Show BURGESS BEDTIME STORIES THE TERRIBLE FEAR FEARBy FEARBy By THORNTON W W. BURGESS A nameless fear Is worst or of all It terrorizes gr great t and small Mother Iother West Wind Never ever will m that first nIght or of orthe the circus be forgotten on the Green Meadows Never ever had there been such fright Even Johnny Johnn Chuck wa way down In hIs snug bedroom underground heard the voice yolee of the Lion when he roared and Johnny and POny Folly both hoth felt feU that never a again aln would they dare to poke their noses noes outside their own doorway Far over o tn in the Old Pasture Reddy Redd Fox and Mrs Reddy J dd who had bad lust juet started out hunting turned tall tail and forgot they were hungry Down Into their home they crept as far as th they y could go Old Man Ilan Coote fled like a J. J gra gray shadow and he be too crept as far fardown fardown down Into his home as he could get et Over In the Green ForEst Chatterer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack the he Gray Squirrel were awakened from sound sleep shivered and auel shook and shock and shivered d Buster Bear lost his appetite Yes sir great bIg Buster Dear Bear lost Ills his appetite lIe crawled under a great reat wind windfall Call Calland and la lay there as bad badly frightened as any of the other little people Even Hoot the Owl forgot to hoot Over In the Old patch Briar timid little Mrs 1 Peter Rabbit crouched down as to the ground ns as she could get at the sound of that dreadful voce She was as so fO frightened that she lost her own voice Peter Rabbit himself was no better off Those who vho usually spend their nl nights at home sleeping on n this night spent It at home wIde awake and shivering Those who spend their nights out hunting lost an all desire to hunt Never Xaver In Inthe inthe the history ot of the Green s l did so many lIttle peoples lose their appetites nil all at the same time It was the th same sante way up In the theOld Old Orchard It was the same way just as far as that great voIce could he be heard Fear was as everywhere and the worst ot of It It was the they had no ot of what it was they feared Not ot one or of them ever before had heard that great voice olee So So it It was that fear Cear stalked abroad over thE land and none knew what It was that was fear fear- ed There was no hunting at atall atall all that night save on the part of the Owl and Booty went over to the Great Moun- Moun taro It seemed It A seemed as as asIt It J that night would never neer end nd When hen day day- daylight I light came cam the great Ireat tear fear reo re- remained but It was not as great reat as In the night The feathered folk tolk began to fly about for Cor they must eat eat- Chatterer the Red Squirrel Happy py Jack the tho Gray Squirrel Striped and Rusty the Fox Squirrel all came out and tried to think they had dreamed that dreadful voice oice ot of the nl night ht before Did you OU hEar It It asked Happy Jack of Chatterer Do think I have bae no hear hear- hearing ing replied Chatterer or Of course I heard Jt It What was It But Dut this question n Happy Happ Jack JackI Jacke r e I Did you hear it asked aked Happy Jack of Chatterer couldn't answer Nor could any anyone one oce else to whom the question was put And now while there was still the great fear there was with It great curiosity As the voice alee was not heard again the fear grew less while the curiosity grew w greater Dann Danny Meadow Mouse grew brew b bold ld enough to creep under tinder the edge or of the tent lie He remained only a mo mo- moment ment and when he returned to Nanny Meadow Mouse his eyes were fairly out or of his head Come ill my dear he Come see what I have seen You wilt not believe it It If I tell you ou and you ou will not nott I believe It It you ou see It I dont don't believe It myself I Copyright 1927 T. T W Burgess I IThe The next story Dann Danny Gets I Chesty I |