Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-03
Flip Ignores Twitchtail.
You'll find tits often well II you
Can get anothers point OF view.
Flip the Terrier.

To ignore another person Is to pay
no attention to him; to act as II he
wasn't anywhere about Flip the Ter
rier, whose one ambition in life had
been to catch Twitchtail the Squirrel
suddenly began to act as II there was
no such person in all the great world
as TWitchtail. Farmer Browns boy
couldn't understand it at all. He began
TO wonder If Flip was sick. II Twitch-
tall suddenly popped up out of the
grass Just ahead Flip would turn his
mead and pretend not to see him. Never
pe1ore had Farmer Browns boy known
MIN to act like this.
But Flip wasn't sick. No, sir, he
wasn't sick at all. He had simply done
lot of thinking It had all come
about as result Of the fright Talons
the Golden Eagle had given him when
Dotn mad tried to catch Twitchtail at
Ihe same time and Flip had broken his
own record for speed in getting back to
the mouse. There in dark corner of a
Sned he had painted for breath, and
ShlVered and shaken with the fright
mat great bird with the great hooked
Dill and curved claws had given him.
Little by little he had put himself in
IWltchta1ls place and found his point
of view.
That fellow wasn't after me, he was
alter IW1tchtail, and guess he would
nave caught him II 1t hadn't been for
me- thought Flip. MY, would hate to
have that terrible fellow hunting for
me every day! I really didn't want
IWltchtall. I chased him Just for fun.
didn't need him for food I had no
real reason for killing him. It wouldn't
nave done me any good If had caught
ana Killed him. My, 1 should hate to
nave people hunting for me every day,
and feel that 1 couldn't move without
Watching for enemies. I guess Twitch-
TALL has plenty of them, and 1 have
oeen Just one more to add to his trou-
pies. I'll leave him alone after this, I
know now what it is to run for my life.
l never did know before I'll leave
really want him. Yes. sir, I'll leave him
alone. 1t will make life easier for him.
Besides, it may keep me out Of trou-
DIE" He shivered as he remembered
the terrible bill and claws. the great.
powerful wings and the fierce eyes of
Talcns the Eagle.
Twitchtail, on his part, had also
learned a lesson. 1T is a wonder I am
ailye," said TWitchtail to Mrs. witch
tan. Il was so intent on teasing that
silly Dog that I never once thought Of
any other danger. My, never have
had worse fright"
1T serves you right" declared Mrs.
Twitchtail tartly. I've told you all
along that you'd get into trouble sooner
or later if you kept on teasing that
Dog. hope you have learned a lesson
that you never will forget"
Il have, my dear" replied Twitchtail
meekly. III never take another chance
like that. 1t was fun to tease that Dog,
because he was always so sure he could
catch me when all the time I knew he
couldn't, but it was a foolish thing to
do, and know it now. I wonder what
happened to him. If he'll Just leave
me alone Ill never tease him again"
So 1t came about that little by littla
Twitchtail discovered that he no longer
had an enemy in Flip One day Flip
actually surprised him so far from
safety he would have had no chance to
escape. but Flip pretended not to see
him. He ignored him and acted just as
If there wasn't a plump Ground SPUR
rel within miles. Twitchtail knew then
that something had happened to change
Flip and he was no longer to be feared.