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Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-13 | Page 7 | Burgess Bedtime Stories

Type issue
Date 1926-08-13
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Burgess Bedtime Stories
Type article
Date 1926-08-13
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 7
OCR Text s1 A STARFISH LOSES LOSES AN X AI ARM Cy By Thornton W Burgess Dur ss The Starfish finds It Is no bother When one ohe one arms arm's lost to 10 grow another Old Old Mother Nature Reddy Fox had new respect for lor starfish starfish He Ha felt that any fellow f V th that t could open an oyster was en- en entitled entitled en entitled titled to respect But Dut Jimmy Skunk Is no respecter o of persons so co when Jimmy found a 11 starfish that had become entangled In som seine sea sea- seaweed seaweed weed and Dond rolled up upon on th t beach by the water Jimmy promptly de decided tided to see sec It IC the tho starfish would be good eating So ho he pot got hold 1101 of oC one ono arm and pulled It off Ir Then rhen Thenh ho he decided that he didn't care caN for lor starfish It If if you are not going coin to eat him what did you OU pull Ills his arm oft off for Inquired Reddy just os as asif asIt if IC he never did such a thing hinc him him- himself self liCit Oh Ir he doesn't mind mud a little thing like that said Another voice It was the IIer Her hIer- ring Gull Gull Gull- who unseen by the others ot had alighted on the beach just back ot of them Why doesn't he ho mind ft jt t de demanded mandod ReddY Because he h wilt will just ju t grow another to take lake Its place re- re retorted retorted re retorted Just as IlS the lobster grows crows a anew anew new new claw to take lake the tho place ot of theone the one that's lost Inquired Reddy teddy eddy nodded Just that way said he What Is more I suspect that that arm you ou have torn oft ort will wIlI by and by become another starfish You should have se seen n Jimmy Skunk stare at that arm You dont don't really expect me to believe that do you he lie Inquired ed Whether or not you believe bellev It doesn't make make- the least difference In the worM retorted I have lived all my life hr along the seashore and Ive I've seen that thing happen dozens dozens dozens of oC times I 1 dont don't suppose you Jou fellows fellow know lenow what oysters are Certainly we t do replied Rod Bad Baddy Roddy dy I Fox ox Wo We 0 know lenow more mor than that We Ve know that one on 1 of oC those fellows can open en ea oyster Reddy neddY was looking at it the th starfish as he spoke Th ts t's more moro than any any- any any bo bon else that I 1 know ot of o can do You forget those two legged two creatures called men said eald Gray Cray wing wine They can open oysters They are very ery fond lond of oC oysters oyster For that reason they hate these star star- starfish tar fish fish Ive I've seen starfish sUr fish fairly cover the bottom tor for a 0 long lon distance You have no Idea what hat a lot of them are In the sea ea They would just clean out all nil the th oysters where they happened to be So 80 men used to collect the starfish around where the th oysters lived and thought they were ern killing the fish by chopping them up Then I they would throw the tho pieces le es over over- nv overboard overboard rl board Into the tho water and nd each piece would begin besin to grow crow So Instead ot of making fewer le starfish they were making more It wasa was wasa D a joke oke on th the men It always alays made madem m ma lauh laugh when I 1 watched w 1 them them doln doing It It I 1 knew ln w better thau than that Jimmy Skunk anti anil PeJay looked with more than ever at t starfish which which now had onlY four Cour arms Jimmy turned It over on Its back All over o tho the under underside side Bide were re funny little moving things They were really tube like Ceet feet each one a little sucker It was liS with these theio that the tho starfish they had watched t had clung to tM the shell o ot of an n oyster and pulled It open Looking at Dot all these little moving mo feet thy they couldn't pos possibly pos pos- possibly sibly have mistaken It ft for lor any thing but a living creature But Dut when It was turned over so that th they were looking down on op It its back It didn't seem cem as It if It could be alive at at aIL alt Tho The tl tide lido e was waft wa coming It It The wat water r crept near near- nearer fr r and nearer Pre Presently cully th the and the th arm Jimmy had torn from It It- It were both In the water You found lound on one starfish and youve you've mad made mado two said ld And his wings wine h he flew Clew away Copyright 1928 1926 by T W Bur Bur- Burge sees Bur ge- ge sees gees es The ne next t story The Little Driller IIer op 00 L I Why h y doesn't h he C mind It de- de demanded Reddy
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