Show j I 9 DANNY lI AND A D NiNNY NANNY DOW MOUSE GUT GIT A T SHOCK Cy fly Thornton W Burgess Durgess Burgess Vc We e cannot always alwa's surely tell Ir If all be III or all be bc well veli Danny Meadow dow ow Mouse You will III remember that before beforetime time the setting in of o winter Danny an and t Nanny Meadow Mouse had bad moved moed up to Farmer Drowns Drown's barn They liked that barn it WAS waa a no good place ace In which to spend the tho win win- winter ter tet The Tho only ones thero there at that time were wert Robber the Rat lint his family and NIbbler Kibbler tho the House HOlIs Mouse Danny and Nanny were ere afraId or ot Robber nobber but they were net afraid of at o Nibbler fn Jn faa fac tact Nibbler Kibbler was wa afraid of ot them A Ac Astor for their heir big ble cousins cousin the flats Danny and Nanny knew that all they had to do was wa to keep out ot of their wa way Danny knew all about that barn for this was not tho fIrst wInter they had spent there lie He found everything much ns as a he had bad expect expect- expected eL ed T Nanny soon oon decided where sho wanted to live and It was almost no time at all nil be before foro they had a snug nest neat ready to be bo occupied The They had no worrIes Robber nobber the flat couldn't get at them thero If 1 h he tried and he be wasn't likely to try You see ace explained Danny Robber nobber and his family have all they want ant to eat cit over here her In thIs barn Yes sir lr they have hayo all they lucy want fo o eat cat and nd EO co they are nrc not to bother bolher vs us 01 Ot course courso we o must mu t watch out for Black Pussy the Cat But Dut Black Pussy PuB yIn b Ic stupid It if you ou ask aak me She hasn't caught Nibbler the House fouse ouse yet and Nibbler Isn't ex- ex ex exactly my Idea of ot one who Is really smart Nanny Meadow Mouse llou e began to gIggle It was WIlS a n squeaky little giggle Danny looked at her very ery hard What are ar you OU laughing lau at I at he ha demanded I I am laughing laue-hinc at the th good rood opinIon opinion opinion ion of ot yourself you ou seem teem to have said the she You must think you are area area a whole lot smarter than Nibbler I do declared Danny prompt promptly ly Iy All Nibbler has to do Is to keep out o of the th way ot of o Black PUSS You and I have hav to l keep out of ot the way of ot noddy Fox and Jimmy Skunk and all the th mem mem- members member be bers ber of ot the tho th Hawk family and all alltha the th members of ot the Owl familY not to mention Blacky the th Crow and Shadow th the tho Weasel and a s a few others Of ot course wo we are smart smarter er Cr But we w ar Are coins oln to have hare avery a aery ery ery easy en y winter here You must admit Nannie r that I did well when I thought of ot coming up here herc Instead of ot spending the tho th winter down on the th Green Meadows Nanny was quite ready to admit this In tact she ah wa was wag highly 11 V with h her l surroundings urro So II j J Jj PIpa J I 1 i r rl l l lot iJ f jp I nat do cio you TU suppose has ha hap bar happened ich h lia whispered she and Danny made themselves at home and were ere mor more pleased with TUh each succeeding day In fact Danny used tp tease teas Black Pussy Puny by showIng himself just lust by byway bYway byway way ot of t having a excitement lie He knew all about the th wn way ot of Robber nobber thi- thi nat Hat and all the mem morn members b ben bers n of ot Robbers big ble family t t was no trouble at all alt to keep out ot of their way There Ther was Will plenty to eat without the tho th trouble of of hunt bunt buntIng hunting I ing for tor It tt It wa an ao easy And on oute liny dy n as Dinny nJ Nanny anny were out OUI to 0 m snake Je sure that Black Dlack Pussy luny Pu y was Willi not about a bout they heard a a gr groat at squeaking among amono the flats Kats They heard the scampering of many lit lit- little lit little tle tie feet Danny looked at Nanny and Nanny anny looked 11 at Dann Danny What do you ou suppose has hap happened I she sh whispered And before Danny could whis whisper per that ho he hadn't the Mea Idea there appeared and almost It at once disappeared a slim lIm white form It was almost like A II chosta ghost a a little slim ghost But Cut had It been a ghost and had Danny an and t Nanny believed In ghosts they wouldn't have havo been any mor wora frIghtened than th- th they thy y were They had received one of ot the greatest shocks of ot all their lives Shadow the Weasel easel whis whispered p red Danny when at last 1st he got his breath Copyright 1 G by T W Dur Dur- Durgess cess Bur gess I The Tho next sto story Danny and Nann Nanny Make Male Up Their Minds |