Show inn mE G ins ms FISH T r 11 B Thornton W Burgess I Each bit of ot kno knowledge ledge you attain bS ill prove pro an aid to pain gain aln Little Little Joe Otter The Tho oung Otter had told lohl hl father Little Joe Otter ho story of ot how his fish had met mv t dl dIsappeared You Tou should hould have hav sten i en tho t In Little Joes Joe's eos a as he Wool Voun I t ally on au like lik to 10 know what whitt became of our fish fl h Little Joe I Of Ot course I would auld replied th the oung Otter But Dut I don dOll t t believe anybody will ever find out Don Don t I vou ou think I 1 could auld find there asked aked a nut out It I 1 went over Little Joe The young Otter shook hook hl he 1 very decidedly No 0 I don t I raid Eal he te very tory ory All Ail right son on lel lets let's go fishing i plied plIed Little Joe Otter nia nis l c es twinkling t more than cv ever everSo r So together they went wont fishing and presently e each ch caught a fIsh You take sours oure over to the hit hank h n hut but dont don't stop top to fat eat it Keep sour our ce ees on this fish floh of ot mine Little Joe Th The voun oun Otter obediently took hI bl tt-h tt fl h over to tn the bank an nfl ani 1 tn herBat sat down to watch atch Little Joe otter climbed out on the th Ip i r itt t the where the oung Otter had twice lost hi 54 his fish noh before lie Jle Ink the th fish fl h flown n on the Ico lien hen i plunged Into the water ater an and 0 oter cr to where here the th oung Otter tras as Before II lie got there thre tIle the young Otter iw w a 0 gre great t broad broad I from Ined white bird appear no her plc pick up that fish on the th thIce Ice without and fly awa away awn i t short hort distance Then this hl Area great t bird alighted all ht d on the th Ice und and sud- sud suddenly ud-d ud bird pt at atoil ll denly didn't look 1001 like a n oil aJI He lie looked Ilk like lk just ju t i s heap of nt o snow now that the oun t hall had before seen een over there thero several everal litres I lou Iou ou should hould ha have hate 0 seen Keen the th lives eyes t nf ItI I Otter pop out tit of n his hl hi head had Ho Ito ts wan Os co SO n surprised lInt hat for tor a II full minnie ho lie couldn't fIn hl hIs tongue tonu LIllI Joe Otters Otter ve yes twinkled more marl than titan ever ver Wll bon gild 1 he did von ori see eo eo I r saw 3 lour our fish enrI I gasped the young Otter No Now Noe I 1 know where her 00 my fish went tent to tn Do tou ou see ce that l little white heaD heap over r there thre that looks like snow no Little Jo Otter i ht h-ht nut CPI I J see It sid I lif he I saw naw It as soon mi as we cam came cama over ov her herO here I J II nw W It and ond 1 I knew what It was as That Ii is I Whitey the th Sno Snotty I 0 who his s rome come n do do n from front th the North It II lift I li is very tory cry fond or of offish I fish I J guessed f away 1 n had stolen tolen your fish Now well we'll go a over oter and see what hat he ho has hag to 10 say ay about ut it So together they thov swam over and climbed out on th the Ice Ico Thai thy they made right straight for 1 Then lie he plad Ills hl III winand and 1 flew w a ay lie He H turned his head hrad and tha lh tb oung oun Otter Oller saw sau a pair of ot as a flero e cs as ho he la lied had l ever looked Into They The web wel e round and ellow snapped and hissed hl sed Then he h turned so as to face tace them hr He II still sUII clutched the fl h In his claws I Little JOP Joe Otter snarled and end houn bound bound- 1 td d Iowa d him I only a second Then lie he spread l his Ills broad wings and silently flew fl vv a taking the fish with hintI him hint I Little Joe JOB was too big for tor him tc to fI tight fight t tSo with I tI So it wa wai the young oung Otter nial the acquaintance of ot Whitey the th Snowy Owl and learned that there I Is I as an explanation tor for a ms- ms tery tery Copyright t 1325 5 by T r w Burgess The next ston stort The Tho deal Cleat Storm storn |