Show I I TIlE inv T U STI G C 01 or 01 Ron rJ T J H vr T I IT By Thornton Burgess The The boaster gives himself away aay Because his tongue he cannot sla stay slay Old Old Mother Robb Robber r the Rat flat is a coward Like LIle roost most cowards he ho Is a boaster You I will 11 almost always find that cow cow- COards cowards cow cowards ards are aro boasters You know Rob Cob nobber Cobber Robber ber Is an outcast t None of oC th lit t lit little tic lie peo people le of the Green Forest est and the Green Meadows s will III have an- an any any- thin thin any dolth do with him lIe He pretends not to care but he ho does care So when ho discovered that the tim young Chuck under Farmer Brown s a barn was inclined to be friendly Rob Rob- Robber Robber ber began to boast Ho wanted to tomake i make Inake himself as wonderful a as pos pos- pos possible sible bible In the tho eyes of that young Chuck Chuk I take It said lie that y ou hae ha not been out long In the GIat It 11 j A js a a a very place But one ODe must be able to I take care caro of ones onea ono self It Is no place Cot fo one who is lS afra afraid Then said raid the young Chuck j I suppose y ou are arc not afraid Not In the least enst r replied Cob Cob- CobI Rob her I her ber This was an nn untruth roe as x J told you ou on beCo before e Robber Is a cow cow- coward coward cow coward ard Ive Ive I've been au nIl all oV Over ovir r ne Vie Great I World he continued I J ha have hae e seen I II so much that It Is a n relief to set set- setI Settie set settle I I tie tle down hor here bore I r dont don't suppose I there la Is any allY one ono who ho has n mor more f of I of the tho Great it orld V 1 orld orid than I 1 have haH JI o hae been a great reat sn n nw my day Yes Yea sir I have been a great I traveler In my da day dai I Then I t thIn think YOU would be satisfied to settle Kettle down don downin downIn I In a place like this said the tae youn young I Chuck Chuk But perhaps you don t live here hero all the 1111 time It Il Seems Scents tome to I Ime me rather a dh duty ty place I sup sup- suppose pose up up- up pose you go outside to take tle a 0 sunbath sun I bath Now Robb Robber r the hat flat does not take sun aun baths lb Ho lIo hates bates th the thC sun sua- sunlight notI light Ills Ilia dee deeds are deeds of dark dark- darkness darkness ness and he comes out in the Iho light I of oC day only when he ha must or when there Is something to be bo gained gamed by It It- I I I But Robber Bobber knew that the tho i I II I 1 Chuck Chuk didn't 1 10 know these things Ho He didn't know that Robber had I lost his bis self respect So 0 HO Robber er kept on with his boasting It 11 wasa as asla I a great pleasure to himself to ha hai haa hamis i so o ono one who ho would JI listen ten to hint I This mis place said he IS mere mere- merely ly lip where I sleep From Irom it I 1 go goforth goforth goforth forth whenever Wh I 1 pI please case to set get the tho I things I want It Is an easy cally nut molt ter to got get a 11 here t l p l DOH 1 th there ro are arc great groat bins of 81 giam glain aln stored especially for tor mC me mi by Farmer Brown ro n nand and his bo boy I Of course this wasn t trUe trite t bit I Robb Robber r knew that the young Chuck knew about the tho inside of oC Farm Farmer r Browns Brownd Ero nb barn bam It hint him to pretend that all t t corn cornand cornand cornand and grain grail wag as his own Yes Yea sir air he be continued In a great room over I iTh I it II I I II I II I I I II II I II I I P n lie i L l where here here I JI v our bC heads li i a ayeS are piles of corn and gl glain am that would ceo i all l t ti I Chucks In th the stolid anti una nil all Ih 11 Its Is mine ose Ir-ose big birds that frightened you ou so ale kept to lay lav lave'S eS e'S eggs tor Cor or me mc i Whenever I 1 feel reel ilk III a fresh Cresh g I go help mi- mi my myself self In the tho season I have hate a youl g chicken whenever I feel teel Ue li e It Wi-ac Wi a Wl-a Is la a chicken interrupt interrupt- interrupted ed cd the young oung Chuck Ro Robbi- Robbi el explained that a chicken chickenis IS a n baby hen and that thos those bi big birds he had seen scon Cl weme e hens liens rh ho he continued continued with his hla boasting of the tho on wonderful life bo he led until lh tb foolish youn oung Chuck actually be- be became became caina be-caina came envious n lous Copyright ht 1323 piT by T W But Bur gess I I IThe i The next nett ston stor lor The Young Chuck Begins to Have Case Doubts |