Williams news., 1915-03-25
JACK RABBIT LEARNS MORE

very SOOQ 0Xamplo- OI tue 0Vll Ol | being glutton. The wolf, if he had l been satisfied with enough, would have | had a good meal and avoided a sore leg., He hasn't been out of his den for | a week, and Mrs Wolf told me that | she thought he would always be lame."
 Mister Fox and Jack Rabbit were walking along the road together, or rather the fox was walking and the rabbit was running because his legs are so much shorter, while this con- versation was going on. Jack Rab- bit had arrived at Mister Fox's house just as the latter was going out for a mornings stroll. The rabbit had told the fox the story of the wolf and was patiently waiting for Mister Fox to tell him the bit of wisdom which he had come to learn. Let us go walking through the wood," said the fox, land perhaps something that we see will suggest a bit of wisdom and furnish an example at the. Same time."
 At length they came to a pond and sat down to rest for a moment in the shade of some bushes, which shielded them prom the sight of any passer-by They had been sitting there for only a minute or two when, from the other side of the bushes, there came loud quacking, and as the fox and the rab- bit peeked through the leaves they saw fat old duck standing by the side of a frog which seemed to be in great distress. He lay on his side in the sun, gasping for breath and holding on to his head in most dis. dressing manner.
 The old duck who stood beside him was quacking loudly. "You are very sick frog" she said, "and except that I am very learned in medicine and doctor of wide experience, your chances for getting we'll would be very poor
 q am going to give you very care full examination, and when I have de- cided what is the matter with you and have given you the proper treat mept, I may be able to save you. Open your mouth and put out your tongue"
 The poor frog did as he was ordered, I hardly khold his mouth open long enough for the duck to get good look When the duck had seen his tongue she shook her head wisely, as much as to say, Just as l thought. Then she felt of the frogs legs just above his feet, or what would be just | above where his hand is, and count ed the frogs pulse or at least pretend ed to. Then she shook her head again. Turn over," she said to the frog, and put her head down on the frogs stomach, as if she was listening to his heart.
 "A very bad case," said the duck; Ca very bad case, indeed. You have eaten something that has poisoned you; you have very high fever and I your heart is very weak. I shall have to go to the wood and gather some herbs that know there and feed them to you,' and off she started for the wood, leaving the poor frog in the hot sun on his back
 That duck is quack, l believe, said the fox q haven't any idea that she knows anything about medicine or what is the matter with the frog. intend to set matters right by going to the edge of the pond and getting another frog to come and attend to this sick one,'' and so saying Mister Fox stole down nearer the edge of the pond.
 He soon found another frog, and
 told him of the illness of the frog on the bank, and within a few minutes
 half a dozen frogs were hopping uI
 from the water to where their sick
 friend lay.
 It was not half minute before
 they had decided what was the trou
 ble.
 "He has been out of the water toe
 long," said one big friend. And he has been lying in this hot
 sum-, said another.
 "AIl he needs," said another, ''is tC : be helped down to the water and five
 minutes after he has been in the pone
 he will be as well as ever."
 So one frog got on one side ant
 another frog got on the other, ant in half a minute they had helped the sick frog down to the edge of the
 pond and pushed him in, anc in min ute mors he was swimming abou as well as ever.
 'What did I tell you?" said the fox as ha came back to Jack Rabbit, ''bu t there comes 'the duck; let's see wha ' she will o"~; The~duck was waddlin, alon. with her bill full of pine needles , which she had picked up in the wood I When she arrived where she had lef :. the frog she was very much surprised l to find him gone, but just at that mo ment. the fox stepped out from thu
 bushes and said, Good morning, Doe l ! tor Duck, are you looking for your pa
 tient?"
 [. .:Yesn said the duck "I left a yer,