Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-28
lI1TILESI0RLEs
'%rBEDTImE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
RedtaiI the Hawk and or
MiStah Buzzard.
Honest folks, alas alack'
Are oft misjudged for wearing black.

| Striped Chipmunk.
| Striped Chipmunk is always frisky
and usually happy. Now he was
was all because he had been so
frightened by Shadow the Weasel,
and then Shadow had disappeared
without discovering him. He raced
up and down the old stone wall and
lodged in and out of the holes be
tween the stones. He chased his tail
| He even ran up nearly to the top
of a little tree. which is something
very unusual for Striped Chipmunk
Peter Rabbits lost little son
watched Striped Chipmunk and
tchuckled at the funny antics Striped
lCbipmunk cut up. He was very
happy was that lost little Rabbit. He
| was very happy, indeed. Somehow he
no longer felt lost at all. 1t was ali
| because of Striped Chipmunk. Striped
| Chipmunk had proved himself a
| friend. and now the lost little Rabbit
| no longer felt lonesome. In fact, he
| didn't feel lost any longer. You see. he
| felt that Striped Chipmunk was very
| wise in the ways of the Great World
and that all he need to do when in
| trouble. was to run to Striped Chip
, munk for advice.
Presently. way, way up in the blue
blue sky, the little Rabbit saw a black
speck sailing round and round. Now
| before he left home in the dear Old
| Briar-patch he had been taught to
| watch out for black specks that sailed
round and round high up in the blue
| blue sky. He had been told that such
a speck was very likely to be Redtail
the Hawk, and Redtail would like
nothing better than to dine on tender
young Rabbit. So now, when the
I P<1h bot OIL
sailing round and round in the blue.
blue sky, he warned Striped Chip
munk. You see. he couldn't bear to
think Of anything happening to his
new friend. Striped Chipmunk rolled
one twinkling. bright little eye up at
That isn't Redtail." said he. THAT
is or Mstah Buzzard. He wouldn't
hurt a flea"
oh" exclaimed the little Rabbit.
I thought it was Redtail the Hawk.
Doesn't Redtail look like black
!speck high up in the blue, blue skye
Sometimes" replied Striped Chip
munk. Sometimes he flies SO high
that he is nothing more than a black
lspeck, but usually he does not fly Sc
high as that. Anyway, it is easy
|enough to tell Redtail from or Mistah
Buzzard. Il supposed everybody
knew that
| II OF lie" minutes refer hdDDlC
little son kept his tongue still. He sat
there, studying and studying tina,
black speck high up in the blue, blue
Isky.
How do you do it?' he asked, quite
suddenly.
How do I do WHAT" demanded
Striped Chipmunk. looking very much
puzzled. You see, he had quite for
gotten what they had been talking
about
How do you tell Redtail the Hawk
from or Mistah BuzZard?'
That's easy enough" replied
Striped Chipmunk. Il just watch
their wings. When I see a black fell
low sailing round and round away up
in the sky, without seeming to move
his wings at all, I know it is or
Mistah Buzzard. Redtail can sail for
a while without Tapping his wings,
but not as or Mistah Buzzard can.
Redtail will flap his wings every once
in a while"
| Thank you," said the little Rabbit
Thank you very much, indeed; I've
learned something
Copyright. 1920. BY 7. W. Buryess.)