| Show Burgess I BEDTIME IE I STORIES SO RI ES CUBBY SAYS YS GOODBYE TO THE TIlE FARM R FARMBy FARMBy By y THORNTON W W. BURGESS We seldom feel an aching heart Until the time has come to part Farmer Browns Brown's B owns own's Boy Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had been quite quile right in feeling that Mother Molher Brown had stood all she could from that lit little lit ut- tle tb Bear At the dinner table that tha night It was decided that Cubby would have to go 10 back to the Green Forest I Farmer Browns Brown's Boy couldn't protest protes much when he realized all the extra I work that little Bear had hod cause caused Mother Brown by the mischief he ha had gotten into So although he hated to think of parting with Cubby he agreed that the next morning he would take him back where he had hac I gotten him So early the next morning Far Far- Farmer Farmer Farmer mer Browns Brown's Boy and Cubby started for a a. walk Cubby was on a a. chain You see Farmer Browns Brown's Boy didn't want to give him the slip Cubby had grown and he be could travel very nicely now n w. w It was great fun going to walk with Farmer Fanner Browns Brown's Boy He had done that thing before He won won- wondered wondered wondered dered It If they would go over to the Laughing Brook He liked to go over overto overto overto to the Laughing Brook and pull over stones atones and try to catch frogs It was great sport But this time they didn't go to the Laughing Brook They went down the Long Lane and across the Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows towards toward the Old Pasture When they reached the Old Pasture Cubby was vas picked up You see the bushes were so to thick there that the chain would get tangled Up along the old Farmer Browns Brown's Bo Boy trudged carrying Cubby and talking to him all the time By and by they reached re ched the very place where Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had first seen Cubby the very place where Cubby had caught his foot between two roots That foot foo was wholly well now Farmer Browns Brown's Boy looked around for some sign o ot of Mother Bear and the other cub but bu they were nowhere to be seen or heard That they had hed been there every day he knew by the looks of the berry bushes Well Vell Cubby he h said I 1 guess gue s you'll have to go back to your mam main ma I dont don't know where she is but shell she'll show up or I am greatly mis mis- taken You can have a a. perfectly beautiful time until she comes Youre You're a little black rascal that's what you jou are and I hate to think of parting with you But I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess now's the time to do it He put Cubby down on the ground and took his collar off oft Cubby shook tj He lie was not at all fussy himself lIe He was glad to be rid of ot that I collar Then he stood up on his hind hind- legs pulled down a Branch of blue blue- blueberry blueberry blueberry berry bush and began to eat berries freely treely He was not at all fussy green ones and even e leaves and bits of oC stick went Into his mouth with the ripe berries bellies It was all the same to Cubby Farmer Browns Brown's Boy watch watch- watched ed cd him for a few minutes Then seeinG that Cubby was very much engaged he softly stole away taking the collar and chain with him Down the old he hurried and already felt lonely That little littleBear littleBear Bear certainly had been A s 1 lot of ot com corn patsy pany Yes sir sie he certainly had been a lot l t of ot company Back across the Green Meadows and up the Long Lane I he hurried and tossed the chain and collar over oyer by Bowser the Hounds Hound's little house Well said he he trying to speak cheerfully as Mother Brown n came to the door Ive left him up In the tile Old Pasture Instead of ot In the Green Oreen For For- est Ive I've left him bins just where I found him I do hope his mother will find him bins soon I hate to think of ot him running around here all alone Hell Heli be all right said Mother Brown I hope weve we've seen the last lastor of or the little rascal but I have a queer elin that we l Copyright 1927 by T W. W Burgess I The Thi next n story Cubby Makes Up His Mind |
