Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
Mrs. Twitchtail Gets Even.
-Twitchtail the Squirrel,
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Lest they may even up the score.
! IWltchtail the Ground Squirrel had
oeen badly upset by the fright he had
received when he had thought that
MRS. TWitchtail had been killed and
carried away by an automobile as she
was crossing motor highway, and he
couldn't get over it. AS he followed
her IN quest Of a new home he had a.
lot to say.
Why didn't you look before crossing
tnat place." he demanded. 1T was Just
luck and nothing more that you were
not killed by that monster. Even a
youngster Just starting out in the Great
world would know enough to look this
way and that way before crossing an
open place like that. Certainly you are
oid enough to know better. You must
be crazy"
Mrs. Twitchtail said nothing. There
was really nothing to say. She had
peen careless and she knew it. Had she
looked she would have seen that auto
mobile coming and would have waited
ohe had had even more of a fright
than had TWitchtail, for the car had
passed right over her, but she didn't
remind Twitchtail of this. She tried to
pretend that she didn't hear him, but
all the time she was having hard work
" AAOiO l4tI temper.
I've heard you tell the children over
and over again that the price of long
ne is everlasting watchfulness, and
mat even when things seem safe there
may be danger for those who are care
less and fail to look and listen. Then
you go do such a stupid, careless thing
as this. Really, my dear, I thought
better OF you. really did," continued
Twitchtail.
Mrs. Twitchtail swallowed the sharp
retort on the tip of her tongue, and It
was hard to swallow. She said nothing,
merely kept on her way. III get even
with him yet" she thought. I know I
was wrong, but that is no reason why
he should keep rubbing the fact in. I'll
get even with him yet" She was bid
ing her time, as the saying is. She
knew that sooner or later Twitchtail
would do some foolish thing and then
IL would be her turn to say q few
things
Her chance came sooner than she
had dared hope it would. They had
come to rocky hillside. There were
all sorts Of holes and crevices among
the rocks, and Twitchtail became quite
excited.
We'll never find better place for q
home!" he cried as he ran about ex-
ploring the various openings.
Mrs. Twitchtail noticed that he
wasn't stopping to smell at the en-
trance to each hole or crack in the
rocks, but ran into first one and then
another in the most needless manner.
However, she said nothing, but she, on
her part. took care never to enter a
place until her nose told her that no
one else had been there lately. She was
taking no chances.
Suddenly she heard a cry of fright
above her and looking up saw TWitch-
tail pop out of a hole in the rocks, /
running as she seldom had seen him
run before. His eyes looked as If they !
might pop right out of his head An
instant later another head appeared at |
the opening and the heart of Mrs. |
Twitchtail seemed to flop right over as
she saw it. 1t was the head of Shadow .
the Weasel. No wonder that Twitchtail .
was so frightened that he ran right /
into a tree so hard that he was knock
ed sprawling. In a flash he had rolled .
over and once more was racing for
his life.