Show I REDDY FOX rox FINDS NOTING Dr By W Burgess To tool fool the clever Is a JOY I For or wit wit you must em play Mocker Jocker the Mocking Bird I Reddy Fo was wae hungry ThIs wasn't at all 11 uncommon In win win- winter In ter Reddy Is hungry hungry most ot of the time It Is only onto once In a very very great while that he has haa a chance to eat all he can eat When this does happen ot of course for tor a day or two he Isn't hungry But Red ned Reddy dy Isn't one to complain even when an empty stomach keePs him day and night look look- lookIng looking Ing for something to put in It it lie He just makes the tho most of that wonderful nose of at his and those sharp eyes of at his and those keen ears of his lIe doesn't mean to miss a chance chanco through ness or carelessness on his hie p rt On this particular morning Reddy was working along the edge of at the Green l Forest orest near where It joins Farmer Browns Brown's Old Orchard Reddy had a par titular reason for tor there The last lut time he had been that way he had seen Been the tracks of at two or three Pheasants Now It If there Is anythIng that particularly de lights Reddy It Is a Pheasant for dinner He would go a long way ay and he would run almost any any risk to catch a Pheasant It lant often otten that he be can do It But once in a while ho he can so he feels feell that It Is always worth while tak- tak tak log Ing a chance This morning as he worked along up the edge ot of the Green Forest h he heard heald far ahead of at him hima a sound Bound that caused him to stop atop short and prick up his ears cars My such an eager look as there thele was In Reddy's eyes eyell as Ise he cocked those two black ears and listened There Thero It was again I There was no mistake about It No sir air there was no mistake about It A cock Pheasant had bad crowed somewhere up ahead ot of him You should have seen lIeen ReddY Fox steal up along the edge ot of the Green Forest Always his black ears carll were cocked forward lie crouched as low as he could and ho he took advantage ot of every Cry little bush and every little mound ot of snow behInd them and peeping around before he would move ahead ohead Of course he made no noise On the tho snow Inow those little black feet ot of his could move mo rapidly wIthout a sound The nearer he got to the tho place where ho he thought that Pheasant was the tho moro more careful ho he was waa In all his bya movements At last he paused by bya a a little pile ot of brush Not very far be beyond ond thIs was as that Pheas Pheas- Pheasant ant he was sure lie would wait alt for tor that to now crow again longIn Reddy didn't have ha to walt wait long In fact he had to walt wait only II a moment or two Then he heard that thaL Pheasant crow and by the sound ho he was wall sure lUre It Was jut just around Braund the Ide eldo ot of that lit tie pile ot of brush You should hould have seen een Reddy creep around that brush bruah lie crouched so close cloe to the snow that hIs coat actually dragged on the snow inlOW lie He would I take a step and then pause to listen Then he would auld take an- an another an other step and pause Pretty soon loon he wu was ero he could poke his nose rOIO around You should have seen seon wIth what care he did It slowly slowly that little black nose noo was poked around un- un til until at last lut he be could see ace t k Ith one eye 00 the tho ground beyond that lute little pile lIe ot of brush There were ere some lome bushes there look but as he would would-he could see nothing ot of that Pheasant lie must have run run run- Heddy Deddy Yes sir ir that I is what he must bays done Jut But he cant can't Y f S Sl Syr l yr I ar arr arlie r lie heard far ahead ot of hint a sound that tamest l him m to stop short bort and prick up his ears have run but a very little ways There hasn't b been n time ho crowed last So Reddy began to move a lit tie taster faster but he was just as cautious and just as careful as ever lIe He was all prepared to tomake tomake make a swift sUt jum jump to catch that I Pheasant And then ho he heard that cro Ing on once e more This time It was up above his head head- He looked up There sat Mocker the Mocking Bird rd Good Morning Morn Morn- MornIng Ing said Mo Mocker ker How do you like my imitation ot of Mr Ir Pheas- Pheas Pheasant's Pheasant's ants ant's voice Copyright 1916 by T W Burgess The next story Sammy Jay Loses LOBes His HIli Temper |