Show r Burgess II BEDTIME IE STORIES By THORNTON W. W BURGESS BUSTER BEAR HAS A SUDDEN CHANGE OF MIND The wise Ise their plans will so ar arrange arrange range ran e That they are subject to a change Buster Bear There Is nothing obstinate about Buster Bear He is not foolish Coolish enough tet ter think that because he has made malle up uv his mind to a certain thing he cannot change his mind minI Buster Duster changes his mind whenever It becomes necessary or seems to him wise to do so That little bear up In Inthe Inthe inthe the treetop made him both angry and hungry He lie didn't know that Cubby was his own son All he knew was that Cubby was a nice little bear tender and Just the thing for a nice meal before be Core going lo to sleep foi for the winter To ba bl sure it was as quite an effort to climb that tree But good things usually re require re- re require 1 quire an effort elfort They wouldn't wouldn t be good if It they were sere ere not DOt worth the cf ef- I cr-I effort fort Cort So Buster Dusler made up his mind that there was nothing for It but butto butto butto I to climb b that tree Now I suppose ft it It seems a a. very 1 dreadful thing to you that Buster 1 Bear should even think of ot eating 1 a little bear but such things are the little I not so dreadful among people veople of ot the Green Greeli Forest You see he didn't think of oC that little littlebear littlebear littlebear bear as a bear at all Ho lie just thought ot of him as fresh meat It It was all because Cubby was so small Had he been a little bigger Buster wouldn't have hae given him an- an anI another another I other thought Now ow all this time Cubby was bawling cs cc only a little bear bea can bawl hawl He lie couldn't t read Buster Duster Bears Bear's thoughts but he could read Busters Buster's actions Ho wanted his lilt mother No little bear ever oer want want- wanted wanted wanted ed his mother molher more th th-n th n Cubb Cubby wanted his mother right then He lie had a feeling that if only Mother Bear would come com all would be well So up uv In the top of ot the tree he clung with might and main and bawled with might and main Jle JIe didn't look down don to see what wl at Bus Dus Buster Buster ter Bear was doing If It he had he would have seen teon a surprising change come como over Buster Duster Really It was a change chango of ot mind One In In- Buster flutter was all set get to climb that tree Just one look at him would have ha told you that his mind was mn ma made Jo up uv to have tender tonder cub for Cor dinner The next Instant he had turned and was silently moving away from that tree looking back backover backover over o his shoulder rather anxiously and taking the greatest care to tomake tomake tomake make no noise despite his big hurry Could you jou ou have ha seen him you would have known Instantly that be he didn't want a cub dinner that all he wanted was to get away awa from there thereas as quickly as he could What hat was It all about Well crashing through the he woods came came another big bear It was as Mother Bear Her tier little eyes eye glowed reel red Her lieI lips were drawn back showing her teeth She didn't care any anything thing about moving quietly All she thought about was getting to that tree and getting setting there in a hurry Buster Bear had bad heard beard her coming and he was safely out ot of sight before she got there He had no desire at all to meet Molher Mother I Bear when she looked like that At the foot toot ot of the tree she glared gla ed this way and glared that way and such an ugly growl as came out of her throat Then she looked up uv uvIn in the tree Already a small bear was as scrambling down as only a small bear can scramble Cubby knew he lie probably would bo be spank spank- spanked ed cd but the way he felt just then no spanking could make him feel eel anything but joyful Copyright 1927 19 7 by T. T W. W Bur Burgess Burgets gess gets The next story Cubby Asks Questions |