Evening star., 1926-05-09
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More Stories About Our Pets.

This week we have chosen the de
/ Sciiption that 12-year- Robert :.
Regan Of Port Lavaca, Tex, gives Of
Jimmie his fox terrier. Jimmie
! is a jumping dog. Robert writes. He
, has erected d jumping stand, and
! every time lie goes TO jump. Jimmie
/ follows and jumps. too. 1t is pretty
/ good. for Jimmie stands but one
! foot high.
! Jane King Of Youngstown, Ohio,
I has q fox terrier named "Queenie'
! that takes very good care of her.
! Jane isn't afraid of anything when
| Queenie is near. for when strangers
! come around the house Queenie
/ barks at the top of her voice. Never
j theless, she is "a very friendly dog,
/ and she and Jane have great times
| playing together.
| Melbo Rucker of Little Rock, Iowa
{ sent us snapshot Of her dog sit
/ ting up. Nelba says Pops" n
/ black and white terrier, can walk
across n room on his hind legs, can
| ball, will go into the water and bring
back sticks. and can bounce the bas-
I iet ball with his nose several times.
/ Wen bet it is a lot Of fun TO have Il
pet like that.
! This Turtle, Likes Ant Eggs.
! 4 letter from San Diego. Calif.,
| tells us about q terrapin turtle that is
/ the pet Of Nina L. Pimbley. This pet.
| Nina thinks. IS unusual because his
back and stomach are covered with
| an arlnor Of shell. and we must admit
/ that that is a quality that the most
! clever dog or cat cannot boast about.
i'The turtles name is Napoleaon, but
! he didn't come from Corsica as did
| the great general. Instead he came
| from Florida. Napoleon is not very
| large-only about inches long when
he's call spread OUT in fact-nor
does he lead q very adventurous life.
| Nina says that he makes his break
! fast on ant eggs, with a bite Of let
| tuce for dessert. Then he crawls up
| on the rock in his tank and takes a
nap. When Winter comes he sinks
| TO the bottom of the tank and stays
| there until Spring, not seeming TO
| realize that 1t is always Summer in
| San Diego.
Rabbit i'm Reverse.
| Down in Brookhaven, Miss. lives
] Edward Hurst, who has written to us
! about his pet rabbit. This rabbit was
only baby when Edward got him. SO
! he put him in big cage with house
I
! to the side OF tho cage. and the rab-
! bit liked to get up in the narrow
/ space between the house and the wire.
! But when he got up there he couldn' I
/ turn around. Being q reSourCeful lit
| tie rabbit, however, he simply hopped
out backward. Another of his favor
| ite stunts is to take long stretch and
| Il big yawn whenever he gets tired
| Well bet he even stretches his long
| ears.
Trixie Barks at Balloons.
| Dorothy BaltZ of Millstadt, ILL.,. and
her brothers taught their dog, TriXie,
to speak in a rather novel way. They
! found tnat Trixie would bark when
| they blew up a balloon and then let
the air out with hiss. Therefore
when they did this they told Trixie to
! speak, and he soon learned TO bark
| whenever he was told.
| Trixie Is part fox terrier and part
bulldog, and he is white with brown
markings. He speaks either once or
| twice as he is commanded, catches d
ball in the air, climbs a ladder and
runs to the window ready to fight
when they say Pad dog He also is
fond of hunting, and howls until Dor
othy's big brother allows him to &c
with him on his hunting trips.
Pipe-SmoLing Poodle.
Judging from the letters that pour
into our Office from all over the coun-
try, q person would think that every
boy and girl living has some sort of
pet. But not many Of them have n
dog as clever rs that OF +. HeIbeck of
Isl Louis. Mo. We don't know,