THE SINGING DELL NO TIME TO PLAY By HAPPY. MY FAMILY grew so very large On Chrlstma* day, fdr there came four New children, all to live with me. How could I take good care of more? So now I cook and sew and wash And then—I Iron their clothes each da\ When one must work and work so hard, There seems no time at all to play. To be the mother of fourteen— And keep each child quite spick and span, The days are never long enough; So I do Just the best I can! My baby doll Is calling now, “Ma-ma!” She’s coaxing me to rest. My other dolls are deaf and dumb— I like this noisy child the best. UNCLE PETER HEATHEN SYNOPSIS. Fnrle Peter come* to live at the home •f the Trevellyn twine. Prudenre and Patience. Uecau*e he le lonely, the twin*, with three of their girl friend*, form a missionary society and adopt hint ns their "heathen.1’ Each girl look* after some part of his welfare, .lark ami Donald ore as Impressed by the work of the nil*«!on artes that they open a settlement house In Donald's home wel* for the laundry while the twins wash the soiled dishes. Whan the girls reach home they find the other missionaries waiting them with the news that Mr. Treadway has offered them tits small house In the yard of his ,hlg estate for a house party. Now go on with the story. (Continued from Ism Sunday.) “That we'd lovw to, and he said we’d better bring an older person along, and then wo told him all about Uncle Peter. He said he'd be fine to hare. We are to go tonight and stay until tomorrbw evening. Mr. Tred way will order our groceries and have everything ready for us and we are to do our own cooking. Won't It be fun?” “Fun!” The girls fairly squealed with deftght. “What could be more fun?” each one thought. "Our mothers have all said we could do It, and while we were waiting for you to come home we told Aunt Hallle about It and she said you could go, so .that Is all fixed.” Rachel’s voice was full of satisfaction. “Have you told Uncle Peter yet?” Prudence secretly hoped this pleasant task might be hers. “Tee, and he said It would be fine and he knew we could cook all right. We asked Mr. Tredway to dinner to night.” Jane was glad she had this piece of Information to impart. ”^t's all go home now and pack our valises and fix everything Just as though we were really truly starting away on a Journey. We might take a game or two and let's sit up as late u we can tonight.” Ruth was full of enthusiasm. •‘I can’t let Unole Peter stay up too late. He must go to bed at his regu lar time. Girls," and the voice of Prudence sank a little as though she feared the flowers might hear and tell, "he has not been very well.” “He coughs In the night,” explained Patience. "We will do everything we can to help you take care of him,” and to these words of Rachel the rest gave vigorous assent. "Where were you girls all day yesterday?" "We were Invited to Carrolls’ to •pend the day." Patience did not think It necessary to offer any other Information. “Did you have fun? What did you doP* The girls were always curious about the fins’ good times with Jack. “We helped the boys with some of 1 »r BUXV gWlBftq , Good Morning! 1 nm surely sleepy these fine winter mornings and it's hard to get out of my cosey little house. But I was glad 1 did, fur In my mall box I found some nuts from ■everal Go-Hawks. These came from ■facet Pemberton of Hopkinsville. Ky. 1— What Is the difference between a School mistress and a post mistress?. Answer—One takes h stick and licks them and the other licks and slicks them. 2— Why Is a stiaw hat like a kiss over the telephone? Answer—Because It is not felt. 3— What Is the largest word In the dictionary? Answer—-Rubber. Because you can dUetch lb the things they were doing," after which reply Prudence quickly changed the subject. Py 2 o'clock the five girls hail taken possession of the cottage. Uncle Peter and Mr. Tredway were not to come until dinner was ready. All over the house had the girls been. Investigat ing each nook and corner. They had decided which room was to be Uncle Peter's and which to be theirs. Many were the little delicacies they dis covered In the pantry and Ice box. Copyright. IH4. (Continued Next Sunday.) Mary Thompson of* New Haven, Conn.. Is saving the Happyland pages, and making them Into a scrapbook. PETERS'! RKSBOR Several of the Go-Ilawke have writ ten me that they are making all sorts of pretty little things In furniture for their sisters out of clgarbox wood. George Moore, a Columbus Go-Hawk, has sent directions and drawing for a chair that he made the last week. In using clgarbox wood, first of all, soak off the laJjel and then dry the wood In the sun. Throw away the pieces iU that have printing