| Show ST 0 RY FOR THE CHILDREN by THORNTON IV BURGESS STICKY TOES TELLS JOHNNY CHUCK A SECRET wing WHILE hilr johnny chuck was stuffing himself in order to make more fat before seeking ills his bed to sleep the long winter away tie he did a lot of thinking you tou know one can think and eat cat at the same time very nicely what was johnny chuck thinking abolt abbit lie ile was thinking about the coming winter and the curious ways ID which his friends stir and neighbors would would spend it when other peo pl clr do things in a different way front froni th the eway way we vie do them we ve very apt to think that their ways are cur loul rl I 1 quite forgetting that to them ou oui way may seem just as curk curious US t to johnny cina t bere iere a I 1 y 0 one n e sensible war ar of 1 r th the long months brother north what D r U b wind and ad l I 1 st roar and howl and PID pinch b squeeze queene que eze and that Is to curl up stably way down where rough cither er north wind and jack r 11 1 think said he that I 1 have got quite cuite as much sense as they have frost cannot read reach him and there sleep until they have bare gone back to the 1911 far ar nor nd johnny chuck always 17 urk s the only sensible thing N tr quite forgot that a 1 1 I b caplo coplo l do and the oy and wisdom need M 0 4 him M YOU a part of the 10 may be some sit gr att e you would like to co coina 0 in inc be colln colin was espre expressing sing fai A A 1 dia privilege when th aliey y were er sot to breakfast it was a SIM simm 1 hoecake hoe cake tea preserved b berr peaches said toes As they sat down the achl poto sly own breakfast Is always hoecake and tea when general cleee Is here the cook thinks it to cut a figure necessary encouraged by these great men to continue his com irien ts colln colin gave cave a ills hla sympathetic and amusing picture of company commander at which both laughed they greene said 4 general I 1 think bink that this boy can be more useful with his bis ton tongue sue and his pert pen than with a sword and a musket 1 that may be washington 1 answered him 11 I have hare plans in mind for ne ile asked the boy for information info ri nation as to his bis military training and was klyen 91 yen an account of his work in I 1 n the 1130 boston ston been field work much 0 of it I 1 it had on returning to the aa office wash words in KA 3 1 dismissed colln colin with these bal you will fill please return to us u to it half an in riding ridin boots and with your sword and pistol 1 ile he went out into the hall with the young man and there said to him I 1 in n a confidential con ilden ia toner oner 1 here tire are ove fire bounas will you oblige me by lending it to farnsworth anti and do not let him know that from met me I 1 will that I 1 barnsworth see ile he geta lit a furlough furlou eh I 1 elve ue 0 will soldier I 1 1 inake an excellent captain farnsworth wai cleaning arms wab a J squad of his hl s men when colin i rk birned cakss calla anz the t captain I 1 or r without spoiling like nuts and seeds and those who ulio eat these things pack them away into storehouses or tilde hide them where they can find them theio then if in the winter they sleep in ID bad weather and come out to play a little and to get food from their hiding places I 1 in pleasant weather happy jack squirrel and chatter the red squirrel do this striped chipmunk pops up for a breath of fresti fresh air on warm sunny days in winter jimmy skunk Is another who sleeps only part jart of the time ne ile doe snot store up food in storehouses hut like johnny chuck himself stores it up in the form of fat put hut bet be he T oes es not depend on this tl fly jis les does johnny ile he likes to come ou and prowl around a little when the snow Is riot not too soft and deep then there are others like reddy and granny fox old man coyote billy slink mink shadow the weasel and little joe otter not to mention peter rabbit who alwaes manage to find enough to eat through the winter and so do no more sleeping then that they do in the summer that Is why they are provided provided with thick warm coats the same thin thing is true of the feathered folks except that none of them sleep all winter those who cannot find food fly away to the sunny south land where they can find it IL johnny chuck was thinking of these things as he atland ate and it seemed to him that his way was far the best way it saved a great deal of work and worry ne ile never was cold ile ie never was hungry it made no difference to him what the weather might be ne be wondered that everybody do the same thing lie ile knew that wise old grandfather frog does and old mr air toad does thinking of old mr toad reminded him of Sticky toes the tree toad wro had summer apple trees of th the orchard ue ile and johnny had become great friends being such near neighbors at the thought of him johnny stopped eating 1 I wonder said he right out loud where he be spends the winter ter where who ho spends the winter asked a small piping voice it was the voice of Sticky toes himself and there he was almost under johnnys nose why youl you 1 exclaimed johnny chuck 1 I was just thinking of you and wondering it you have as much anse anse as your cousins old mr air toad and grandfather fros frog they do as I 1 sleep all winter and I 1 was won ida it if you do the same thing chuckled it was a ay little chuckle 1 I think said deft I 1 have hare got quite as much left atry have in fac I 1 think the II trick nettle t atle more inore can you keep in the luany chuck Chuc fc many tzan replied johnny ish cannal ezme and see injured by J la III nearer to slightly T hea he Wp erect ton bad acquired round with dodging cannon balls if t stat it a new contrivance shell came down it was ca lout of its way for its action ast Y liberate and obliging often dar men quenched the efto r the party pa rt y returned ID good time dinner din er the T h brigadiers for foi had gone to their e commands om a ads colln colin chief cahl 1 ef ianda and his major dined with the generals each of whom drunk drank a pint of claret with h fish roast beef his Is end and potatoes the subject of their talk was the crying of powder need the ile dinner over each guest went to his own task the chief invited to go 90 with colln colin him bin to the 0 office mee and there directed him bla to sit bit down at a desk desh and write a short letter the substance of which was briefly indicated for a few minutes D U e the boy hla his task was alone with lie ile hall had put it aside when r nilly illy came in ID to say that raul paul revere was w looking for fop mr cabot revere was in the tho the secret service bervi ee of 0 f american army the confident bonfi ease aas e with which he be eit penetrated the unes lines was the subject of much |
