Show I u t I I I A AN U UNPLEASANT S 1 REL n II W BURGESS Tl well as you will sometimes find To be to some ome relations blind Danny Danny Meadow Mouse Hardly hail had Danny Meadow Mouse l reached the shore shor by valk Ing the rope rap rop from the motor boat when a sharp harp squeaky voice vole Ue tIe Ue Who arp arc you and what are you yau doing nero here What bust busi business ness had bad you rope Danny o Cred one of his own a bIz big brown brawn fellow tallow Hob fob Hobbel Hob Hob-bor bor bel the tho flat Rat as ns he lie is called lie IIo looked so fierce and he was so I rough an dirty that Danny backed II away hurriedly Excuse me Cousin said Danny If It I have donG done something I shouldn't haul have done I used that rope to get ct ort off that boat It was vas the th only way I could 1 tot got oft off without swim swimming minI Was Vas there an any liana harm in that thai What wore were you doing doing- on that boat demanded ly Danny told him story stary Ho told how liow h he hind been picked up Inan In Inan inan an old can Did you OU find any any any- anything thing thine to cat on that boat bont de- de demanded de do demanded robber Danny admitted that he h hal baC found a few ew crumbs and had them Thoo Thoe crumbs were mimic declared Im gOing conc out there thero now and If ft you have eaten all the food foad on that boat bOlt Ill I'll eat ent you when I get t H back climbed up tip on that rope and lis and easily cully ran out along It to the boat Danny v him It wu w dear Clear that the hf lint hat had don doni dona 1 that often orten Then Danny remembered the dreadful threat Robber had made He would do it too muttered Danny Ho He would just as soon kill lull me m and eat mo nao as liB not even if It I 1 am related to him I SUCKS guess s Ill I'll move mo along I guess BUS I dont don't want to be hero here when r gets sets back I So Danny turned and raced oft off as fast as his little legs lees could take I him It was blind going coing for tor ot of course he h le had no boa luea where to togo toeo go The only thing he could do was to ta run blindly am ammi al 1 just keep going By and by as Danny Dauny ran he came to a building It was an Old buildinG and It looked as If i It H might bl be a rood good goo 1 place to hide bide Ho lie dodged under it Then ho 10 began to ox- ox explore ex explore There Th ro was a great deal ot of rubbish underneath that old build build- ing ing- building Presently Danny heard a SQueaky voice lit lIe stopped stopp d and is jV ZA fm What was you OU doing on that boat Robber fiercely listened But nut he didn't stop long ong He turned and fled and hi his legs les worked better and faster than they had for tor a Il long time Out from under tinder that old aid building h he ran lie He ran and ran until h he camo came toan to tonn toan nn an old lo log loe that had c a hole hoi In It Just big bic enough for a II Meadow Mouse to get ret In He was quite out outI I ot of breath and very very ery tired Once Inside that old log loe he lay 14 down and panted That wa was Mrs Robber nobber said lie he talkIng to himself I must have found the homo home ot of my cousin Rob nab nobber her ber the Hat flat My I dont don't See lice how people can live in a 0 place pineo like that Xo No sir I dont don't Such a dirty place as that was ivas Im I'm glad clad Im I'm away from fram there I wouldn't trust that Robber long lone enough enouch to switch my tall tail Oh dear doar shall I ever vr get home I wonder what Nanny Is doing now I wonder It if she's thinking of ot me I wonder It if she misses me rue I wonder It if she h ever went we-nt to look for tor or me mo Danny spent the tho night in that old aId log loc aG As soon loon as ns It was daylight he started out once ones more moro It wasn't long lang before he h came to a along along along long stretch ot of meadow beside betide the theBie Dig Big River It was almost lII like e t time e Green Grcen Meadows at home homo How good It did Old heem ceDI to ta get in tho the mea mea- meadow mea meadow dow grass once more moro And right rig rig-litaway awa naval almost the very first lr t thins thing Dann Danny discovered little paths In Inthe inthe Inthe the grass Then ho he knew there thore wore other meadow mice there Copyright 1926 by T W Burgess The next story Danny Has lias a Fright |