Show y V v av S TIME SLEEPY LEE PY TIM c E L TA TALES L E S p THE TALE OF NIMBLE NIMBLE- DEER BY BY ARTHUR SCOTT scoff BAILEY Far up on the dark mountainside in driving snow Nimble waited in front of the cave cavo where Cuffy Hear Bear had vanished And all the time Nimble was growing more uneasy He feared that Cuty Bear ml might ht be in some sort of trouble Nimble looked all about for help But Dut there wasn't a n sign of ot anybody stirring anywhere All AU tho the mountain people seemed to have sought shelter from Crom the storm At last however Peter Mink S came sneaking up from the spring He lie had set setout setout setout out to follow Broad Brook all nU the way way- up to its beginning on a D. hunt for meadow mice And when he set out to do o a n. athing thing Jio o always finished it no matter what the weather might be S Youre oure Just the tho person I 1 want to see Nimble cried Will you ou do me a favor tavor Now Peter Mink never did anybody a favor If Ir he could help it So he lie promptly said said eald No o Wont Vont you go inside this cave for tor mo me and see what's happened to Cuffy Dear Bear Nimble Implored him lIe Ito went Inside the cave I 1 promised to wait walt for him hero here And he has ha been gone lot for or hours I 1 wont won't go into that cave cavo for anybody any an- body Peter Mink declared How lIow do doX doI X I know youre you're not trying to pIa play a trick on nie I 1 dont don't see sec any Bear tracks Inthe in inthe the tho snow S Of course you dont don't agreed All this snow ha hail hag fallen since Cuffy I I crawled into the cave Why dont don't yo you yot go Inside yourself Peter Mink Inquired with something very 1 like a sneer Im too tall said Nimble Besides I 1 dont don't like caves I keep out of them So do I I Peter Ieter Mink 1 declared declared- though everybody knew that he went vent ventS everywhere even even under the ice ico along S Broad Brook and Swift River Poor Ioor Nimble didn't Know what to do He felt that he ought to go for tor help somewhere But he had promised Cuffy Bear Dear to wait walt for him Then Then all all at once an idea came to him Why not send Peter Mink for help Wont you please go down to Cedar Swamp and ask asle Fatty Coon to come up i here Nimble begged PeterI Peter I I I cant can't Peter answered I r must go home now And everybody knew that Peter Pete Mink had no home at all He was the vagabond of ot the woods Nimble saw then that it was useless to look for help from him And after Peter Mink l had gone his surly way Nimble still lingered there He Ire was hungry So he began to paw the snow awa away here and there there- thereto to uncover the ground growths And just as he was nibbling beside a abush abush abush bush somebody said Dont step on me Tt n 4 1 fn I I. I n. n n nu rn snow I wondered why you were waiting here hereso j so long Mr Grouse told Nimble When I 1 heard you ou talking to that rascal Peter I Mink l I knew the reason But Dut I 1 didn't dare speak while he was about Are you going o to spend end the night i- i iJ J he here Nimble bl asked him I Yes said Mr Grouse I r shall be beff snug ff and warm after the snow covers me I Well your head wont won't t-o t covered for some time Nimble le told him Aro Are you willing to keep an eye eo out for Cuffy Bear Im I'm going down to Cedar Swamp to ge go help And Cuffy Bear might come out of ol the cave while Im I'm gone Id be glad to watch for you Mr Grouse replied but it wouldn't be any use Why Wb not Nimble asked him Dont you think were we're going to see CUrry Cuffs Hear gear agal again n Oh well we'll see him Mr l Grouse an answered an- an But it wont won't be till tin towards spring For theres there's no doubt that Cuffy Culty has fallen al Into his winters winter's I sleep h Je re g S And then Nimble exclaimed I that Cuff Cur Cur- f fy Bear had yawned as he turned awa away to enter the cave e. He hadn't even begged pardon nor covered his mouth with a paw No doubt he was very ver very ery sleepy said Mr Grouse Copyright 1922 by Metropolitan Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Service New York Tomorrow Tomorrow What What Spring Brou Brought ht Out of the Mountainside Why Curry Cuffy Bear Dear Was Puzzled |