on tL .... The back of this chair Is four inches wide. The seat is one and a fourth inches by one and three-eighths inches wide by two and a half inches high. Stain the chair any color you wish. Your friend, PETER. ■ Another If ay to Be a Good Go-Hawk A good Go Hawk is always de pendable. His friends know tha' he will keep his word and ever, do a little more than he promises So, remember this way to be a good Go Hawk. A Little Bird Told Me That— Robert E. Srholes of Quincy, Maes , is making a study of birds and also a scrapbook of cuttings from tile Ilappyland page. Elvira Raposa of Kail River, Mass., helped a lady home from the grocery, who was carrying a big basket of bundles and a bag of potatoes. Robert Wilson of Omaha thinks winter 1s great fun with skating, snowballing and coasting. What a Joy there Is In a good hook! —THEODORE PARKER. Many New Branches of Happy Tribe are Formed. EVERY week brings word to Happyland of many new little branches of the Happy Tribe that are being formed. Sometimes all the children in one room will Join. This is usually because there is one loyal Go-Hawk who is anxious to share with his schoolmates the pleasure he is finding in being a member. Not only is this good news but also to hear of the small tribes that are springing up all over the country. Gilbert Black ledge is chief of a tribe of 12 itf Pottersvilie. Mo. All through the winter the members have kept food for the birds on a long shelf they built for this purpose. They are also protecting the squirrels in their neighborhood. Winona Shields has a tribe of 12 in Eulia, Mo., while Velma Beaee repofrts six in her tribe in Ilasco. Not long ago a letter came to Happyland from Virginia Dawson, who lives in Divide, Wyo., 181 miles from Cheyenne. Virginia has nine school mates and every one of them wanted to enroll as Go'-HawlA and protect all birds and dumb animals. When Doris 8t!les, who lives in Barnhart, first wore her pin to school five of her schoolmates at once wanted to Join. 8ix new small tribes are reported in Ohio, four in IoWa, five in Nebraska and 11 in New England the past week. Some have only a few members and others many more. The number who are in a tribe does not make any dlf Terence^ but what really counts is how much you find to do each day to help "make the world a happier place.” s In Betty Leussler’s tribe in Vermont she has a mue ribbon that is kept dne week by the member who has the longest and best record for the past week of kind deeds. It is considered by the members as quite an honor to have won the blue honor ribbon to wear for a week. Each member brings to the meetings her record of service for the week. This is one way, as least, of helping to make and keep wide-awake Go-Hawks. And now, Just one word more. Please be very careful in all your letters written to Happy land to sign your full name, together with street and city. Every few days a letter comes in which only a part of the name is signed, and with no address. When that hap pens that is nothing that can be done but to wait and hope you will write again to In Field and Forest We all love the pretty fir trees be 9ause either in the winter or summer when we see them they always make us think of Christmas and happy faced boys and girls. Have you no ticed that the pointed fir trees have horlzcntical branches that become longer and longer toward the ground? They are shaped like the spruces, pines and hemlocks until the heavy storms spoil the beauty of their tops and break away the branches. The pin oak and the honey locust send out horizontal branches of graduated lengths from the central shaft. Our southern Go-Hawks can tell us that the evergreen magnolia has a pyramid dome like an old fashioned beehive and so has the hard maple of the north. Some of our tree friends have very low branches and their short trunks will break into great limbs that make a dome much larger than their height. This fact Is trtn of the evergreen of the south and the white oak of (lie north. Most of you are able now to tell an oak tree from an elin. The lines of the elin branches aie ail curves from the arching liml-a that rise from the trunk as well as the crooked twigs that droop from the ends of the branches. Try each week to re member to look at some of the trees you pass on your way to and from school. Good-by until next Sunday UNCLE JOHN. Jane W hiting of Auburn. N. V , wears her button to school every day and is getting new incinb- rs from among her schoolmates. Coupon for HAPPY TRIBE Every hoy and girl reader of hi* paper who wishes to join the 'Jo Hawks, of which James Whit comb Riley was the Hrst Big Chief, can se cure Ills official button by send I n g