Show r a A FISH DISAPPEARS 1 By Thorn Thornton V W Burgess Before DeCore you rou boast be sure you know That you hale hae ha c got the fish nih to show Old Old Mother Nature 4 At the place here the big brook don n which Little Joe Otter and his family had traveled enters the DIg RIver the latter never freezes freez's over Little Joo Joe Otter knew new this You Tou see ave ha ho had lad been there thero before more mora than once Ho knew that there thero was vas good fishing there and that It if no na trapper discovered them they would not be bo No Ko Noren ren nn near that thai part ot the Dig Big cr ther There was green ereen forest on both banks banka Th There re were snug dry hiding t places and Little Joe knew them HIIm all ail They would stay ther and then theu work down don dond d 10 0 Big Dig and so sa return to tho Laughing Brook from which they had started s 1 llio he young youns Ott Otters liked this plate place They soon soun had a n fine fino slip s lp Very hIdo on oa which to play when the they cre rot sleeping or fishing It i II Inn Itin to explore under the lee Ice clog aloag tho the of ot the Ug lUver f u It vas as fun to catch a flan fisI and an climb oat on oa th tho hI ice to cat It il There I Well where is it demanded hIs sister I vi cas nothing to worry about bout There I i were no enemies about By Dy day dayas dayas dayas as well as by night they felt perI per perI I perfectly safe eare I One Ono day the oung Otter who ho had lost his toe too caught an extra II holever big fish nh It was wag the thio biggest t fish hoever hoever ho lever ever had hal lb Ho He was r er I proud ot of c as he ho climbed out on the tho Ice Now he ce had that snore more for the tho fun of ot catching l IL II than he was HIS as hungry rue rhe fact fast Is IB he ho v hunT hunn ere plentiful and and he had already t eaten about all aU he lie could So lie be beI I merely took a couple cit of bites from fromI I what hat hiat he considered nas as the best part just just t back of the head Then he saw his over on the ship s lip pery blide bilde and went 0 oer er to join her leaving the big fish on the ice He wanted td t tell hel about that big fish fish He Ho w anted to boast a lit littie littIe littie tie He lIe sas as sure that it as w as aa a big bigger bigger bigger ger fish than lie he bad had e eer e cr er caught So ihen hell ho he got gol ovel to the slipper sup slip slipper supper per slide he be at once began to boast His sister stood it as liS Ion long longas longas as she could Then she that she he didn t belies belie e ho he had sucha such sucha a wonderful flab fish Come on over and J I II 11 show It to iou ou said the young Otter Its It's twice as big as any fish you e youre you're ever caught J I dont don't bolle e c It declared his sister I it 11 have to see it before I 1111 I Ii believe It 1 All Alt right como on cried her brother and down the tilde slide he lie glided Into the at r Flit Fht Fliton Fliton on her stomach behind him hini soot ent his sister slEter Together they climbed out on the ice shere bere tile tho big fish had bad been left Here It- It It began the yoUng Otter and stopped abruptly Well ell where Ih ii 1 It demanded I his sister Her brother simply stared glared all allI I about nith aith such a foolish look on onI hi his face There sas as no fish there What could have become ot of it lIe He I knew that he ho hl hid bid l killed It al and no 00 oIt It couldn't possibly have hae flopper flopped bick Into luto the water nater lIe He ran rin all allaround allaround allaround around v Rh his hla nose on the Ice Ic-e I but there was IJ at no scent ot of noddy I rc- rc or of any one ono else I don clots dont t believe ou caught a big fish declared declare 1 his I You must have dreamed dreamel It It It If you It where whore Is la It The Tho next nett FIery Mory The Living 1 of Snow |