Show I I BEDTIME e REDDY FOX AND OLD MAN COYOTE QUARREL By Thornton W Burgess Pray ne ne neier neer er make a a foolIsh clauD clam Aad then on on others other put the blame blam Old Old Mother Nature Peter Rabbit had been quite right In thinking that Reddy Beddy Fox and Old Man Coyote would start out hunting as goon floon as ai the th storm storn was waa over The They did Old Man Coot Coote CO ote left It hIs hie home 1 In the theOld theOld theOld Old Pasture and started out just as soon as ss he nas aaa as sure that the storm stormi I 1 was va over He H started erY y ei-y shortly f after atter Peter and Mrs Mr Peter Peler had had started for Cor homo home In the dear Old Briar Patch It H was their good fortune that at first he looked about in another part of ot the th Old Pasture Finally he turned toward that part where Peter and Mrs Peter had been And so ita It a nai as that he came camo upon their tracks In tho the newly fallen sno snob Old Man Coyotes Coyote's eyes brightened at the th sight of ot those tho e tracks track He HeI I guess guessed s cd d right away whose tracks they HeI I were vere He H knew that the only Rabbit 6 t In the th Old Pasture was wa Old Jed Jd Sir Jr thumper Here were the th tracks ol Of o Rabbits rr bar Peter and Mrs Mr Peter must have been up here her for or a visit muttered Old Man Coyote Coote I wonder it if they are ar still till here They cant can't be b ler er tar far ahead ot of o me because these tracks were made mad since sine the storm He began beean to run Iv He didn't have to depend upon his nose those tracks track were plain for or all to se Occasionally Occasionally lie he did put hIs nose noaa downto to them Just to get that fresh Rab Rabbit bit scent cent Each time It made mad him hungrier And each time he be ran a faster Down along alone the tir cow cow- paths cow paths the tracks track led him to the edge ot of the Old Pasture He lie suspected then that Peter and Mrs Mr Peter P ter had started for the dear Old Briar Patch and he be h knew that ho would have to torun torun torun run his hi fastest to catch them before they could get there thoro Just before reaching the edge edgo of the Old Pasture new tracks track joined those of Peter PetT and Mr Peter At sight of them Old Man Coyote growled Ife He H knew those tracks track They were the tracks of Reddy Fox It was clear that Redd had only just I Those Thole Rabbits are mine I snarled Old Man Coyote discovered those Rabbit tracks for forthe forthe the scent of Fo Fa Foi In ReddY's Reddy footprints was wall very Tory strong strone Indeed The hair on Old Man Coyote Coyotes shoulders and neck began to rise ris a 0 little a way It has ot of doing when he Is angry He ran a clump dump of ot bushes and there just ahead of ot him sure ure enough as Fox Reddy v as running but hut not fast Cast It va was clear that Reddy thought that and Mrs Peter might be b just ahead of ot him And as a he approached each clump of ot bushes he slowed down so as to make sure lure that Peter and Mrs Peter were not hiding bidIng In them themI I In In the tb soft snow Old Man Coyote made no sound Reddy was waa wa so ao Intent on looking ahead that he didn't once think of looking behind So it was that he ho knew nothing of ot Old Man Coy oto ote oto until an ugly u ly snarl right at his heels made him bim jump Those Rabbits Rabbit are ar mine minel snarled Old Man Coyote It Is S no such uch thing They are mine I found their tracks first snarled Reddy Old Man Coyote Coyotl shoe ed cd all his hi teeth and sprang at Reddy R Reddy dodged and in hIs hi turn showed shoved all his hi teeth Then they tact face each other snarling and growling each lookIng as a ugly Uly aB he be h knew how They Th y called call d each other other names They called each other thief and robber and a lot of ot other bad names name Again Acain Old Man Coyote sprang at Reddy and thIs time ran for Cor he h that ho was wa no noma match ch for tor Old Man Coyote Old Man Coyote chased cha ed him a short hort distance dl then turned back and once more took up the trail of ot Peter P ter and Mrs Mr Peter 1923 by T W Burgess Burges The next story tory The Bad Temper ot of Old Man Coyote 00 |