MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1063
A 3
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
By
lynn W.
Watkins
4U(litr is Tribune Syndicate, 19(3
relcrminalioD Bolsters
ttaif With No Destination
It was a wide, long, sandy
strip of artilicial beach recently
pumped up out of a salt water
bay and staked off for building
lots, called a "fill." During the
summer, hundreds of shore
birds gathered on the sand flat
and, with their feet and breasts,
scooped out shallow depressions
in which eggs were laid.
The tides ebbed and flowed,
the summer sun beat down, the
eggs hatched, and a small army
of baby shore birds skimmers,
sandpipers, terns and sander
lings were either resting in the
home-depression or wandering
over the sand fill.
By getting down on the sand
flat, everything within our line
of vision was thrown into re
lief against the water and the
sky. And there, in silhouette,
were the running forms of hun
dreds of tiny, baby shore birds,
plainly visible against the back
ground of the sky. If we stood
up, the little moving forms dis
appeared. They were still there,
but the few yards between us,
and our added height, caused
them to blend in with the sand
and become almost invisible.
Large Marble
We concentrated our attention
on a single little form. He was
about the size of a large mar
ble and about as round, but he
was alive and had the will and
the power and the desire to
move. He was an off-yellow
color, speckled with dark gray
spots and each spot was about
as large as a kernel of wheat.
His body cleared the ground by
a quarter of an inch. That was
about the length of his legs. He
hadn't been hatched over a cou
ple of days at the most, but
already he had left the cavity
in the sand and was now wan
dering over the sand flat: a tiny
little waif, adrift on an ocean of
sand.
If he survived the pitfalls and
many dangers of his sandy en
vironment, he would grow to be
a graceful black skimmer. A
bird of the mud flats; he would
be a winged creature as large
as a sea gull and would skim
the water at twilight, catching
small fish with the elongated,
lower bill.
He was very tiny and he was
liinn tn flat Wirtl awhpre. but
limine w e-v
had not the slightest idea of
where he was going or wny
hie tvav He didn't run
or walk, but progressed forward
by a scries oi nops, wuh uuu.
lokino nff tncpther and both
tannic --o
landing together. He slightly re
sembled a small, fluffy marble
rolling over a washboard, ex
cept the marble would have
made a noise.
It was tough going for the
little guy. We measured the
length of his hops. He only made
a Dare naii
ery jump, oui ms piugi..
continued for several minutes
at a time. What a tremendously
t: 1.4 r,c tho sand flat!
Dig HUIIU now w- .
He could naraiy ciuso -single
day's time for every two
or three feet he would collapse
in a heap, exhausted.
But ne was aeiei num."
each rest he would roll onto his
feet and once again begin his
journey. He fell frequently. He
5. ... ujsinhins where he
1UBI WHOM t o
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was going ior ma nun
centered on keeping his legs
moving. He seemed to be trying
lo escape something, but he
.: ...... , k,l ha uas
really cuan i iuiuw
hooping away from-hke so
many of us. he was in a big
... ...:.L. rtlarA In On.
nurry wiui n f'"
..miu iu. inci liohi from the
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setting sun, we could look across
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tne sana iwi " .- -
these little waifs striving to live
Bnd trying
..,nnArnr AVPf Vast
incy Weie wauut.
spaces. When darkness came
and blotted out the scene, we
wondered if the tiny waifs had
come to rest or were they still
hurrying toward an unknown
and unseen uuaiiu".
Pope Orders toymen
Admitted To Session
VATICAN CITY (Uri)-Popc
Paul VI. following the "liberal
precedents of the late Pope John
Catholic lavmen admitted to the
Ecumenical Council as auditors
t its cnrrtt sessions.
The pope also urged that the
ancient aocinnes m ."
, . ,n (arms under-
DC e.pmi""J , - .
.i..rfgii in modern man. He
j .. ,,rinai a coun
cil moderators to run the ses-
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meeting resumes Sept. 29.
t-vni nvinv HURTS 7
BREA, Cam tri) - ' .
plosion in the Lavcda Hot
Springs hotel Saturday injured
seven persons, including one
whose less required amputation,
and buckled waUs and floors in
the sprawling resorts mam
building about 10 miles north of
here, sheriff's deputies reported.
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