| Show bedtime story f for or children by THORNTON W BURGESS WHAT DANNY MEADOW MOUSE DID 0 GRAND grandfather rATHER FROG watch T TO ing from the safety of the smiling pool it seemed that danny meadow house hadn t the least chance in the world there he was on ta tie e bank of the smiling pool with water in front of him and reddy fox rox creeping up right behind him to try to run back would be to run right into reddy s mouth there wasn gasn t a place for dan ny by to hide I 1 told danny he was foolish to come over here muttered grandea so danny swam with all his might fop for the other bank of the smiling pool ther frog I 1 im in rather fond of the lit tie tle fellow and I 1 hate to think chati shall never see him again grandfather frog saw reddy start to spring on danny meadow mouse and closed his big eyes so that he would not see the dreadful end of danny he ile expected to hear danny s last despairing squeak but instead he heard a splash grandfather frogs big eyes flew open and then he gave a grunt of surprise on the bank where danny had been a sec see ond before was reddy fox and it if ever there was an angry and digap pointed fox that one was reddy and there in the smiling pool itself was danny meadow mouse swimming straight out toward the middle as it if he were quite as much at home in the water as his big cousin jerry musk rat himself from the way he was headed it was quite clear that danny intended to swim across the smiling pool to the other bank Chu I 1 exclaimed grandfather frog Chu I 1 bravo danny meadow mouse I 1 bravo danny made no reply ITA was too busy he ile t waste Us his breath talking besides he was afraid he would swallow some water and choke chole so he kept right on swimming as hard as ever he could the truth Is danny was in a hurry to reach the other bank while he wasn gasn t afraid of th water he was afraid of certain folks who lavein ln the water he ile knew that snapper the great big snapping tur tie ile lives in the smiling pool and that nothing would make him happier than a fat meadow mouse for his d then danny couldn coulden t help but think pf billy mink if billy mink should hap pen along well danny dlan didn t like to think of it iou lou see billy mink blink Is also in fond of fat meadow mice so danny swam with all his might for the other bank of the smiling pool there were some little holes in that bank where he would feel quite safe As tor for reddy fox he looked both fool ish and angry you see reddy had felt absolutely sure of that meadow mouse dinner As it was he t even get a frog dinner for at the warning of redwing the blackbird all the young frogs along the edge of the smiling pool had dived for safety T W burgess service |
