Show rr r w nW WWW L ies GRAY FOX IS 18 TIMID By Thornton W Burgess Without a cause the timid flee And this is ii silly you'll agree Redd Reddy Reddy Fox Reddy Fox and Mrs Reddy had at at last made the acquaintance of I their cousin Gray Fox lie He had ad I told them how he be had happened to come to the Green Forest He had been living farther tarther south but the wandering spirit had bad entered Into him and he be had started to travel So little by little he had come farther and farther until at last he had bad reached the Gr en Forest I like It here said Gray Fox and I mean to stay Yes sir air I 1 liko It here and Im I'm going to make my home here noddy ReddY and Mrs Reddy were not particularly delighted with 1 the news They felt that there Were people enough in the Green Forest and on the Green Meadows They knew that one ono more would make It Just so 10 much harder for them to get a living Hying So having made mado the acquaintance of ot Gray Fox they were satisfied to have as lit little tb tie tle to do with him as possible They They would like to have driven him off oft but this they couldn't do They soon discovered that Gray GrayFox GrayFox GrayFox Fox preferred the Green Forest He was often in the Old Pasture but seldom on the Green Meadows Meadow NoW Reddy and nd Mrs Reddy did a great deal of their hunting on the Green Meadows so It suited them very well to have Gray Fox Pox stay In the Green Forest They Ther no no- noticed noticed heed that he kept away from Farmer Drowns Drown's dooryard Reddy and Mrs Reddy often went up there In la the night but they never saw Gray Fox there and they wondered why But Dut it wasn't long before they discovered that Gray Fox was very timid As long as he could get a livIng In the Green Forest he would take no chances ot of o being chased by Bowser the tho Hound Hes afraid said Reddy scorn scorn- scornfully scornfully scornfully fully I believe that fellow Is i afraid of his own shadow The Theother Theother Theother other day I stepped on a dry twig near him and end he Jumped and ran ranas as It If frightened half halt to death Jt Is all right to run from real dan danger get ger but it i Is Ie silly to be afraid of everything Never have haTe I seen such a fellow He Is a disgrace to the Fox family I II 11 r Where are aro we to huntt hunt asked Gray Fox Lets Invite him to go with us PA a hunt said Mrs Reddy Well lead him towards Farmer Browns Brown's henhouse and aDd see what happens Reddy chuckled I know what wm will happen said he Well try It just for tor fun tun So they hunted up their cousin Gray Fox and Invited him hirn to go 10 hunting them that evening Gray Fox said ald he would be very pleased to go with them So after atel the Black Shadows had crept all 11 through h the Green Forest and Sweet Mistress Moon Mo bad had begun to try to drive them back Reddy and Mrs Reddy and Gray Fox met on the edge of the Green Forest Where are aro we to hunU hunt asked Gray Fox Just you follow us is said Red Red Red-dy dy dy Just you follow us and Well we'll take you to a place where we e have found more than one good feast So Gray Fox trotted trolled along b hind his bis two cousins with ReddY leading the way Along the edge I of the Green Forest to the begin beginS beginning ning of ot the Old Orchard then over the old stone atone wall into the tha Old Orchard Reddy led the way Gray GrayFox GrayFox GrayFox Fox began to hang back Where are we going he whispered Just follow and you'll see te Reddy whispered back and head head- headed headed headed ed towards Farmer Drown Browns Brown's hen hen- henhouse henhouse house hen house Just as they turned the corner of the henhouse Bowser Dowser tho Hound over In Farmer Drowns Drown's dooryard barked Just once glanced behind him Gray Fox was running for the Green Forest as fast as those long leg legs of his did I tell could take him What you said ald Reddy Tox ox Copyright 19 by T W W Bar Bar- gess The next story atory The Voice olce In Inthe inthe Inthe the Water |