Show Little Litle Stories glories for Bed Time By Thornton W. W Burgess THE OWL HAS HS HIS ItIS IS rUN FUN FN night Good Gd ool cried one of th Merry Iem Little Breezes the G Green en Forest Good ht grumbled the lie Owl and and blinked bin hla bl big round eyes eyes- tI Then lien he Winked them a again an and hook out his hits feathers cathers and yawned Dont see sec what everybody goes oe to beth bed Just at ll the best st part of oe the day for or said aM Hoot to II himself for Cor you 01 know Hoot the te Owl sleeps when hEn tho sun files mOi abroad when the tho shadows cr creep e out from the Purple lUl hills Way Vay over cm on n the hue other side of the Green For t Black Blacky tho the Crow Clow croaked creaked croake sleepily as ft lie he tucked his Ils head hel uI under er hl his wing Blacky was wae very vets tired thed tred for he his had haul had bad a very er very vory bus busy da day Ho He hat had pulled up a it whole row of or Fanner r Brwn Browns Brown's young corn com UP lIe haul had had lund a whole hour of oC fun fumi tormenting Hoot tho the Owl when the time lather latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter her was WAt so o sleepy and ad blinded by sunlight that h he lie could do nothing but his and snap hIs hit bill bl It I had hind been great fun for Black Blacky and for or hl his cousin Sammy Ja Jay Blacky chuckled to himself an as al ho thought of It H. Then hen he closed cloned his e eyes and nd In two minutes was wa fast ft asleep Now Xo some one rise else h heard am that chuckle chuCkle and anti chuckled In reply but er very softly ott It I was the Owl His bl big yellow eyes C Crew grew rew bigger r and brighter as aft ho lie hI flew w over ever tn th the bl big pine where Blacky wan WaR sleeping No No one ono but IUt could have seen een thin tho black rascal racal In tn his lila Inu unite snug retreat But BulL hoot saw 53 for his made dc for or eyes s are 1 or seeing In the lie daik dark Back and AUr f duth rth HS ts lightly as a a. a C feather ather and 3 an as silently Hoot salted sailed over the bl big pine until ho tie was sure aura that t Blacky Backy wa was sound Round aRI asleep ep Then flon something happen happened d. d Oh Ohm my yes sm something c certainly b did df happen hap hap- pen lien Black Blacky the thc Crow was as knocked oft off of him hla perch and half haIr way vay to the ground before h be hp could c catch hh himself C w C w c-a-w caw w w c screamed d Back Blacky In iii great gret right fright Oh Mart Oh dear What was that he lie cried Blacky a k hack back hak to hl his perch humping bumping his bead hoad as a ho went for It wa wao was wan wasso fo so o dark ho hue 10 couldn't see sec lee Hardly had ho lie comfortably settled nettled himself once mOl moi mOland more and begun to In o doze dote then off h he wont Just Justna nn na RI before He lie wan so frightened that he lie didn't know what to do but hut Just an as al be before before be- be I fore rore he be fluttered back bad up to lila his perch Not ot the tiniest t sound pound was to be he heard hear Blacky Black first turned tin lila his h head nd this way amid turned his hIM head w way ivay and watched and listened und and and hook shook but not a timing thing thing could ho hn hear and yet et Just as 41 soon roon an as ni h he 5 closed cosed his hie hisey ey eyes s brushed him off of oc his perch and tumbled him down At first he lie J hid had c thought that l ho hI had lund had ha a a bad dream but no now ho he realized that some mysterious thIn thing was to coming out nut of or thi tl the darkness and anil tormenting him After a while he lie heard hearda hearda a a. a voice from the top the of-the next tree It I voice sote was wap Al a very deep oter How low do you like It Blacky arky ky asked the olce op At first Blacky ac didn't it I. I Then all al of a n sudden it c came me to him that thui this was wan the theo Owl and that Hoot the Owl was having ln his revenge nJ for Cor or th the teasing teas teas- Ing which 1 Blacky hud bud given JJ him that iii oi-n oi Ing When hen hoot had har grown rown tired of teasing teas teas- In ing mack Black th lie tho Crow ho hI fluttered hack back and forth back hack and nd forth through the Green Greeno o Forest t until hn hue found Sammy J JayS Jay t Then Hoot torm tormented d Hammy Jay Just jut a as he had Black Blacky the Crow Cro until 1 he lie lied had frIghtened frightened fright frIght- fn ened d him truest most to d death ath And nd Just as all the first flut faint light of morning came stealing across this the green n meadows Hoot Hooly the Owl flew ne neto to the tho thickest part put of th tha th Green Fore Forest t to 10 settle dUe clown n for Cor or the this da day My h but I have had a A. good 1001 time Urn said hoot the Owl Oal with a a. chuckle huckl Tomorrow nf night ht Blacky the Crow ClOW gets eta Into |