Show Little Stories for Bed Time T II By Thornton omO W. W Burge Burgess SHADOW THE wE WEASEL sEL MAKES A MISTAKE Shadow of tho Urn Weasel was true to ht his name He stole through the Green Forest Forest For For- est eat so 50 swiftly and BO to quietly that he hardly seemed moro morn real than a shadow All the little meadow people and forest folk rout who ho saw flaw him fled as aM fast as they could KO go o for tor they were afraid Shadow the Weasel Veasel Is Js a bold bad robber lobber very bad Indeed and no one loves Joves him But Shadow doesn't care No Ill cir Shadow Shado doesn't care the tho tiniest little bit bIL He I doesn't want to be bo loved So ho he stole stoia through the Green Forest and not so much muchas as a a. single sing leaf rustled From trOt tree to tree and log to log he stole stoic peeping from behind each in the tho hope that he might mis-ht find and some BOrne ono one on tho the other side Then Sammy Ja Jay saw him Now because Sammy Ja can fly hi ho has no fear of Shadow tho the Weasel but he has no love for Shadow So at once he b began bejjan Kan Kanto to fly along Just over Shadow and scream at th the top of or his lungs Thief Thier Thief Thier r I Sha Shadow ow looked up and snarled at S Sam Sammy m m. my Ja Jay Keep still sUIl cant can't you ou he asked fiercely Bamm Sammy Jay kept right on calling louder than ever Sammy Jay Is a a. thief f himself and everybody knows It Perhaps that is Istha the tho reason that he delights In calling t sOme ome sOmeone someone one ono i else plse lse a R thief Anyway Anyway- ho kept It up until Shadow was Willi compelled to hide in a hollow log Sammy Ja Jay hung huntr around un un- un until until til Ul he grew tired Then Thon he flew ne' oft off and once more Shadow came camo out to hunt for tor or something son to cat eat Of or course it was of or no 10 use HBO to hunt around there after Sammy Samm Jays Jay's warning earning to all the tho little forest folk so he ho hurried over to the Laughing Brook Pretty soon he smelled something that made mAd his mouth water He sniffed and sniffed again It was fish All All IV Ive I've got gotto gotto to do 10 is Js to follow m my nose nOlle saM said Shadow to himself and smiled as he ho thought of or ortho tho the feast he would have Must be that some one has had moro more fish than the they wanted and has left some sonic How fortunate for tor me mel thought Shadow as h he led followed his nose Pretty soon lIOon his nose brou brought ht him lim to somebody's storehouse houlle Shadows Shadow's hopes fell Ho He didn't nee need to be told whose storehouse it WitS He knew It was the storehouse of his cousin Billy Mink I For Just a minute Shadow hesitated He look looked this this' Wit Ray and looked that WA way No Xo on one i wag was was- In sight Shadow bes began n to dl dig How he lie made tho the leaves lea and dirt fly In Jn a 11 f few w minutes lie he had uncovered three nice trout which Billy Mink had put there that morning Shadow pulled one out Before he brgan began to cat he once more looked all around No o one was In sight Of or ho hI could run 11 aw way away y with nith this one one but tl tIn n he would have havo to leave the others No o. o he lie would eat this first tint and then take away ono one of oC the others othen My t how good that trout did lid ta taste taito te Shadow tor forgot ol all nil about everything e else elso Ho He Just stuffed himself And then he heard a n noise Just behind him He Ue whirled like HUc a flash lash and there was wast his bl big cousin DIll Billy Mink and the I on Billy's Billys faco taco wasn't pleasant to set sec What hat int arc at you von doing with m my n 1 demanded Mink I I Are they your our fl 1111 I didn't Know it 11 It I I found thorn here hf and thought one had dropped them raid sald Shadow u- u uthe the I and tried to smile Well Veli you ou made a mistake said Mid BUN Mink grimly And n nd 1 then things happened that f fn the lc a the dirt and the fur fly Irta irl iii irla a feY few minutes Sha Shadow low limped of off as RE fasti ast ns Be he could J I made a i mistake ho lie sobbed 1 I Tomorrow night Who ho Stole Stoie the tM theof EJ t I of Mrs GIOI i |