Show e ae a I i ONE IN WHITE AND ONE INI IN I BLACK BLACKI I By Thornton W Bu Burgess geSl I Though you ou bb be black ck 01 or you ou bt be b j white while outside doesn't count a mite Old Old Mother Nature 1 What What Old Mother Na Nature ure means j Is that It 11 is what Is Inside and I not your our appearance appearances which r ally l and h is quite right too r Just Just tak tale take Shadow the the Weasel in I his coat of pure white an and Browns Brown's eat catin Puss Pussy Farmer In a coat of pure black Those two coats are as unlike as two coat coats possibly can be but Shado 1 Shadow hunting for tor a Mouse and Black Dlack sy hunting tor for a Mouse are arc ger 1 much alike So far as the theMo Mo Mouse se Is concerned It doesn't make the least bit of difference to hIm which catches him I that Shado's You will remember had started to climb climb- the tree Iree In Chatterer the TIed Red Squirrel had been making fun of ot Prickly I Pork Porky the Porcupine Chatterer hall had made maile a desperate leap to ani an tree It had made inada Shado Shadow grin It always alwa's makes him I to see fee other people afraid of him Shadow kept on up for Cor a look 1001 at Porky Perky lie ITo had no Intention tion lion ol of C attacking Prickly Pork Porky lie knows all about the thousand little spears that Prickly Porky I hUden hilden In hi his coat So he took look c care r not to get set too near neal lie I climbed over in front of Prickly I Porky arched his back and pat apat In Prickly Porky's face Prickly I paid no attention to to- I whatever but went right riehl on with I his c-aUng c c-atin c just as if no one was about Once more Shadow Shadow- snarled I and spat then ran down the Ire tree and continued on his liis wa way I Presently Shadow came to the th edge de of the tue Green Forest where the Old Orchard begins Along one side 01 of the Old Orchard Ii IiII Ia II a stone tone wall Shadow ran along this stone lone wall popping In tn and between the stonES stonE'S lie HP rather hopEd ho he might find some Bome one hIding in there lher But ut be he didn't find any one hiding in there ther and f tP- tP I ft t r r rr r I I if I tf ti II 7 H D He lie climbed over in front fr nt of Prick Prick- P Prickly Prickly iCk ly Iy Porky 1 so he began hurrying a little lie I as bounding along alone when sudden suddenly ly he almost almott ran into somebody y yIn In black It was Black Pussy Yes Yell sir it was Black Dlack Pussy I l Now ow Black Pussy didn't see I Shadow until after Shadow saw v her lieI In fact tact she really didn't see Shadow at all at first Shadow W was S so 80 white that against while snow Black mack PUSS Pussy failed ailed to tl see anything but the th moving black blackI I lil tip of Shadows Shadow's tall tail She gathered lar feet Ceet under her and sprAng 1 But Bul as Black Pussy sprang Shadow Shad Shad- OW uw sprang Ills His sprIng was toOne to onto One on side sille Black Pussy had sprang I i at Shadows Shadow's black tall and of course she missed it You should e hag ha hae e heard Shadow Shado spit spit and and snarl You Von would would- have ItA thought that he I felt himself to be Quite quit as big bie as Black ack Pussy and trying to pick lICk a fight He Ho told Black PUSS Pussy jut just lie he thought of her They Thov ere not lIOt nice things thines he said al l Black lusy did her best to catch him 1111 Shadow dodged ed in and ani out he be he- he in t the stones of ot that aid wall wail walland walland arid and disappeared and re reappeared so that thai Black Pussy must hav thought ht she saw two or OJ Shallows Shadows Instead of one At last ln ha having told Black Dlack Pus Juf 8 53 sy just what he be thought of her I Shadow out of oC sight night and liick Black Pussy didn't see him again That was b because cause when he came camo up on tOl top of the old stone ston wall arain he be was too far away for Black Dlack Pussy to see ee him to Chickens said Shadow to him I him him- pl lf f-lf It tt has just come corn lo to hal I want for fOI breakfast And lie 11 headed beaded straight for I Frowns Frown's henhouse I op 1926 1126 by T r TV V W geas I IThe I The next nest slot The Boldness of Shadow |