Show r THZ OGDEN (UTAH) 103 Powerful Enemies Crushed Trilobite Race What caused the end of the trilobite race? A The rise of powerful enemies Among these were the cephalopods and fish A cephalopod (prounced of early times had a in which it could shell curling hide When ready to attack it sent several “arms” outward and grasped the object which it wanted to eat Often this object was a trilobite The victim was drawn toward the mouth and then was crushed At the present day vast ages little Frog jumped too as later there still are cephalopods The only a little Frog can in the ocean Among these are the chambered nautilus the By THORNTON W BURGESS squid and the octopus An Unexpected Bath For nature section of your Before you jump be careful scrapbook —UNCLE RAY and Tomorrow: Backboned P i o- Make sure you know just neers where to land — Gray Fox An illustrated leaflet telling These were lovely days excitabout the every day life of the ancient Romans will be mailed ing days for the three little Foxes without charge to any reader who had been born over in the Green Forest They were the who encloses a stamped of Gray Fox and Mrs children envelope Send your letcousins of Reddy Fox ter to Uncle Ray Publishers Syn- Gray Chidicate 30 North LaSalle Early every evening or late 111 mother or sometimes afternoon Ask for Rome and the cago took them hunting and father Olden Romans can be exetiting espehunting when cially hunting for food Of By HERSHBERGER course their hunting was seldom successful but now and then they would catch a Grasshopper or a Cricket or a Beetle And each time they learned something about the things they were trying to catch and how to catch them In a way they were going to school But they would have gone hungry a long time if father and mother had not provided Q SEF-uh-lo-po- d) ’ Q YShat did they eat? ' A It is believed that they ate several kinds of small sea animals including sponges and shellfish Very likely they also fed on seaweeds Q Were trilobites “the greatest animals in the world” daring the Cambrian Period? A That honor usually is given to them It appears however that the largest kinds of trilobites failed to reach a weight of more than 10 pounds Some of the smaller kinds weighed less than one ounce Q Did trilobites live only during the Cambrian Period? A No they kept an important place during later periods including the Silurian and the Devonian They died out during the Permian Period according to the record of the rocks self-address- FUNNY BUSINESS ed most of their food Led Over a Brook Early one evening before it was yet dark mother led them over to Laughing Brook It was the first time they had ever seen so much water Never had they seen more than small puddles after rain They just didn’t know what to make of it Presently they came to a little pool One of the little Foxes had run ahead A small Frog hopped out from beneath a fern on the bank of the little pool It was the first live Frog the little Fox had ever seen He knew it was good to eat because mother had brought home Frogs she had caught The little Fox crouched He began to creep forward His eyes shone with excitement Little by little he crept 77 FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS TPey don't MEAN T&UJZ FAMrtX I WE Bur THETRe DAISY ALWAYS r FLIPPING VEA&fcEl AMYTHlNG BY m BAZOO "THEY JUST nearer and nearer the little Frog Mother stood watching’ him She grinned as she watched At last he could contain himself no longer He jumped for that little Frog He jumped just a wee bit too soon for he wasn’t quite near enough The little Frog jumped too as only a little Frog can It was a beautiful long jump straight out into the little pool The excited little Fox made another long jump after him and landed with a great splash in that little pool of water He went in all over The water got up his nose It got in his eyes and ears He swallowed too much and choked and all the time he was kicking and splashing making the water fly in all Thats— why i wee it HERE NO7WINGT0 Oh hello Looked Down at Him Mother stood on the hank looking down at him and she was grinning more broadly than ever She knew that water was very shallow that all he had to do was put his feet down and walk right out His brother and sister were on the bank too dancing in glee They thought it was great fun to see their brother splashing in the water like that and all wet Presently he waded out He had been out in the rain more than once but never in his short life had he been as wet as he was now He shook himself He wondered if he would ever be dry again The worst of it was he didn’t have any little Frog to show for his unexpected bath be“A wise Fox always looks ' makes He first fore he leaps sure where he is going to land The Fox who does this seldom gets into trouble” said 'mother Just then the little Frog popped his head out of water Then he swam across the little pool and came out on the shore but right at the water’s edge " Perhaps he was laughing inside The next story: The Warning Copyright 1955 by Thornton W Burgess I LITTLE MS USTEN TO BUT A NICE QUIET PUCKER 7 1953 —SHERIFF FJJJN EVER IN CENT OF THE ID IKE UN CTSOLPKMS INTEREST 545Q— mmUOKLl ’ rr WENT HEADACHE A'&LOOIS HSRJPDLE-ASPER- TRE TERMS OP TOP SAIT — (US KOT KBTi ’Q JOE PALOOKA By HAM FISHES A A ZZZZ— TLL HAVE A MOTHER AM MORE PIE THAT HORE WAS A GIANT FIRECRACKER LEM JEST SET OFF ZZZZ Humphrey CHICKEM T LOOK AT THIS -- ITS REAL CRAZY ITS ABOUT HUMPHREY CTHE STRATEGIC AIR Kl J COMMAND WAS UNABLE WE MIGHTAS WELL FORGET ABOUT HIMHE CAN NEVER TO RESCUE HUMPHREY HAPPY BLACKSMITH' pEVTHE WHEN A FIERCE STORM SUODENLY HIT THE vz I still ASLEEP X EASTERN i FLIES OH MY MACHINE SURVIVE THE STORM MY POOR MACHINE AREAlOH THIS IS AWFUL OM THRU THE 'k? 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