| Show H TH THE MISSES MIS DEER I Ir r I of or that was FO o something v the tile other r chI day said Bald Miss yo to her r friend Deborah Deer fit Do Ie lell me we It said Mid j b I I 1 heard heird of ot some people who complained corn com ll that we had hod hurt the wheat crop i A person who vho knew and under under- went to S see l' l told tid the te pe people complained that there was waR va not a II word of nf truth In what the they said Sahi The Tue deer had hod simply walked through ou h the wheat held field and wh where re they had bitten had d done me so very ery k 1 carefully and ml had not bitten below the i- i leaf Joint I j As the wise p person explained wheat i would grow again when hen s lien If was not biti bit- bit 4 i t ten J c PUW IO the lent jn Joint it 0 t I ul ii um some one told the truth Ifor for I J tf do think it U It is too had bad to be be corn com 9 I r of when one Is careful nr rul It It w was nice to hear that thul s said lc id f Deborah Deer D ci t Oh said Miss Deer Deer- ry ye he been n I j wandering about l lately l li having such Ii a good II time me J I What a ben beautiful It t world It itis Is js I flow Itow nice It Is to feel s safe fe I 1 do hope the they wont won have hu any horrible h hunting s 's season sea cea- at a- a t Ison son this son year I Im wondering If It there wont won't b bI be I tny h hunting season Do you ou suppose i r i I a I II III I t W II i. i Do Do 00 Tell Me About It It something like lIle that m may t take place t some orne day I do don't dont t know ow said Deborah I Ido do hope bope oh how I soNt so hope so so- Not Nt o only ly for ourselves hut but for all II of ot our family faintly sIt It It s seems s strange that people should t e enjoy oy 1 Killing us They have plenty to ed They dont don't pee need us Oh were we're happy free i j and alive e. e We uWe h tithe have e so much to I or so much oh s so much It sek se s range that they might go for us us' us f sWe s. s We We are tre protected for a gf great n part rr of ot the year and we know protected Oh Ol how bow I h hope i th the great i day will sIlI come when It will be ng against pc the law luw JO to hunt for us 10 Il hope for something even better 1 than that said l MIsS S De Deer r. r I I would f l love Iove ve t to U think t that people loved us so t the they coul couldn't nt kill us t Perhaps the boys whore who're growing up p today are m. m like that Perhaps they hey not think It Is fun to hunt bunt a crea- crea ture p a z big gun gun i P Perhaps they will wilt care more t to I hunt hunt creatures cs with with their cameras so i 1 1 as to get pictures I 4 Maybe Mayher t they y will b be Interested In learnIng of or O ou our I ways ays but wont won't want mt nt us when the life Is out EMit of ot us f r Perhaps they they would v ud d rather k know v O Mess leSs about U us ul arid and Hid have lis us n alive ve and nd happy thi 1 fell ut us us' us so so 15 as s to too boast l. l about bout It rt r t. ij I. I t It Is Is' strange e the I Idea ea some have hae ot of tin fun I cannot think of the fun It It would voUl l be to kill an and hunt huilt for ih the sake saIe 1 of hunting oli do they thel think It Is fun when when they know no t that 1 t Into our our he hearts rt cold terror r comes 1 s s' s sat at at tb the sound of ot those awful rifles Do uDo they think tJ that ut Is fun Do they want scant to Lee sec c us shot down fend and our bodies lifeless s Do they think that Is fun ni D Do they Do they they think thin Jt It Is s fun xo to iJ hunt hutt for forthe forthe the sul sake of hunting and of bo boasting Do th y care more for their than they do to o give pe people of the fore forest L. L Do uDo th v j It Is fun tun to make v sorrow In 11 the great grent woo woods s where there h has s been happiness Oh surely surely the day will conic come when we will be safe from guns surely the day will CO coji come when people will guy s-ay that they do not not want to hunt for the sake of ot that they will not kill when it is not r necessary Just jutt for the sake sale of ot i killingI killing I believe that that time wilt will come I ended Deer I s eer J her r great eyes ees turned on Deborah looking s so pleadingly and so hopefully I believe belle that time Ume will come com too said Miss Deborah Deer fleer But Just then there rang a shot through the forest Miss Deborah turned her startled wretched eyes on Miss Deer That U time c hasn't come corne yet she sal said The hunting season has bas com corn Let us ua I pray ray for safety said Miss MIsa Deer And for a a better better time tinie to to- come when guns wilt will not be used for tor fun un she added |
