Show a li 3 A rot FOX is TOO CLEVER CIVER ron roi ronOLD OLD MAN X L D By Its Thornton W V A nimble wit alt It will alil do for ou What hat ti sl e and could lle neter ll edo er erdo do Reddy l Io 0 Heddy loc ro 1 had o no to Light fight Old Man dan Coyote In the first place Old Man Coyote was as too MS big H dd knew that he ha would lla hate o e no chance Yes sir he knew that he would Ita hate Itano e no chance ch nc at all In the second place ho didn't loch foci like fighting an body lie Ill had Iad caught three throe mice an and 1 with those for his dinner he couldn't ery ery ell feel ill natured It Jt he wanted toK to K Kt Ks knew that Old Man Ian was as asIn In a 11 bad temper and he lie guessed time the reason wh why Ho He Io guessed that Old Man Ian Coyote had tailed failed to catch Peter Hal and Mrs Peter ard that lie he blamed him for tho the failure lie guessed that Old Man Coyote was as asvery very hungry and that be ha would v just justas justas justas as soon dine dilla on ro roi as on anyone any one ese ose So as ns soon as he erd hat at Od Man Ian ote Co Co tc was chasing him Redd Keddy started oft off as a fast as his l lags could take tale him He lie knew that Old dd Man lan Coyote could run quite as fast as ho could and that to Get rId of Oldan Old Man an Coyote he w would uld hate ha hll hato e to do more mors than simply Imply run Ho can run as ILS fast tast and an as far as asI asI asI I can thought Hedd He lIe H can go I can It if he lie really means to catch me mo hell he'll do it unless s I can fool foal him him in some way ay I c I to e noticed thit th Old Nan Man Coyote keeps away ay from Browns Brown's hu house e ehen when hen theme thela Is Isny Is n ny one about I Io o to e ne ne er er known him to tl go o up there It If there were ere any signs of folks folk being at home I guess that Iti La the tho place tor for me mc to go co now new It i will w be the ta way tray to get set rill rid lot of him him i So 1 turned and headed I foi toi rainier ral mer Bl Biown's 01 ns n's Look Look 1 Illg I ig if 0 o 0 cr or hi hia shoulder he ho saw that Old Man Ian CO ote i n is I I tnt It was as clear to Hedd Keddy neddy that Old Ian an Coyote either cither hadn't noticed inu In u hat hilt direction tb they we were c going or orf f felt It Jt sum SUI guie e that he lie Heddy I a would turn isido side before he ho got rot ery nea near r It Brown s barnyard It If Heddy hadn't I Ij r I II t j So at a 11 safo safe in the Old 01 J Or lie he sat and grinned I been heen quite so he would have chuckled It ta ouid be time for chuckling he l a was rid of ot Old in n M CO Coote ote no so didn't chuckle lIe devoted all nil his attention to run run- running run ning run run-I As lie Jle drew near larmer mown's 1 e could hear voices In tr tle barnyard barnard barn ThI ThIt was as dalIght and folks were up his just exactly suited him lIe lIeas was as running ho so as ns to come corn up tip behind the barn Looking trick back 0 o ci el his i he saw sa that Old Man Coy Coy- Coyote Coyote ote tas M still i following following- Reddy neddy kept kepton kepton on When he ho leached cached i the back of the tho barn ho ran around tho the corner ot of It it then up along the side aide of ot the I barn and finally right out into the Farmer armer Bro Drown Brown nand and anS Bro Browns Brown's ns n's Boy were ere both at work ork In Inthe Inthe the barnyard barnard arnard sped right past them and over oter Into the Old 01 1 Orchard I There he ho sat do down don n to see se what hat would happen I I Both Pannier Farmer 1310 Blown Biown nand and s 05 Boy Doy rIght outa out hen a hen they saw Hedd noddy Bowser the Horrid was as in the house and for thIs n was thankful He knew that oll or Farrier Brown n nor Farmer Bro Crowns Browns ns n's Boy could ouM nuit huit hUI t him it the they anted w anted to for they had no terrible run VUn ire Ira doubted If It they thOy thc wanted ante l to hUt hui t him lum for he had Iad como come to I loc oe Ion on Farmer Bro Browns Brown's ns n's Bo Boy as a tOI So at nt a safe distance In tim the Old Or- Or Or rd eh he r sat gat and grinned v bile hila he waited for Old Man lan Coyote to show allow show himself himself C Put 01 Old 1 Man tan Co ote didn't show sho I himself He topped stopped back hack of the barn rn He lie heard the OI PS of ot Drown and amid Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Bo lIe had no desire desiro to be seen Turning he s swiftly trotted back tho the way lie he had theOld come Prom From where Tirre he sat in the tho Old 0 chard Reddy ro Fox aw him Hot Hot- ting back tow aid the Green Forest t Then chuckled 1 Yes e es Indeed chuckled 1 Ho lIo was IlS still chuck chuck- ling hog chuckling hen n ho finally tI of In another dl Ho lie had been too to deter er er for Old Man 0 ate COI 1923 b by T W Burgess I Meado The Th next nett n it Danny stor Danny Meadow Mouse Mousa Lilies Likes the Snow I u |