a S cent stamp with your name, age and address with this coupon. Address your letter to "Happycare this paper Over 120,000 members! MOTTO "To Make the World a Happier Place." PLEDGE "I will honor and protect my country’s flag.” "1 promise to help some one every day. I will try to protect the lords, all dumb animals, trees and plants.” Bananas. Wouldn't It l>e fun if you had t whole grove of bananas in your back yard? People w fio raise bananas in the tropics say that an acre of ground planted in bananas will produce nearly 20 tons of fruit. Just think of that? Kach bunch of bananas will weigh be tween 70 and 80 pounds. (polly^TT l%Ii& When Peter and I haven’t lessons to get, do you know what we like best of all to do winter evenings? Well, we get mother and daddy be fore the big fireplace and'daddy reads aloud. We have been read ing “The Story of a Bad Boy,” by Thomas Baily Aldrich, and every single one of us iB enjoying it. Last night, for refreshments for our din ner party Peter and I usefl a recipe for SEA FOAM CANDY. Two cups of brown sugar, one cup of water, one tablespoon of vinegar. Boil until brittle when dropped in cold water. Beat whites of two eggs stiff and pour the syrup over it very slowly, beating all the time. Beat until it looks creamy, then drop on waxed paper. This was very good and you want to try it sometime. POLLY. j Good Books for Children Chooge one of these books to read each week. Keep a record, and at the end of the year if you can show you have read at least one of these books every week you will be given an award of honor. Your year starts the week you begin to read. Perhaps you had better cut the list out each time and take it with you to your city library. It is prepared for the Happyland boys und girls by Miss Alice M. Jorden, supervisor of chil dren's work, Boston Public library. This week she suggests. Colum, Padraie, "King of Ireland's Son." Dickens. Charles. "Christmas Stories.” iiousmatw Lawrence, "Moonshine and CJover." Mathews, Basil, "Argonauts of Faith.” Scudder. H. £ . "Fables and Folk Stories.” Wiggin. K. D.t "A Child's Journey With Dickens." French. Allen, "Junior Cup." rTlNY r TAD A pTA L E S One day 4 year-old Bobby caught a bee and tightly squeezed it in hi* hand. The bee stung him. and when his mother asked him why he had caught It he said sobbingly: “Well, mother. It had stopped buz zing, so I thought the power had gone out." Johnnie Jacobson of Corly, la., loves birds and has two little bird houses that he has made himself and put up. Dot Puzzle CAN YOU FINISH THIS PICTURL’ Complete the picture by drawing a line through the dote, beginning with one and taking them numerically.___ -Told in The Children’s Museum The Starfish and the Sea Urchin Argue The starfish stretched his five arms. "How very confining this case is!” "I don't know.” said the sea urchin, "it's not so bad. I rather like it here." “You would, ' agreed the etarfiflh “you who never did much more wan Letters From Little Folks of Happyland (Prize.) A .Sacrifice. Dear Happy Hawks: I have a story to tell. Listen close, for it Is a true one. Jacky Jones lived with his mother and older brother in a humble little cottage on the edge of the town, Bently, Colo. Jacky was a gentio little boy. not quite 10 years old. Tie read many books and loved them dearly but not half as dearly as he loved animals. He had a dog. a wretched thing which he had picked up on the street, half frozen. He had taken him home and cared for him, given him half of his dinner until the dog, which proved to be a thoroughbred colli*, developed into a well trained dog who loved his master dearly, anil his love was readily returned. Everywhere that Jacky went Soot ty was close at hie heels. One day Jacky received permission from his mother to go blueberry pick ing with some friends of his. "Only," oontlnued his mother. “Stay away from the railroad tracks." After having promised Jacky and his companions started for the fields. They were Just crossing the tracks when one of the boy* spied some blueberries growing. “I'll get th«m first." the i*>y shout ed and raced down the track. Of course a race followed but the boy reached them first. Huddenly from beyond the turn caine the shriek of the engine, "Run hoys." Jacky shouted and everyone ran from the tracks. Jacky looked hack for his dog, and hla heart stood still. For there, in the middle of the track, back turned towards the Approaching engine, stood his beloved dog utterly un aware of hla danger. Jacky did not hesitate, he only saw the danger of the dog. He rushed to his dog ami gave the huge animal a shove which pushed him from the track. Jacky then saw his own danger and started to his feet, but too late, the engine was upon him. They afterwards carried little Jacky, maimed and broken, to n near by hospital. When Jacky died Ids dog wus close hy hla side. Poor Jacky died lo save his bo loved dog's Ilf*.