Show rr M C sw MISTER FOX AND THE BONE Unfortunately things sometimes happen to the wisest animals and this was was was' proved to Jack Rabbit when he again went to the hillside to see Mister Mister Mis Mis- o ls ter Fox and learn of his s wisdom Jack had been sauntering leisurely along on his way from his burrow not giving giving ing the least thought to the idea that anything might have happened d to his friend when as h he h tame iame me Jn in sight of ot the hillside he saw SOTT Mister Fox sitting out In the s sua with his throat very much wrapped P. P p up and a general look of dejection In his attitude As soon ss 3 he saw this Jack Rabbit started on the run and arrived rather out of breath What is the matter matterand matterand matterand and why hava you your throat wrapped up upon on such a warm wann pleasant sant day Mister Fox swallowed painfully before before before be- be fore he answered red The trouble with me is that I have too many bones Too foe roo many bones said Jack Rab Rab- bit How is that and what do you mean I mean said Mister Fox that last night I added a bone to my system which does n not t belong there and until I get rid of it I expect to be very un un- comfortable I How did it happen asked JackRabbit JackRabbit Jack JackRabbit Rabbit and can I help you in anyway any anyway anyway way It happened in this way said Mister Mister Mister Mis Mis- ter Fox You know I told you that I had dug 4 to very fine hole under the fence around Farmer Wilsons Wilson's chicken chick chick- en yard and that I expected that my kindness would result in some of the chickens escaping the next Dext morning Well my suspicions were as usual very Iery correct and the next morning a afine afine aine fine ine large Jarge pullet with my aid came out through the hole I had dug and strangely enough enough I came came along with her and escorted her directly to my house She was very fine and plump and after I had kept her for a few days I decided to have her tier for dinner She proved so juicy and tender that I rather hurried as s I ate her and not paying very special sp attention to the bones I swallowed one which lodged in my throat I swallowed and it would not go down and I coughed ar and ard a r n 1 M The Crane Looked Down His Throat It would not come up and there It Is doing me not a particle of good although although although al al- al- al though I bave have no doubt it was at cne one onetime time very useful to the chicken Well what are you going to do asked Jack Rabbit Mr Fox swallowed painfully again and arid said I dont don't quite know what I can do unless I follow the example of one of my distant relatives of cf long ago who in a a. similar difficulty sought for a crane to relieve him Jack Rabbit was delighted for he thought he saw a prospect of having Mister Fox tell him another story Who was your your- relative and how did the crane hel help him asked Jack Rabbit Rabbit Rab Rab- bit anxiously My relative said Mister Fox wasa wass was s a a wolf Black wolf Black Wolf they called him and I suspect for the same reason that they sometimes call can a sheep a bl blacksheep black blacksheep ck sheep not so much because of his color as because of his wickedness Black Wolf VoU had a 8 very unenviable record record record rec rec- ord for having robbed more sheepfolds and stolen more fat turkeys than any other animal In the particular forest where he lived and he was known too for his lack of gratitude so that when one day while devouring a leg of mutton a bone bune stuck fast In his throat he got very little sympathy from his his' companions in the woods Having the pain as us long as he could he set out to find someone who could help him and coming across a crane rane by the pond he explained to her his troubles and she not knowing him volunteered to help him If U Bl BlackWolf Black BlackWolf ck Wolf would properly pay her Black Wolf sat down dawn on the ground and throwing back his head opened his ala mouth as wide as he could The crane irane lo looking down his throat threat saw the bone and putting her long bill in innis Ills als mouth easily reached down and grasping the bon removed It You have thought that BlackWolf Black Dlack BlackWolf Wolf would have been very thankful certainly I should be if it some long- long billed bird would come along Just now and assist me but when the crane derna demanded de de- rna ded her pay Black Wolf said It Itis Its is s 3 plain that you do not know who I im jm I am Black Wolf Welt aid aul you have bare r-j r J i- i already been amply paid In that hafIng having hav haf ing lug put your head In my iny mouth you you were allowed to withdraw It In safety Which said Mister Mister lox Fox is a pretty proof of the wisdom that when you serve the wicked you should expect expect expect ex ex- ex- ex no reward but should be thankful it if you escape Injury for your pains That is certainly a wise conclusion conch sion said Jack Rabbit delighted with the story but of course you would not treat anyone who helped you in that way wayNo way No said Mister Fox you see I m f nm not a. a ablack black ablack wolf but a red fox Perhaps said Jack Rabbit If I could get a pair of tongs f from om Farmer Wilsons Wilson's fireplace place I could use them jn fn the same way that the crano crane used her er bill Perhaps you could could said Mister r Fox Anyway it would do no harm harm to to try And away ran Jack Rabbit to see if he could get the tongs |