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A HOT PLACE IN A COOL PLACE IJ OW can it be so hot In a aJ J HOW 1 cool place Just ask Farmer Brown Brownl Boy Be He knows He Be had gone to the Green Forest because he had thought it would would be cooler there than anywhere else on that d dreadfully hot day And he was right In the depths of ot the Green Forest it was fairly cool You seethe see seethe seethe the trees made shade and It It was only here and there that the Jolly Little Sunbeams could find a way through the millions of little leaves of the trees So Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was quite comfortable as he walked silently through the Green Forest looking hooking for the cause of ot Sammy Jays Jay's excitement When at last he reached the big hemlock tree whIch was Busy Bees Bee's storehouse and which at that very moment mom Buster Bear was robbing of Its honey Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was still quite cool and comfort comfort- able But no sooner did he discover discover dis ds- dis- dis cover what was going on than he be broke out in perspiration Just as If he be had suddenly stepped Into a very warm place Of Ot course the air wasn't any warmer there than elsewhere elsewhere else else- where In the Green Forest Foiest It was excitement and perhaps a little Uncertainty uncertainty un Un- certainty as to what might happen If Buster Bear should discover him that made Farmer Browns Brown's Boy perspire perspire per per- spire and feel suddenly hot all over For a few minutes he Just stood right where he was and stared He knew that Buster Bear was very I i- i c Before He Knew That He V as DIscovered Discovered Discovered DIs- DIs covered What Felt Like Half a Dozen Red-Hot Red Needles Were Thrust Into Him fond of honey You remember that once Buster had bad stolen some honey from the beehives in Farmer Browns Brown's barnyard and that time Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had frightened frightened fright fright- ened him away But he never bad had realized how very fond Buster Is of honey as he be did now Like Sammy Jay he be wondered what Buster Buster Bus Bus- ter could be made of ot to stand the stings of all aU those bees Just for the sake of something to put in his stomach Buster was making the funniest noises you can imagine There would be a growl and whine of pain as a n bee found a particularly particularly particularly tender spot and thrust her sharp little lance Into It and right righton on top of ot that would be a grunt of pure enjoyment as he scoop scooped cd a alot alot alot lot of honey Into his bis mouth I It was funny Yes sir it was wasa a funny sight to see sec Buster squirmed and twisted as the bees stung him but he didn't once stop his greedy scooping out of that honey It was smeared all nIl o over er his face It had dripped down on his bs black coat cont He was getting himself Into a dreadful mess But it was plain to see that he lie didn't mind this in the least In fact he be didn't mind anything not even the stings slings of the bees He bad had forgotten everything but his stomach Farmer Farmar Browns Brown's boy wanted to and he ho wanted to go He Be want want- ed cd to stay to see what Buster would do when he finished all the honey lie wanted to go because in spite of the fact that every cry time they had bad chanced to meet Buster Bear had run away as fast as ever he could Farmer Browns Brown's Boy couldn't get over the Idea that Buster Buster Buster Bus Bus- ter might not always run You see Buster is such a big fellow v with such great claws and teeth that Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Just couldn't help feeling a wee bit afraid of him Now about this time Busy Bee Bce and her fellow workers made up their minds that do what they might they couldn't drive Buster Bear near awn away and the least excited of them began to load themselves with sweets from their storehouse to carry to a new storehouse They knew that they had to begin their summers summer's work all over again and they didn't propose to waste any anytime anytime anytime time In crying over what had hap hap- They would save something something some sonic thing from the wreck with which to tomake tomake tomake make a new beginning So most of them hurried to load themselves with honey before greedy Buster Bear should get all of It But a few still mad clear through were flyIng flying flying fly fly- ing about looking for new enemies and anti some of these discovered Farmer Farm Farm- er Browns Brown's Boy noy In an Instant they had bad darted at him Before he knew that he lie was discovered what felt like Uke half a dozen red-hot red needles were thrust I Into him and the angry hum was all about him That part of the Green Forest to which he had gone because because because be be- cause of Its coolness had suddenly become a hot place and with every thrust of ot those little lances It became became became be be- came hotter Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was no longer in doubt His als mind was made up He wanted to go and to go as quickly as he be knew how bow 1932 W. 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