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BURGESS PADDY THE BEAVER SEES STRANGE THINGS I DADDY PADDY THE nEA BEAVER VEn sees other I people a n great reat deal oftener than they see him Paddy Is one of of those those who believe In seeing but remaining re reo re- re himself unseen There Isn't much that goes on around that little pond which he himself made deep In Inthe inthe the Iho Green Forest of which Paddy doesn't know It Is one one of the advantages nd ad vantages of living In the water most i of the time time that you can disappear any time anywhere and no one on onshore onshore onshore shore knows where you have gone At least you can enn If It you can swim like Paddy the Beaver Deaver or his cousin Jerry Muskrat or Billy Mink or Little Little Lit Lit- tle tIe Joe Otter All AU you have to do Is Isto Isto isto to dive dhe and then swim under water to some place where you can cau watch all that goes on Simple Isn't It 1 On this particular day the very day when Buster Bear found the storehouse of Busy Bee Dee and Farmer Browns Brown's Boy discovered both Paddy the thc Beaver Denver had spent most of his time sleeping In his house out In the pond You see Inside that house bouse It was dark and cool and comfortable while outside the thc sun slIn was very very bright and hurt Paddys Paddy's Paddys Paddys Paddy's Pad Pad- dys dy's eyes which are not very strong The air was hot and even the water water wa wa- ter was warm warmer than Paddy liked He Ie much prefers to be abroad at night anyway So Inside In side his house Paddy dozed and was very comfortable and was sorry for tor his neighbors who had no such 11 II w I What Can He Want of That Thought Paddy cool place to go on a hot day Once In a n while he lie would go out just to see that all nil was well or to pass the time of ot day with Mr Ir or Mrs Quack It was on one ojie of ot these occasions that Paddys Paddy's keen ears heard just the faintest sound In the Green Forest For For- est He De was among the rushes which grew on one sl side e of ot his pond a n favorite retreat of the Quack tarn fam ily Mr Quack h heard rd It too Some Someone one Is coming corning he be whispered and anil with a n low quack wakened all the young Quacks s for they were taking a nap Instantly their heads popped out from under their wings and with their necks stretched up they sat perfectly still listening Padd Paddy swam to the edge of ot the rushes where with only his head hend out of ot water water wa ter he could see and not be seen seeD The noise grew louder Whoever was coining coming was not trying to steal up to the pond silently and this was wasa wasn a n good sign No one who wanted to harm them ever e would approach so noisily Nearer came the noise and It was quite clear to Padd Paddy and to all the Quack family that whoever er It was was In a 8 hurry burry Presently Paddy Laddy saw something moving Just over on the other side of ot the pond and In a minute out stepped Farmer Browns Brown's Boy At Atthe Atthe Atthe the edge of the pond he stooped down and scooped up a handful of 01 soft sort wet mud What can he want of ot that thought Paddy Laddy y Then his eyes grew round with wonder Farmer Browns Brown's boy was plastering that black wet mud on his nose and his forehead and the back of his bis neck and on one of his hands I Then he sighed and so still was It there around Paddys Paddy's pond that sigh could be he heard over where Paddy was Paddy wasn't sure but It sounded very much to him like Uke a sigh of ot re re- re- re lief Then Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Doy sat down In the shade of ot a n tree half hidden by bj an nn old stump and once more It was as still aWl as If there were no living ng beings around Paddys Paddy's pond But Dut It wasn't still very long A twig snapped over In fn the Green Forest Forest For For- est near the foot of Paddys Paddy's pond where he had built Ills his dam Some Someone Someone one cne else was coming and wasn't trying try try- ing lag to walk softly Paddy looked at Mr Quack and Mr Ir Quack looked at Padd Paddy and then both fixed their gaze on the place from which the noise was drawing near Out on the shore of the pond wall walked ed Buster Dusler Bear Dear And such a n sight as he lie was wasl I Bits nits of bark bark- barkand and twigs and dead leaves and plain dirt stuck nil all allover over o him He fIe was a n sight I He was grumbling and whining For Just a n minute he sat up and looked nIl all over Paddys Paddy's pond He wrinkled New Prison for W Women Has Neither ITI Walls alls Nor Bars i i c CALIFORNIA has haq Just presented her errIn erring women with a n beautiful 7 place to rehabilitate themselves es and change their environment Is tc 4 representing the new ness trend to help prisoners to lead a normal life In elevating surroundings Situated In a beautiful valley vaHey at and surrounded by gardens the Norman cottages offer the Involuntary Involuntary tary guests the maximum of opportunity to express themselves In a normal way wiy Th The plan of the new 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