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Show CRANNY FOX'S STORY. Young i;ynird wai very smart fallow. fal-low. ut ! vrry fond of Irtlmx whoiit H. Many ttmra h had tid th Ofirlk hp h hAi ritntht a fat hn or di k rmht ti dr i h r r.o 1 Mr. Il .up iit Air. M.m'a (rnf. .nut h li.sil ! M.nffrd nM at th ir.nxl vt a Run I ,heii Mr. M.tn wa rinkii ijad to pltuot i iit hmi. Aofrtnlmf In hla atnrv. Tie? nard vrrv tnt fMir hi mll a pIv. and whil his Rrnnn wax r proud of him ah did tun hk hta tirupTKlitftT much. lnr Aa v mh0 aut In 1 lie door nf hr littl house, knlttir. when Reynard cam alone- U nan a warm tit and h aat don on the epa to cool hlmseir "Trll n-c a atrr, tthiiii."' he uml "I have had n hard lilsht A Work, for f fooled Mr. I" over at the farm, and tt taken a miuui t frllow to set away from htm. (irannv Vo looked at her. grandaon ovrr hr and tliouciit a, minute. Then ahe fluked: "I Ul rver tell nii ahout Madam Fox and how nhe lost th birrt ."" I Ke nnrd amd ha hd never heard it, I ao Cranny Wrau: "Mdflitin r'v a known for miles around the eoiintry where ahe llvvd aa th ery eet hird ratrhr in th woods. "Ore div h took her son. Jonny Vox. with her, to learn how to follow in hr footstep. "You will -met ni-n with runt.' she tld Honnjr. 'and dotrn that tmrk roudly, but fvar fear th d.a unless un-less they Van touch our tail. "Sonny listened with wide open rea and ears to all hia mother told him, for ha knew aha was a mart creature; crea-ture; but when ah be van to tU htm h w ah coulil jump a fenc and carry off a bird at th aam time. Ponny won-dred won-dred if h-a itmthr remembered that ahe was no tonajer younf. " lfthr.' h asked, Via you think: rou could now lump a fene and carry tha Ptrd with yout Item m bar, yma ar tt kataa $ mm f aaa liiakaa av nr aayighas I . lv fallow to Jump a htrh fenca ! am! sure )oi rptilil in your oung dsya, but I ! i. on Id u jump It now- j f "'I us im hend as wH as mv leaa.' j I replied .M;n1in Vox. 'Now. watrh me , , front behind ihts rotk. I will a;o to the) f-trtn over ll'rr, Rt a bird and Jump, : the fiu-e with it and leave Mr. lot j "Off ran mother, and Sonny watched.! 1'rettv soon she iaine nitminf, and after I her ram Mr. Lxk wtth leaps, bounds' and Kwrks. , "Vudam Fox rame -to the hi;h rail! fence. She leaped, and her son' thought ' for a serond he had ben wrotifc lo douht f her skill, but. alas for Mutism ". I somehow the fnt duck murnt on tha ! top rMit. and on the ground ot the other hi.ie rolled Madam Fox.. I p she Jumped and off ahe ran, forarettlnit the pnia aha hud dropped, and rot in her houaa Juat In time, to alam the door In the face of Mr. i"oc tfha was Just quieiins; her nerve with a cup of lea when Sonny cam In with the duck. 'Hera la tha bird you dropped, mother.' h aatd "Madam Fox took It and cooked ft for dinner, but ah felt Tier prida had had a fall, and never a train did ah- tell how ah could Jump a fenc wtth a bird and ret awav with It. "You aee. Iteynard." aaid branny Fo. "hrarRina: and boaatlna; often brtn tha braaeer to shame, and if he la at n art aa he thinks, ha need never tell about it." j Cranny kept on mitf her knlttlns;. and 1 Reynard rot up and' atretched hlmealf -Thank you., Uranny, for th ttory; It waa a ejood o'na. You better ao horn to dinner wtth me. Mother la cook in a; two fine, bl bird I catirht thi morn In a; Haht under the rtoee of Mr. roa. and " (Jrattnv looked up from her work Jnat then and Reynard etoppd "I T waa very lucky to jet awav. and I iruem wonldn't tf Mr. XOa; had not een Jack Rabbit juat then and chaaad him tnatead of ni." Coprrfrht. 1J. by th afeOura Nwa i Mst ajmslkttaa Jaaa m CUs |