| Show ETI E Ti WHEN r SIZE AND MIGHT liGHT Iw COUNT T i Dy By Thom Thornton W V Burgess Burgees I If It sou ou are big It if you are strong Take care you do clo not others wron wrong Jimmy Jimmy Skunk Isn't it queer how bow often otten who are very cry big or very appear to think that the ilie cin cm do just as they please The They do Yes sir they do They take tako wha what they want ant because the they know they can and no one can stop AtOP them Ot Of 0 courie it is one form lorm of ol ness Now Buster Duster Dear Bear 11 very big Also he Is very ery strong He lie has great claHe claws claw cla a Ho lie can Jo just a about out as he pleases and usually he Ite does the he Moose is about the only one in the Green Forest whom Buster Bear would rear ear to fight So Buster has the of doing just about as he pleases among the Iho theother other people of the Green Gren There are just two of ot the small small- smaller er people for tor whom Blister Buster has re- re respect respect and who In turn are not of Buster One Is la Jimmy Jimm Skunk This Is the reason eason that Luster Duster was as so uncertain as he sat satIn sain I In the moonlight ht in the Ile where bere Fal mer Browns Brown's sugar house I wa Jimmy Skunk was wa there too and Jimmy was right In othe ot of the door loop of the house Bus Bus- Buster Buster ter teras was as sure that he could break Into that sugar house if he ho really tried Indeed It tt was as fur ur this lur pur purpose pose that he ho had com come over there He knew that neither Brown s a Bo Boy nor Farmer n Dro were there His tongue faIrly dripped with longing for lor somo some of the sweets he be knew had been heen ade Inside that sugar house So Sous J us- us uster ter was as much upset hc die die- CO COel el ed fd Jimmy Skunk Now No Jimmy Skunk was wag so ao small smal compared with Buster pear ear that rii l v He ordered Skunk to dear out Buster could flattened him right out with witt one blow of big paw Ho It Itt Buster did not dare near go enough to try ItHe it itIe Ie walked back and orth at a ro- ro re respectful distance or sat t p and stared long beg and hard at t thc house jAll the time he grew an angrier an- an grier and lie knew he just knew he could iet tet Into that sugar house It he tried There wasn't a thing to prevent him cx- cx ex excepting the presence of that little follow in black and white just in frOnt ot of the door Buster and grumbled And muttered to hims lf He lie walk walked snik- snik ed around behind the rugar house There was no way ot of getting in from that si slA Ho once more to the front hoping that JImmy Skunk might have reared But tsu Jimmy was still silil there Buster lt gro growled d hl his very deepest most moat ugly sounding growl lie He drew back his lips and showed hi big strong teeth He lIe ordered Jim Jim- Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy my Skunk to clear out He told him that he certainly certainly would be b kill I If h Int At TI I my made no rt reply ply at lit II It tickled him t to sea see gloat glent big Beat Beal Eoa working himself Into ch a rage yet taking care not to come a step ne neat er But after r a n while Jimmy Skunk Shunk became annoyed He lie was tired ot of o having this big blustering fellow fello about Then In his turn he became angry He lie stamped with his front feet Ceel a way ho he has of ot doing when he Is la angry Then he took a few tew steps toward Buster Duster Bea Beai and hIs big plumey tail tall was alsed That tall tail is Jimmis Jimmi's danger signal He H athe backed away somewhat hastily hasUly all the time lime growling and malting making dreadful threats Jimmy didn t hUrry but he kept straight on Buster tried to get courage enough to stand his ground but the thought of ot that little secret cret gun ot of Jimmy Jimmys Jimmy's was too much for him hint He H backed away as fast last 11 w 1 Jimmy ap- ap approached At AL last he ho turned and shuffled oft off into the Green Forest ForestI I Jimmy Skunk chuckled and re- re re returned turned to the sugar house Copyright 1924 1324 hI by T W Burgesi Burges The rho next st story ry Jerr alche Vt Anxiously |
