Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-29 | Page 4 | Burgess Bedtime Stories

Burgess BEDTIME B STORIES A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION By Dy THORNTON W. W V BURGESS A difference of opinion leads Sometimes to most unpleasant deeds Chuck Sammy Jay had no place very near Polly Chuck or Johnny Johnn Chuck where he could alight unless he alighted on the ground So finally he did this and pretended to be looking for some some- something thing He didn't say uy anything for tor a while It was Polly Folly Chuck who finally spoke You fly around everywhere dont don't you rou Sammy Jay said she Perhaps not everywhere Polly replied Sammy but I do fly around a great deal Why Nothing much muen only I thought perhaps you yoa might have heard of a astray astray astray stray little Chuck somewhere said Polly Poll trying to speak as s If not at all anxious This was Sammy's chance I not only have heard of that young Chuck but I have seen her said uld Sammy My but you should have seen Polly Chuck sit alt up and take uke notice DoUce Where she asked eagerly I 1 dont don't like to tell you ou re replied re- re replied plied Sammy although he was fairly aching to tell her Why not demanded Polly Why shouldn't you like to tell me Because replied Sammy you probably wont won't believe b lIeve me mc Just try me roe and see replied Pol PoI ly Iy Call CaIl Johnny Chuck over here said Sammy So Polly Chuck called call cd to Johnny Chuck and Johnny Chuck came wan wan- wandering wandering wandering dering over Johnny had b n liv liv- living livIng living ing high and he was getting pretty stout Well YeII said he what now Sammy Jay has seen our lost baby said ld Polly rather breathlessly Where demanded Johnny Up In Farmer Browns Brown's dooryard said Sammy At that Polly Chuck squealed right out Oh the poor little thing 11 she cried Dowser Bowser the Hound will surely get her if she is up there No he wont won't said uld Sammy They are the very best of friends She went tent to sleep In Bowser's house and I saw them eating dinner together out of the same dish Sammy Jay you are ore telling an un un- untruth un- un truth 1 stormed Polly poIl Chuck grow v growing growing ing very angry You have come over here Just to tease t ase me mc by trying to te tomake make me believe e that you ou know where here my lost darling is You know as well as I do that Bowser the Hound would snap her up in a minute t Because replied Sammy you jou OU probably probably ably wont won't believe e me Walt a z minute wait vait v lt a 1 minute my dear interrupted Johnny Chuck I 1 have an idea that Sammy is telling the truth Then youve you've lost all the sense you OU ever had declared Polly Johnny shook his head No said uld he I haven't lost any sense ense I know Farmer Browns Brown's boy and I know Farmer Browns Brown's dooryard and I know many nice things that have happened there I 1 know that If Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Day told Bowser Dowser the Hound not to touch that young oung Chuck Bowser the Hound wouldn't touch it You dont don't know Farmer Browns Brown's family as I do Its snapped Polly Who ever er heard of a Chuck and a dog being friends Johnny turned his back on Polly You are sure you OU saw this Sammy asked he I nodded Sammy I certainly am ho he replied But Dut what's the good of bringing good news that nobody will believe I believe It said Johnny Chuck If It wasn't such a long way up there and I wasn't so stout I would go and see for myself Copyright by T T. W. W Burgess The next story Miss Learns to Scratch