Show CHATTERER IS Ie SURF 01 01 AN EGG K BREAKFAST T B D Thornton ThorntonS tt S Be sure of oC nothing would J you sou ou be From bitter disappointment free tree Chatterer Chatterer the Red lIed Squirt ci Chatterer the Red ned Squirrel had laid his plans carefully By Dy apy- apy spy spying ing log he ho had discovered ered where near near- nearly nearly ly Iy all of ot the tho little people of ot the theOld 01 Old 1 Orchard had built or were building their nests nels Not once had they known kno n he was about He Ito nad taken care not to go near one ono ot of those thoo nests lIe II knew what hat a fuss CUBS duld be bo inide it if he hould he ho dPi dPi- dis discovered CO covered ered and how all the ert folk would band together to him out of oC o the Old Orchard lie He HeIs lieIs Heis Is cray crafty Is Chatterer the ned fled Squirrel And ho he meant to rob as many ny nests as lIS he u Could uld be- be beIng bc In Ing discovered Now the nearest nest to the old stonewall was nas that of or the Flicker To Chatterers Chatterer's way ot of thInking that Ihal was nas the tho choicest o of all the nests nest because the gg eggs in It nero ere sure sur to te be the tile Yo oi may be sure he ho kept hept a 0 very cry sharp natch atch of that Flicker home Hid Hidden Iid- Iid den between the stones In the old stone all he could watch all al that went vent on So It was nas thit he h found out when Mrs Flicker cr was through liing eggs He lie knew she nes through because she the had begun sit sit- sitting sit sll sitting ting on them Then he lie kept a 11 closer cloer watch than ever er He Ie knew that she sh had to go hunt for tor food tood esery ery da dav da and he found out about what time she sh usually left the nest She was wu always gone gono long loni enough to give him plenty of ot time tim to get i H no Ho had taken not too to so go nei one of these nests I It t those se eggs e g and got back baek to his hIdIng place In tile the th old l Si So at last Chatterer decided that earlY the tho next nellt morning he get those eggs He Heas was nag hidden in inthe t the tho old stonewall by the tho time Jol round red Mr 1 Sun hid It begun III- III hi lally hi-lally dally daily climb up In tho the blue sky He siw w Mrs Flicker nicker put he head out of ot the th hole holo and anil look 1001 Ihl way and I that hat way nay She Sh sat there for a few tew moments and then oi 0 she came Chatterer chuckled nd licked his lips III's greedily But lIe didn't go right over oser to that nest ire He wanted to be bo sure aure sur that Ir Mrs Flicker iv nas as as tai fat enough away atay for tor torI him to get got over oer 0 er there unseen I Now just Iler after Mrs Flicker nicker left the nest net who should arrive In ho he hotop top of ot a It tree not far ort oft but Aim my my Jay Sammy Jays Jay's sharp eyes ees e St led Black PUSO Pussy the th Cat over In farmer BIO n s barn rd Sammy neet ne can see Black Pussy without screaming at bet hei and ho he bAgan to scream now Of Ot Chattel was Interested right away Ho He thought at first that Sammy had spied pled him and this was the th fell rea rca rca- reason son he was screaming Thief Thle Thie Thief So he h kept his eye fixed on Sammy until he was nas ce- ce certain tam tam tain that Sammy was screamIng thief at someone else ele els Thu Thus It happened that Chatterer dId not see Mrs Flicker nicker return At Atthe the first sound of ot Sammy's Sammy voice Mis Flicker nicker had that It was breakfast time tim Sammy only yelled thief when nhen there ther was da clan clan- clanger dan danger n- n nger ger of ot som kind about and her thoughts right away were of ot those eggs So bick she sh ho flew fiew and popped Into Inlo her home Her tui feathers had bad hardly disappear disappear od ed Inside when nhen ben Chatterer scamper scamper- scampered ed od across and up the trunk of ot that bee Ho He was chuckling Inside lie Ho kne Sammy ammy ammy Jay h t seen him and he h know knew that the attention of oC till 11 the tho little people in the th Old Or- Or Orchard Orchard Or Orchard chard would bo be taken taki tak in n up Oil with Iry- Iry try trying ing to find rind the danger that Sammy ammy Jay saw Things couldn't have hav been bet bet- better bet bt better ter chuckled Chatterer and pop pop- popped pop popped ped PI his head In the th hole hoi Copyright 1924 by y T W IV Burgess I J l lie he nett nc-ct B stort Tho That Chatterer Mode Made |