—Mary Bassinger, Age 14, Ralston, N'eb. Will lie Kind. I)iar Happy—1 am having mamma to send this coupon also a 2-cent stamp for a Go-Hawk button. 1 want to be a happy Go Hawk and I will promise always to be kind to all birds and animals. Yours truly, Master Pearl Mllleson, 020 IS. Bin coin street, Clarinda, la. Jimmie. One day Jimmie was walking down the street looking proudly at his Qo Hawk badge. ' Suddenly he was al most tripped by a dog running past him. Two boys were trying to tie tin cans to his tail. Jimmie called the boys to him and said: “What do you mean by doing such things before a flollawk?" Then the boys hung their heads and looked very much ashamed. "Don’t you ever let me see you do that agnln." said Jimmie and went on hts way. The next day Jimmie received very unexpected company, and who do you think It was? The same bad boys, eager to know how Jimmie became it GoHawk—Gladys Hennlg. age 10. 'j’ekamah. Neb. Is Fond of Cats. Dear Happy—This Is my first letter to you. I am In the fourth grade at school. My teacher’s name Is Miss KloppaJ. I like her very much. I wish to Join the Go-Hawks. I am sending a 2 cent stamp for my pin I have two cats. One is a gray cut and the other 1* a black and white cat I would like to hear from the little folk* of Happyland. Your loving friend, Margaret Maxine Miller, Wood River, Neb. * Will Keep Pledge. Dear Happy: This 1* the hrst letter I have written to you. I am 11 year* old and am In the seventh grade, f nm sending you a 2 cent stamp for a Go Hawk button. t promise to he good to all dumb ani mala nnd will try to protect the birds. I hope I will receive my hut ton soon. Your friend, Vera Mow era, 1802 \ Fifth avenue. Kearney, Neb. Wants to Join. Dear Happy: l would Hko to Join tho Happy Tribe. 1 am Bending a 2 cent stamp for a button. My tench or’s name ts Mrs. Carlson. I llkn her very well. I have two pels, a cat named I'usa and a kitten named Fluffy. Your new friend, Norma Hedlund, age 10. tVr' sen, Neb First la-tter. Dear Happy: I want to join your happy tribe. I ant 12 year* old. I am In the eighth grade. My teacher’s name Is Miss Ineg RwHln. 1 like her very much. 1 am sending a 2 con! stamp for the pill. Your friend. Helen Schauer, North Loup, Neb. Wants Letters Hear Happy: 1 received iny badge and was glad to get It. 1 like may teacher, her name Is Miss Marin Orr I am In tho Fifth grids. Tell some of tho Do-Hawk girls to write to rne. I am II years old. Your friend. Lisle H. Fisher, Jlendley, Neb. Thank You. Dear Ilappyland: I should have written sooner to thank you for my lovely book that I got last fall but I always forgot. Rut I liked It very well and so did all who read it. I was very much pleased to get It. I like your page very well and I hope that every one else who roads It doe*, too. At least I think that they should. I hope Mr. Wastebasket has had hla meal when my letter comes ao that lie won't gobble It up. I'll feel like choking him If he does Rerhups 1 am too old for your page but I hope not. Rlease some Happy landers of in.v age write to me. Lov ingly, Ethel Martin, age 15, Heemer, Neb. lakes Sell.ml. Dear Happy: This Is the first letter I have written to you. Knrlosed you wll find 2 cents for the CJo-Hawk dub. I will promiso to l»- good to all the dumb animals l see. and if I see anybody being bad to dumb animals I will show them my pledge and tell them to Join. 1 read the children's page every Sunday. I go to school. My nge Is it years. My teacher's name Is Miss Grogan. I like lo go to school very well. I wish all the Go-Hawks' would write to me. Helen Magnusson, Ames, Neb. \ New Member. Dear Happy: I received my Go Hawk pin and I liked It very much, and will wear It to school tomorrow My little dog was poisoned and so I have no pet now. Homebody poisoned so many pet di gs here. I think he must lie an awful mean person. Yours truly. Glbert II Walker, Gibbon. Neb, M'rnllil i,rncr. Dear Happy: I am writing my **>,■ nml letter to you. I am 8 year* old nml In th« fourth grade nt nchool. My tcnoher'a mime In MIm* l-3dnn Hi* Kuril and my inu*lc teacher'* namo In .Min* Dunn. 1 have no brother* or nlatcrn. I IlilnU t have written enough tor Ihl* time. Mnxtlle Hndunkl, HI Haul, Ncli. , Kirit l.etter. Dear Happy I am *< mllng i two cent atamp a* I want to join your kn hawk cluh. I will try to protael the bird* and dumb animal* and tree* and flower*, l’leano aend my pin. I>"ii 13, l.eonnrd. Route I. Riv erton, In. \ I-mirth (irailer. Dear Happy: Tbl* I* the flrat time I have written to you. I am 10 year* old nnd In the fourth grade, t ain nemllng a S cent nlatnp beeaune I ant going to Join the fin Hawk*. I hope you will find time to aend It anon, from Georg* Koehler, Oaceola, Neb / Jack Frost. There is a little fairy elf, Who paints u* pictures all himself; He freeze* lake* and dresses tree*. And nips our fingers as he shout* with glee. He always comes at night. When all Is dark and still. We do not hear his footstep* light. A* he creeps along each window sill Who 1» thl* funny little fairy. With paint bru*h light and alrv, Who come* at night and takes lib leave? Why it Is Jack Frost. I do believe. Opal Kelso, ago 12. Peru, Neb. Want* to Join. Dear Happy: I want to join your Go Hawk Tribe. I have a little si* ter. I took her by the hand and she walked. She Is 1R months old 1 like my teacher. I am In the second grade and I am 7 years old. My teacher'* name Is Julia Shaneyfelt. I got a doll for Christmas, a trunk, a dictionary and a cap. Mamma made me a doll dress. My Aunt Jane gave me an apron Well, t guess 1 will close. Your friend, Koulse T.a Helle, 160.1 N street. Aurora. N< ' Want* Go-Hawks to Write. Dear Happy: Thl* I* my second let ter and I have already got my button and was very much pleased with It. I would like for some of the Go-Hawk* that read thl* |nge i very Sunday. I bo to aehool every dny. My teacher’* name l* Miss Oro pan. I nm In ttie fifth grnde 1 wish all the Go Hawks would write to me. Blanche Brown, use 10. Ante#. Neb. A New Member. Hear Happy; I wlali to Join the gohawk tribe. I nm sending a two rent stamp. I will try to follow the pledge every day. I have two rats and one dog. I will be kind to till dumb animals. I am nine year* old. I will elose. Kmlly Hansen, Thir teenth and Warren street. Bellevue. Neb. A New Member |tenr Happy: I am sending a 2-cent stamp for a pin as 1 wish to join the Go I lawk tribe. 1 nm 10 years old and am In the fifth grade tn school 1 enjoy the Happy page every Hun day.- Maxine Slender, Avoea, t* A Kind Act on Christmas. It was Christmas eve and Bobby was very happy. There was a little boy down in the poor part of the city. His mother was very |>oor and she was a widow. She had to go out and work for a living. Bobby wrote a letter to Santa Claus telling him to give him lots of toys and he said he would be Santa Claus to someone else. So Santa did. In the morning Bobby went to the little boy's house and gove him lots of* toys. So the poor boy had a happy Christmas after ail. Ever after that Bobby was glad to think he had done a kind act. 1 wish some of the Go-Hawks would write to me.—Madison Byard Huff man, Box 45, Elgin. Neb. • A ttoud Member. Dear Happy: I have received my Go-Hawk pin I am reading your let tera every Monday. I am a Junior Camp Fire Girl and I joined last fall. I took rank for the wood gatherer's desire In December. I like my teacher. Miss Moody, and She likes me. I would like to hear from some of the other Go-Hawks. The motto is "To make the world a happier place." My letter is getting long so l must close Your loving friend. Irene Kim Rcdfeldt. age 11. Lebanon, Neb. \n Klglith tirader Dear Happy: Find enclosed 3 cents liecause there is not a Scent stamp In the house. I am a hoy scout of America and I want to he a Go-llawk too. 1 am 11 years old and In the Klghth grade. 1 read the Happyland page every week. 1 live on a farm and ride a bicycle to school, one and a half miles to the town school. I must close because 1 have no more to say. From your friend. Keith Fairfield. Mason City. Neb Please Write to Me. l>ear Happy: 1 would like to Join the Go llawk s Happy Tribe. My name is Jack Dewey. I was tt years old January 11. 1 am In the first grade at school and m.v tea< her s name Is Miss Conaway. 1 go to Sunday school every Sundar. My letter Is getting long, so I *am sending you « : cent stamp for my pin. 1 would like to hear from you all. Your friend. Jack I lew ey, 890:. North Twenty third street, Otnnlw \n Klgtitli Grader lhar Happy. I have been reading your letters and 1 want to Join mur irlhe 1 have three brothera and one sister. I am tn the eighth f ade and It years old. We have a little dog she la black and white. Unclosed Is a S cent stamp. Will you please send m> button? Yours truly. Clayton Clark. Smilhfteld, Nelv The Beggar King. Dear Happy: Enclosed find a I-cent stamp and coupon for my button. 1 am 11 years of age and am in the Sixth grade. 