Show anter shelters A story for children by MARY GRAHAM BONNER fairies went to different i parts of the woods and some went to the park in he tie cities and elili to the now snow which was full fall ing fust fast now you know old snow that you can call he tery very very cold it if you want to be you know too that yon son can be really quite warm arm if it you nil only fall where bere you will be a shelter from mr north salud air north hind we know tj is never bartu lie tie li Is always tearing armourd so 0 o much himself and blow las anil and raging so cinch much that he just keeps warm himself and Is too busy to think about others but we will te tel I 1 you what to do did now snow here in the wooda woods you fall around the trees don dont tc cover 0 r u up the holes and botlo hollows a h here t the up rabbit rabbits can get shel shelter te r but fall around the belows so the rabbits can crawl in ilk and get dice nice and warm then fall in just that way around the bogits of the little squirrels and the homes of the birds bo have come too early or r of the like little farrow sparrows uio ulio have hae ouch such A lone long rioter winter trying to keep warm la in the cities natch watch the trees V if 0 everywhere ther there wa was snow hero where the little birds go an nl I 1 be very careful oh ob to careful not no to cover up the holes full fall so 10 you kill will make A big eions fort rt where here the little ania in enli I 1 can creep inside biow sow the now snow decided it would do jit ai as the fairies had asked it fell steadily tilen dlly au all day snow binka banks enow snow drifts every where there win has now snow the treo trees were heavy tit bilth ith it little boys and ad girl girls nho who had put awn their leas until next winter filter b ought hem out and beean began doun dou tho ho hills ka quickly as they could but bat the little birds and tte the little animals coul diat set get warm down hill they bet et warm like grownups who could near wear heavy coo 1 I and w wraps raps acy arc pet get wann warm w at a homec could who had kind malters to put rues over them as they waited la in the streets ct ai As soon as the little creatures frit felt sir north ind and saw that it was as begin to sti sno 0 vi they treta and look all over the that they would feel ta tie e cold so after the warin warm weather but to their great sar prist they feel cold at all aall I 1 they found all the little ittle holes and hollows protected trona from the snow at first ii tt they went inside always looking out to ste ate that the snow didn t bury them thern W when I 1 e n I 1 the h e x snow n 0 w I 1 saw aw t the ill e q u I 1 r r e I 1 s I 1 ID r i t the h e p a r s w whittling h I 1 s 1 n ii t their h busby tells and beard them say the enow snow Is really lovely and not a hit bit cold an I 1 beard the lit ilia tie bird birds whispering I 1 this ie Is wonderful A ond erful we n t eshher at all then the enow snow was ever so riad glad tt it had fallen as the fairies bad asked and oh it felt so to rice oleo to have the cool coo snow acain again and the fresh clear air it was vies lovely 1131 storn M union I 1 |