Show A. A f J- J III BEDTIME STORY By lY THORNTON W. W V. V BURGESS Ill 11 JIL 1 v BUSTER BEAR WAITS IN VAIN P PATIENCE be you young youn or old Brings Its own reward were we're told Buster Bear doesn't believe It He lie doesn't see It that way at all Ho lb HoIs Hois is willing to admit that It does sometImes sometimes some some- times but not always No Indeed not always I Perhaps that Is because because because be be- cause the reward Isn't always what i Buster wants It to be You know how It Is when we set our hearts on ona ona ona a thing and then dont don't get It The disappointment makes us overlook some come of ot the good things we do get A- A tr t r r rr M 4 So Buster Sat and Dreamed and Watched the Flowers and Waited for Busy Bee t to Return I suspect that It was this way with Buster that day when he discovered Busy Bee In the Gr Green n Forest Buster Duster had heard the hum of Busy Bee and then had bad discovered herat her herat herat at among some flowers In a little opening among the tre trees tres s right back of where he was yas sitting Then she he flew away Now the sight and the sound of Qt Busy Bee had awak awak- a n cave among amons the rocks He knows that Busy Bee never wastes any anytime anytime anytime time not n a single minute but from morning till Ull night Is at work gatherIng gathering gath gath- ering the sweets of ot the flowers vers and making them Into hone honey He knows too that she Isn't a n safe person to Interfere with that she carries the sharpest little lances with her all nU the time and little as she Is Isn't the least bit afraid to use it on even such a big fellow as he Is Yes In Indeed indeed indeed in- in deed Buster Bear knows a great deal about Busy Bee When she flew fiew away from front those flowers In the little opening among the trees In the Green Forest she went so suddenly that Buster didn't see In which direction she flew fiew Never Neer mind said Buster to nim self shell come back and next neit ne t time Ill I'll be sharper and see which way she goes This Is a very ery pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant and comfortable place so Ill I'll Just wait walt until she returns So Buster sat down where he could watch those flowers rS' rS made himself comfortable and waited for Busy Bee to come back buck And while he waited he dreamed dreamed day day dreams you know and know and they were very pleasant dreams dreame They were sweet dreams the very sweetest of dreams for they were all of honey He dreamed of a great hollow tree and that he had climbed It and with his great strong strong laws claws had torn it open and found more honey than i he could cat eat all at once and Buster can eat a great deal He smacked his lips Ups quite as If that honey were real mid not just dream honey So Buster sat and dreamed and watched the flowers and waited for Busy Bee to return He Be waited and waited He was very patient With such pleasant wasn't hard to be patient You see he felt that patience might make those dreams come true When Busy Bee should come back for more sweets and shook himself Then he growled a grumbly gr growl wl of disappointment He Be knew that Busy Dusy Bee would not return that day but had gone to bed for the night His patIence patience pa pa- tience tIen-ce had brought no reward he thought You see he lie quite overlooked overlooked over over- looked the nice long rest and the beautiful sweet dreams Ho He had wanted a different reward vard and so soI he hadn't had l d any I 1932 1932 by TW T. T Burgess must be planted after all an frost danger danger danger dan dan- ger Is past prist Corn Is one of the most ory of vegetables to raise In good soil solI with plenty o of moisture and heat with a few boeIngs hoe hoe- Ings a crop will respond that will delight the heart beart There Is nothing equal to the fresh Juicy golden bantam ban tam or the country gentleman and later the luscious milky ears of the evergreen When the last frost Is over oer plant ened pleasant thoughts In Buster Bear thoughts Bear thoughts of honey Can you Imagine any sweeter thoughts Buster Buster Buster Bus Bus- ter knows a great deal about Busy Bee Ever Eer since he was a little cub he has been Interested In Busy Bee I I am afraid it has been n a a selfish interest Interest Interest in In- terest but none the less It has been beena a real Interest It has led him to find out a great deal about Busy Bee He Be knows that Busy Bee makes honey He knows that she gathers the sweets from the flowers of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest Forest For For- est cst and that In a n secret storehouse she packs these sweets away In the form of honey He knows that sometimes this secret storehouse m rain In a n hollow tree sometimes In a hollow log and sometimes even een In he would follow her straight to her secret storehouse So he waited and waited The Jolly Little Sunbeams were very comforting and pleasant It was ya very very still and beautiful there Ills His stomach was reasonably full Altogether Buster Bear was very comfortable He Be blInked at atthe atthe atthe the flowers He nodded Presently he lay down and then well then well then those sweet day dreams became still sweeter sleep dreams Yes sir Buster Bear Dear fell tell asleep And while he slept Busy Bee returned and went away again not once but several sev eral times Umes The Black Shadows had begun to creep throughout the Green Forest when at last Buster Duster opened his eyes He scrambled to his feet |