| Show A A AX I r AThose D B Thornton ornton v Those for tor defense nse I armed You'll find rInd arc are very cry harmed I ly Prickly Porky All the way eay home from the Green Forest to the Old Pasture Reddy Io oo chuckled Old Man Ian Coyote did the same thing Each I hold had forgotten the angel and dis disappointment I appointment which had filled tilled him whon ho he discovered that Yo wier the tho Bob Rob Catas Cat was las likely to get one ot of those young Porcupines 10 Yow Yon ler hadn't got the Porcupine but buthe buthe buthe he had been sadly punished Reddy Reddy Red- Red dy knew that had It not been for tor he himself might have been the Iho on one to have been taught laught a paInful lesson That Is 1 why hy he chuckled all the way home Reddi and Old Man CO Covote Coote ote Vo eels not even sorry tor for YO ler Doth Both are aro afraid ot of o and both have havo lost many a good meal because ot of So both were rather pleased with lIh the tho isa a things thing had turned out Ut or couso It n t nice of ot them to feel teel that way woy But It wag ens rather a n feeling Of courso course word of what nhat hat had I happened soon spread alt all through the Green Forest Such noa nesa nc trav-I trav tray trav travels els vIa very feat fast and It enan v t long before ever even ono one in the Green For Forest I Iest est cot knew that little as they ere these oung Porcupines Porcupine were ere best left lert alone alono Ao As soon as the Bob Cat hid hd limped away alvay whining and 1 spitting and snarling Sir Pork Porky do made mado sure ure that the tle youngster 1 had tried to catch was us un- un un hurt unhurt Then fretfully scolding Bedding him bins himor I for tor having dIsobeyed her by not keeping right at her heels she aho once more moro started on her way eay You ahoI I 1 ilia may be quite sure aure ure that this time timo both oun kept close cloo to ler Iter Until lo 10 ler had ma made hl hi his sad mistake those tholo two had hadnot hadnot not even known cnown that there theo RB wa such luch a thing as danger dancer They had hadnot hadnot hadnot not known what ehat hat those thoo tho o little spears In hI their coat were for Cor But now they thoy knew An And l although they hail learned that there were ero ene- ene enemies One ene enemies mies mIca they had also learned lea that i they could take taka care of at them thom themselves seli seh selves es as asSo 1 So from that day on the Hie two oung Porcupines were ready realy at the atthe slightest suspIcion that an ene mv ene-mv ow mv All MILB near to lift the tho little spears hidden In their coals coats and make too dangerous to be touched As A dl day d y after otter day they bol noticed ho how hoe e took pains I to br keep out of their way esy they b bo came more and Ind more Independent I I By the time they were halt TOWn grown they were so 0 o Independent I I I All the e way isay home from the lie to the Ofil Olli Pa lure Itt 1 Fo Foi Fers that they no longer I with their mother In fact their moth moth- mother mother er no longer seemed to care any any- anything anything anything thing about them It If she did she dIdn't sho show It She Sho seemed to think that th t It was time for tor them to make mke their own way eay In the tho Great World and that the she had done her full duo dut dull by them So Prickly Porky went his way and did as he pleased l Mrs Porky went her way and did as she ahe pleased The sto young Porcupines went wont their way and did as they pleased It was the most moot Independent family In all the Green Forest No one eor thought to try to make trouble for any ot of o them At the tho same acme they never ner thought of ot trying to toI tomake I make malre trouble rouble for tor or any ony ono isa Theirs TheIr was wan tho the Independence ot of being perfectly armed tor for defense I but no for tor offen Offense Ie Copyright 1924 1 24 by T W Burgess Inthe The next story A Dispute In I the Green Forest I |
