Show I 1 Till TIlE FELLOW THAT 1 ST ox ON IUS Ills 1 fly Dy Thornton T U W Whose head must take the tho place of ot feet You'll find Is seldom Indiscreet Old Ol Old Mother Nature neddy Fox stood staring starin at nt the Barnacles covering the lower part of oC the rocks above him the Gull had bad Just said tj that at they Were vero growing there Keddy Heddy had seen those things man many many times Ho no had Iad seen teen them every time limo he ho had passed by the tho ho rocks but he ho had always alwa'S supposed they were a J part or of o the rocks It hadn't entered his head that they were anything else So 0 It was that when said saul that the Barnacles were growIng on the rocks Reddy really didn't under under- understand understand I stand I dont don't see anything grow grow- growIng crow log Ing sail he chuckled Perhaps you dont don't see aoe them actually actual 1 gro grow growing Ins cron-Ins ing saId he but nevertheless thos white thIngs you OU skImmed your nose noso on Just now aro are alive I and growIng I ROddy neddy actually forgot hIs hia sore I nose Ha Hil walked over o to the tho near near- nearest nearest est cst rock and looked long Ions and hard hardat hardat hardat at those Barnacles They were I crowded together very closely but buthe he be saw rIght away that they were ot of different sizes and ha ho saw V too that they were of ot shell wing Gray sa w the th puzzled look 1001 on Reddy's face I dont don't suppose said Gray Gray- wine Gray wing that you ever er have sus- sus suspected sus suspected that Is a IL living crea crea- creature creature ture Inside each one of oC o those queer little shells sheIla No Xo said Reddy I r nevet have Is there Come Como ov over r here replied Gray Gray- Gray wing flying to the edge ot of a little pool Heddy neddy followed No Nov Nosy said you ou look at sonic some ot of those on that rock un- un under noder un under der water Watch Vatch and ecu Uti what Reddy did as he was told to todo todo todo do Presently he discovered that the tho top or of o one of at those thos was 38 open olen Whilo ho he was wai looking at It what appeared to bo be feath feathery ery little legs lees thrust out from It and began besan to move mO about II In the th water tater My goodness ex- ex exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed Keddy Redd chuckled lb Ho lIe was getting nl lots lot of oC chuckles at nt Red dys dy's dy expense these thee thes days day Now you youve learned something haven't you said he lie I I certainly have la e replied Heddy What arc are those hope funny tunny I 11 r An-r Ito He 0 omer cr to tho Ito nC nearest ro rock l and looked Ion lont and hard at those Barnacles I leSs legs waving about In the water for Thatis the way ILY that fellow gets geta I filS- filS r od replied Gr wI That Barnacle lives on food which we cannot see and those wavIng legs there make mako little currents of at wa- wa water wa water ter Cr which carry time the food Into the tho mouth of at o the Barnacle Do you OU mean to say that the thing Inside that shell has lias a mouth demanded Reddy Of OC 0 course Why not retorted chuckling again WhY shouldn't it have havo a II mouth as well weil as those feathery legs lees Well Veil what I 1 want to know Is said aid Redd Reddy how v he Ito got sot fastened to that rock in the tho first pace Oh replied wing Gray when ho he was vas a very tin tiny fellow Cello Just out ut of at tIme the egg he lle didn't lookS look any any- anything any any- anything thing like a Barnacle and he swant s around Du But by and by after some changes chances ha ho decIded to settle down In life Ilfe So he butted bulled his head against that rock roel and stuck there Finally he lIe built up that shell around It and there hes hed been ever since standing on his head When the water covers him ho bo opens up and feeds feeds You will notice that those Barnacles on the tho rocks that are arc aro out of wa water wa- wa water ter tee aro closed up tight So Su there you OU are A Barnacle Barnacle stands on his head and collects Ills lila food with Ills his feet Ceet Copyright 1 1926 by T W Bur ur- ur gets goess The Th next nest story The Th V udde Dis V VV V |