Show BURGESS BEDTIME STORIES GETTING ACQUAINTED By Thornton W. W Burgess 1 I The ones onNI we love lo and ought to please We also alo dearly love to tease Miss Coyote Coote Old Man Ian Coyote Coote moved mo stiffly He wanted to bound forward to where Miss 1 Coyote Coote sat In the path with her head turned grin grinning fling ning at him But he was as so afraid that at his first movement she would run away as she had done so many times that he took his first step slowly III owl and stiffly stiff Miss Mss Coyote got to her feet Old Man Coyotes Coyote's heart sank lIe He paused But he began beJan to wag wa his tail tall Miss Is I s Coyote turned so that she faced him Old Man Coyote Coote took look another step Miss Coyote grinned more broadly than ever She grinned as only a a. wolf or a ado dog do can grin Her tall began to wag nag This was too much for Old Man lan Coote With ith a a. little lIlUe yelp of or sheer Joy ho he bounded forward Miss Coyote bounded too but she didn't bound forward She bound bound- bounded ed off ot to one side bide But tho the great thing was that she didn't run ruu runa away way a For Tor a a. few few- minutes there was wasa wasa a a regular Jumping or bounding match there in the Old Pasture Miss Coyote bounded this way wa and that way crouched with her head down on her forepaws all ready to Jump to one side or the other at tho the approach of Old Man iMan Coy Coy- Coyote Coyote Coyote ote turned and ran a short dis dis- distance distance tance only to run back again and altogether was as playful as asa asa a a. young youn puppy Old Man Ian Coyote wisely Joined In the play pIa In fact ho he felt playful He lie was so happy that ho wanted anted to play And so there In tho the Old Pasture these two foolishly happy folk were having a wonderful time Finally Finally- right In tho midst of their play Miss J Coyote suddenly sudden stopped slopped and thrust her head bead out Slowly toward Old Man Ian Coyote Old Man Ian Coyote Coote thrust his head forward until for just an Instant their noses touched In that touch J Y- Y i t i. i r V J I 1 r l I N il V I rH J J 7 1 r l i I 11 L H oT- oT Coyote Co otc blinked at nt this He lie didn't know Just what to say Old Man Ian Coyote had bad the strang strang- strangest est feeling pass over him With With- Without Without Without out knowing how he knew he did know that never again would Miss Coyote run from him Miss Coyote Coote backed away awa a few steps and sat down Old Man Coyote drew diew himself up proudly 1 and walked toward towar l her In such a dig dig- dignified manner that It really was funny Never Ne In all his Ills life lIle had he been beon quite so sOi dignified Miss MIs J Coyote Covote didn't run run- She She simply sat there and allowed Old Man Coy Coy- Coyote Coyote ote oto to walk right up to her wont won't from fromme fromme fromme You YoU ou jou run away me again will you jou ou 1 stammered Old Man Ian Coyote That depends replied bliss Coyote looking very demure I I 1 I dont don't want you to re replied re- re replied plied piled Old Man Coyote Cant wo we webe 0 be friends Arent we friends asked Miss bliss Coyote pretending to look sur sur- I dont don't know said Old Man Ian Coyote Ive I been trying to be friendly for a long lon time but you have never given ghen me a chance Oh Ob exclaimed Miss Coyote were you ou trying to bo be friendly You know Inow I was answered Old Man Coyote Coote and I 1 have nave tried tr d so hard to get acquainted You see I dont don't know anything about you and I do so want to toI to I I know all about you said Miss Coyote COote I know where you live where your our favorite sunning place I Is where you OU hunt when you hunt and when you sleep and all about you So If I can know all about yot I dont don't see seewhy seewhy why you shouldn't know all aU about Ins me Old Man Coyote blinked at nt this th He didn't know Just what to say So for a minute he said nothing and Miss Coyote continued It looks to me said she as If you didn't really want to know all aU about me Old Man Coyote didn't see the mischievous look In her eyes eU when she said ald this Oh Ob but I did did he cried I did want ant to know all about you OU and I tried my very best e Miss bliss Coyote Coote sighed Oh did you you ou said she And I thought all tho the time that you jou OU were smart If I could find out all about you jou OU I dont don't see sec why you jou OU couldn't find out all about me If Ie you ou OU really wanted to Now Kow Miss bliss s Coyote was only teas- teas teasIng teasIng teasing Ing for tor no one knew better than she how lOW very hard Old Man Ian Coy Coy- Coyote COote Coyote ote had tried to get acquainted with her Copyright 1927 1921 by T. T W. W Bur Bur- Burgess Burgess gess bOss The next story Miss bliss Coyotes Coyote's Story Stor |