San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
Bunny Saves the BOBBY
Family.

There We were, left on tiny island
down in the Atlantic Ocean, just be-
low the Equator-onc of the islands
called st. Paul's Cluster. The yacht
on which we had come down was to
come back in three days for us.
We had heard about this island. 1t
is known as ''bird station" because
many bids stop there in their long
flights north and south and east and
west across the ocean.
There's not a blade OF grass nor
leaf on this whole island" said Bobby.
after he had explored the place. 81
don't know what birds want to stop
here for"
ITO rest their wings" said Bunny,
land eat the insects they find"
kind Of like an airplane filling up
with gasoline" laughed Bobby. "In-
stead OF filling up with gas they fill
up with bugs" And we all laughed.
"You ought to zee some boobies
here" said Bunny.
II think we wert boobies to STOP"
said Bobby.
"You won't before you get through"
said Bunny. ut may be bleak place,
but Darwin found it interesting"
How under the sun did that little
rabbit know that Darwin, the great
naturalist, was one of the few. men
who ever visited this remote group of
Islands? But, then. Sunny is always
full Of surprises for me. Nothing
really amazes me any more about
Bunny.
We had brought water and canned
food and an alcohol lamp. 1t WINS n
yood thing. because CO you know there
wasn't n stick of wood on that coral
STAND? And no animals! They say
the insect eggs were brought there in
The feathers of the birds when they
topped at this mid-ocean filling sta
ZION.
We cooked our supper and pitched
our tent for the night under the lee of
big rock-the island was nothing but
rocks which shone in the southern
cunlight like rock-sandy.
The next day we started off. There
were hundreds of boobies-those big
birds Of the Southern Hemisphere. and
noddies, too. They hardly looked at
us. but sat on the rocks as tame MS
pol-parrots when they are let out Of
their cages.
/ got some fine photographs. and
once Bunny came running back to me
and said he had found a booby's nest
among the rocks, and there were sew
eral babies in it.
That was great! I got their pic
tuNs, too. with their mouths wide
open reaching out of the nest for food.
The next day we went back to sec
the BOBBY family. Bobby had caught
some fish and thought he would try
feeding the babies himself.
We were climbing up the rock to
where the nest was wedged in crew
ice and thus sheltered from the wind,
when I heard Bunny give IN exclama-
ton and say something about not as
long as his four legs would carry him.
And up the sharp incline of the rock
i'aP'us
We followed cautiously, because
that rock was very slippery and We
Just reached the ton of it to see some
thing which / shall never forget.
There was a great big crab-run-
ming down the rock as fast as all of
his legs could wiggle and Bunny's eyes
were glaring with anger.
Whats the trouble, Bunny I
asked. ...... .......
THAT crab was trying to take those
baby-boobies right out Of their nest.
l scared the life OUT of him."
Il must admit this is an interesting
nlace if crabs eat BIRDS declared
Bobby.
Darwin was right" said Bunny
taking a long breath.
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