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EDTIME EDTIlVIE STORY FOR CHILDRENBy CHILDREN CHILDRENByTHORNTON " ByTHORNTON By THORNTON THORNTONVBURGESS W-BURGESS W BURGESS WBURGESS \V-BURGESS V W- W \ - BURGESS r ( UNEXPECTED DANGERNY DANGER NY 'Ny ' MEADOW MIJADOW ML'ADOW MLADOW MIJADOWIOUSD ' MOUSE \IOUSD IOUSD MOUSIJ : \ , swiming sWim sWiming swimfag ing fag across the Smiling Sm1l1ng Pool to tofrom tofrom tofrom from Reddy Heddy Fot ro\ ro roa roVOL roc , " ' \ : , was ssas \ a worriedi worried \VOL VOL \ rled i : as a5 he thought of how helpless helplessLId helplesstld helplesslid LId tld be should Billy BIJly \ Mink l\Iln1 l Iln1 . or Snap Snape e big Snapping Snappang Turtle discover discoverfore discoverfore discoverfore fore he reached the other bank bankmny bankmay bankinny mny may would line h'1\e h'1 h1 e lrt\e lrt ' \ been still sUJI moie1 mOle more mOled mored d had he knovin 1.non known 1.no\\ 1.no . \ n of a ceitain certain eel taln Bigil Big Bigel el I , which \ hich iou you ou know I now Is a kind hind ofho of ofho ofho ho was making ID.1klng ID1klng . his Ills home In theg theg the g ; Pool Poolthe the Big Pickerel PlclcreJ , lived Uved very sery seryon \ veryon ery eryon on the manno\\ manno minnows mannos \ s and other lItot litof llt- llt lIt- lIt lltof - of ot the Smiling SmlUng Pool , but he was wasI1 I1 I1Fn Fn c A . . : i ii -i i - i S Danny Scrambled Out On the thek theK k , Those Great Jaws Closed With WithIeked WithIcked Ieked Snap . I thready "ready ready " ready for anything nnythlng else thatbe that thatibe be ibe ? good to eat . . . He had beenlistance been beeniistance I . 1Istance iistance away from where Danny DannyInto DannyInto Into the water , but he had bad heard heard.la8h heardclash hearddash .la8h la8h clash . Danny made It was dif- dif dlf- dlf dlfrom diftram dif-tfrom dif tfrom - rom the splashes made by the therogs therogs thegrogs tram rogs , and the Big Pickerel knewfference knew knewerence knewerence knewI erence He IIe would have beenid been I i Td beenTd ( d to get one of the young frogs I frogsI frogsk t k . , he could ha\ ha ha'v hav have hae \ ' e a told what had hade had6 ' 8 e frogshad of a good many young frogs had disappeared very mysteri- mysteri myster- myster mysteriBut mysterBut mysteri-sBut mysteri sBut ( - But he had paid no attentionsplashes attentionsplashes attention attentionsplashes splashes of the young frogsicy frogs frogsI frogsey frogsey I 'leg leg ' ey had dived Into the water waler atming at ating at'leg ing of Redwig ItedIg Ited\\ Ited Itedw \ Ig 1g the Blackbird BlackbirdI BlackbirdJ Blackbirdhe I ' J , he knew all about frogs , and andthat andthat andr rightthe , that they had dived rightthe right rightthe the the bottom and hidden In theis the - Is other splash splM.h splMh . Interested hIm himicgan , egan to move moe mose mo\ mo \ e along In the dl- dl dlf dlt dlf - , > f t It it . . Now If lie he had hurriedst hurried [ st : place , this story might have haveery havecry haveery ery cry different dIfTerent ending eztding But theerel theeel the theJ ' erel rcl eel had had a good breakfast breakfastwas , J was " , M was only m1J mildly ly Interested . . r rM So he swam rather slowly . Danny Danny'Ie'1dow DannyMe'idow Danns"Meadow DannsMeadow 'Ie'1dow Ie1dow Me'idow Meidow ' " ' ' Mouse \ was as almost across the theSmIling theSmiling thSmiling ( SmIling Pool before the Big Dig Pickeresaw PlcJ Pickerel Pickerelsaw erel erelS'l S'l\\ S'l Sl saw S'lhim ' \ him When the Big llfg Pickerel Plcherel didsee dId dIdsee didsee see him he quite forgot that lie he had hada had hada a good breakfast breahfast It " was "as as seldom that thathe thathe thathe he had tlie the chance to dine on a fat fatmeadow fatmeadow fatmeadow meadow mouse , and he could thinlof think thinl\ thinl \ : of ofnothing ofnothing otnothing nothing In the ss \ world orld that would weuld taste tastebetter tastebetter tastebetter better . If he lie had moved slowly before , nowhe now nowhe nowhe he shot forward like 111 e an arrow 'lrro\V 'lrro lrro V ' \ . Grandfather Grand Grandhther GrandPithier hther Pithier Frog rrog saw S'1W S1W ' him and tried trJed to warn warnDann warnDanny warrDann Dann Danny } , but Dannyas Danny \ was \\as as already SWIm SWImmlng swimming swimming mlng ming as fast as he could , and all nll nil the thewarnings thewarnings arnlngs warnings \ In the world couldn't couldnt ' have havemade havemade havemade made him swim any faster The BigPickerel's BigPickerels Big BigPlcl BigPickerel's Plcl Pickerel's Pickerels erel's erels ' ' great jaws , each of which whichhad whichhad whlc . I Ihad had ever and ever eer e\ e \ er so miny m'1ny m1ny many ' shirp sh'lrp shlrp sharp ' teethwere teeth , , were \ ere nctuaJ1 actually opening openmg to sel7e sefze Danny , , I just as Danny's Dannys ' feet touched bottom bottomJust bottomJust bottomJust Just as Danny scrambled scrambldd scr'1mbl scr1mbl ' ll out on the thebank thebank thebank bank , those great gre'1t gre1t ' j\\\ j jaws js ' \ \ s closed with a a"Iched awicked awicked "Iched Iched wicked " sn ip tp . , almost on the end of D\n D n Dan Dnny's Danny's Dinny's Dinnys ' \ ny's nys ' funny , short tail tml . There was a great gre'lt grelt ' splash , for the BigPickerel BIg BIgPiclercl BigPickerel Piclercl Pickerel , hid h'ld hld bad ' rushed so tint th'1t th1t that ' he had al- al a- a almost amost al almost ! - - most strinded stranded str'1n str1n ' ed himself In the 5h'1110\1 5h'1110 5h1110 1 shallow 5h'11101water shallowwater shallowwater ' \ ' water . For ror a minute Grandfather Grandfatherrrog Grandfatherfrog GrandfatherFrog rrog frog couldn't couldnt ' see whit wh'1t wh1t what ' had bnd rnppened happened rnppened'lhen happenedZhen happenedThen 'lhen lhen Zhen ' he saw the Big Pickerel Picherel dart darthach dartback dartback hach back Into deep water , and with a sighof sIgh sIghof sighof of relief rel1ef saw Danny Meadow Mousepop Mousepop Mouse Mousepop pop Into one of the holes In the bankof bank bankof bankof of the Smiling SmIhng Poolp Pool p @ T W BurgessWNU Burceu Burgess -WNU WNU - WNU Scrvic Service * |