Evening journal., 1906-12-27

hARS. LECHORN made At a rule al
M ways % tell Spot and Brown Eyes
and all her other children when they
left the house IN the morning 60 look
cut for shadows.
III you see "a shadow" she said. ''you
must run and hide yourselves as quickly
a. you can. Inc best way SIS TO get under
> large leaf. and you must lie quite still
until you are sure that the shadow Is gone.
Cluckl Cluclki
why should one be afraid OF shadows.
lnother9' Spot asked In his little piping
voice.
Il do not know why st is." Mrs. Leghorn
taid, but my mother always told me TO
be very careful and 20 hide whenever 1
law one. Clucki Clucki All good chick
rms mind their mothers. Now run out
ana play"
So an the chickens went out to play
Ia dheir fuzzy yellow Jackets, ana some
ran one way while some ran another.
Brown Eyes followed Spot They had not
gone very far when Spot stopped.
Il don't see how we are going TO have
good time" he said. when there are
90 many things we must not do. We can
70 near the wall because White Iootn
might catch US. and we can't 80 down
10 the brook because we might ran IN e sl
yet wet Now we have 70 look out TOT
shadows. I don't see Why
IT don't see why, either" Brown Eyes
taid. nut there must be some reason
'0 IT ~ don't believe there is." Spot said
land don't Intend to do il at ALL SHADOWS
can't hurt u.s. 49,, "a
seyou mad better mind what mother told
rs" said Brown Eyes. You can V''
what NAV happen II you don't =,
II don't care" Spot replied Il shan
A. A. lets 20 out to the garden ana see
Il we can ind a caterpillar. rhey are -
iu They went TO the garden and walked
down the path looking LOT Naecl ~. -.
The sun was shining and there were sol,,'
shadows OF leaves on the path. 40 INV ,
6orv Mid he was Spot ran up 20 them ah'
rtenned on them with his pink rect
There" he said, II told you nothiht
would happen! -, - .t.a
ssforhans those are not the kind OF shad
hxvs tfat mother meant" Brown Eyes said
ssArvwav they are shadows spot Re
,.,,ed s,and I'm not afraidrof them
r4e went and stepped on another one
Tarou,n Ewes did not know what 20 say
she thought that perhaps Spot might d
,rhsv found a large brown caterpillar
r-eeninr in the path, and they began e
NAV with II. The caterpillar did not Tx
f,,le because he wanted TO get across th'
hath and crawl into the grass, and the'
kent getting into his way The chicken'
eho,tpht Il great fun 20 mako him turn
selde. Al last he forgot which way III
had been going and BEGAN to creep bach
again toward the side where he had beer
before.
while they were very busy playing will
the caterpillar a shadow suddenly Wen
across the path.
Peep Peep cried Brown hges' nun
Spot" 80 -, "a.
herself under the thorny stems. Tue
rhadovv made Spot feel very queer an'
cold. somehow II was not like the shad
ows OF the leaves that he had stepped o.
30 boldly. but he did not know what th
difference was.
while ne was standing there pa fn
middle OF the path the shadow can't
neain. and this time IL passed straish
over him.
ii made him feel colder than ever an'
he knew that he was frightened, but b.
dia not know why. He looked up 70 Sc
where the shadow came FROM and there
far 10 against the blue sky. he saw
bird with broad wings SAILING round an
round h circles. The shadow came Whel
this strange bird sailed across the sun
SPOT had never seen a bird like It before
He did not flap his wings as other bird
did, but he seemed 70 be hoating IN N
air
I guess Ia better hide. Spot though
to himself He might see me and g.
ine some harm