1 will write a story. One day a poor beggar man came to the door of a woman's house who was making pies. As be was hungry he asked the woman for twimething to cat. The woman felt aorrv for the man, so she gave him two pies and he went away happy. Next day he came back again and the next day after that he came, too. He had been coming every day now for two weeks. The woman wondereJ about this and thought. She asked the man to stay for supper, when he came again. The man said he would. Now this man was a king who had been bewitched by a wicked witch. She liad said that he should not be set free until some woman whose hus band had diet!, would give him two plea every day for two weeks and on the last day Invite him for supper. Now the woman was Just setting the table when It was time for the king's entranre. She was taking the pies out of the oven when she heard a neise. She turned around and there In front of her stood a king. Site wondered where the beggar man had gone and was Just going to ask lb* king when he said: "I am the beggar man. t was changed Into a beggar by a wicked witch who killed my beautiful wife and stole my daughter. She said I would not be free until somebody gave me aa many plea as you did. Now that 1 am free you shall !>e my wife The old woman did not know what to sav, but consented The king then took a whistle out of his pocket and blew on It. "What are you doing"" asked the woman She did not have to ask anything because she knew now he had blown the whistle to summon his horses They drove to the castle of the king and were married and lived happy ever after. Alice Nielsen, ace 11, SJS South tiocust St . Grand Island. Neb. \ New Member lVsr Happy: 1 ant sending a Trent stamp hoping to receive a Go Hawk button. 1 am 9 years old and in thr fourth grade at school Mv teacher's name Is Miss Klltlon 1 will promise to l>e kind to all dumb animals. Yours truly, 1 /oulse Wright, Ong Neh. \ New Go Hawk. Hear Happy: My brother got me to join your tribe 1 read the paiwr got with his button Please send ni* a button 1 am sending two 1 cent stamps 1 will close k friend Vis lan Warner, Meat Washington ave nue. Council Bluffs, la. dering than the rolling waves moves you." "But I have no head, arms or legi to help move me. I have only verj little, soft, hollow, rod-like suckers for feet and my prickly spines a« ways of traveling " Grown tired of this uninteresting discussion, the curious animal with five arms, and a mouth, and no legs, l head or tail, began to wish for some food. "Just one oyster and the power I used to have of wrapping my long arm*, with their hundreds of suck ers, down the middle of each, around the tough outside shell; then to pull slowly and steadily until, wearied, the muscles of the oyster were loos ened and the shell opened; from my mouth to send out a bag-like thing, which was one of my stomachs, and u> wrap it around a shiny gray body of the oyster, to com# off the victor, having eaten a tasty oyster, is my wish." “You often got Into trouble for It, too. I prefer seaweed for a diet, for fisherman never tore me apart and threw me back into the water whew they caught me. and you know they often treated you starfish in that way. They were angry with you few eating their oysters." "If they wanted to get rid of me, that did the fisherman more harm than it did me For as soon ss pow A sibie each sepaitue piece of me grew enough arms to make five, and so there were many more starfish !i» the ocean. You see I wasn't easitv disposed of The only thing I dis liked was to l>e left drying in the hot sun on a sandy beach. But hy humping myself up on my five am s anJ using my little feet—which you know are like yours, sea-urchin— l could generally get out of that pre dicament an*i back to the water." "My spines" said the sea-urchin, feeling inclined to boast, "were more useful tlian your arms, for I coaid roll myself over and over by .lust pulling in the ones which happened to be on the bottom and pushing out the top ones, and ao travel like a rolling hall, if any one touched n * I could stick half a dosen needle like points out and 1 was dropped before I could be harmed. Soma of my relations have sp.nea so long and thick I've heaiM that they can be used for slate pencils But my spines arc so sharp I can dig a hoie In the sand or even In a hard rock, and so make me a house—" "Who wants to live buried In the sand or shut up in a stone room*'* interrupted the starfish "The best life is the free one In the open ocean above an ovster bed. wandering w:.t» hundned* of other starfish to new feeding grounds and plaguing the fishermen by eating the bait from I heir hooks ** I'onaldering the question srttird the grumpy starfish would pay no more attention to Ms cousin, si though the dumpy sea-urchin tried and tried to tell hint how much safer he thought It was to bs round Ilk* a hall and covered with spmrs.