Show I I I BURGESS BEDTIME STORIES I OLD MAN MA-J COYOTE UNDERSTANDS DS By Thornton W. W V. V Burgess tn Irs placing blame I pray be slow You'll find rind theres there's much you do not know Old Old Man Coyote Mrs Coyote Voas as badly upset as she raced across the Green Meadows to where Old Man Coyote was awaiting her He was sitting there grinning with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth He didn't seem to be at atall atall atall all disturbed by the baying of Bowser the he Hound and the shouting of Farmer Browns Brown's Boy in the distance Well my dear did you OU bring me mc a afat arat afat fat rat chuck said Old Man Coyote Coote as Mrs Coyote Coote came caine up quite out ol of breath Mrs Coyote looked very much cha cha- chagrined No said she In Sn a very low voice Well said Old Man Coyote I hope you OU at least had one yourself Did you ou No said Mrs Coyote Coote In a still lower voice Old Man Coyote pretended to be bevery bevery bevery very much surprised What was the trouble Didn't those young youns chucks come out Mrs Coyote actually hung her head Yes said she in a still fainter voice Yes they came out How many Inquired Old Man Coyote Four replied Mrs Coyote Coote And you ou mean to tell me roe that you didn't catch even one asked Old Man Coyote pretending to loo look more snore surprised than ever Poor Mrs Coyote She Just didn't know what to say She had never felt more ashamed in her life You see she felt that she had made a very great mess of her hunting and somehow some some- somehow somehow how she couldn't explain it She knew that had Old Man Mars Coyote been In her place he would have hare had a least one of those chucks and perhaps more Old Man Coyote Coole saw how upset Mrs Coyote was Forget It my dear said Id he It Is Just hunters hunter's luck Sometimes we get em and sometimes we dont I understand Sammy Jay and the dog startled you I dont don't wonder they did You arc are not as used to them as I am When you have lived here and hunted on the Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows and In the Green Forest as long ong as I have you wont won't mind a little thing like the screaming of Sammy Jay You wont won't even mind Bowser the Hound when he Is as far tar away as he heIs heis Is now If It you OU hadn't hurried you ou would have caught at least one chuck Hurrying never pays More Is lost Well Vell l my dear did you brio bring me roe a afat afat fat tat Chuck said Old Man Coyote by hurrying hurning than ever is gained Now my dear here comes that bothersome Bowser Dowser We must get rid of him if we want to hunt in peace Follow me my dear and well wll w l not only get rid of 01 him hint but well we'll get a a. good din din- dinner dinner dinner ner besides I saw Farmer Brown drive away a while ago There Is Farmer Former Browns Brown's Boy over by the home of 01 Johnny and Polly rolly Chuck and here comes Bowser Dowser So there Is nothing to worry about I should think said Mrs Coyo that that dog Is something to worry about Not at all not at all my dear said Old Man Coyote Bothering about that dog is Just wasting time I want you to trot along ahead of me straight over to the Smiling Pool Then Ill I'll tell you ou what to do next Are you OU ready Mrs Coyote nodded Im ready said she but I must confess confes It makes me a little lithe nervous to hear that dog I do wish we could get rid of him without too much trouble Leave It to me leave It to me my dear said Old Man inn Coyote He cheated us out of a dinner of ot fat tat young chuck and he is going to help us is get an ever better dinner only he doesn't know at Just leave lea It to nv sm my dear Copyright 1927 by T T. W. W Burgess I The Next story The Coyotes Sep Sep- Separate arate |