Show U TORS I II I I e I Ir II r I J I i 2 CURIO CURIOSITY ITY PRO F TOO FOR FOIt TIle THE OU G ChUCK 11 Il V W Burge s curiosity that leads here w here danger lurks nor caution heeds Old Old Mother other Nature When hen Old Mr Toad left him the young Chuck who ho had run a away ay from home sat in the bushes head of o the Long Lane and did first real thinking he had ever Or doie In all h lii his life Down In his hea heart t the he mew that the ads ad advice adIce Ice ot of Old Mr Ir Toad Tood to go back home was as good sou sound nd ad advice Ice But ho tad ad admit mit ma It 1 No sir he t admit It he Pooh Pooh said slid That funn funny little hor-el hor fellow probable abl able has reason to be afraid If It I IV Iv V ere ore no bigger than he ho I w I ho be afraid Ot Of course there must be dangers but I I some guess am big enough and smart enough to toa a old them the BMW k k III not get another chance u ag i me for forI orI I shall keep my eyes open for him himAs himAs As for tor other enemies I guess I h ant am smart enough to keep out of ot their ay He lie peeped out of the bushes to tow wd d Farmer loarmer Browns Brown's barnard It d most Interesting up Ip there Old Mr Toad had advised ad him not notto ItI I to go any farther tarther in that direction lion tion He tie had told him that It was no place for him up there But the tho themore more he watched latched the more curious he became Ho lIe saw some omo ome big bird about and they didn t Be seem m to be at all afraid Of 0 cours were ere the hens hena of Farmer Dro Bo BOr and anI so 90 of course were nere ere at But the oung Chue Chuck didn t know this They v were ere the first liens hens he be had hail ever seen n If It It is sate safe for tor them it Is safe for me id he to himself I con can run rUD 0 over oer er there and have hate a a look 1001 lookaround lookaround around and then run back again is no sense In being afraId when there is nothing to be afraid of I Still the young oung Chuck Chuck Then he ho happened I to thin think that pel haps his mother molher Polly Folly ChucK would come looking for him He I V no that if It she found him hop ho p would have hate to go 0 back baek home Then hIs curiosity w t bo satisfIed lie He looked all aroun around 1 up in t Vie the blue blue sky ky Nowhere here could he lie ceo eo the Hawk He looked overto ov over overto r to where those hens were content content- contentedly contentedly contentedly edly scratching In the barn ard g I t S Y s ss s 4 a 7 W t Ift J vr Ito to I apt If It Its It's safe for them then It I Is cafe afe for forme forme torme me said lie hue to himself ef Never Xe eer ar had he seen a more peace peace- peaceful peaceful ful scene He crept a fe few feet beyond the bushes and sat up There lie he sat at for some time looking this ay and that Va way was e every cry way Its It Its It's sill to be afraid said he There isn tat t a thing to be afraid of Im I'm feeing 0 over oter er thel e Once more he ho looked all nil aroun around l Then he ho dropp dropped d do donand down nand and started l straight for Bo owns own's ns n's barn barn- barnyard barnyard barnyard yard He felt the thrill of adventure ture lure Heas He Me was ivas going to 10 se see th ns he never neter n er had hail seen Reen before He Ha was 01 really out In the Great World orld He felt sery ery tig and very iery ery bold But Butas Butas Butas as he ran he had enough sen sense e to try tn to keep out of sight eight as much Q oc possible He kept in the tho grass gras And so BO at last he came to the edge of ot Firmer r Brown s barn barn- barnard barnard barnyard yard ard Copyright 1923 by T I W IV Burgess The next story atory The Yo Young ng Chuck cares cares and ond Is Scared |