Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS AN EXCITING MINUTE H 11 LONGEST lives whose wits work fast nor stop until tile tho dangers past of tile tho on the green meadows endows it in it tile green forest and around tile smiling bool knows that this Is truo true it la Is those with tile quickest wits wilo who have tile longest lives almost every tiny ev cv cayone of thein ling hns to depend on ills wits to get act him fin out of danger index pecked lunger danger there for thinking clinking ite ho must net act first and do this thinking inter such times may coll to you and to me file but they tire ire not likely to come often wo go days lays anti and days without meeting tiny real dringer hut bat with tile attle people it la Is different inight when they think themselves safest they art arv likely to have to use their wits and to ta use IUSO them quickly lIckly ril to savo their lives that Is ono reason why wo should to do ill fill wo we can to help thein and protect them and never give them reason to fea fear r us now it seem possible that there was tile the least hit bit of danger for anyone na as buster hear dear gwilm about in the pond of paddy the heaver deaver that liot hot summer afternoon it was as quiet A buster bear was splashing through the rushes on the other side of the pond and the air was filled with ducks and peaceful there as a place could possibly be then along came a cli ch levous little breeze and carried the smell of farmer browns roy boy to buster bear swimming out there in the pond that seem like much for farmer browns hoy boy possibly have hurt buster bear if lie he had wanted to and lie he want to do anything of the kind but whom when buster bear was a very little cub lie he was taught that mail to Is not to be trusted and Is a creature to be feared the only one in fact to bo be afraid of buster t er never had got over that fear so the instant buster caught the taint faint smell of former farmer drowns browns boy ills his wits said get away from here its as quickly as you can cant I 1 this Is no place for you youl I 1 that la Is the dreadful man smell get ashore at tho the nearest place and runt buster stop to think he turned and made for the shore right where paddy the deaver beaver and the quack family were hiding among the rushes now they knew perfectly well that buster bear coming on purpose to hurt them they knew he know that they were there but that help any if one of his big biff feet landed ou on ono one of them hug dus tor ter dear was waa frightened and now they in their turn were frightened Bu dusters fright was needless and foolish bill thelis theirs was not you see they knew by tile tho way ny lie was nas coming that tic lie going to bo be polite and ask them I 1 to got out of lila ills way no sir air luster buster was was too frightened to be polite lie avas ns in too macli of it hurry the wits alts of naddy tile deac worked quickly they always alwart do lie lime have to stop to think to dive ito ho just divot dived without any thinking anti by alio time little lie could do any thinking lie ho vas safely out of the way ot of buster blister hear dear at the first splash bus ter mada us its lie ho headed for tile shore the quack family stinted started to swint out of tho the way but buster bear was coming too fast for them to get out of tits his way in that nin manner mr quacks wits just opened ills hla wings anti and sent him film up into tile tho air like it a rocket he stop stoll to think to fly lie still ply flow flew mrs mr quack did tile paine thing and the alio ten teft young quacks now almost us ns big ns as thol their r parents like dutiful children followed foll fol ocil loVed it all happened in just a little ute it seemed to farmer browns boy ono one minute everything was us its quiet and peaceful as could ie c and the next buster mar bear was splashing through tho the rushes on tile the other side of the pond and the air was vas tilled filled with alth buchs fly ing in ili all directions and quacking with fright it was waa a very g pil nute and just to add to tile the excitement farmer browns boy stood up tip and yelled that yell all seemed to double huster buster bears speed the mud and water lew flow ns as lie ho dashed through the to the shore and disappeared in ili thi the green forest Io iest running its as if lie never would stop stoll in no time lie wilf quite out of sight but farmer hiona boy could still hear him cri crashing ills his way wai through the green forett forest then once more moio everything became quiet fin and deac peaceful eaul farmer browns doy boy washed tho the mud front from its ills face and neck then he hid and waited united patiently present ly mr quack came on oil whistling wings and hew flew twice around tile the pond see ing no one lie ho dropped down on the water with a splash and then quacked loudly at once mrs quack find and the young quacks appeared and soon they were busy talking it nil all over 0 1932 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