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Reddy Fox had told Young Red- dy that probably Johnny Chuck was

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Young Roddy was puzzled. ll "He may be asleep just now.

asleep, then had gone away beforel , - 1 .k dfto eat?” he wanted to know. Then

-ny more questions M” d be as 9 he added. "Everybody has to eat." ”Ynu have a lot to learn. young

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Itime until warm weather comes

again- That is. he will sleep most

of the time. He may wake up once or twice. but he will go right back

to sleep again. And he doean have to eat," Skunk.

Young Reddy didn't understand this at all. "why doesn't he have

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' but he cant he asleep all the tune. i19"0W-" 35” Jimmy sh"-it "Didi

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Finally a rough. low tent was thrown together: Henry then kind- led a tire and at: part of his lunch. when he fell asleep, the wind still wbistled among the tall trees but Henry did not hear it.

The morning broke clear. cold and cairn, and the youth found to his dismay that some wild animal had entered the place during the night and had eaten his little food- store.

Now the snow was kneedeep. and Henry was cold and hungry. but he kept plugging along. In his belt- strap hung the axe while over his left shoulder rested the gun. load- ed and ready for use at a mom- ont's call. The stillness all about him was intense. How different he thought is today from last night-- what was that sound!

Henry took the gun from his

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East. That oonceasiotl. in itself. virtually guarantees South's con- tract. and of course it does lull”- antee it is the cards us. last can do no better than return a spade. south wins, ledda the club nine to dummy's ten and then mm a low diamond. He draws all of the trumps. then enters d with a heart, to discard losers on the

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play the spade see and lead the diamond king through East. but few players would hive the vision

to concede this trick instead of .

ruff East's ace. The reason that Sou should not ruff is that he cannot depend on the rest of the diamonds I log," and since. with only a five-card trump suit.

I thing to eat. so why don't I see i him.” thought the young Fox.

Then early one morning. when he

' was over hy Johnny ('illl(iii'S house.

i -. who should come alou: but Jimmy

; l Skunk. Young Reddy had already

learned that as long as he was

polite. and didn't interfere with

b be afraid of him. ”lf you please. Mr. Skunk." said he. ”do you know

I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Of course you haven't him." grunled Jimmy "He": aslcep."

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la must come out in cat. Why Ion't I see him then?" asked the young Fox.

"Your mistake. Ffe does seep all the time. He will sleep all the

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imrny Skunk. there was no reasonl what has happened in John Chuck?”

seen; Skunk.

"But he can't sleep all the timeu

lChUCk was the last time you saw 'him?"

Young Reddy chuckled. "I'll say he was fat," said he. "lie was so fat he could hardly waddle."

"And that is why he doesn't have to eat now. and won't have to eat

'unti next spring." replied Jimmy

unk.

next question.

"How should I know. Probably down in his house. That is where he usually sleeps," said Jimmy Skunk. and started to walk away.

Young Roddy watched Jimmy out of sight Then he walked over to the doorway of Johnny Chuck's house. and poked his head inside Right away he made a discovery. The door was shut. Yes, sir. the door was shut. Of course, Johnny Chuck doesn't have a real door. He had blocked the entrance with sand. packing it in tight. so the effect was the same as closing a door.

He had shut himself in. He was curled up in his bedroom way down bdow the frost line. and he was sound asleep. Could the young Fox have seen him, he might have ihnuxhl Johnny Chuck was dead, rather than asleep. That is how sound he was sleeping. With the entrance closed. he was quite safe down there in the ground. The kind of sleep lie was in then has a long name. It is called hib- ernation. He would sleep all through the winter unless there

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shoulder. pulled back the hammer. held it steady and waited.

Bruin parted a clump of bushes. peeked out and then drew himself iup on his hind-legs.

"Bang!" thle gun spoke. For I moment a wsp of curling smoke. obscured the scene: then it cleared? away. showing the dead bear lying

"where is he sleepinly. V" umgiill-length upon the crimson-splash-.- l

snow. Henry's shot had not been fired in vain.

As presented in the magazine for the reader's self-test. only the North-South hands are set downi originally-the entire deal. as a- bove. goes along with the official solution. l

Since this was a play problem. the bidding does not matter, but it was stipulated that South is declarer at a alxrclub contract and that neither opponent entered the auction.

West's lead lxrthe queen of spades and the guestion is. of course:: how should South plan the play?l

The official solution discusses the point of the hand at some length. South's best plan. by far. is to put up the spade act--from dummy. then to lead a high dia- mond. and when East covers with

the ace-to concede the trick to

should happen to be a short spell of warm weather. Then he might waken long enough to open the door and poke his head outside. after which he would go back to

sleep again.

lgood. Of course. Henry had eaten this kind of meat before but today it was especially tender and juicy. He cut himself another slice-the third one-and held it over the hot embers to broil.

tlement. he narrated the story whi you have just read. a simple little tale oi.pioncer days in New Glas- gow.

to this Island were accust mind to

established diamonds. South cannot afford to ruff two Any fairly good deciarer would diamonds, the concession is vital.

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By Josephine Culbertson

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it into coarse strands. which they later spun into heavy linen and of this clothes were manufactured for both sexes.

During the first couple of years before a supply of linen could be .made ready. many families patch- ed their old clothes with tanned rab- bit skins and the skins of sheep that had been killed by bears. Like Rob- insoe Crusoe. they wore odds and ends of anything that would keep out the cold of winter. Bear skins and sheep pelts also served as mats and when properly tanned. made soft and warm floor cover-

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