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Show ( HILDREN'S HILDRENS HILDREN'STHORNTON ' CHILDREN'S CHILDRENS CHILDREN'SBy ' BySTOR STORYBy _ ) STOR STORY Y YTHORNTON _ By ByTHORNTON THORNTON W . BURGESSJERRY BURGESS BURGESSJERRY , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JERRY HAS OTHER THINGS THINGSTO THINGSTO TO THINK ABOUTR ABOUTEIDY ABOUT REDDY R EPDY EIDY ) FOX ro"i roi rot " : went otT off to the OldPasture OldPasture Old Oldv v I'asture Iasture Pasture ' to put on his ills lhlnhlnJ thinking thinkingc thinkingcip ; C'lp Clp c lp ' Jerry \ Muskrnt l\Iuslcmt l Iuslcmt Muskrat just Juct : ctollcll stopped ctollcllthlnb.lng stoppedthinking : stoppedthinking { ( thlnb.lng thlnblng thinking . about nhout that th it hou house ! : > e Huldy Ihddy Huldytall.ed Ihddytalked Reddytalked tall.ed talled talked . of ot building huildlng linflding It couldn couidu t be bebuilt bebuilt bebuilt built without mud and how were they theyto theyto theyto to get glt mudhere mud \ where \\here here no mm mmas mud ] \\as as \ was7 wasp ? 'lhey lhey 'lheycouldn lheycouldn ' theycouldn couldn t , BO 80 so that " was "as as all there was wasabout wasabout wasabout about It IL it . . It Ind h'1d h1d lvtd ' been great grent fun to tophn toplin toplin phn plin tJiat tJUtt that house for Redib Reddy Hedd , } Fox roe [ ' 0 " ( It Ithad ithad Ithad had Interested him gre greitly gre'1tly gre1tly ' itly and nnd he hewould hewould hewould would d dearly dearl ( > arl ) hm have base e loved 10ed lowed 10\ 10 \ ed to hel help ) > build buildIt buildit buildIt It it . . But nut It couldn t be done , and be- be beshIps besides be besides - - sides shIps he had other things thmgs to think of'Ise of ot of'Ive 'Ive Ive 'Ise Ise ' , 1 \ e had l'ad lad ' rest enough enoubh , ; , " ' thought thoughtJerry thoughtJerry thoughtJerry Jerry the rpry rery very night he decided that thatHelld thatReddy thatIledd Helld Reddy . } s house could be no more thana thann than n a dream It is time tlrJlP for roe me to be bein beinto bCpInto ? ln lnto to think about nlJout getting some food laid laidawny laidaway laidaway awny away forInter for \ winter \\Inter Inter sslnter If It Reddy Heddy Fox 'ox ox { ' [ 'ox ox ' e\er e er eser eerhlle eserhas everlias \ hlle has ; n fI houi house : > e 111 III Ill e a mine he will wll1 have ha.e hae hale . to tobuilt tobuild tobuild built build ! It without "ithout ithout ssithout " any anv help from me mei'se meI've meIve 1\ 1 1e i'se ise ' \ e wistcd w'tsted wtsted \ ' 1st ' ell all the time on It I am amgoing ampoing going olDg to It is Ie ; queer how Interested InterestedIn In houses hluse ( He ltctl Ilcildv IlIh i his h'1s h1s hRs ' I become } ( 'come come ' I ne\ ne neer neser neserknew neverknew \ er er"new "new new knew " him to Ix ht . before hLfore And AnJ now I Ithink Ithink Ithink think of It he lias has been "onderfully onderfully wonderfully "onderfullyI "onderfullypl'aflut wonderfullypleasant " wonderfullypleasant pl'aflut plaflut pleasant { ' ! ) He lIe ire cc-talnly cc talnly ce-talnly ce ce-tainly tainly - can be he nice nice"hen nicesslien nicewlien I "hen hen sslien " he \ wants t\3ntq t 3ntq rants to he be lie ha hasn hnsn nt t once onceI oncetr1 oncetried oncetried tr1 tried ( ' l < to III cUlch catch c ich me I don t believe bcl1ec helieso , that thatsutli thatsmil I . CUl sutli ; h n 1\ 1 a \ 1thought thought liad had e\ e es even een \ en entered his hisI hishead hishead hisheadouldnt I head ' headouldnt \ \\ouldnt ouldnt \ \ ouhln t Redilv Hedlh Iledds huve 1111e base 1111\ 1111 \ e smiled If It he hecould heconlri hecoiilfl could conlri hive hl\e hl e h ise \ known hmmn " wliat "hat hat What Iprry Terry h > rry waq was waqthlnlIn wasthcnlin wasthinking wasthinkingou thlnlIn thcnlin , . ; ? \ou ou 10u 'iou iou \ ' know and 1 I know tintthe th'1t th1t that th'1tth thatthe ' th the ( ' clltdJn cntdiing catching ! of Terry Tcrr Jerr . } "n n " was all tint th'1t th1t th'it thit ' he hewas hewas hewas was thinking thlnldng about and his talk of ar a a"Well r 't t ' t Z Z'iJl 'iJl iJl 'iJli 'iJl"Well ' i "Well Well " , I