| Show n 7 D. UX- UX By W. W When troubles multiply hold tight To faith that nil all will yet ct come right Old Old Mother Nature Danny Meadow Mouse felt more uncomfortable every minute He felt couldn't c recall ever having quite so 50 uncomfortable as he be did sitting silting on that board in tho Smil Smiling ing hg I Pool fool with a great big fish called a pickerel close along llong side Every ever time he le looked at that pick pick- pickerel pickerel erel Danny shivered ered Somehow that board which had seemed plenty big enough before that pick pick- eral came along now seemed very far from big bl enough You may be sure sue sule that Danny sat perfectly still lIe He even wished that his heart didn't have to beat I time a merry merr little breezy breeze I rumpled up his fur Danny shiv shiv- i credo ered It seemed to him that that fish flat was watching him He lIe I sat oat t so still for so long ion that at last at gt begin began g I to feel stiff rf and u c t Suddenly Su denb that big LI fish shot ahead like a flash Danny had Just time timeto to sec seo a small fish and then that great preat mouth full of ot sharp teeth opened and that little fish 1 h have bees been larell And that might might me Ine whimpered Danny as s tho the b big bl pickerel returned to his old alongside Danny Danny's raft Danny had Just about made up his mind that ho must change chango his hla position when happening to look dt on the other othel side ho quite for for- his for I sot got ot that ho 10 wanted to change chango his position He lie quite forgot tors that ho to 10 had the least desire to move There thrust out of or the water only a n short distance away awa was a big black head with a a. pair of cruel bright eyes It It was as the tho head of Snapper the tho Snapping Turtle Dan Dan- Danny Danny Danny ny had bad never seen him quite so 80 close before and he hadn't realized I what a a. big fellow Snapper Is Dan Dan- Danny Danny I ny nr suddenly sit felt very small very Indeed and very helpless My l J how helpless he did feel If ho he had been en uncomfortable be be- before before before fore he was twice as uncomfortable able now nom He lie was moro more than You see twice an nil uncomfortable he know knew that that big pickerel couldn't possibly get et him as Ions lon lonn as n ho 10 stayed on that board which was ws his raft But Snapper the Tur Tur- Turtle Turtle tle tI could climb right up there thereafter after i him hint If he felt like It Any Any- Anyway Anyway that board and nn way he e could upset then Danny wouldn't have havo avo a 0 chance In the wide vide lo world Perhaps you can guess gue s how anxiously Danny watched those tho bright I 1 I It t e lv i It was s the head haul of Snapper the Snapping Tin Tuttle tie ryes eyes of Snapper the Turtle He lie could tell by those eyes that Snap Snap- Snapper Snapper per had not yet et seep seen him Danny lust just froze which you ou know lenow U is the way little opre p keep keel In tm Mn in Times limes of danger lie He hoped the Merry Little Breezes would stay away from him He lie was afraid that if they the should rumple up his fur Snapper would see sec that moving fur and would know that there there- was someone alive sitting on that thai board Anyway lie ho might get Jt cu cu- curious cu- cu curious rious rJ us enough to come over to find J out what It was So Danny Dann hoped and hoped that the Merry 1 Little Breezes would keep away awa Oh dear thought Danny Oh d' d d dar ar this is dreadful This Is the th most dreadful fix I ever evor was waa in n. n Whatever shall I do Its It's bad bal enough to be In a tight place when alien you yen have a chance to do something t rat tt It to boIn be In a place like this with witha a a. hungry enemy on each side and sitting silting right out In plain sight all nil the tho lime time with nothing to do 0 but to keep still is Is' Is awful My how I hungry Snapper looks What hat an I awful mouth that fish has hast If J I I I ever eer get out of or this Ill I'll never never nev never r I Iv visit v the Smiling Pool root again Copyright 1025 1925 by T. T W. W Bur Dur- cess gess The next story When Danny Dann Almost Gave Up Hope |
