Show Uncle Ray's Corner THE OGDEN fUTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 14 1948 Stories Burgess Bedtime right An Interrupted Bath U queei It Is very queer It la the Queerest thing I've ever Beavknown" muttered Peddy thethe sun under "Whai himself to er with themselves are they covering me mud for? That it wheat beets Mud Is aU right to build houses one and dam with but why any over all it to want should plaster themselves Is more than I can understand My but each of them la a sight!" Of cou rse you know who Paddy meant He meant Farmer Brown's farther Boy hslf hidden on theana nee side of the pond his lace covered with mud and Buster Bear not very far from rolling in mudwas Parfdv hiding with the rushes Only in the family Quack his head out of the water It was more than Paddy could understand Because Paddy never had been stung by Busy Bee and so never had a chance to find out that mud is of use in more ways than plastering houses and dams He didn't know what Farmer Brown's Boy and Buster Bear knew that it would take the smart out of stings So he couldn't guess what they had covered themselves with mud for and he just itched to ask But he didn't do anything of the kind He didn't even let them know that he knew that they were there He had a feeling that more interesting things might happen and so he kept perfectly still You see Paddy right where he was had more than a suspicion that Buster Bear didn't know that Farmer Brown's boy was anywhere about "Something is bound to happen when he finds it out" chuckled Paddy You see he and Buster Bear are old acquaintance and he knew just how Buster felt toward all mankind So he remained p Aunt Het v- - I where ha was to as not to miss anything After Buster Bear had rolled and rolled in the mud until he was covered with it until he was the worst looking bear that ever was seen he stretched out on the edge of the pond The cool wet mud draw out the pain of the stings which Busy Bee and her comrades had given him when he robbed their storehouse of honey and in a little while Buster was fairly comfortable He even dozed off for a little nap AU the time Farmer Brown's Boy sat perfectly still In his hiding place on the other side of the pond He had seen Buster Bear cover himself with mua ana b knew why he did ti It was for the same reason that he had cov ered his own face and neck with mud "We've got a fellow feeling" he chuckled but he took care it should be a silent inside chuckle It was the first chance he ever had to watch Buster Baar and he meant to make the most of it The mud on his face and neck was beginning to dry and felt uncomfortable but be didn't dare mow to wash it off or put more on He was afraid of frightening Buster Bear The Jolly Little Sunbeams were very bright and warm In fact they were hot As Buster Bear dozed they dried the mud on his coat By and by he woke and like Farmer Brown's Boy he felt uncomfortable He looked at his coat and a sheepish grin spread over face over his "My but I am a sight!" he grumbled "If this mud dries much more I'll never get it off until it wears off The thing for me to do is to take a bath The water will feel good anyway' So Buster Bear got to his feet lazily and waded out into the water First he washed his face until he had go off all the mud and the honey as well Then be waded out until the water became so deep that he was forced to swim Now Bustei Bear likes an occasional swim He enjoys it just as muc) as any small boy He likes to paddle about and this is just what he did not He swam out almost to the middle of Paddy's pond Just then a wandering Little Breeze danced out from the other shore and tickled Buster's nose By this time all the honey had been washed away and Buster's nose was ready to dc its duty Just out of habit he sniffed when that Merry Little Breeze tickled his A suspicious look flashed nose into his eyes He sniffed again There was no doubt about it that Merry Little Breeze was bringing him the It was bringing him the smell of Farmer Brown's Boy! Like a flash Buster turned and started for the shore This was no place for him He headed for irud-cover- ec Saturday Talk: Answers to Letters A Little AN Kit STILL HURT M LOOK A These insects are found From Mrs R S has come twigs a postal with this Waring from southern Canada down to request: T'Please tall us something about Mexico also in South America —UNCLE BAY Etruria I saw an oil painting 'An Use this coupon to join the New Etruscan Vase' and would like to know about the place where it was Scrapbook Club! uiBuv i nave iriea Deiore 10 gei me iu untie nay Exd Care of The information but without success Vases like that must have been in aminer) existence before Pompeii"-Ogden Utah Mrs Waring is right when she Dear Uncle Ray: 1 want to join suggests that Etruscan vases were the 1948 Uncle Ray Scrapbook in existence "before Pompeii" The club and I enclose a stamped ento mypeople who made them lived in velope carefully addressed Italy and their history goes back self Please send me a Membereven farther than that of the city ship certificate a leaflet telling of Rome The Etruscans lived in how to make a Corner scrapbook of my own and a printed design Italy before Pompeii was founded The home of the Etruscans was to paste on the cover of my scrap-boo- k Etruria an ancient country in Italy between the Tiber and the Arno Name rivers Today that area is included II I largely in the department called Street or R F" Tuscany to the north of Home The Struscans made fine vases City' also other objects of art They State or Province were expert sculptors and were highly skilled in working with bronze gold ivory and silver A very different kind of a ques- Every Other Step tion comes from a girl named Mary Paint every other step of a stairShe writes: Yarj which must be used while way "could you tell me if walking paint is drying suggest specialists sticks are poisonous?" No Mary neither walking sticks in the U S department of agriculWhen first set of steps Is dry nor locusts are poisonous You ture could handle them all day without the alternate steps may be painted any harm coming to you unless A radio reportby some chance a locust "spit to- er is good one who can when necessary bacco" and soiled your dress a bit! fill time by using nice words that In a broad sense the locust and inthe grasshopper are the same thing say nothing new but sound Yet the name of locust is given teresting especially to grasshoppers gather an-in swarms and fly to one place or other coming down to eat green or loplants These grasshoppers custs often destroy millions of dollars worth of crops Farmers are sorry to see them come! When I was a boy 1 used to hold a grasshopper in my hand at times until it would "spit tobacco" This was a tiny amount of brown juice which came out of its mouth From time to time I have handled "walking sticks" the strange insects which look a great deal like MINED UNDER uKLA?trAI NT IMC m not pained ' hUW i ! II 11 jj-g- r t I 111 jmtm troubled! R rnII iv4T-rv mil I I x i t MAf 1JAETTINA isvw MA B FMOTinklAI SAME &OLS I iwvniwfn uiitu van vl TI nr 1271 mtl'mrlmrJ-- ry I I W i guess v C HUBBY THE CHERU B WITH ui n J 'lTiT--r OR ANYONE ELSE! I lOTH OFF BALANCE! 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