New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

RcughleE tho Hawk. big and black and broad Of wing, seldom left the Green Meadows for his hunting. Mice are his favorlte scod and 1t ls on the Meadows that he can most easily find these little furry folk. So Roushleg seldom, leaves ,he Green Meadows during his winter stay
 But once in q while he takes I longer flight and flies over the Old Orchard or perhaps along the edge of the Green Forest He did this ear ly one morning while the teathered folk were getting their breakfast st the food trays Farmer Browns Boy alvay5 keeps supplied. Tommy Tt tho Chickades was there Tank Tank the Nuthatch vas there go were Downy and Hairy the Wood pecksrs sammy Jay ana speckles the Startling were there. Dotty the frts Sparrow, slAty the Junco and seep Seep the Brown Creeper were also there, They were all so busy at the different feeding stations and it was go long since they had been frightened by an enemy they were not keeping their usual sharp look tout. In fact, all were wee but care les. Yes. sir. all were a wee bit careless. It Is a bad thing for any one to be careless, but 1t IS espec- jelly bad for little feathered folk 10 be careless
 Suddenly a shadow swept oyer that part of the Old Orchard such | hurryinE ecurryins as there Das them You would have been 5ur- prlsed 10 see how quickly sll thosA little people got out of sight One moment there they were all husllY eating hreskfsst and t-ltter1nE hap paly and the next minute they had disappeared Coming along lust then ycu wouldn't have known that there ras bird Tn the Old Orchard
 Now, that moving shadow 1as shadow of Roushleg the Haul He chYckled inside when he esr- tho sudden disappearance of all those tAathered folk. lt amused him 10 see, how he had frightened them You zee. he vas looking for mice, not for birds, tor his next meal 'They ought to know better than to be afraid Of me" said Roughleg tn himself. They ought to know that if 1 wanted to catch one of them l wouldn't come flying along III any such easy way as this. Yes, sir. they ought to know this, When am very hungry and food IS scarce I may take bird, but when I do this IL IS not from choice. ! would much rather have a fat meade" mouse I wouldn't object 70 Chattrror the Red Squirrel or striped "hlprunl But. all in all, I prefer Ini'o
 Meanwhile Tommy 7it the '.hr.l adee. peeping out from tt. ut'le house into which he had poppeJ. discovered who II vas ~ho had Elr en him this fright sn1 popped out ot his little hous" as suddenly or he had popped into It- "ID,,, Joe. Dee, Chickade@'' said Inc. "N hr dldn't somebody tell me Wha If was? I'm not afraid Of that fellow No. sir. I'm not afraid of that tel- low. He has never bothered Inc and 1 don't believe i. .s-cr Rlll v With this Tommy flew back 10 lis favorite feeding place and once more began 10 st1ft huns. r.
 One by one the others spr"arrd They were all 2 lIttle nsr7 ouz ,ud they were constantly looking o7 CT ,neIr shoulders. You ete that trIEhf n3d been so sudden tt had Dpset 'hAn1 Y had made them lUHgf r hey were careless before the 7ere riVife the rarerse nou Y E l."l 70 b. th1t ra" They realt-" 0ars .ry much mcra uatchtu than the" needed to rs. Ikar ls 7lt "ere rut roruy lit He Bt.sAed about ar1