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Show ITI MARY GIWiAM BONNER ' .ilM B Will" 1""" " 1 OWL8 "Tell us n story about owls," nskci Nick and Nancy of Daddy. "What shnll jJrj, themV" nskoi A rBt&Q laMy- "Ilnv, tVf you uny partlcu $tufr? 'ur one3 "m JCMA iou'd like to hen 'LmcWMi "bout?" ufffl&Ws&iili "ot coursi w$&L&A) U1"y nnrrcJ 0w fflvlLMJ ot oU," snl JxjJf. Nick, "but I thlnl Wfi&syrSQSii )l would be nlci ym03f-B to hear of somi jar." fc f' the ways of t trW "StfjL" good many of tin FSS owls. Nuncy am I ggffssjrg'H i Wcro snylnj . . ... . ,:. this only today.' A82!,, "Yes. Daddy 0w1, will you tell ui about a few tills evening." "Indeed I will," said Dnddy, and be gan to tell of the different owls b once. "Of course we know a good dea about Billy Ilarrcd Owl, who begat nesting early this spring. He has i fine deep voice nud Is a well-knowi friend bf ours. Uut there irre raaaj others we don't know bo much about It Is true. There is tho Great Horned Owl wb makes the hoot-hoot sounds. Sometime! this owl Is known as tho big boo owl. "Great Horned Owl's nest Is mudo ii the lute winter. Nobody can get nhcai of Great Horned. And what damagi they can dol Tl,av'rn fnrnnlma nnri flnrrn Rill terrible hunters, It Is true. "There Is the 8hort-Eared Owl whi has Its nest on the ground In a marsh Of course' the' nnme'of 'this owl'dc scribes the owl's looks, "The first egg Is very apt to hatel out before the last one Is laid, and s the Clii'erent blrdllngs are of many dlf fercnt nixes and took differently fron other young birds. "There is Screech Owl, a small lit tie owl wo know quite well. "He whistles songs at nlght-tlmoam Is gray In color. He nests early In tin spring, too. "Then there Is old Ham Owl, i queer looking creature with u faci often called u 'monkey face.' 'They are very useful .and .do i fine w.orlt, hunting Just after the sui goes down and early In tho morning "Then there Is the Long-Eared Ow Who tyles to look stiff und like thi branch of a tree when nny ono li uround tho nest who might bo ai enemy. "The Long-Eared Owl has long cm tufts. He likes to sit high up In ever green trees nnd keep very quiet. "There Is the Great Gray Owl wit! the long tall and the small yellov e.-es. He stays In the northern pur of the United Stutes during the win tor and goes far north when the mll weather conies along, "Mr. Illchnrdson Owl Is sntnethlns like the Acadian Owl, but with grnyei plumage. "And the Acadian Ow,l( Is very, verj small' und Iins no ear tuns. . "Hut there 1" Dnddy said, "those nn enough owls to be Introduced to It ono evening. "Besides, I must tell you what Ulllj Unrred Owl had hoVjien to him today, "He was having Ms usual dnytlnu sleep when old Mr, Chnrlle Crow cntnt ulong nnd woke hint up. Wasn't j-s "Illy mud I frwSb "I should just yi Mr say lie wosl l f jT& "'It's too had,' Vj"X?m5k be said, 'that, con- (A S s I d e r I n g 1 am MNS fl M Miliout the fpost li?v 1 Jt i M hnrmful of any of Wafo?w SI M the owls 1 should JmbSvS K Iflfl receive such bad V&J(vi 111 treatment.' fiyhSSA ll ! "Uut, of course, SfcSriiillf the crows don't fflffSwlllW like the owls. WfiJfLSiail There Is no love MsHll lost between the J2rSijW two fiuullles. IOiJStK "ut now wo , . have had enough 0ld Darn 0w" of owls for tonight, for f WB cou,, sleep when they do we, too, could si up wny, wuy Into the night nyCi ""V KC'. "" ln "'o' "mrnlnt fboiigh, when tie mvls ro B,cell,n nnd getting their rest. n nn?,. V',6 W'Ui','l, ,,n ,",nj'8 been nnd the old wnya re usiuijiy tfiohe.t - |
