The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

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 One day, while Tot Tim was hurry ing along on his way to visit some other fairies, he stumbled right over little gray bunny rabbit that had crept out from It's pleasant home under q big old decaying stump.
 The bunny rabbit started to run like lightning when he heard Tot Tim's footsteps but seeing that 1t was only a fairy. whisked his little tail and came rushing back toward him.
 Wanted Him
 "Oh, kind fairy" said little bunny rabbit, could you tell me where l could find Tot Tim? I just started out to ask old grand daddy long legs.'
 I'm Tot Tim" spoke up Tot, "can l do something for you?'
 "Its about three little mocking birds" cried the bunny rabbit "A horrid old cat, who almost caught me while ago. has caught the poor mother mocl1ing bird and eaten her. And something has happened to the father bird. too-and three little or phans, which will starve to death unless somebody feeds them, are left all alone way up in the tree"
 The bunny rabbit pointed to bushy oak tree overhead. Tot Tim,
  flew up to investigate. When the little birds saw him. oh. what screechingi They were so horribly hungry they looked as if they could almost have eaten him. And one little bird Tot Tim could see had been shedding actual tears, her mothe had been gone so long.
 Something te Eat
 First of all Tot Tim hopped down and rushed away to beg some null berries from a kindly mulberry tree not far away, bringing back to the famished birds his whole little peaked cap full of the berries. Next he brought water In his two little hands-and then away and away ae flew to swimming hole, where some boys were having joyous time jump ing and diving into the blue water. Tot Tim had come after the Bad Little Boy. So he made himself in- visible, went over and hoped on his freckied little ear and told him 1t certainly would be grand If he could find a bird nest filled with little mockersl
 The bad boy thought so, too.
 No sooner had the idea been given him than the youth came out of the pool, hastened to dress himself and smooth down his hair-and off into the woods he went.-with Tot Tim turning hiS rect so no would go III just the right direction.
 The little birds were screeching so loudly that Tot Tim didn't have to show the Bad Boy where they vera. He climbed the tree in jiffy, and very shortly had the nest, birds and all and was hurrying to the city. For the Bad Boy had decided that he would sell them-even though 1t was against tho law for people to keep knockers caged up.
 But Tot Tim had other plans. So he rushed away to bring \ man in big automobile flying thatSway. Just as the Bad Boy got to the outskirts of the town, the autoist came along. and Tot Tim made him slow up be- side the boy almost without thinking about 1t.
 Of course. then. the man had to make conversation. So, seeing that the Bad Boy was holding something in his hands, he asked him what he had.
 Some cockroaches," answered the Bad Boy telling lie. This made Tot Tim feel awfully bad.
 Might I see them?" asked the man.
 I'm afraid they'd hop out" hedged the Bad Boy.
 es But just about that time the birds set up such a bowling that the Bad Boy was no longer able to keep his secret: and Tot Tim made his hand fly off so that the man could see that 1t was mocking birds the boy was carrying.
 Now the man in the automobile had been a boy himself. He knew all about boys, and he felt that most of them were good if they had half aa opportunity to be.
 la fo v,,nt ha ad the boy. who by this time was very shamedfaced and digging his boot into the earth.
 T haven't any mother"
 And your father?"
 He's dead. too"
 The man in the automobile hesi- lated.
 with whom do you live?"
 Some people who run a dairy about a half a mile from here"
 The man thought he understood. Are they good to you?"
 They beat me almost every day" 'why?"
 A Terrible Boy
 ABecause I'm so mean. They say I'm the worst boy in the world am going to run away from them as soon az get old enough"
 The man in the automobile was positive then that he understood
 sI wonder if little boy like you would like to come and drive with me ov to my house?"
 ssYes, I'll go.'' said the Bad Boy, who jumped into tn ecar, and as he entered almost scraped an inch of mint with big careless, clumsy boots hut the man paid no attention. About tswo miles down the road they went xntil they came to two big iron rates. which opened automatically as