| Show p MR FOXS FOX'S BRAVERY Mr Fox had often heard Mrs l Fox tellIng how brave she waS even If she s saw w ot old black wolf wol she would not run There Is old gobbler up at at the farm farmand arm armand and he is the biggest bIrd I 1 ever saw but he cant can't frIghten inc me I I have not noticed hIm on our table saId Mr 11 Fox y I for one do not I wIsh to try to catch hint hIm lIe Is not only a bIg bird birtI but lie he Is a fIghter Just let hIm cross my path said Mrs Fox He will soon find ou out t I Iam ant am not afraId of him even It you are arc Not long after thIs one nIght Mr Fox vent up to the farm arm and happenIng happen happen- log Ing to go In the barn he saw hanging from a beam poor old Mr l Gobbler Mr Fox was n. n little startled but S soon saw that Mr Gobbler was not alive and then he began to wonder if ho he could get him to take t. home Yes he thought he could and climb cUmb- ins Ing up he walked dong llong the beam and old gobbler oft off the look Mr l Fo carried him almost home before a thought came to him that made him laugh out loud I. I Then hI he set et to work to get pt off old I gobblers gobbler's skin so the tead and feathera feathers feath- feath I ers era and wings would hold together It was not an easy thIng to do and he had to call on Jack Rabbit to help I Jack RabbIt laughed with Mr l Fox ox o Oer O'er er the trick they were to play on I poor Mrs l I Fox ox and he helped Mr Fox to put on the head and wings and tied some ot of the feathers around hIs legs that stuck out so Mrs l Fox ox would thInk it surely was old Mr Gobbler hImself When they y were re near lear Mrs l F Foxs Fox's x's Jack Rabbit hid tild In Ute and Mr Fox Foi went In front ot of the house antI and trIed to make a noIse as old Mr used to do It was not quite like it but it dId attract Mrs Foxs Fox's attention and she came to the door Mr Fox jumped at her and gave her hera a good poke with hIs head almost failIng falling fall fail Ing over lie he was laughIng so hard but the next mInute he was not lau for Mrs 1 Fox was bound to have that I bIg bIrd either by hook oi 01 crook and pIckIng up a bIg stone she let It fly I rIght at Mr lr Foxs Fox's head or rather old gobblers gobbler's head as she thought I I I I I I I I r I Over Over- fell rell Mr Fox on the ground and up came hIs wIfe antI and grabbed the head of old gobbler and off It came and there was Mr lox Fox groanIng like Uke anything any any- thIng any j You have kIlled me you OU have killed lemed I me he cried holding his head What on earth are yoU dressed up I lIke thIs for I 1 should like to nv I saId Mrs Fox I dId It for a joke saId poor Mr I Fox getting up and shaking oft off old gobblers gobbler's and tall tail I 1 wanted to see ir if you were really as brave as you saId you were Oh you dId saId Mrs l Fox Well Veil yoU found out didn't you And now may I ask what you OU dId wIth the bIrd that was Inside those feathers Mrs lox Fox thought he had eaten It and not brought her a bite and she looked at him In a way that made Mr I Fox hasten to say that the bird was rIght down the path ba back Jc ot of a rock and that he would go rIght ot oft and get It Yb You go In the he house and bInd up your head saId Mrs l Fox Ill rn get the bIrd Sh She soon had the gobbler on the fire coolIng cooking while Mr Fox sat by wIth hIs head all bound up and feeling fa far from fromI I well She is Is' Is a wonderful creature l he e I r thought and I shall never ne agaIn dot r F that she is every bIt as e bLae as she ehe says Anyway Amway If Y I do r I shall not tl try I to prove It Ill I'll take her word for It ri ht I. I by the McClure News News- Ii LI I New ew York lork City |
