Show 0 BEDTIME B STORY 11 by THORNTON IV ILI THE JOKER OF TIIE THE OLD ORCHARD AS A 9 ita FR RABBIT sat blinking and staring at tile sober look ing ng stranger atho ho was wag sitting where lie fie had expect el to eee bee glory the lie cardinal the stranger opened his moll month th and from froin it came glorys own beautiful whistle I 1 lien hen the looked down at peter and ids hla acs twinkled with mischief tooled fooled houi that time I 1 peter lie chuckled you thought I 1 A 8 10 fi aiom om that wonderful Vond erful throat poured out song bler sony song you bete going to see glory lie fie cardinal didan didn t you then without waiting val taig for peter to reply this sober looking stranger gave a concert such as ai no one elo cle could give frona from that wonderful throat poured out song after song BOH and note utter vote note of peters fa millar file filerius rids of of the old and the wound up a lovely song wilt which 01 mis ivus all the strangers str angora own peter ddn t have lieve to alio the singer ans it was waa mocker the mocking blocking bird I 1 oh I 1 I 1 gasped peter ieter I 1 oil oh mock pr er how under the sun do you do it I 1 haq sure it was glory whom I 1 heard whistling never again will I 1 be able to belleve believe in mi os own n ears youre not tile lie only one ive I 1 ve fooled peter said he 1 I flatter myself that I 1 can foul fool almost anybody it if I 1 set out to its lati of fun I 1 may riot not tie ie ranch to loa at but when it conics to hinging there la Is no one I 1 envy anvy 11 I 1 I 1 think you are very nice look ing ng replied peter politely ive been finding out this cortil morning dg that you call t till much about folks just by their and now you ve learned that you cant alwa always 9 folks by licar their voices taren t you wild slid mocker yes peter I 1 shall never bo be sure about fen feath all ered folks unless I 1 con can both 0 0 slid and henr hear them body told mo 1110 that down in tile the south you tire the IVIA lood lobed of nil 1111 the tha bilag ts TR that so 80 t 1 I hat 8 not for me to tiny say re pit bodier modestly hut but I 1 can toll tell iou ou this I 1 lter i ter aliey do think a 19 lut of in me e down doin there aal an it Is nil all 01 on account of ny ily voice 1 I would haac a vuke than a fine coat LOI peter nold na as if he quite agreed ft lien illen ou rink of it is ig rattier rather funny for peter has had no ther a ono coat nor a fine voice A glint of mij hief lef sparkled in hoeq I 1 mrs mra goldy tile the oriole over tin OIL c fill salil ld he watch me fool her lie began to to cull call an exact inalta tion of goldys voice alien lien he Is anxious about something at once onca mrs mra goldy came burr jIng oyer over to ind out want lint the trouble was hen she also L mocker she aha lost her temper and him roundly mocker blocker and peter lix lit sighed for they thought it a good joke C r W burgei Bur gwi service |