The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

Lucky and Plucky found that Towser
was chasing them. Tney ran Just as
fast as ever they could go, until they
escaped from him by squeezing through
the Stats of a nearby fence and fell on
top of one another on the other side.
Haven't we seen all the world yet?''
asked Plucky. when he had picked HIM
self up.
I'VE have only seen half" said
Lucky. I'VE will walk around this
green meadow, for this is the other
third.
You see he didn't know anything
about geography or arithmetic-or. for
that matter. anything else. because he
had always thought he knew it all and
he would never study his lessons.
But all this time the sun was get
ting lower and lower. until it sank out
of sight and the grass became damp
and chilly.
Then Lucky and Plucky grew very
cold and they thought il must be time
to go to roost. But there wasn't any
thing in the meadow to roost on.
SO they cuddled down together in a
little bed that Plucky had made in the
earth He had learned how to make
that kind of a bed when he was at
home in the barnyard.
He had bad dreams all night on ac-
count of all the things he'd eaten and
he kept Lucky awake thinking almost
all the whole night. Once he snapped
his bill and woke up suddenly and
said Che was a plucky little goose. all
the same): Il wish / hadn't eaten
that stone: you said it was good to eat
and it wasn't And you said the black
beetle was good to eat and it wasn't.
And I've been walking around and
round all day and haven't learned
anything, And / nights have been
splashing around in the pool in the
barnyard-and 1 want to go back, any
way. I want nice warm bed,
don't like TO sleep in the fields like
this. I'd rather go home and have to
study my lessons"
Il don't think you are very agree
able" said Lucky I've taught you
all / know CThat was very true, be-
cause he didn't know anytffing)
But all that Plucky had said made
Lucky think very hard that night. and
when Plucky stopped having night
mares and quacking in his sleep Lucky
had made up his mind that he himself
was a silly chicken-mOre of a goose
of chicken than Plucky was a goose
of a goslingi He made up his mind
that Plucky knew more than he did.
He made up his mind that he did not
AnOW ali lie liiOuSi Sill AlC 0lu- I1C iudNc
up his mind that it would be worth
while to go back to the barnyard
school and learn some things=how to
scratch and how to know things to eat
and how and where to roost and how
to crow like rooster.
So. when the sun was UP in the
morning. he said: "Plucky. let's go
homie and go 10 school. 1 don't know
anything s-e ss
fgT
he might He just said Let's
And they started.
But they didn't go very far. because
they didn't know the way.
is it this way?" asked Plucky.
II don't know" said Lucky.
And so it was whenever Plucky
asked any question Lucky had to an
swer 'I don't know" because he was a
wiser little chicken than he used to be
San Francisco. age 9 years
Catharine Weber, 1909 Central ave-
nue., Alameda, age s years.
Walter McGowan. Paraiso Hot
Springs, age years.
George oviedo. 1872 West avenue,
Margie Perry. s17s Twenty third
street, San Francisco. age years.
Irene Roscelli. "a Circular avenue,
San Francisco.
Dorothy Bell. 275 Twenty ave-
nue. San Francisco, age 9 years.
Harry I. Person, HalfmOon Bay.
age S years.
Norman Woodford, Richmond. age
s years.
Annie Redding, 5O4 Mission street, San
Rafael, age years.
Jack Spence. CoIlinsville.
Kara S. White, Castroville. age 10
years.
Inez Parsons, Richmond. age
years.