Show S L LE E TIME EPY-TIME TALES ES SLEEPY TIMEa EPY-TIMEa i THE TALE OF NIMBLE D DEER E. E E R RBY iBY BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY ils PLANNING A PICNIC While he was only a a. a fawn fawn Nimble i became very fond of water lilies s But Buthe Buthe i he didn't carry them as a L bouquet nor wear one in his buttonhole He was fond fend of lilies In a different way he liked to eat them and nd their flat round glossy pads At night his mother I often led him to the edge of t fl fIe Lo e lake on tho the other side of Blue mountain and there they feasted It was wonderful to stand in the cool water not too far tar from the shore with the moonlight shimmering on the ruffled lake and breathe in th sweet scent of the lilies while nibbling nibbling- at their leaves and long stems Th Theres res re's nothing said Nimble to his mother one night nothing so 10 Rood hood to eat as water lilies lille His mother said Humph Walt Wait ti til youve you've ta tasted ted carrots Carrots Nimble echoed What are carrots and where can I find some s Do they grow in this lake 7 Carrots his mother explained are arc are I vegetables and they grow in iii it Farmer Greens Green's garden rarden When he ho heard that Nimble wanted to start for Farmer Gr Greens Green's ens en's place at once But his mother said No And ho he soon saw that saw that she meant it too to However the word carrots carrot was in his mouth a ft a m iod deal of or the time for days and nights afterward But Nimble Nim ble hIe wasn't with having only nl the word in his in-his his mouth There was no I taste to that at all Nor No- could he i chew it nor swallow w It if He was wild to bite into a carrot an and see if it ac actually actually nc- nc was vas ts more toothsome than thin a awater awater water wafer lily my Again and again he said to Lo his mother Cant we go down to Farmer Gr Greens Green's n garden patch tonight 1 If f we wait walt much longer long somebody else will eat all the carrots before fore we get we-get get geta I a taste of them Or ma maybe be he would exclaim Lets hive have bonie carrots for supper supper please It was no wonder that Nimble's mother grew very tired of his teasing At last Jast she said to him when he ho was urging ing her to take him the hill hilland hilland hilland and across the meadow to Farmer Greens Green's vegetable garden n. n Theres no sense in our going down there now The carrots arent aren't big enough yet et They arent aren't really to eat tat But later late if you show youre you're trustworthy arid and if you ou mind well velI and if It you prow grow row enough and if it you ran an start quickly ii and nd run fast perhaps s see ee that you have your first meal of carrots Now Kow dont don't bother me any more more Well Vell there were so many ifs in his mothers mother's promise that Nimble almost gave up hope of ever setting getting to Farmer Farm Farm- FannI I er cr Greens Green's garden patch At least ho didn't quite date dare expect that his mother moth moth- er would take him there with her moth moth-I But Buthe Butle Butte he te made up his mind that if ir she didn't he would go on a carrot hunt alone as soon oon as he could At the same time he practiced minding mind mind- minding I ing his mother which w was s not always a a. pleasant thing to do And AnI ho practised practised d starting and running both of or I which were a a. good deal of fun As Asfor Asfor Asfor for growing Nimble Kimble did not need o to practice that at all for he was zet- zet et- et ting heavier and taller every day dar without doing anything more than to to o- o eat and to sleep and to have the be best t time possible Meanwhile he told everybody he met that if all went well he would be eating eatIng eating eat eat- ing carrots some day And When his his friends learned that he planned to g gon go goon goon on an excursion to Farmer Greens Green's garden patch there wasn't one of them that U-at didn't say MY he would like to togo togo togo go too Jimmy Rabbit said stid he really ought to have a look at tt the cabbages And lit rif if Nimble t mind ho he thought it would be pleasant to join the party part Fatt Fatty Coon remarked that there were certain matters connected with corn which he must attend to And if tr there ther was no objection he would go so along with the rest when the time came for forthe forthe the he excursion Even iffy huffy Bear who almost never went near the farm buildings declared that there was nothing he would enjoy enjo more than to tomake tomake make male th tha trip with Nimble and his mother He lie had once tasted baked beans And over oyer since Ince that occasion he had meant to see see- if he couldn't find some ome around Farmer Greens Green's house Of cour course it would have been awkward awkward awkward awk awk- ward to s say y no So Nimble said y yes yes s' s sto to everybody He even promised that he ho would let all his friends know when the tho excursion should take place But cf all theses these things ho said not nota a word to his mother lIe He was not sure that they would please her Tn In fact he was 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