Show I I S Sr SL r L JERRY rui FINDS ri PS OTHERS IV IN TROU TROUBLE L 11 fl Thornton V tV Burgess Think not In trouble you re aono alone roe For none nono has trouble all al hIs own Danny Meadow Mouse It 11 wasn't n as If It Jerry Muskrat had never nover had such before This wan WI t the time Jerry had lot lost his homo home and been en flom fioro his castle castlo In the hank bank of ot the Smiling Pool by a flood It wasn t the first tIme unfair hunters had tried to shoot him from a boat Ho had been all through this once before time ho h had l been el y nearly carried down the tho Big River So bad as aa matte s wele Jerry Mn t I holly without hope lIe He had tI I COme out alright the time I and ho he felt elt sure suro that It If ho he could escape those hunters he would I tome ome out alright this time The hunters had rowed away for or had fooled them by coming up liP for air underneath a amass amass mass of floating rubbish Ho re- re re mames there until that boat was WI wasso wasso so far ar a away auay ay that he was as sure euro he couldn't be seen Then he started to s swim seim In the hope hop of ot finding something he ho could climb out on I for a rest When at last h he caught sight Ight of an old log flo I In the water lter ho headed I for It With a sigh o of thankful thankful-I thankful thankfulness ness ncsa he ho up on one lIe had been In tho water so long he ho sorely needed rest Well ell I nc nOer ne r exclaimed excl Jer- Jer Jerry Jer Jerry er- er ry 17 as soon as aa he lie was out on that old log Ho to stared at ot the other I I end i of f that r old A log i in n He stared I I now 0 J tow did you yon happen to be b here hert Jet r asked and tal ed edI and I nd stared Blared with such sucha a funny tunny look on his face Litre I Ineer Ineer ne er he exclaimed again You see Jerry had discovered ered that he h didn't o ha that log to himself On the other end of It two to for tor- for I loin n little people were squatting I just a as close together as they could get h two tuo 0 of the mot most fright fright- t- t I looking oneS little people In all ali the great greaL world orld I lie wei vele Danny Damy and Nanny Meadow Mouse blouse What What are arc you doing here dem Jerry in his hia s sharp arp olce I It it t you please replied Dann 1 while hilo his teeth chattered we ne e are ar tr tring to ing to keel keep from being dro dron- dron drown ed ad How How did you happen happen to be b I I heie helo Jerry asked I I thought I 1 you lied d long way ay ay from rom the he I Jall Laughing Brook and toe the Smiling Pool I Wo to 0 dl dill did l replied Dann Danny hi I teeth still chattering for truth to t i I tell toll h he is afraid o of Jerry MusK lat lot Se e ne cr dreamed that the tho theater tater ater would oud reach our homo home It came so fast that It took us la by surprise Wo Vo 0 managed m to get to ItI I this old log og and climb up on It and tl then en the tho water ater floated It 1 away sy I-I I I I hope you do not und letting us sit alt here You YOu found this log lot first sI so soI I soI gues I e nothing to sa about it Il said sold Jeril Jen Jerl hl hi his little littie ees eyes es twinkling tInkling t Inkling I I hope you don t mInd my sitting on It Il Not at all not At t all We Ve al ale e ever so 50 glad to hl haic e you Cl cued led Danny This wasn't quite true Danny n afraid very much afraid thai Sony Jony might be hungry enough to toI I think that a dinner of o ft Meadow Mcadow Mice lIce was just jut whit ho he anted This being so ho he had to pretend that he was glad Jerry understood this perfect perfect- ly 11 perfectly Don t wor won won- squeaked he aa ns pleasantly as he knew how In time of trouble neighbors should stick together This Is lg l a dread dread- dreadful dreadful ful tui time lime for tor all nil of ot us so o 0 don t l be afraid of ot me un I m not said Danny Dann to tT tring Ing to make mako his voice sound very brave But all nil the same samo his teeth chattered So the old log floated cry ery very slowly with Jerry on 01 orone one end and Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse on the tha other end endall all three homeless because of ot the tho th great flood and all three and wondering what would hap hap- happen pen to them Copyright 1924 by T 1 W Burgess The next story Danny Danny Be- Be Becomes Becomes comes Excited E |