Show CHILDRENS lw STORY by THORNTON NV BURGESS cis JOHNNY CHUCK TRIES TO ENJOY HIS NEW HOME jonnet jnnny CHUCK was shaking in his skin and ashamed to admit it ue he could hear sammy jay calling to him saying that there was nothing to be afraid of and to come wit out lie ile was afraid of sharp tongue if he go out tor for sammy would like nothing better than to go about telling that he be johnny johnay chuck was a coward at the same time johnny was afraid of that terrible unknown monster whose voice had sent him scurrying inside his house in such fright it Is all very well for sammy jay to say there Is no danger probably there isn for him be has hag wings and can ly fly away grumbled johnny ns as halt half way up his hall he listened for more sounds of the thing that had frightened him so 1 I know all about that thing that thai frightened you so and if you will come up ill tell you all about it it if you keep out of the dusty road it Is perfectly harmless everybody around here knows about it and nobody Is agrall of it if you dont come out M then sammy demanded to know what johnny was doing up there ill tell all the neighbors and be laughed at the rest of your I 1 life ife come out I 1 want to talk to yau said sammy jay so johnny chuck went up far enough to poke his head out of jils his doorway and then sammy jay told him as best he could that an automobile was nothing to be afraid of if you kept out of its way and its way was always on the dusty road or sometimes up in former farmer browns dooryard then sammy demanded to know what i hat john ny was doing up there and why polly bolly with him johnny told sammy that he had moved because he thought he be had lived long enough in the old home and wanted to live where he could see more of the great world ile he had left polly behind he explained until he should have a fine home ready for her sammy winked one eye for he understood exactly what had hop cut but johnny see his wink and went on to explain how much better this place was than the far corner of the old orchard where his old home was when he had finished sammy wished him a great deal of happiness in his new home told him that he surely would see sec a great deal more of the great world there and said that he admired johnnys spirit and In depend ence then he flew away chuckling johnny see anything to chuckle about and he was a very thoughtful chuck as he at last started to get his breakfast after lie he had found where the near est clover patch was and had found out just how long it would take him to get from it to the safety of his house in time of danger and after he had become fully acquainted with his surroundings all of which took several days johnny settled down to enjoy his new home lie ile did his best to make himself believe that it was a very much finer home than the old one in the far corner and that he be go back there for anything in the world it was true that there was a great deal more going on there than near the old home you see there was a great deal eat of passing along the dusty road just the other side of the old stone wall this was exciting but nol dot at all restful it kept him always ready to dart down inside his bis house tie he doze in peace as he had loved to do in the doorway of his old home then too the dust was very pro yoking it swept over him every time an auto rushed past it made all the grass even the patch of sweet clover some digance dl rance away gritty and un pleasant to eat ills his doorstep was nor nol shaded in the least some days it go gol so hot that johnny almost burned his little black feet still johnny tried to make himself believe that he was en his new home and that it was wa ever and ever so much nicer than his old one 0 1033 by T W burgess service |