| Show 1 I WERI VERU RIGHT HIGHT 1 Jh H Thornton M S Burgess Durgess A danger dangar warning paS passed pa led od unheeded Ma Ia neer ne'er a cond time time- be b n needed Nann Nann Meadow Mouse I 1 here I Is iq something In feelIngs Yes sir there i Is Iq ii In feel feel- feelIngs feel feelings ings inga Nanny l Me Mou Mouse sa as asso s so Shu Sliu had told Dann that she felt It In her ller bones that something nas IlS going to happen they hall bad been left In peace leace so long that she was sure that something nis IS going going- to happen soon toon Dann had said Pooh and laughed at bar h r But Nanny was right Something did happen It happened the vel y next morning Roth Both Danny hanny and I Idid Nanny had been out in the th Gre Greta n to get their brEakfast Nanny was nas the th first to n Just Justas Justas Justas as she was HIS as about to slip Into the th ai thicket she hell heard rd a rustling In the dry lea es on the tho ground It sent little chills all nil o 0 er e her herh he kept perfectly still right wh SIN sh was as sas and hardly dared to breathe At first she could see nothing out of the n wa a But that ru rustling In tn the dry leav leaves s contin contin- continued continued I 1 Then hen she sir saw a long shIny shiny- black form torm gliding along the ground grund with Ith head ha lifted and a paIr or of bright ee e fc thIs way nay ay and that way ay It was ass as asIr Mr Ir Yes sir It was Mr Blacksnake At sight of him nn Nanny san san- sanny n ny was as to frightened to mo mo moe e I WhiCh as It happened was nas a ery good thing Mr Blacksnake was nas mo In 1 along slowly darting his tongue out lIe H Id had a a hungry look Nanny kne knew keen that nothing suit him better than a fat Meadow Mouse for his bis breakfast lie Jle glided along until he reached the bush In iii was nas the home that Nanny and Danny round found so sate safe sat and comfortable Mr looked up He Ho saw that n nest t He H didn't know whose nest tbt was He hadn't happened to see it before lie He just jU 1 took It for tor granted that It was as tas the nest pest of ot a aglid gild lIe He looked all around for Cor owners of or that nest but of or course ourse he so saw san none It might be a a desert desert- deserted deserted ed nest neat Then again It might be that there were acre re loung oung birds In It aol their parents were Ire off ot of hunting food for them Anyway Anyay it nas as orth looking Into for tor It much of or a climb So Mr lr Blacksnake begin tol to I I I At sight of him Sanny anny was too frightened to moe climb up DP to that nest It wa aa just Justl Ithen then that Danny Meadow Mouse louse came running up behind ann Nann anny He I-fe saw laW at once that Nanny was WIlS I frightened He lie crept up close be- be beside be side Ide her I I hat Is it m my dear whisper whisper- whispered led ed Dann Danny Nann anny didn t say a word ord hl Fhe Just dust pointed d up at their home horn In tho alder bush bust Do Danny 1111 looked Then he too almost stopped breathing and cold 1115 ran all allover loser him from lila hIs hi blunt little nose nos I to his stubby little tall tail Side by sIde ide the they stood and keep keep- keeping keep keeping ling ling- ing perfectly still too frightened Ito to move Mr Jr Blacksnake climbed d slowly up to that net nest ne t They saw him I raIse his head to look hook Into It and andI they shivered as a they thought or of I hat shat would have happened had lie Jle found that n nest t when Redwing and Mrs Red Ing had babies in It it They saw a 11 look of or surprise asIr as Mr Ir Blacksnake disco ered that he couldn't look looh Into the nest because there there was as sas a root roof on It They rhey caw aw him look It over oer ver er ery carefully an and l then put lila Ills head in at thelt thell little round doorway In a mo moment mo- mo moment moment ment he withdrew it There Ther as wasa a disappointed look looh on his face I Danny and Nanny ered again at the thought of or what wh a l look 1001 he would hate h had had they been at home ht 1923 19 3 by T TV V W Bur Bur- Burgess Bur gess gaas 1 the he t ne story stOl I Ih he Mice Decide to Move |
