Show f neSton on sl sj n CH Ry By ThorntonS Thornton on S W Burgess s s The Tho humblest folks sometimes af- af af afford CordA fordA ford Cord fordA A glimpse of ot life lICe In sweet accord Old Old Mother Nature noddy Reddy Fox stood watching n ft Hermit Crab Cab scuttling about with his house on his Isis back bock teddy Reddy never got cot tired of watching those funny little Hermit Crabs They amused him lIm You know we w ll like to Oo DG amused Awl down In- In Inside inside In Inside side Deddy had hind a great treat deal ell of respect for tor those little Hermit Crabs who hI were smart enough to USG use the shells of other folk for their own protection Do DG you ou know said Mid ald Heddy to the th Gull I think those Crabs are the th smartest of all the Crab family Why So SG o asked looking a little surprised Because replied Reddy they ha have been smart enough to find shells that will protect them bet bet- bettar Ur tar than their own shells would It if they had any None of their relatives have havo been smart enough to do that Is that so exclaimed d Gray Gray- Gray wing Never Ne make a statement Neighbor Fox until you know all there Ibero Is to know about that par par- particular particular par particular thing thine Now you you come along with me roc Graywin flew along alone alon down the to where a boat had Jd com come ashore with some somo Oysters Oyster Oy that thaI mornIng Some Somo of those thos Oysters had hod been opened on the boat bod looked around amon among the opened shells bell Presently lie he pIcked up something and dropped It where noddy Reddy could coull see ee It IL Take a look at nt this said aid he What d d- d you make mak of ot It Reddy neddy walked over o aol ani looked It was a very tiny Crab It didn't avo have any pinching claws and Its legs looked too weak fo lot Ion It to walk around It was a tenny Crab That said Redd looking very ery wise Ise Is a bl baby by Cra Crab IJ Guess again retorted Cray Cray- Gray wing That Crab Is fully grown noddy's neddy's eyes es opened very wIde I hate to say ay that I dont don't belle believe you said ald he but you OU can see tee for yourself that I hal this Crab cant can't run runaround runaround around It Isn't big ble enough yet t retorted That Isn't a n he That Thuat Is Mrs lire Crab and It Is quite true tru that she the cant can't rUIl around nor swIm around She Sho doesn't have to and she sho doesn't want to You never saw her be- be before before be before fore did you ou t H Taka a n ool ooh ook at this tills saId mid I lie he No replied Reddy J never dId Well you ou wouldn't wouldn't see her now If if It hadn't been boon that somebody opened an Oyster and ond she h jet lei en out You have hav S seen en how promptly Roddy Reddy's sharp harp shari ears pricked up What do you mean by fell tell out of ot an on Oyster Oster asked he I r mean replied that this Is Mrs Irs Oyster Crab and she has lifts lived nearly her whole life within an Oyster shell th-ll with an Oyster She Sh went In there when she was a n baby baty and she hasn't any strength In her legs nor any 1 pinching claws She SIte ha hasn't nt any use uso for tor them them You think those Hermit Crabs are ar well ell pro pro- pro protected In those thos shells thy they carry around with villa them but those shells are nothing compared with Oyster shells Does Doe she tho live on the tho Oyster asked Reddy Peddy No replied she lives lI with the Oyster They are the tho best of ot friends Imagine chuckled Reddy neddy any one having an Oyster r for a friend Copyright 1926 by T W Bur Bur- Burgess Burgess Bur Bur-Bess gess The next story Mn Ir and Mrs Oyster Crab |