Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-08

ADVENTURES
FIGHTING THE SNOW
By DADDY
CHAPTER lit
Judge Owls Warning

"WHoo-oo! whoo-ool How can
you stop tho snow Storm" hooted
Judge Owl to Toddie Pupkins> and Blue
Jay. who were trying to get all the Bird
land folks to help them fight the falling
| flakes
"Chee! Cree. We're stopping the
snow by catching It in our mouths and
eating 1t SO II cannot cover the ground"
screeched Blue Jay.
'Whoo-oo' Whoo-oo. Eating snow
VIII give you Il stomach ache :" warned
Judge owl, but Blue Jay was too busy
10 listen. He was calling out the squir-
rela to aid In the battle.
Sniff Sniff. OC co,Irsc. v.r will f,o,u
stop the snow storm" promised Bushy-
ran squirrel, leader Of the suuirrel
'r'oe' The snow gets In our tails and
makes them SO heavy wc cant ump
ABOUT tn the trees as we can when ,hc
weather is fine. We sn,iirrnls vii, eat
thousand flakes of snow :"
CIV, w nVo-oo Whou-Oo You'll get "a
tn '.,,,,, ncEe, too ~ hooted Judge OWL
. ne ,Squhrels, however, paid no atten-
ION non nm. They darted out Of their snug
.ItstS hlSh up in the trees. aud twisted
,,i E,eIT nefks far around 80 they could
,ir w Ihelr nibbly mouths 10 catch
tho dancing snow flakes 'rhis ,yas -
hard job for the squirrels. IA Won wiii
E reauiiE understand II you have ever
Feeh squirrels mouth, which is away
"oMn AZ the bottom Of its face The
Ntiuirrels were SO eager to get rid OF
,'n, ,nT SHOW thnt they didn't seem to mind
having to twist their nccks, and they
tongues va '''''' val 'I
ne chiplnunlis, too. came OUT to ,oin
uleir cousins. tho squirrels in nEhting
W." snow. ana so did tho woodchucEs
,,.sT ,ynrs 'ie 'o ne'd MIC; though the field mice
WsLe very careful to keep out OF the
hl8ht or Judge Owl. They knew he
would gobhIe them up IL he once ?,ot
within pounctng distance Of them, list
sno,r aS shsy Ga,, were gobbling up tho merry
Chez! Chee! Come, all you folks
OF Birdland to stop the snow. Ch"e
nee Come, all you folks who live
outside of Birdland to help US, and we
VIII nave no winter this year :" so
screamed 5Ii Blue Jay, flying far and wide.
ils screams brought all the creatures
that lived within Birdland itself ana II
Drought many that were usually barrad
OUT or Birdland because they could not
I've Ia peace with the other birds.
among An ',Is these were PERKY Sparrow and
our feet cold Tweet 20 TWeet TIS9% 'N"TSo %S
don't like cold feet. We will eat tho
snow" twtttered the sparrowe coming
IN great hoclis 70 join In the fight.
"Whoo-oo! WhoO-oo! You will al
get the stomache ache" Judgc owl
warned again and again. Peggy and
Bily' not knowing what else TO do 10
step the birdf and beasts in their hight
on the snow, took up Judge Owls cry
You get the stomach ache You'll
get the. stomach ache" they shouted
but without having the slightest efrcnt
OH the others
reggy, seeing how many birds and
animals were catching the whrIng
flakes and gobbling them before they
and more that Blue Jay aud Toddl;
Puptins might actually win in their
battle TO stop the snow. Then there
would be no Jolly coasting nor playing
with Sieds. and Peggy had a fine coast
ing sled with which she had expected
to have lots OF fun as soon as there
was enough snow covering the ground.
My. I'm glad all the summer birds
aren't here she said TO Billy. IF they
were there would be enough to gobhlc
all the flakes that could fall"
Billy had heard a noise UP IN the
air and now h" turned his eyes that
way.
There may be enough birds TO gobblc
al the flakes even though the summer
birds are gone" he answered, pointing
| 70 black speciS that dotted the sliv.
There came Caw-Caw Crows band Of
crafty crows. III they join In this
! tight. gOUd-by to our lovely snow"
cav. cav! Hurry home out Of the
! snow y. the crows We're croakIng to
| each other. cav. cav. Hurry home -
"Chce. Chec Here's more help. -
/ screamed Blue jay. and he flew to meet
! the crows.
/ Tomorrow chapter will tell YOU how
/ the birds battied the snow and how the
/ fight comes to an unexpected stop.