Show j I I ies I LITTLE MISTER SMARTY By Thornton W Burgess I I Everywhere F Smarty goes lie Ho boasts about the tho th things he knows Mrs Sir rs G ouse There was one of o thos those Young Grouse who was called Smart Smarty mother called him Smarty his and sisters called ini Smarty It was because ho he hoad heI I ad ad the very unpleasant h habit of thinking that he than else Perhaps you have hl en folk like that They are not always pleasant to have about When Mother l Grouse was givIng the children a pia play lesson he 1 sometimes was slow low to mind You JEO ho he knew It was all a pia play les- les lesson leson son on He Ite knew that when she sIte gave a danger clanger signal there wasn't dan dan- danger dan ger ger So sometimes he walt wait until all the th others had hidden or rad flown I One of ot those these days you'll be sorry Mister Smarty said his I mother One of ot these d days ys there wilt will willbe be real danger dancer and you will find that you are ar just lust too late In In- In obedience Is ts the first law of safety But Dut little Mister Smarty didn't improve a bit No sir he h didn't I J I ii 4 Ono one of days daya you'll be corry Mister Smarty said his mother I I I Improve a n b bit t Ho He wasn't afraid lIe thought Mother Grous Crouse Gr use alto alto- altoGEther alto cether GEther too timid lad iad happened to him bins so tar far and he heI didn't believe that anything bad er I would happen to him He lie al al ays ran a little farther atay aay from Com Mother Grouse than any ot of othe the fhe others If It ho lie felt Celt like it he lingered behind when the others vent on It was always Mister Smarty for tor whom Mother Mothel Grouse la had l to go co back and look Scolding made mado no difference to 10 l him film lm He lIe knew It aU all or he did I I I I Then came camEo a day dOor when little luster Smarty learned that ht he I wasn't as smart as he thought he was Mother Grouse Grous suddenly gave gavel the he He signal to fly Little Mister 1 Smarty looked all aU about and aUll saw I I PO reason to fly Its one of I thither's tricks said he lie to him himself I self Its Ita If just one of o Mothers Mother's trIcks Im I'm not going goine to fly j So he be didn't fly Jy Ills HI brothers md and sisters and Mrs Grouse all Hew flew up into some hemlock hemlocks but alii little Mister 1 Smarty right where whore ho he h was wa And then their suddenly he discovered a big bie bird coming with terrible speed straight toward him It was Sharp Shin the Hawk han Then little Mister Smarty Smarty took to his wings win vrin s My goodness yes es It was as wa well for Cor hm bm that those wings wines could move fast and It was well for Cor him that rIght In front of him was a thick thickly ly branched hemlock tree And Anel it was well for tor him that he discovered ered red Sharp Shar Shin when he did for forme me little second later would i havel-i-en have hl h-en h en too late Ute Straight into that k tree plunged Cd little Mister Smarty lIe He didn't have hive time lime to lok where he was going lie He i bruised himself against the and ho lie struck a little pointed pointed dead twig with such luch luchI I Corco that It drove right through I the tho fleshy leshy part of ot one wins wing and andi i then broke off remaining in the th wing wine Poor little Mister Smarty ferror tilled filled his heart and pain made wing throb He fell but caught himself on a n br branch and then he ho huddled as close to the trunk of ot the tree as as a he h I could He Ic heard the ot of Sharp Shin as the lat tr swung off ot In time to avoid hitting the tree For some time little Mister Smarty huddled there to toc frightened to move Of 0 course not moving mo was vas a good rood thing thin Presently he heard his mother call lIe He heard his brothers and as they fl flew w down to the ground in answer to that call caB But Dut Duthe Buthe Bulhe he himself was too hurt and too frightened to answer and and just reo re reamed there huddled in that tree Ho He didn't feel fed smart any more moreNo No sir Mister Smarty didn't feel teel at nil all smart Finally he heard his mother him Tier Her voice sounded to very very anxious He Ho started to fly down but Instead he He couldn't fly Jy You see that little 1 ECe of oC slick stick waS wa was still In his hi wing v lIe H just tell felt down to the th ground round and when he reached the ground he ran to his mother whimpering him I Copyright by hy T W Bun Dur gess The next story The Friendly |