Show CHILDRENS e V U STORY STOR y by THORNTON W BURG BURGESS E s s REDDY rox FOX TURNS UP HIS NOSE NOW aeter rabbit rather prides nn 1 if on lila ills ears eam to be e ex act I 1 suppose sui pose I 1 should say any that lie he elides himself on ills his hearing when tit ohp sinew said that he lit leonrd a rd footsteps and promptly dis als arricaud ricaud aP peter ut at kllc listened it hearit was as a good minute bufore tie he d jilt the of rustling sounds arnon ji the leaves N very cry likely he mould not lieve heard them then had tie he not been listening choit tall certainly has got good ears thought peter as be ducked don doin and crouched very low bliler the thick branch of n little hemlock f 4 t 1 X 41 reddy peddy was walking very carefully tree lie ile had caught ciui glit just a glimpse of it something red ills ilia heart was in hla his mouth in an instant no won dor der short tall lal had disappeared in a hurry burry I 1 those footsteps were the footsteps of teddy heddy roal teter peter did donio quick thin chinhing hing should lie he run if lie did lie would give him self away reddy would see him ind and taco it would le be a race for ills ife re refer peter decided that the wisest tiling thing was wag to sit tight jus Just there where ho N reddy keddy know lid ila vt ana as about find wouldn t be looking for lalni bilm over there lie ile tiann t been moving about for home time so per liars heddi would not ond find ills his scent the wisest tiling thing ARS to bit tight out beneath the hemlock branch peter fox como come nearer and lie knew by teddye ted dys movements alint lie was hunting filce lails gave raivo fletr flet r a little easier feeling pleddy was walking very full ills sharp cai caia cocked forward ready to catch tile alio faintest rustle ot of a lent leaf with his fits LOSO lose to the ground tie he ran this way and that way back and forth sniffing under every oil los log pulling almit very avery pile of leaves lie he can to one of short balls all little keddy d I 1 in it eng ily then ihen such a took look of als gust passed over keddy 3 face that peter wanted to laugh anady turned up ills his nose mid and left that little path A icia bustled ver cri faintly some dis talice a avny n y in nn an instant keddy turned in dint direction ran a few stops steps find and than with a quiet long julip landed nith ills his bluck black paws on oil a little bunch of leaves itter ilter coulden couldn t bo be sure hut but he be thought ito he heard a faint squeak at once nude mide the leaver fly ly ilion lie he sniffed a along if ca and once more veter peter saw lit him t turn up its nose and that look ot of disgust avent across fits face abruptly tie lie wined tinned and trotted aay it was clear unit that lie he dian didn t intend to hunt there any longer peter was wn aled hen it was as safe rare to do sr BO ho he crept from lila ills hiding place anil and nent tnt over to the spot where here t au dy had pounced on the little bunch of lemos leaves and scattered them at first peter dian didn t see anything but the scattered leaves tie ile was as stin still mori wondering dering ahat caused bloddy to leave in ili such disgust when he no a little round hole in the ground curiously peter sniffed nt at it in an instant lie he understood lift ile remembered short tall the shrew had bad said about that musky scent lie he carried and liow how most of oe hla his enemies disliked it peter could smell it now this was an entrance to one of shortfalls short ShortT tall alls s tunnels the leaves leavea had hidden it until reddy had scattered them probably he had heard short tall and thinking it vaa a mouse blouse he had sprung in the hope of catching mr mouse arouse short rail had ducked down in ills his tunnel and then teddy reddy had got that smell that was wag why lie had up ills his nose and gone elsewhere to hunt 1 I don dont t blame him much mut peter turning up his own bly little nose then lie he grew thourl thoughtful taul old mother nature mature certainly does have funny ways waya of protecting her children lvin a bad smell Is useful at times said ile he 0 1933 ayt W burgess burges service |