Show Little Stories for Bed Time By Thornton V. W. Burgess HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL DROPS A NUT J Happy Happ- Pr Tad Jaci Squirrel gal at Wa way out on the tt tip on one vt or the highest branches of or a bl big c rec was up tip YC very cady thaT morning In Ta fact tact Jolly round red rel Mr Ir Sun was Avas still in his hish h bed d behind tho the Purple Hills hen n Happy Jack hopped out of ot bed bcd lIe He Washed himself thoroughly and WillS was all ready fOr business by the time lime Mr 11 Sun SUll began nn CJ-nn his climb up th the blue blue blu sky You see sec Happy Jack had found a bl big bis hickory tree treo Just loaded with Ith n t nil all ripe and antI read ready to gather He was as Quito julto R K th that t n nd rici otic otie else JM ha had found that tree and antI ho wanted to got get ct all nil the tho nuts before any an one else found out about them So o ho lie was rad ready and off ott he lie raced meed to lh the tho hl big tree Iree just a us uS' soon as ns It was lI light bt enough I to to see ee The llie JI nuts S that grow grow row III lit tI Hie hickory tree tree- They're all for fut me me all for fO me And id when the tile I Is li with snow mow These hese nuts will Keep me inc rum tum I you ou J IIO Happy J Jack k was Vas this his song on as u he rested fo- fo foa OJ a few minutes wa Va ay ayup up In jn th the top lop oJ of ot the tho tree anti and won r tl If his storehouse chouse would hold huld all alt thc 1 hi big fat nuts Just JuM Wen then he lie l heard a 51 griat pat scolding a 1 little Way 11 over In the Green Forest Happy Muck Jae stopped humming and listened lIe He knew that voice It was hi his cousins cousin's voice the tho or oT Chatterer Chat Chat- terel the Tied Ret l. l Jack Juck frowne l I I olO he lie 10 wont won't conic ov over this WHY way Happy Jack Juck He lie does docs not lovo love his hla cousin Chatterer any ally Wa and ll then there theio v WitS s the lie big bl lice full of ot hickory nuts such fat tat hickory hickory hick hick- ory on nuts Ho lIo didn't want Chatterer to null find them Jack was WOM wassel sel 1 am ani afraid Unit that Hall Happy n Its fish h. h There herc w were wre r more mure thun hun Iio could cat In one winter an and yet ct he lie wasn't filling that thai iris his cousin Clint Chul- the lIeu Hell have o a single hl Jc one Now uw Chatterer is IR short lU cd and a II cold Some Horne one or had hul t him 0 Ill I'll I 11 HU mid lit- lit wa WitS scolding as fast as aB his lOIl tongue ue iI to toward tu- tu running tight could go Ju j a-j n he hr came caine ward vard the tree tic In lii which 1 Happy Jack was WOM hitting Happy IJ Jack Sill sat perfectly still 1 un and ind watched I He Ho to didn't mo move 5 to o much us m the Up tip ot CC his big gray tall Chattel IT go 0 pat past and anal not ot see Sec that hilt hi bigtree big bigtree tree full nf or nuts Il If looked as If Ir he would for 0 hc ho waR an aa S' S so busy tuy scold scolding III ing that ho lie wasn't much atten attention lIon tion to other otier thine f IJ Happy jack smiled as as us came canie amp under tho the tire tuc without unco looking tip up lIe He was Cs o 0 tIckled t Ihal at he lie to tu lung hug hu himself anti and dida t I once remember that he lie was wa holding a hi big fat rat nut lit c fn l his 1118 l JI lt 8 Of Ot cOUie but e lie ho It lt It whore do lo you ou think It vent Well sir it fell tell down n. down I wn from tho lop top of r that lull tree a ami lit I It lall landed light t smack on th the hea head bent d of ut Chattel ci the S I c-I c. c A Ii Du M stars Mars filed Chattered lj his hla and hl his ln Iier fluid and tu his head where tho the nut had luaU lu tu rII CIt r C lilt hit him Then li hu he looked up tiP e ev v It II had come coffle from and of course he lie looked right at uit happY Happ lak kYou k You did 1111 that list ly flaring upI lip up er his J short hort temper I 1 didn't I Happy Jack You did I didn't Oh dear oh oli oil dear deal a Two FWU little s one ono in a gray ru suit Hult gnU and andone one in lii a red suit contradicting each other and find calling l H was such A Awid wid for lor you OU Isnow the they CO co |