Never NeverI ! " Exclaimed Reddy . house \ was as merely to get Jerry so In Interested interested Interestcd terested that he would come ashore ashoreThe ashoreThe ashoreThe The next ne'tt nett newt ' night Reddy Heddy visited the theSmlllng theSmiling theSmiling Smlllng Smiling Pool Just as usuaL lIe IIe lIecouldn't IIecouldn't liecouldn't liecouldnt couldn't couldnt ' keep away awa lie ne He hadn't hadnt ' ' thoughtof thoughtot thought ot of any way to get mud to build bUlld the thehous thehouse thehouse hous house , , but he hoped to be able to per persuade persuade persuade suade Jerry Jerr that they might start the thehouse thehouse thehouse house and to trust to luck to get the themud themud themud mud when It was needednut neededBut needed neededBut But nut when he reached the Smiling SmilingPool SmilingPool SmilingPool Pool no Jerry \ was as , visible slsible Islble Reddy Reddywaited Reddywaited Roddywaited waited and waited and \ waited atted At Atlast Atlast Atlast last Jerry appeared but It was plain plainto plainto plainto to see that he was In a hurry He Hemerely Hemerely Hemerely merely nodded to Reddy Fox rot rox : and then thendived thendived thendived thendived'Well dived dived'WelI dived4Vell 'Well Well 'WelI WelI 4\Vell 4 Vell ' \ , , I J ne\ ne never neer neser \ er I ' " exclaimed Reddy Reddy.staring Reddystaring . , I starIng nt at the little circles on the sur face tace of the water made a as 1'1 11 ' Jerry Jerrydh Jerrydis Jerrydived dh dis ell ed "Jerry Jerry " seems to have some-- some some- somethIng something sonic-thing sonic thing - - - thIng on his mind I \ wonder onder \ what hut he heII heto he1 II to & : > up to noHe now no\\ no \ 7 ? He might nt at least have havestopped havestopped havestopped stopped long enough to pass the timeof time timeot timeof ot of day I must find out \ whit whet h'1t h1t ' he Is Isabout isabout laabout about " So Reddy \ waited alted and nnd waited and andvalted andwaited andwaited \valted valted waited \ some more He m minaged m'1nnged m1nnged ' innged to tohide tohide tohide hide his Impitience lmp\tlence lmp tlence lmp'ltience lmpltience ' \ ' and " when "hen hen at last lastJerry lastJerry lastJerry Jerry climbed cllmhed out on tlie the Big nlg Rock Hock for fora fora fora a rest , Reddy Heddy \ wis ss'is ssis ' 1S ' Just the same pleas pleas- pleasant pleasant pleasant - ant fellow he had been the night be- be before before be before - - fore " . w " ell . , Jerry , " he exclaimed , "I I "Ithought "Ithought "Ithought Ithought " thought you had deserted me rye ryebeen ryebeen Fvebeen been \ waiting wafting altlng e ever eser . er so long I thought thoughtperhaps thoughtperhaps thoughtperhaps perhaps you } ou may hive hue thought ot of otsome ofsome ofsome some way of building buUdJng that house wlth wlthout \ without Itb Itbout out mud " " "I'm Im " ' ' sorry , but there Isn't Isnt ' any other otherway otherway otherway way , " replied Jerry ' If there was I Iwouldn't Iwouldn't Iwouldn't Iwouldnt wouldn't wouldnt ' be able to help bell ' you any I ve ye vegot yegot vegot got too much to do to mind anybody's anybodys anybody'sbuslnecs anybody'sbusiness anybody'sbusiness anybodysbusiness ' ' buslnecs business : but my own It If you want wanta a house you 11 have to getborne getsome get borne some t > ome one oneelse oneelse oneelse else to help build or else build It allyourself all allyourself allyourself yourself . . " 'But But ' But , what , may I ask , are you so sosuddenly sosuddenly sosuddenly suddenly busy about7 about ? ' asked Reddy Reddyand , , and tried hard to keep the eagernes'J eagernesJ eagerness eagernes'Jfrom eagernessfrom eagernessfrom ' from his voice ' ' I m laying up food for the win winter winter winter ter , " replied Jerry briefly . "Until Until "Untilthat "Untilthat "Untilthat Untilthat " that Is done I caD cant t thln think of ot anything anythingelse an anythingelse thing thingelse else " " With this he dived from the llIg Big BigRock BigRock Rocle Rock . @ 1933 bf bv by T W BurgcS3-WNU BurgcS3 WNU Burgess-NNU Burgess NNU Bui-tOM Bui tOM - . . . - WNU Service |