Show I it B dt ies 1 I JU iANi i al u MEADOW GI TS TSA A DAD BAI I AI n By Dy rON W S Sometimes an an sight VIII give tho truly brave a fright Old Old Mother Nature natural It seems to be natural for tor all I d ot of lo t 0 be e afraid afraid of things wi with h which they are not familiar Any Anything thin which appears ls very apt to to give folks a fright lt It Is la ply of the un- un unknown un unknown kno known known n Though D Danny Meadow e didn't know It hovas ho vas was going to lave hove many a fright at the sea seashore shore for or there were very few things familiar to him there The neon 11 had come up and the tho beach was almost as asi light as os day dllY The tida had gone gone out Danny could h ar the lapping of on on little waves a on the distant beach It It to togo go out said Jimmy Skunk You follow me mo and Ill I'll show you things you OU have never dreamed of So Jimmy led loil the way out from under the bathhouse and Danny D Meadow Mouse scurried behind Jimmy He didn't want to get too too AA hoar ABR Jimmy Tl but 1 he IIA didn't dare get very far from Jimmy He and felt both both and safe at the tho same time which Is Is a a very funny f way to feel What hat are you going to look for timid timidly I First Im I'm going to look for something to edt elt replied t JImmy Skunk There Is almost always to cat eat along kiong tho the each beach ii goe goes out Theres al- al always al always ways dead doad fish K it nothing else Danny thought t to himself that ho about fish Ish but ho he wasn't Impolite enough to say so Jim Jim- Jimmy Jim Jimmy my led leq 1 4 tho the way down on the tho hard sand BlInd All along the sand were rOils ot of o seaweed which had been washed up by the water when the tide was wag high Jimmy began to poke about In these He lie was look look- looking looking ing for or a dead fish ish While he was he-was doing this thus was Danny Danny was doing n a a lit hits little lit little tle tie exploring on oh on his own account though taking care caro not to get Set too far Away Suddenly he ho was con con- confronted confronted con confronted fronted by a terrible creature Nev Nev- Never Never Never er In all his life had he seen such sucha a thing He lie thought It was WIlS a I spider but the biggest spider that he had ever eyer dreamed 0 of It seemed t to bo be looking at ot hl him with two curious cies pop pop-ees On each side aide were lour four queer legs that were Jointed and looked ulf as ae If they were stiff between the Joints In front front It held up two great Jointed legs jointed legs ending In wick wick- wicked ed pincers That Is Danny called them legs because he didn't know what else elso to call them III- III although al though It did not use them as liS legs I t I arms all Jt It It really used them moro more its arms And tho the pincers were LM M 4 I L t lur Il lil 1 ac c a ae e What lInt That nrc are you ou going coing to look 1001 for or he bo n asked ke l timidly used like fingers It was 1 as green spotted with yellow and It wore a shell just the same as Spotty the Turtle back In Inthe the Smiling Pool only a different kind of Isnell a I snell Suddenly It moved and anut It J with quicKness But nut In- In Instead In Instead stead of going straight ht ahead It It ran right at Danny MeadoW Meadow Mouse Danny squealed right out If It this was a spider It w was s the most awful spider ho he had ever se seen n Besides It had a shell and great pinching claws Donn Danny took to his heels and he ran Tan straight to where Jimmy Jim Jim- Jimmy Jimmy my Skunk was poking ovel over the sea sea- seaweed sea seaweed weed what's the matter 7 demanded Jimmy Danny couldn't find his tongue All he ho could do was to point at that dreadful thing Jimmy took two or three steps toward It and away It scuttled going sidewise very fast ast Did you ever seo see a I dread dread- dreadful dreadful dreadful ful spider groped Danny when returned I Skunk Skulk laughed right out our heart D Danny nr said ho he that wasn't A n spider p that was was a rab That was WIlS w cn Crab b D d you e e Aim run away from me Probably hes he's oM hiding in right rl nt now uri un- un undo un untie tie tie- doa do a I Iston son ston son I almo almost t always aJas find that f up liP on on tha bah bach after the tide tido has gone rone ono out Look out for tor those big pincers of his Danny lie He cant can't bite but he certainly can pinch I suppose you'll laugh nt at atme atme me again It If 1 i tell yeu that he ho la us a fish Of 0 cour he Isn't a II real fl fish but he e belongs to lo what theY call enn the shellfish I have heard say ono that ho he Is la one of the highest forms of crustacean whatever that thing may be Copyright 1920 by T W Bur Bur Bur- gess The next story Danny Learns I More About Crabs |