Show 1 V s a WHY MR FOX MOVED Mr Fox had a great many neighbors II and he was anxious to be friendly with them all aU He Ho was sly and clever like all his family but this time he overdid the matter as you will wUl see Mrs Irs Squirrel had a a. new family of little squirrels ls and as soon as Mr Fox heard this over oyer he went to call can on her Oh what handsome babies ex exclaImed exclaimed exclaimed ex- ex claimed Mr Fox when he saw the new squirrels Your children are the handsomest in the woods Mrs Squirrel You may be sure of that he told her Now it happened that on his way home he was called in to Mrs Rabbits Rabbit's house to see her new babies and Mr Fox told her that her children were by far the prettiest he ever had seen The very prettiest in the woods Mrs Rabbit Rabbit Rab Rab- I bit he told her The next day Mr Fox heard that some new little possums had been I brought brough to Mrs Possum by the stork so over gran ran Mr Fox to call For said he the best way to keep on good terms with my neighbors is to praise the children to their mothers lie He told Mrs Possum that her children children chil chil- dren were iver erf the prettiest in the woods and when Mrs Coon sent for him to see her new babies Mr Fox told her the same thing Mrs Porcupine and Mrs Badger also received a call from Mr Fox and were told that no children in the woods could compare with their new babies so that each mother thought her children the prettiest babies for not one told the theother other the nice things Mr Fox had said I All would have gone well with Mr Fox 1 If Mrs Irs Squirrel had not been anxIous anxious anxious ious that everyone e should know that her babies were considered the prettiest prettiest prettiest pret pret- and proposed that they should hold a baby s show ow and d have Mr Fox for tor the Judge To this of course all the mothers agreed reed for fore each one e was sure their babies would get the prize Mrs Squirrel frisked over to Mr I Foxs Fox's house to tell him the news Of course she the said it will be a I great disappointment to the others when you tell them that my children are the prettiest but It li cannot be helped Someone must have the prettiest prettiest prettiest pret pret- babies and anyone with half halt an eye can see that mine are far ahead of all the other wood children Mr Fox smiled a sickly smile when he heard this and said of course he would be proud and pleased to be the Judge but as s s soon as it was as dark that night he took his valise he valise he did not stop for a a. trunk or his household goods goods and and out of that woods he went far away over t the hills hUls and never did he show himself there again Well Ven he know knew what would happen to him if he went to that baby show and picked out the prettiest babies and he did not Intend to take any such risk When Mr l Fox did not show up Mr Owl was called caned upon to Judge but being a very wise bird he told the mothers that he could not see well enough in the daytime to give an honest opinion and so tho the mothers went home each sure that her children children children chil chil- dren were the very prettiest babies Inthe Inthe in inthe the world Copyright 1919 1910 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News- News paper S syndicate New York City |