INQUISITIVE FIDO

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 26, 23 November 1945, Page 6

INQUISITIVE FIDO

JUMPED INTO SOMK HOT TROUBLE f _____ "If von don't know what it is s leave it alone " said i\lrs Fido avlio j » had begun to think she had the most inquisitive son in the world. "But mother " began Mike. "How many more times are you going to say "but"? sighed Mrs Fido. "You'll learn by experience." "What's experience?" murmured Mike as he scampered off. "That's something I haven't yet scen ? so I must look out lor it." He trotted around getting into all the mischief he could. "That's milk " lie said as he climbed on to the table and tipped over the jug. "And that's old Timothy Toggins t the tabby cat " he added, as he heard mewing outside. "1 haven't found experience yet.'' A few minutes later he discovered something on a shelf in a just out of hi.s reach. The smell was so unusual that he longed to taste itl He jumped and jumped and jumped and jumped until at last lie nearly reached the bowl. "I'll do it next he and tried again. This time hi.s paw caught the bowl and the contents poured right over him. "Oh dear!'' he cried. The bowl had contained a hot mixture—and lie was dripping with it. "I think 1 have found experience" he sobbed as Mother Fido dried him. "I think vou have?" she said. '7