14 B
FRIDAY. JUNE 8. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
(u) fr (d) - CP
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I WlTfc Lynn W.
(RtjUler & Tribune Syndicate, 1983)
71 ,
Mr. Toad Panicked
Power Mower Advanced
Even if he had planned 11,
he couldn't have done better.
His garden was wonderful,
peaceful and lovely; as nearly
perfect a place as any toad
could hope to find.
Late in the evening the
damp grass felt delightfully
cool on his soft little under
sides. When he hopped and
landed there was scarcely a
jar. The cushioning grass felt
like the softest velvet. The
hollow he had scooped out, in
which he spent his daylight
hours, was always cool, shad
ed by the luxuriant growth of
the fern-bed.
Insects were plentiful; the
toad had never gone to bed
i, .,.. nsnnllv his sides
bulged with a full load by
the time he sought his hollow
In the fern-bed. He had been
hatched from an egg the
previous summer, had under
gone his change from a tad
pole into a toad in the small
pool near the garden's outer
edge.
Uneventful Life
He had enjoyed an un
eventful life. The garden was
fenced, no dog or cat had
ever sniffed him out. The
gardener had never bothered
him.
He didn't even notice I he
spray machine that squirted
insecticide over the neighbor
hood. But the following night
insects were strangely scarce.
He searched in vain, all night
long. He hunted around the
pool, but there were no bugs
, Things were tough. The dawn
fonirht him far awav from
-Ml
his fern-bed. He went on with
his fruitless search for food.
Whiln hp was thus occupied
a loud noise penetrated his
consciousness. It was loud ana
clear, but at other times he
had heard this same noise, so
he hopped on across the lawn.
Panic Stricken
The noise grew louder. He
felt the earth shake beneath
him. Whatever that commo
tion was, it was growing loud
er - coming closer. Sudden
ly he was panic stricken, he
realized he was in danger. His
instinct took possession ot
him. He realized his slowness
J!
just in time.
i-in hnH nne recourse left
Quickly he wriggled himself
down, as close and as tignt 10
the earth as he could get. His
soft, warty body sank into a
shallow depression in the
lawn. He flattened himself
into it.
Then his little world ex
ploded with a thundering
crescendo of sound. And in
the sound and a part of it
were wild, high-singing steel
blades and flying grass stems.
A bare fraction of an inch
above his trembling body, I he
knives of the powermowcr
slashed a swath across the
lawn.
His margin ot safety was
but a hair's-breadth, but it
was enough.
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Court Records
MKOrURD MUNICIPAL POUBT
F.nrl Lee Pidcock, violation of
bnsir rule, $10.
Onrfiin Imogens Sltinrirtdge,
disobeyed traffic signal. $10.
Nhiicv .lonrs Nauta, disobeyed
trnfftc sienal. $10.
Roy Clyde Hartley, disobeyed
stop Rien, $m.
llohrrt Chnrlps Mount, opernttnd
vehicle unnccnmpHnied by licensed
driver $15 suspended (driver im
provement nrhooli.
John Dnan HiRRin.i, violation of
basic rule. $2S suspended I DIP).
Grr.tld William Funk, violation
of basic rule. $2S suspended
(DIPi
Chnrleit Davis Andemon. viola
tion of basic rule, $25 suspended
(DIPi.
Unnc N. Shult. failure to yield
riRhl of way, $2.1 suspended.
Junior Edward Flynn, violation
of Iphic rule. $10 suspended
Jamen Roy Denrdorff. improper
richi turn. $10,
.lane Vivian Anderi, dtsobevrrt
traffic stcnnl, $m
Howard .lack Veal, violation of
basic rule, $25.
lllSTHK'T Cni'RT
C.corfie Paul Renaker, overload,
Arthur Mopp Ducr III, aneltnK
In prohibited area. $2,1
Garry Kufiene Downard, innde
nunte brakes. SV
Kenneth Earl Miller, no horn.
13 1 II
Dale Blair Evans, failure to op
erate on rtRht side nf highway $15
Latighltn H. McCollum, 'over
height. $13
Norman DeBn Peterson, no ve
hide license, $3.
George Curtis Dersrhlngel. viola
tion of haste rule. $25.
Robert Neal Ballard, failure n
nnernte on right side of mrhwav.
$3.
Richard Earl Robinson, no v.
hit le license. $Y
Shamn Lee Fernqulsl. failure to
Htnp. $1.1
Carl Floyd Duerlng. Improper
parsing, $20.
Al nert Strain, ovrh.ight. $iv
Charlea Fredrick Poythrcsa. no
vehicle license, jo.
Norman George Burning, angling
in prohibited area. $10.
Daniel Douglas Wood, disobeyed
top sign. $7.3(1.
Eva E. Sillnapey, failure to yield
right of way. $13.
James Sylvester Strawn. viola
lion of basic rule. $23.
DouBlao Adrain Franklin, no op
erator's license, $3.
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David Fred Hall, bo 225. Pros
pert, and Janet K. Karjala, box
270, prospect.
James Ktmsell MarRae, Camp
bell. Calif., and Judith Lee Sea.
well, 630 Oakdale dr., Medford.
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