Show 1 little Stories for Bed Time L 13 By Ey Thornton W. W UNO UNC BILLY BELLY POSSUM THINKS IT OVER S It Il hal had been a Teat great At least Icat t Unc Billy BWy nod had thought so o. o And n now w that the joko had hat been t turned tinned 11 back baci on him Unc Dill Billy enjoyed it almost as much a as when It A was wal aa tho other way ay around You see 1 t It was vas t this his way Smooth to II JU cd Mr Mockingbird who was wa an old friend and neighbor or Unc Billy when Unc Billy ly lived way way down In 0 ol 01 had come up to the Green Forest Nobody Nobody No No- obo o- o bo body y saw him dome ome and amI Mocker kept out of 51 sight ht during the day Then Just for fun he would scream In the nIght with s the thc yol voice c of Jay Jav and ever everybody every every- bOd body thou thought hl It IL was was Sammy Jl Jay Unc Billy Bill Possum round found him out and then Unc Bill Billy had planned a still bl bigger big big- gei Jel trick lie He h had d got sot Mocker l aTo ker to and nd then when other little people Were passing to call out mean things alwa always al- al wa ways was 3 In a Ii voice that sounded Bounded lute Ilko e that of 01 someone else lie He made up dreadful stories stories' abo about t but Unc Dill Billy Possum and pretty soon oon nonn nono of tho meadow and forest people would i f peak speak to am anyone one but Unc Bill Billy Then Bobby Coon had f found und out all about the trick He had hod hurried hurtled around to all the little meadow and forest people with a aplan aplan aplan plan to g get t eHu even en with Unc Billy All that da day Unc tine Billy had been around making calls call and everybody he had met had turned their back to him and pretended pre tended not notto to see ice ee him At first Unc Billy hadn't known knon what to make mak of oC It Jt but after thinking it over for tor a 11 long time and to see hl hid hia old friend Or Cl Buzzard he knew that he had been found out 01 Ol l Buzzard Buszard had advised ad him to take Mr Mockingbird around and Introduce him all the little muo meadow and forest peo peo- I but Unc Billy was afraid that they m m. m hot t forgive the tricks that Mocker h had d cd on them thorn and antI then of ot course he cou t t stay In the Green Fore Forest t. t So Um BIHy lily scratched his head and thought an am ought of ot how ho lie could get ct Mocker out a 0 or tho the trouble rouble ho he had gotten gotten got got- ten him into 11 Finally nail he told all about his troubles to tn old Mrs Po Possum sum and asked her ad advice as ns he should done In Inthe the first place Serves yo Uh alls It certainly do serve Serc senco ye o o ails alls right grunted Mrs Mis h J Possum ossum Pos os I sum who is Js EO BO bus busy looking after her eight lively oly babies that Sh she has no time Ume for tor fooling tooling S Ah l know now 11 it It does docs replied replied re re- plied Unc Billy DIlly meekly l Mischief always ahva's trots trots troth ahead of grim ol 01 h They look and act enough nou h alike ahke to be beeach beeach beeach each others other double Whoever cr fools with Mischief 1 n g to wake some some tIll day or other And nd find that Troubles Trouble's Just the same as Mischief's lles lle's own twin brother Unc Billy B Possum 1 listened to this just as If IC ho tic h had d never uever heard it tl before and Ld Ac t jt eL L tL t L' L nodded lila his head a ns as If Jt h he a agreed with every ord of or Il II It Did Old Did Mrs Possum grumbled r t and rand scolded d. hut hilt all nIl th time she suo was ae thinking and Unc Vuc Billy knew that she was Finally Filially she he hc finished d sweep lag ing the tho doorsteps and loaned leaned on her broom to look loal thoughtfully I ot ol Unc Bill Billy Wh Why dont don't yo yo 0 o gl a party fo Mockingbird d she ehe Inquired Tho The very ery thing cried Unc Billy and like a 3 flash fluh back came his old time grin I 3 |