Show fbi zv v zt z ze e t 1 M A J e a r THE SMALLEST HUNTER By Thornton W Burgess This much to me m Is very clear T The ha c world Is ts chiefly 1 ruled b bOld by Y fear ear Old Old Mother Iother Nature Old Mother Iother Nature In is right Fear rulea rules the actions ot of most o oi of th the III little Ie people of ot the Green Fore ForcH and the Green Meadows the tha Smiling Pool the Laughing Brook the Old Orchard and the tha Old Pasture And tear fear Is not confined to the little people who wear Ce feathers and fur The bIg bit people are r quite Juite as timid ld as the little people and human folks also are larely lar ely ruled by tear fear Iut lut some aoma there arc are who have hav less fear Cear than others Sorn Some there thera ore are even en among amone the little people who have havo so ao o much confidence on dence In them them- elves elvea that they waste wasta no time wor wor- wor I In fear ear Now th the reason 01 all this Cear ear la Is that many ao-many ao many hu t of the e I people pee are arc always for the little people You see ace ce most of the people who wear fur Cur ur and o of those It who wear waar feathers feathe ar are hunters hunter share as There are arn ar a R feN fw ew who ore rot Prickly rot rot-P Prickly ek sly Porky Faddy laddy the Bea Bea- Beaver Beaver ver Jo Johnny n mot moy these these Chuck Chuck these are area r s thos t who do no ern not o t hl hunt t u tt o others Of f course Lightfoot the Deer Is another The Tha bIggest of o the tha hunters Is Bus Dus- Duster Buster Buster ter Bear Buster doesn't waste much tIne time hunting others but ha ho has haa a fondness s for or fresh meat henhe can cani get t It eull easily The smallest of o the th hunters h Is Teeny Veeny the tho Com Coin Common Common mon Shrew If H I you vou ou should sl see fee Teeny for forthe forthe the first time I am IUD sure Bura you would never think of ot him as a hunter Such Sucha a tiny fellow ellow as aa he Is la He Ha weighs only about t forty five for y ve trains grains which Is b l only a a little snore mor more than A tenth of oan an ounce But for Cor or his size alze lz he ha Is ono one onao of the fiercest of o all all all- the th hunters If ho he were as aa big biff as l Buster Duster Bear andes and andas IO Ithe es as In proportion he 1 would bea be bea baa a very ery terriNe terrible fellow But nut being the tiniest of ot an all II the tir little people who 0 wear Near fur ur you would think that no one would he be h afraid of him But Dut as I said before Teeny Veeny la Is a 01 nerve hunter and being a 01 fierce lIer e hunter he Is If very ry bold and does docs not to fight n with those much i Fer than himself When he Js 1 J r really ally hungry hung and this Is le mo mOAt t of oC the tho time he would not hesitate to t at-t attick ate t tack ick k nanny Danny Dann Meadow Moue rou himself and Danny Is If many times the weight of Teeny Now Teeny Te ny I Is not one o of those who sleep the th winter l He e Isery Is very ery much awake through the I winter and very very active for Cor It IsI Is I harder for Cor or him to find enough to eat then and he h might starve toI to I death In half hal a day dllY So when there thero therla Is III no snow now Teeny Veeny makes makas little Ideath under the leaves leavea under olds old I logs In Jn the moss and along alone these runways he be h Is h forever running hunt hunt- Ire hunt I for or Insects hidden away for Cor or the wInter or for tor any bit of o meat which some sume of his larger neighbors may I toa hate left And ho he doesn't at all mind If he he happens to meet a Mouse louse for means a 0 fight and a least east I ITeen Teen Teeny Teeny- eyes are ar very ery tiny Uny heIts too loo tiny for or him to see sec much for or he heIs hIs I Its Is a lover of the dark but his ears and and his Isla nos nose nOle make mak up for Cor or th the small small- smallness I Ineas ness ns of hi his eyes and he Is so won- won dc de ully Quid In his movements mo that I he can disappear In II lash flash So Itis It ItIs Is that h he manages to escape those who happen halpen alone lo his h wy I When hen o there is snow on th the g ground he h t vets about beneath th the gee ee snow Sometimes h he comes to t ace th the the e a surface su au ac and alts runs tons about on top to ayD and anon d he hums tinh ge Is hunting hunting him for forIt forIt It 1 s is seems er ar clo Rame ilK If IC that tin t tiny stomach h of oC oChie hie h emi pa lIs Is no sooner full hill than it ll la is empt l snot am ens am not afraid says ease say the tt th a all all- I les small lest et het hunter end and Indeed he h Isn't I afraid Id I Copyright HC 1926 b by T W V Burgess r I IThe The next story Two Fierce Hunt Hunt- Huntera Hunt era I eras era Meet |