Show Little Stories for Bed Time I By Thornton ton W. W Bur Burgess WHY VRY OL 1 BUZZARD HAS HASA A BED RED HEAD Peter Rabbit had asked 01 Buzzard to please tell him why he had a ared ared red i-ed head 01 Buzzard had bad cleared his throat as as If he be was going EOln to begin 0 a lorn long Ion story then he Ic had cou coughed couched hed once or tw twice ce and finally he told Pct Peter r th t ho he would think about It and arid to come the next day So the next da day Peter was wason as ason on OH hand and with him AN were ere vere Johnny Johny Chuck and Jimmy Skunk and Striped Chipmunk and Danny Meadow Mcadow Mouse and Billy BUly Mink Unk and Happy Jack Squirrel and a a. alot alot lot more of or the little meadow and forest people for Peter Peler Rabbit Ild passed the word along alon that 01 tah Buzzard was WM Koine s-oln oth to tell a a. story and no ono one wanted to m miss ss Il It Once upon a time began bean 01 Ol Buzzard a lon long time ago aso a veT very long lon longtime lime time ago aco ol 01 Buzzard was as t sit sit- it- it tJ b by on a tall till dead pine tree hec wa way down rout Bu Buzzard ard was wats foe feeling Ing mIght pert Yes sah sail ho he was feeling mighty pert Yo sec see ho had beaten ol 01 King ICing flying Ho lie had hod flown out of or II sight ht straight up in m the sky and had prone gone one so high that the tile sun had burned all the tho feathers offen hl his head h hud hd ld Buzzard So In spite o ohis of his sore Bore head Gr Buzzard was feeling mighty might pleased with lie chuckled as he lie thought how plumb foolish ol 01 King Eagle Eale had looked Ho was wall still chu chuckling when he noticed a a. great eat fuss over o on the edge of the woods He Hr could hear ol oV King Eagle a a- screaming and he lie knew by the sound that ol oP King Eagle EIle E Ile was feeling po pU put out about something So Buzzard Just spread Us his Wings In s and sa sailed led over to see pee what It all meant When hen ho he got ot there he found that erf oP King In Eagle able was feeling mean Just as mean as and he ho was a r sonic some of It out on Oil Hawk because poor HT h Hawk had Jau laughed at ai of oi King Ea Eale lo when he lost the race to Buzzard Now Grandpa I Buzzard had long claws and a hooked bill Just like Ah has mah mali own self but the never were meant fo fighting like ol 01 i King Ea Eagles les But Buzzard ho ho didn't didn t stop to think about that No J ah he lie wasn't letting Jetting a a. little thing lII like e that bother him none Because why Because his dander had when he lie hc saw po po Hawk being knocked aroun by 01 c I King In Basic Eigle i. i So Buzzard didn't t wait walt foto Coto fo Co foto to pass pans the line of da day but jes' jes Jumped jumpe rig right light t in Mall Mah goodness sakes alive Ah Ui that was wat one of the worst mix mix- ups ever evet e was waa s cn rhe They hammered red each other with their wings s and they scratched each other with their claws and the they pulled th the feathers each other with their theil bills I Iu u II Hawk Hawl he tie jes' jes crawled crawl cd plumb out of oC sight I ht In a 1 holler i tree whore where he lie was as safe t ae Now ow 01 Ol Grand Grand- pap Buzzard Bu never did believe In Iii foolishness foolish foolish- ness neos noho All the tile time he was a- a 01 or Kins- Kins Eagle and pounding n. he ho was o keeping an eye on Jih Hawk and a as soon as US he lie was safe In the holler holier tree tlC took the first firM chance chane to break brenk a away wa and fI fly off ott Olf 01 KI King n Eagle Engle he JC ea Cow a aid Id I'd Coward Cowart t jest like that because wouldn't stay and fl light fight ht Buzzard didn't have C an an- an h h 1 H rel rei with rel-with with nit ol King l Ealo lo now that thit II 11 Mis- Mis 1 I tah tali Ha Hawk gawk k WI fI safe so te he Just t lf if u hol let lel or oh King Ea Eagie i enjoy I When Buzzard Bunard got ot back bach to his hid ol l' l dead tree he found his po po head bead I I ISun which had he been en very n tender air ir Sun burned the time feathers off ft when he lie be beet beat t I ol ot l K nc J Eagle I In the race up Into the tha clawed In III Inthe sk sky lied had been so 80 scratched And nud the time tight fight that It was bl bleeding MJ so that It wa was nil Mil red Long lon comes conies ol 01 Mother Nature re Jc lea and she lh ay say Bi Ah thi am ant In to give 1 yo o a n. red shall ha c ret re red J he t- t and aud yo o 0 heads te Ics Ics' to shame ol 01 King J Eagle IIA and his imis fo to bullying po HT ill Ustah Hawk And that Is how Ah comes om s to have a red head concluded ol 01 tah Buzzard D proudly |