Show I little Stories for Bed Time 27 By Thornton W. W Burgess Bures WHO'S A COWARD Uno Billy had mado a lot of 01 friends in Iii the Forest and on the Green Meadows It was getting so o that most of or his neighbors neIghbor smiled milled whenever they saw the rough coated old follow tellow tel fol low Jow coming corning th their lr- lr wa way This was AS partly because ho he had learned politeness In his 1115 old home hom wa way down in or ol and partly because he attended to his own af- af lairs Ho lIo never Interfered with ith ith other people pea peo pie Sammy Ja JayS Jay who was quite a fl dandy used to make fun of or Unc Un Billy b because cause ho never ne brushed his hair or kept his coat smooth and Reddy Fox Or a always was wa's sneered at Unc Billy j jf if he ho had a chance But Reddy Fox hasn't an any ani friends anyway so this really didn't matter Nobody paid any attention rf to him until ono one day no said that Unc Billy was a coward Jimmy Skunk heard him and Jimmy walked right UI up In front o of Reddy for though Redd Reddy is If much bl bigger cr Jimmy isn't the least bit afraid of or him What do you sou OU know about It demanded demanded de do- Jim mi I well I I we I-we well II Wh whit What t does ho hide so 50 nil alt day for Cor asked ROOd Reddy weakly Because Be ne Bc cause he he- sleeps da daya and 8 and hunts bunts nights replied Jimmy Then he shook his fist list listIn In Reddy's fac face flIt If he ho was half hall as much mucha a a. coward as asi you U are arc Reddy Fox I wouldn't have him bun for Cora fora a partner I Pooh said lIaM Redd Reddy Its easy enough for you jou ou to say that bat t li ho Isn't a coward but tics he's got to prove It before beCore Ill I'll believe c It Ho Hc probably doesn't care whether you ou believe It or not said laid a a. voice from a littie lit lit- tie way up the bill hUl Reddy looked up to ta see ee Peter Rabbit grinning at It him Now Reddy Is III quick tempered and he sprang I at nt Peter but Peter wasn't there He lIe had ducked into a hole between the thc roots of or a tree and the entrance was as too small for Reddy to get in Reddy f Fox Is fine to see see Bright his coat is as can be But his h heart art is black I f fear ar So watch out when R Hedd near Peter certainly was as s saucy uc and rind it made made- Reddy all the madder to have ha Jimmy Skunk laugh But when h Irn hf heard a a. cracked cracke little he Toe and nd looked up to see Unc Bill Billy Possum POlIum grinning down at him nedd Reddy was so mad that he fairly danced up and down Come down here you jou he shouted shaking his fist list at Unc Bill Billy a a. a coward demanded Unc Billy 1 You are shouted Redd Reddy I Just then there thero was the tho po patter of oC feet Ceet up UI on the hill bill and au all looked up to tn see Bowser the Hound coming In lii that tion Unc Billy grinned Now sah sai well see seo who who's 8 the coward can run faster than Ah can an but Ahm Alam goin to come down out of this tree right smart and well we'll see who lio dares darn walt Malt aIt longe longest t for tor Bowser Bo the Hound and suitIng suitIng suit- suit suitIng Ing the tha action netlon r i to the word word- Inc enc Bill Billy dropped out of oC the tree right beside helde He Reddy dY Fox For |