Show Lit Little e Stori Stories s fo for or Bed Time tune I I. By fly T Thornton ornton W W. Burgess A QUEER PARTNERSHIP When Jimmy Skunk round found that it was wai Unc Possum who had been before betOTe him himIn himIn himin in Farmer Browns Brown's henhouse and stolen all the eggs within reach from the ground he was Wh mad Yes sir sirS Jimmy Skunk was mad Of course he ho had no nOI business to be No Indeed The eggs eggs didn't belong to Jimmy they belonged to Farmer Farmel Brown But Jimmy had become so used to helping himself In Farmer Browns Brown's henhouse that when he found someone else eIsa doing the same ume thing he straightway lost bet hi his temper What are arc you doing doing- here he had demanded of Unc Uno Billy Possum who had fallen on on his back and lay grinning at him Enjoying most moAt amazingly ah sah sah r replied d Unc Billy patting a freshly fresh fresh- ly laid egg which he was holding Youve You've got no no business here huel said the of that Jimmy Y fiercely for sight egg unc nc Billy wu was holding so so- tightly made mode his stomach feel emptier than ever over and that was very Indeed Ah beg yo pardon but mil may Ah ask what business I brings s 's yo o 0 hero herol bereT asked Unc Bill Billy and his grin grew broader than everI ever r I I 1 I I Jimmy didn't know lenow Just what to sa say Unc Uno nc Bill Billy chuckled Ah guess guus yo ye business and mah mob business In this henhouse lien hen house hOlse would amo amount nt to th the same thing If Ie we vc were weke to ask sk Farmer Farmer- Brown and he lie would T say that we hadn't any business busi busl ness noes here herc at all all said eaid he hc Then he I tolled rolled the e egg G lie he was was holding over o to Jimmy Skunk Ilk Ah h done eat all Ah Ab can hold so Ai All t takes take pleasure In making this contribution to yo ye 0 and once more Unc Billy grinned At nut first Jimmy Skunk thought he would refuse the egg But Jimmy Is very erY fair minded He lie knew perfectly perfect well ft oil that Unc Unc Billy Possum had Just as aa much light to those these eggs as he had and that loat neither of them had any right to them at all But then Jimmy couldn't see BOO that Farmer Brown or his lila y had n I am any right Jo to them either The They r really aH b belonged to Mr itt Topknot l and Mrs S Speckles and Mr So when nUl Billy rolled the lIle egg egg over o to him Jimmy Jimmy- allowed his his temper to gradually cool ore oft There wasn't t another egg I within reach foi Jimmy had searched In every nest nelt he he ho could look Into Thin egg did look good ond Jimmy suddenly held out otil hl hi hand to to Unc Billy Y yOu u are rIght tele t. Billy said ald Id he I gue you ou ou hove have Jut A. A As M much business bust busi ness here as 88 I r have hae You Yon cert certainly have ha havethe havethe the anti ad advantage e of ot me because you ou 1 can climb while I cannot Im I'm much obliged to you vou for tor this thin egg because withOut ut itI It ItI I should hould go hungry In a hash Unc Hilly Billy a 8 on his his' feet and two tivo seconds later he was as scrambling up to the top ton row of or ne neals Ho lie was down again with another another- eg egg eggby eggby b by the tho time Jimmy had finished the fIrst one Ho He presented It tl to Jimmy with alow a a. alow low and very polite bow how Ah have the honor to propose that thal we become partners sali salt and nd that In hOl honor or of th tim new v firm of M Skunk k Possum Pos Pus sum stint we ne each eat another l' l g r P said Ald ld Unc Uno Bill Billy his hla ey eyes eys s twinkling i And the they did |