Show r The Sandman n Story I x FOR TONIGHT Johnny Bear Gets Married PART II v Young Reddy Fo Fox and his brother had not been asked to the wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding for they were too young but that did not prevent their going I When they saw sawall all the nice things that the wedding guests had for supper they became very angry and from their hiding place under some bushes they declared they would pay off oft Mr I Johnnie Bear and Miss Betty Bear for tor not inviting them to to- their wedding Come along said to his brother I know where they are going to live and someo someone e ought to be there thereto thereto to to give them a welcome If It my plan works they will wUl get a warm warIn one Reddy Fox did not ask what his brother had in mind he was sure it it was some trick and le he was ready by nature as well as by name which means he was always ready to play playa a atrick atrick trick on anyone Off Oft they ran ran as fast as th they y could and hid back of ot a tree near the new home of ot Mr and d Mrs Johnnie Bear and by and by they heard them comIng coming corning com corn t ing through the woods wood I Oh Ohi what a lovely home s said ld Mrs Betty Bear Where Is the honey you used prop me Johnnie Bear told her she would find she was inside their home and Fox and Reddy soon heard h her r exclaiming that Johnnie Bear 1 B Bear ar was the best husband in the world world world-to to provide provIde provide pro pro- I vide so much honey and so so handy too She will wilt change her mind min I In a fe few minutes whispered to his brother Now follow me me- and dont don't make a noise Carefully they crept to th the theold old tree where the honey was and told his brother to stand on his hind legs while he climbed up on hi his shoulders hap had ha l brought along a b board ard and ome me nails naith and a hammer and In his pockets he carried some matches and arid paper First he put the board in a crotch of ot otI the tree and the hammer beside it He I next took ok the the paper p paper per from his pocket and twisting it hard ne lighted it and dropped it in the hole in the tree and andas andas andas as quick as ay wink he clapped the board over the hole and began to nail naU it on the tree i It did not take him long to do this this and down he jum jumped ed and off oft ran and Reddy to hide behind the tho tree again They did not have to wait long for what they expected to happen for in in a. a minute out of the house hause tumbled Johnnie Johnnie Johnnie John John- nie Bear and his bride followed by a swarm of angry bees Oh you horrid wicked creature screamed Mrs Bear I fI I am going right home to my mother other You want to kill me I know you do Poor Johnnie Bear did not know what to say but he happened to look lookup lookup lookup up up at the old tree and in the moonlight moonlight moon moon- light he saw I Someone has played a trick on u us my dear he said Look Mrs Bear dried her eyes and saw the bees buzzing around the board trying tryIng try try- ing to get in their home She knew that what her husband said was true Now who did it I 1 wonder asked Mrs Bear and the look in her eyes I made and Reddy Fox trem tremble l It was not until the next day when the bees had flown away for their I work that Johnnie Bear removed the I bO board zd rd and then his wife made mad him 1 board up the tunnel It is handy enough living next tOl toj toja a i tree full of ot honey Johnnie dear said his wife and I 1 am sure I shall shan rest much better when I am am sure those bees cannot come through our house again but how I 1 would love to know who played that trick on us But they never did |