| Show ONE O WHO ENJOYED TRE W TER TERRy By Ry Thornton W Y What hat misery moans means to you may bo be boA beA b bA A iou joll JOIl merry time to m me Little Joo Otter While the winter win was BO so hard har for tor most moat of ot the little people ot of o the th Green Forest orest and the Green Groen Men Mel Men Men-dowa dews dows there were re a few w who ho did not mind It at all aU Of Ot course those o v who ho were asleep and knew nothing about It didn t mind It But there were a f few fv v who were ere awake ery sery much 8 kc awo-kc Me yet did dl not mind It One Ono ot of o thes these was wa Jerry Muskrat Jerry spent pent all his hia tIme timo In hi his house houe or swimming about under the Ice lee It t t make any difference to hIm hir how ow bad the storms torms wore ero or how bitter the tho cold down under the thIce I II ice It wa a vai a the same samo the Beaver Blaver was another who ho cared nothing for tor the storms I and th the cold He lie Hied much as Jerr Jerr did lie He slept In comfort In InI his fin tina fine house and the more moro snoW I the tho warmer that house was When ben he wanted anted vi anted food he swam out un- un unI under Under under I der the tho Ice to his storehouse got gota goa a log took It back to hl hi his house and ate lito the bark in comfort To both Jerry and Paddy the tho winter was a time for rest reat and the they en- en enjo enJoyed joed jo cd It Billy Mink woo was wan still till another who wh-didn wh much what the wee wee- l- l t t care car ther the was Thor There Th r were ere ere jut just Ju t as aa many man In the Laughing Brook fish tl h In winter Inter as in summer Bummer and sO DIll seldom went hungry hunnY But the tho theone really enjoyed the winter who one I Ion 11 was Little Lillie Joe Otter ife He- He too lived and In some ways ho on found It en c ea easier ealer Ier to catch eatch thorn them There Ther Thera In summer than It was vas hiding places place not net sO ao many were era a ere for tor them There were no Illy lily paris pads for them to hide under So 0 when hon ho he v wanted anted a r lih he seldom had ha trouble in finding one guy But Little Joo liked the cold col 1 and the Ice for forthe forthe weather the th snow the fun tun he had His Hia fur ur coat was thick end and warm arm Jack Frost Front nl er could pinch him Rough Bough Brother 01 th thIn Wint In 1 ne ne cr er could make mako uncomfortable When ln 1 It him Imply kept In a stormed hl haid d he ho snug nug shelter an and anil waited until It 1 It 11 soon Boon as ss just jurt as BB w was waa our ocr o cr And TJ i- i 1 out tra Ho Hod hs he was er was as 0 d 10 1 loses lo loito ito to tri c aloes aloe's does Little LittleJon Otter The Tho only thing he bo didn t Jon Joo His logs legs lepar like was vas deep soft iott snOW linow then It 1 and M are sho shout t ou know hard work to get about was soon toon as the an snow now ow had ha But Sut juat as aa had bad formed an au packed down or ei lie Ito times some maJo long lon r journeys overland Ic crust Little Joe was nas In high spirits He Ho sometimes made long Jour jur ness going one brook to another or to a pond er he lie was making one of thello Journeys ho he would v slide do down n 1 er e en slope lie he came to Tha vae as a great greal run fun Sometimes lie ho would bound along alone and then throw himself and an 1 lids ollde on his stomach Just as a boi bo runs an and andall slides all slide on the tho Ice But his fun was on the slippery sll slide lie lio had mado made do down downa lo n l a steep bank of ot the I Laughing Brook he heie 0 the tho 1 dl tilOn t Ever and e ci 10 0 man many a day dllY he would slide down dov n that that and arid splash Into Inlo the water It I waa great fun It Jt was such fun tui i that he ho really rca couldn t understand why he ho v was as aa the only one who ho did It This Is great creat wl we-ither cued cile Little Joe Joo to Bill Billy Mink who ho was as na watching him slide ollde Come Como on and an try Iry my aUdel alidel Billy ly Slink Mink shook his hia head J It looks Fook like a ft lot of tan fun said salil he but I dont don't know how to do It 11 Little LittleJoe Litti Ill Ill I'll show you replied Joe Joo Otter and a away ay he went down do 1 the lIppe slide glide Copi right 1924 by T W IV Burg Burg- Burges ess es CE The next story tory Little Joe Ot- Ot Otter ter Shows How low to Slide |
