Show 4 M f n Sr t V By ry THORNTON W An ci t SAMMY JAYS JAY'S SHARP EYES EVERYBODY knows that Sammy Jay has sharp eyes In fact there are very few of the little forest people whose eyes are as sharp as That is because he used them so much A long time ago he found out that the more he used h his s eyes the sharper they became so there are very few minutes when Sammy is awake that he isn't trying trying trying try try- ing to see something He is always looking Now of at course Chatterer the Red Squirrel couldn't disappear without being missed particularly by Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my Jay And of course Sammy couldn't miss Chatterer and not wonder wonder won Von Vonder der what had become of him rim At first Sammy thought that Chatterer was hiding so as not to have to get Sammy any more corn but after peeking and peering and watching in the Old Orchard for a few days he was forced to think that either Chatterer Chatterer Chatterer Chat Chat- had once more moved or else that something had happened to him Perhaps Shadow the Weasel has caught him after all aU thought t Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my and straightway flew to a a acer certain certain certain tain place in the Green Forest where he might find Shadow the Weasel Sure enough Shadow was there Now of course it wouldn't do to ask right out if Shadow had caught Chatterer and Sammy was smart enough to know it Chatterer the Red Squirrel sends his respects and hopes you ore fire enjoying your hunt for him called called Sammy Shadow looked up at Sammy and I anger blazed in his little red eyes You tell Chatterer that Ill I'll get him yet snarled Shadow Sammy's eyes sparkled with mis mis- chief He had made Shadow angry and he had found out what he wanted wanted wanted want want- ed to know He was sure that Shadow Shad Shad- ow had not caught Chatterer But what can have become of him thought Sammy Ive got no love for him but just lust the same sameI I miss him I really must find out So every minute that he could spare Sammy Jay spent trying to find Chatterer He asked everyone he met if they had seen Chatterer He I peeked and peered into every hollow and hiding place he could t r L I S t 1 L 1 J t S' S J 1 Chatterer hopes you are enjoying your hunt for him called Sammy think of But look as he would anc and ask as he would he could find no trace of Chatterer At last he happened happened happened hap hap- to think of Farmer Browns Brown's corncrib Could it be that Chatterer had moved over there or had come cometo cometo cometo to some dreadful end there Very early the next morning Sammy flew over to the corncrib He looked i it all over with his sharp eyes anc and listened for sounds of Chatterer in in- side But not a sound could he hearThen hear Then he remembered the hole under under under un un- der the edge of the roof through which Chatterer used to go in anc and out Sammy hurried to look at it it It was closed by a stout board nailed across it Then Sammy knew that Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had found it t. t Hes killed Chatterer that's what wha hes he's done donel cried Sammy and flew over to the Old Orchard filled with sad thoughts He meant to wait until until until un un- un- un til Farmer Browns Brown's Boy came ou out and then tell him what he thought o of him After that he would fly through the Green Forest and over the Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows to spread the sad news After After- a while the door of the farmhouse farmhouse farm farm- I house opened and Farmer Browns Brown's Boy stepped out Sammy had his mouth open to scream when his sharp eyes saw something unusual Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had a queer looking box in his arms which he put on a shelf where the sun would shine on it It looked to Sammy as asif asif asif if something moved inside that box He forgot to scream and say the bad things he had planned to say He waited until Farmer Browns Brown's B Boy y had gone to the barn Then Sammy flew where he could look right into the queer box There was wa Chatterer the Red Squirrel |