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like Bizzztail the Rattlesnake, he was even uglier-looking. so of course he must be even more denim-oua. Little Too-Smart was in des- pair. What should he do? What could he do? There was nothing he could do but back away slowly. He couidnit back fast because the rock was in the way, he had to back around it. He was a irightened small Fox il ever there was one. Just then there was a shrill scream from somewhere high overhead. He didn't dare look up, he didnt dare look anywhere except. straight a-

Who cannot hide or run away

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wont have. It. is a truly dreadful tee!-

ing. Little Too-Smart. small 101'! oi: Roddy Fox, felt trapped. Back of him was a big rock. On one side of him was I W19”! 1711511. 011 '3'” other side was also the big rock. and in the path in front of him- was one at tb Snake folk. who. .a....a?.a.....a...

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It is cause for some hilarity. as well as raised eyebrows. when all eight North-Sout.h pairs in a. dup- iicate match bid up to a small slam. missing the ace and king of trumps! Yet, that is what happened on the

who DID IT? the small Fox was sure, We ii head. Again came that siirill --mowing mmd, p 11105150? 05 me ”"my M Emma” scream. It sounded much nearer U10 Rui-195Mk9i C” m”'"- '3?!” now. The little Fox become aware south dell" Must find some Wu! ml" 1" 0": would mun mu he Wu one 0 t E that a strange thing was happen- i 30”, i - P015011 10”? The W”-”3 F” mum ing right out in front or him. That a dc! Wlnenbh eoid Mother Nltllt 110'? JUMP ""9. mi" Wwkly bun" ugly fellow who looked so dangerous 09333 W"-' H5 1"" c0umn.L In Hen uierej was was no longer staring at him. He :3fI'(85 1 To ieel t.raPP9d 1' an. 0! me nowhere the hme F” cmd um” no longer staring at him. He no 7 feeungs that anyone can unless he tried to Jump over the long" maxed M ,1 he Md been pAp 49 3 R ugly-looking fellow in front of him. stepped on. HP WM hmm. making . Q 8 1 2 N 0 J 10 9 g He didn't dare try to do that. from side to side. . 10 5 4 8 W E V 4. 3 H1555”! Th” W" 5 mm” ""' Once more ramc that scream

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run all over the small Fox. It. came. mg M”. It smmmd vm.3, new,

ham W0 "EU"l0”k1"K Sim" m The iurih is. Redtaii wasn't as i.AK5 ' from 01' h1m- The 1"”? Md N5 near as he sniindori. Hnsiily, the ;AKQ5

-held driwn back 54 ” 3501” 1” little Fox looked up. He couldn't W . .

5'-Hit H35'-11.V- me "me Fox "WK" see the owner of that voice. when MESS. blddmz at four of th. Gd 3-11 lb0U'-- The” W55n"- "Wm "1 he looked back at the terrible fei- , .

U1” lime Dam '0 Wm 3T0lmdl low in front. of him. he couldn't Sotm 3:: :21" Quickly Eh0UKh- i believe what he saw. He blinked. He i

"G20 Oi-lb 01 m.V W3.V3" 1115-Md HIP; opened and siiut his eyes several :2? Q. Ea”

illly-l00K1n3 5niik9- Mid he Khmk times. He wrisii't sure he saw what 6 . gs; ;,a." P3:

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The small Fox started to back. that Snake. He was lying on his N(;i”8h5 dgpn:::1(;?len?3);:8mh:?grg db dit th bi ir.'I'h , v 5” B50 0” m umpe n 0 e S we 6 back In mm NHL Hm mouth M” off at four spades but the various

Snake moved as it he were going to come along that path. He wasn't such a long Snake. thick in his body. Now he did i- strange thing. He flattened his head and neat: until they were .-i flat and broad that they looked as if they had been stepped on and flattened out. He was ugly-looking before. but he was twice as ugly- looking new with his head and neck flattened so. He didn't. look just

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half open. From it corner of his moueh iiis slender tongue hungl nut. Tiihi. Snake was dead. He had io be dead. No one alive could look as dead as that. There wasn't a sign of life about him.

The little Fox iiad a qquer Ifeiinlvl How could anyone he so l'lIiiCh nine, as that Snake had been :1 minute. before, hissing and shaking his taii,l and threatening to do drcadiui things. and in another minute be dead? It was too much for the, little Fox. He wanted to get away from there. and get away quickly.

Once more the big Hawk scream- ed, but this time iii" was farther away. Slowly. the Snake rolled over. He lifted his head. turned and gilded away. Unbeiieveingiy. tihe little Fox watched him disappear. He had seen Biuffer the Adder, the Hog-nosed Snake, biuffiiig. pretending: to he dead wiienever there was nothing the matter with him except fear. He had been frie ghteiied by Redtail the Hawk. Red- iail catche: Snakes.

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North players could scarcely see it that way. The North hand was lust too good, opposite an original two- bid. 50 every North suggested it slam by persisting to the five-level in spades. and, thus spurred, every south gave way to temptation. The chance of finding North with the king of spades was simply too per- SLIRSIVP!

At two tables the North -South pairs were using the ace-showing system in response i.o two-bids, but this did not save them. The auc- tion proceeded:

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Pointing up the humorous side". i.he remaining two Souths adopted the conservative course of opening with one spade H only to land in the same fatal slam contract! Their partners raised to two spades. and now these Smiths were subjected to the same teniptation Given this direct spade raise. they were afraid not to jump straight to the small siami

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