| Show THE SQUIRREL AND THE ROBINS In Tn a tr tree e by a r river lived two robins and andin in a bolc hole in tho same santo tree lived a squirrel The other othor squi squirrels called him Greed Greedy bc because he lived hy by himself him hint self and begun early to gather father ather nuts anti and did not stop until th there was not a nut to be had in the tho forest I Ill I Ill I'll live Iho in this thin tree treC where tho the robins are arc said heed for t ey cannot annot eat cat my mr nuts nuh and t L will not nol let Jet anyone else know where I live II The bc robins and anti Greedy br became very c good friends The They did not find out his miserly habits habit l a as they had no use uso for his hill fo foo foid d. d But ono one day dar the river bo bo- side which the tree grew crew rc began to overflow the banks bank and one morning morning Greed Greedy overheard o the robins talking I about leaving tho the tree ti-ce and going oin to another part of the country country Why Why do you you go o now f 1 h he asked You Yon can fly away at an any time and the water has not yet el covered tho the roots of th the tha tree I I We Vc are not afraid 1 of the water nater being be be- in fag ing too deep to fly over tho they told him but ut it is too deep c p for us to find I I worms worm W Wo 0 shall shan start starl at daybreak tomorrow Greed Greedy tho l thought bt of all the tints nuts ho had stored awa away in his hole holc and then ho thought of the tho rising wa water er If it should reach rench my home he said wid l I 1 should tIle die of hun hunger cr and and- perhaps be bo drowned too I think I Ill I'll 11 go o with you ou he lie told the robins How How can you ou 1 they both ex cx IX claim claimed rd You c cannot fly II Would you leave me here to drown t asked Greed Greedy II nice nice friends you OU are arc arc to to forsake me mc in the 11 hour our of need I You I You will find it rather uncomfortable traveling with l us its they ther told old him bim for we e can think of only one way war to carry you You must hold a astick tick stick ti tightly between your our teeth and anti each eu-b of us will hold an end in our bill bills You Yoi better go to hole bole and eat as much as yen rOIl can for we may be bea a long time without food Greed Greedy went to hi his hole anti and began eat eating ti Suddenly an idea came caine to him Ho had bad a piece of Im sugar ar cane stored awa away lIe Ho would hold that in Sn his mouth and the time robins robin could hold the ends and when ho was hungry he would hane hanl on with his front paws and Rna nibble the cane calle lIe He ran up tip and t nd-t tolA 14 i ithe the tho robins l It i is too lar large IJ t they br fold fohl a f H We We Vc c cannot hold that big jJ stick in our our- bills T- T 0 reedy soon o creamy o that ob obstacle tade b by at zit the tbt stick etick until It jt was s l small mall enough h for them to carry arry Time The next morning interning just jUt as as the grit first streak of Ji light ht was seen in iii in the sky iky the tho queer trio started 1 I Greedy's s 's bush bushy busby tall tail stood out nt straight ht and he be felt cit nt at first as as' as though ich the wind would take tako away hl bl breath v But after awhile ho lie accustomed to it and th then thea n ho lie began brjan to think of eating lI lb Ho slyly put his paws on the tho stick an anti and began bean n- n nto to gnaw it That tastes vcr vcr nice nide ni e r he be said eaid aj as ashe a ho hr tasted tho su sugar ar l ind imul soon soonbo bo was was' so interested in eating catin that that that-he he ho forgot where bo ho nan wn and that he depended upon time the stick for safety All AU at al once once snap suan went the sUck stick and anel although b he ho held heM on to an end onti with each paw the tho robins could not hold hint him him and th they saw aw IBm him go whirling through tho air Jr to towards time the ground What What asked 1 o one Jc of the robins robin I I I I did not let go JO the tho stick It nm must t han havn broken No u To it said s time the o didn't other oWer I That I greedy re d squirrel gnawed at nt the tho stick until it il snapped We Ve better fly b J down and J look ok for lor hint him said the first fint robin Wo Wo Vo could not pot find him if it iro we did aId 5 said id tho f second robin II and we tto o b have havo o lone done our duty He thought only of himself in planning to take tako that sugars sugar i 4 cane We were doing all time the worl 1 This time tunc be ho carried his greediness too far n and d it has put an end to him Copyright l 1514 U. U b by the NeWspaper NeWs paper Syndicate New York City Tomorrows Tomorrow's s 's Tho The Red Bed Dress 7 I |
