Show THE DUCK THAT DIDNT KNOW AS MUCH AS ITS PARENTS DID BY GEORGE EYALSH There was a little duck born on the coast of Labrador which didnt know as much as Its parents did but they could not convince lt sox > When It was a very young bird It new away from Its nest and got Into trouble with a pair of Sand Pipers which were teaching their young nestling how to swallow a worm at one gulp They supposed the noisy duckling was a flshhawk or a ravenous owl and they fluttered with excitement When they discovered that It was only a duckling they pounced upon It to teach it better manners Another time the young duck which thought H I knew It all tried to fly across a stream of water that wan too wide for Its young wings Its parents had warned It not to try such a venture and when half way over it began to wish It had minded Its parents command I com-mand for when It tried to fly home again the wind blew it hack twice as far as It advanced It tried to rise In the air and shoot downward against the wind but It again lost ground Slowly and surely It was being blown out to sep Then It begun to cry calling for the other birds to come to Its rescue bjie the wind carried Its voice In the opposite direction The wind was Increasing now and piotty soon the beach faded away and nothing but the great ocean was all arquncl The waves were frothy with foam and they daubed up and wet the duck whenever It Hew near the surface For a long time Jt fought against tho wind and then It became so tired that It could fly no more It dropped on the sea and tried to lout But floating was hard work In such a wind and rough ocean The oil from Its body and wings didnt seem to do much good and then It really thought tho end had come The sea spray dashed In Its face the wind buffeted It about like a cork and the tides and currents rushed up to meet It and drag it along To make matters worse night wus coining on In a short time It was twilight and I then all was ao dark It could hardly secExhausted Exhausted with its I struggles the duck was about ready to give up the fight when suddenly It heard breakers and It knew that land was near This gave It new courage and it tried to raise Its drooping head In a few minutes the first line of breakers loomed up ahead and then with the last of Its strength the duck hopped out of the water and tried to swim across them The wind this time holped It and carried car-ried It along so fast that when it finally fell plump down completely exhausted It lay on a strange beach The bird was so thankful for this rescue that It didnt mind being lost It walked up away from tho water and hid In some meadow grass until morning It didnt Bleep much that night and It was wide awake very early In the morning When it tried to explore the beach it found that a fog had come up from the sea and It couldnt see far So It could only walk and fly around a little at a time and try hard to find out what beach It had boon lont on It lived on a few mussels and damn that day but when night approached once more It grew desperate It could not always slay on the beach and It was getting very lonely and homesick The duck now wished that it had minded mind-ed Its parents and oould see them again But wishing would not help matters and finally It decided to do another very foolish thing Instead of having I patience and waiting until the fog lifted lift-ed the little duck decided that It must make a desperate effort to get home It thought If It flew In one direction it would como back to Its own beach Before night came on It Jumped up and Hew straight through tho fog out to sea It flew for a long long time always al-ways expecting to find Its own beach but It was always disappointed The + 7h > i Av t r t J xil E 1 TlTere wasonceayomigfellow named CaEdiS WhohougM ton some loud plaided stawlmfs Tleycost mgehesaidv I nac konos or reBut I re-But showed off so well in his TillS t Vr V J 1l 51 = i1 I 1a i 1 1I I Y I 7 1I I 1 f I < OLEM 1 fog was so thick that It could not see far and in time It became alarmed It seemed as If I It wore shut In a small prison with the fog forming walls through which it could not Eel When birds get panicky they lose their heads much like people and thIs duck Hoon lost all the sense It had The night had come and It made the fog denser and the frightened duck began to fly around In a circle as fast as It could uttering the most frightful shrieks but there was nothing but fog fog fog everywhere This made tho creature more frantic and It even I dipped down Into the sea at times to I make sure that that wasnt fog too Then suddenly a change came In Its surroundings which gave it heart Ahead a light seemed to flash and then the fog was brightened by the most dazllng rays of beauty The duck flew straight toward this strange light and then when It appeared so brilliant that nearly blinded the eyes It flew hard and swift toward 11 with a cry of delight de-light It thought the sun was coming up out of the fog and that It would soon find home If It had not boon In a panicky = rendition It would have known better I but it didnt stop to think It flow Htralght at that light and so hard that It quickly reached IL i But what a different reception awaited < await-ed It from what It expected The light suddenly overpowered the bird by Its brilliancy and then there came a shook t such a shock as most birds never recover I re-cover from This one simply gasped J and rolled over and kicked a few moments mo-ments Then it foil to the beach and lay there as It dead I The next morning the llghthouo 1 keepers little boy picked up the duel which had flown straight against tho u big glass globe and Injured Its bond The bill was broken and the body badly 7 bruised Otherwise the young duck was not severely Injured j ButIt was a prisoner and for two years It was kept with clipped wins ash t heron the bcacb When the wings 1 had grown out again It one day flov away rhen It wasso much wiser and more patlenl that Its own parents did i not recognize It as their offspring and 1 V the duck had to find a mate who wonH respect and love It to keep from getting j get-ting sad and lonely |