which does not matter. They were an exclusive set and rarely seen outside the litmits of their own family circle. The group consisted of father, mother and two children. The eldest, a boy, was the pride of his mother’s heart, and she, doting on him, pampered him in every way. As he was an observant little fellow and fully conscious of the attentions lavished on him by his indiscreet ma, he soon arrived at the conclusion that he was a real work of art, a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Now, when the time arrived for him to cut loose from his mother’s apron strings he felt that all the world was just dying to do him homage, and he, being of a generous turn of mind, felt it his bounden duty to fayor them with an opportunity. So, one day, leaving home with this object at heart, he had proceeded but a short distance when he met the humblest of all earth’s creatures, an angle worm. At first he was undecided whether to condescend to be worshiped by any- thing so plebeian or not, when to his utter amazement he perceived that the angle worm was so occupied minding his own business that he paid him not the slight- est attention. stupidity roused the self-righteous indignation of the mudturtle, and he would have destroyed the humble angle worm then and there, but —the mudturtle’s wrath being so much more in evidence than his greatness, the subtle angle worm addressed him thus: “Oh! thing of beauty, blest art thou.above thy fellow-creatures. Thou art the only houseboat on the creek—all else beside thee is but dirt. Fain would I crawl into the sunlight of thy presence and adore thee, but such presumption on the part of one so humble as I would merit death.” Whereupon the breast of the mudturtle was so swollen with pride that he could not see over it, and, unobserved, the angle worm crawled out of his presence for a while. After this interview the mudturtle was so agitated that he sought the cool- ing waters of the stream to quiet his feelings. While thus occupied a country lad approached with hook and line and seated himself on the bank to fish. *“Ah!” quoth the mudturtle; “here at last is one worthy to do me homage; 'tis a human being, the highest of all created things. See, he offers me sacrifice. It is just and meet. I will partake of it.” And he did, but—it was that self-same angle worm on a fishhook, and to save the hook the boy was obliged to cut off the mudtur- tle’s head. The moral of this fable is that “Pride goeth before a fall.” W. M. GOODES. e = — O = = B ST o = Such CHOOSE IF YOU WIN: A Zip Zing Shooting Top, a marvelous contrivance that spins with the most peculiar T HESE ARE THE PRIZES FROM WHICH YOW MAY sound you ever heard; a Wiess Brass Band Harmonica, that - gives forth rollicking music; a Camera Lunch Box, which you can fold up and put into your pocket when it is empty; a Bead Necklace, in various colors, two yards long; a Box of French Paints, every color guaranteed; a Game of Flowers, played wi‘t‘h beautiful colored cards; the White Squadron, a new game of cards, full of military excitement; the White House Game, from which you can learn more of history than is contained in half a dozen books, and have lots of fun at the same time; a Skein of Beads for making belts, necklaces, chains, etc., or a Box of Beads, in all colors, for the same purpose. T TTENTION, NOW, EVERYBODY! HERE IS A FULL PAGE OF THE GREATEST FUN EVER PRESENTED BY ANY PAPER IN TEE WEST. AND, BEST OF ALL, AFTER THE FUN THERE ARE PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY. NOW READ WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: First, look at the picture on this page. “he most conspicuous thing there is the big turtle. You can’t miss it. But that turtle is not | ) [ T Ll | | | TO THE EDITOR ANIMAL FABLES AND PUZZLE PAGE. April 26, 1903. the only animal or other object in the picture, even though it is the subject about which the moral on this page is written. If you will look carefully you will discover, cunningly concealed in the innumerable lines that make up this picture, many different things. They are all enumerated in the neavy black line on top of this page. If you can find them all you will get a prize—that is, if you are among the lucky ones who are first to get their solutions into this office. And now listen carefully. This is what you are to do to win one of those special prizes in the list above: Find three other turtles' the country lad and the catfish, sunfish, eel, frog, duck, lizard, bass and pike who witnessed the mud turtle’s downfall. Outline each in pencil or ink and then color with paints or inks or water colors, each object as nearly like its natural color as you can make it, fill in the coupon herewith with your name and address and the prize you desire if you win and send the picture, with the coupon attached to the EDITOR OF THE ANIMAL FABLES AND PUZZLE PAGE, Sunday Call, San Francisco, Cal. To the FIRST FIFTY whoses solutions are not only correct but whose pictures are the MOST ARTISTICALLY COLORED one of these special prizes will be awarded. Remember old and young may compete, but ALL ANSWERS MUST REACH THIS OFFICE BEFORE FRIDAY NOON. THE NAMES OF THE LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE PUB- LISEED IN THE SUNDAY CALI, TWO WEEKS FROM TO-DAY, MAY 10. FOLLOW THE RULES OR YOU WILL BE DEBARRED.