Show THE OGDCN (UTAH) AM Burgess Bedtime Stories STANDARMXAMINER WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 28 1952 Half way up the tree sitting in a crotch his back against the trunk was rncmy romy me Than relatives who won't agree whom some folks call the Untouch- — Old Mother Nature One Above him high in the hi the foot of a big tree ANp able ree was a big nest Perched on in the Green Forest sat Gray Fat the edge of it or flying back and "' 8naPPlng their bills and hissing angrily were Hooty UMe Ray's Corner The Falling Out I s Water Flies Use Their Feelers for Swimming we arm likely to think of fleas as insects which jump around in the open air We know that they fasten themselves to the bodies of animals including dogs and may even become too closely acquainted with people True fleas are like that but there are "water fleas" as well It would be a mistake to call water fleas "true fleas" A sciencentist who studied them three name turies ago gave them' the and it has clung to them ever since Modern scientists class them among the Crustacea Water fleas are hardly the size of the head of a pin Ten of thorn might make a line an Inch long In actual' life water fleas never 'flat into a line They are quick in movement now in one place and now in another Their fast Jerky motions — like Jumps through the water — suggested their name Water fleas look like specks if they are seen at all in the ponds where they live Thanks to the miscroscope we can study them closely and we know how they are formed We may see for example that each of them has a single eye near the front of its head This has led to the name of "cyclops' but in end-to-en- d aiKED TO STOP 'mm THE YOO'RI DOIN- G- JOt anru rKtc u AN PS ARE CHCWIN6 WHEN YOU ARC sad— r sight is there to see tOTher Toscanini Is 85 Don't Remind Him of NEW YORK tIP) — Conductor Arturo Toscanini was 85 years old yesterday but his best friends didn't dare to send him presents As far as the fiery little maestro was concerned his anniversary was just another day He has refused to celebrate another birthday until he is 90 Nevertheless telegrams letters and birthday cards continued to arrive at his home Villa Pauline overlooking the Hudson river in suburban Riverdale kinds of water fleas as wUttJ under a microscope size water fleas are a long distance Cyfrom the gigantic single-eye- d clops of the old Greek myth A water flea also has a pair of feelers which can be stretched out infront of the head or to the sides These feelers are used as paddles and they make swimming possible Two tiny shells cover much of the body of a water flea These are transparent and it is possible to look through them under a and see what is inside llllimm the body A water flea has a heart This heart beats but it is like a pin point in size There are many kinds of water fleas each a little different from the rest Some are even smaller than those I have described Water fleas move fast but often they mbve into the wrong places If tney get too close to the little plant-lik- e animals known as hydras it is goodby for them For nature section of your scrap- bonk — INCLE KAY Tomorrow: Crayfish Interesting life stories of Beethoven Chopin Brahms Strauss and Liszt are told in the illustrated leaflet called Masters of Music This will be sent without charge to any reader who asks for it and encloses a stamped self M dressed envelope Address your letter to "uncle Ray and allow about M aiays for reply Publishers Syndicate 30 Norfth LaSalle Chicago 1 j his sharp face as he listened to theand snapping the complaining voice of Prickly Porky who didn't like the fuss those QMS had been making ever since (BBS yox had appeared M f irst Redd didnH cousi nor did the j tter gee hlm Reddv trotted forward saw Gray F had sto feed abruptiy for a long moment he watched his cou- gin Then he barked sharply Gray Fox whirled about like a mmh V Kai 11 Hie tl'fMh "What are you do ing here? ' he snarled hmi? vnu r "Th umi re torted Reddy and his half grin It wasn t a became a full grin pleasant grin It wasn't meant to be It showed all his long teeth we haven't troubles enough as it is!" she exclaimed in a low tone Hooty looked There in the middle of that opening stood Reddy Fox There was a 'half grin on - Owls hissing Ht their bills and to nTu rtdw"nHoo& bi5gest winai uiaj I ua n ma iiiiuiwiig juai sat there looking ip about as he but making no attempt to climb the tree "H is trying to think of some way to get past Prickly Porky without getting some of those little spears stuck in him' said He meant Hooty to Mrs Hooty the sharp quills that Prickly Por ky carries "hidden in the hair of his coat Mrs Hooty was paying no at tention to what Hooty was saying She was staring down at a little opening among the trees "See who is coming now! As if j m w ' " first' snarled Gray friends these Fox "J was here Fox cousins Hoqty Wfcfespered to Mrs Hooty don't like each other at all Theyf "'I wonder replied Mrs Hooty "All the more reason for you if "I wonder they will fight" to go away first" retorted Reddy "Gray Fox Is bigger" The hair on the shoulders of "A little" agreed Hooty "but Gray Fox and along the back of is quicker I think Gray Reddy his neck was beginning to rise as Fox is afraid of him Anyway if you may have seen hair rise on they fight I hope Reddy will win the shoulders and neck of an an? ana drive him away doc tThose baby Owls are fry "What difference does it make he snarled mine" Which wins?" retorted Mrs Hooty "How nice When will you eat "Haven't you forgotten somethem? Won't you invite me to thing?" asked Hooty dinner?" said Reddy He had seen "What?" replied Mrs Hooty at once that his gray cousin was promptly afraid to climb that tree with "That Gray Fox is a good climb-e- r Prickly Porky in the way and Reddy isn't" replied Hooty "I'll get them when I get ready The two cousins were walking and when that will be is no busiaround growling and ness of yours" growled Gray Fox wasn't a pretty sight It snarling Meanwhile the two cousins one It never Is a pretty sight when in gray and one in red were slowrelatives fall out But sometimes ly circling around each other as it is exciting It was now Dogs often do when making ready The next story: An Interrupted to fight each watching for a chance to dash in and catch the They are not friends these Fox Quarrel (Copyright 1952 by Thornton W other by surprise They are not cousins Burgess) stiffs-legge- f I'LU LEARN THOSE L FACED CLUNKS NOT TO FOR TH'SIZE OF 7 YEH LOOKS LIKE TH' WAY WE'RE DOIN' THAT HOLE WE I WE'RE GONNA BE IT 9URE WILL SON' LABORED TO DIG A LONG TIME A SO VWE'RE GOIN' OUR REWARD IN V GETTINrRpCH' AFT3R IT BY HEYWHAT'5h'M HERE TO WITH OU YOU SELF I THINKS LOOK60KTATHI5 MINE OF V DOWN X OURS PHEW! 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