| Show I Burgess B Bedtime Stories es I By fly AV W. BURGESS ASKS Questions Qu lIons ask to knowledge led kno O gain And nd this endeavor or to retain Old OU Mother Nature Cubby Cubb had been properly scold scold- scolded scolded ed and spanked lie He was still whimpering but it was a I aery Iery ery very dif dlf- different ferent erent kind of ot whimpering from that hat of ot only a I. short time before lie Ito was wu whimpering now as ns much from joy oy as anything else whereas be- be before tore fore ore ho had been whimpering from frIght right pure and simple Cubby would have been perfectly perfectly- willing willingto to o take another spanking so long longas as u Mother Bear Dear didn't send him hirn away from her Duthe But ho didn't like 1110 to see his Ills III- III tie lo sister grinning at him from a safe afo distance And nd she was grin grin- ning Ing- Ing That hurt more than the tho spanking She tossed her head as as' as asIt asit It f to say It serves you jou ou right and Im I'm glad of ot it That wouldn't have o o ia been quite quito so SQ bad had not Cubby ubby known right down in his Isis heart that It did serve him right For It if he had lad not Dot gone I one wandering off off-by oft by himself ho wouldn't have been eon lost Jost Ho Ire wouldn't have met Buster Suster Bear Dear and ho wouldn't have hoe had that terrible fright Hut lut ut alls all's well that ends well they say and now Cubby was as back with Mouser Mother r Bear Dear and his hili twin sister Mother Bear stood for tor several minutes quite motionless looking through h the Green Forest It was wasas w was ag as if It she were trying to make up i r TS 1 oo b j jW W at do o you IOU mean by going solus to bed bedfor be d for the Inter inquired Cubby I I her h r mind about something Finally she swung her head toward her two little bears Follow me said ald she sheI sheI sheI I think there Is going to be more snow and Il it is Js time lime for tor us to go 10 to tobed toLed t o bed Led for tor the winter What do you jou ou mean by loy going to tobed t o bed for tor tho the winter Inquired Cub Cub- Cubby Cubb Cubby b by as ho made little footprints in inthe inthe the snow ISnow behind Mother Iother Bears Bear's big footprints Exactly what I say lIay replied his hi s mother molher When hen will wiIl we get bet up again asked Cubby When spring comes replied Mother Bear Dear When will spring come Cubb Cubby y r lo F When hen winter Inter goes oes replied Mother Bear Deal I I When will winter go go asked Cubby Cubb I I When It is time for fOI spring t to toI I come com replied Mother Mothel Bear Dear I Will it be a 0 long time In Inquired In in- inquired Cubby Cubb About bout three months replied I Mother Bear What Is a month asked Cub Cub- Cubby by b I Mother Iother Lear Dear turned and looked cry ery hard at Cubby but he ap ap- appeared aped appealed pealed ed so innocent that she decided ho was Just dust seeking knowledge A month Is a long time replied Mother rother Bear Dear How lIow long asked Cubby Before Mother Iother Bear Dear could answer I this Cubby's twin sister up Wont it Il be funny not to eat in al all that time said she Cubby stared at her What do you OU mean by not eating he ho de de- mantled Why Vh well we'll sleep all that time lime and not eat at all all replied his sis sis sis- ter How v do you Know wo we will grumbled Cubby Mother rother told me so replied his sister Ills LeI I dont don't belle believe Lelle c It it said gald Cubby Then as he ho saw his sister hurry forward as If It to fo tell Mother Bear Bea what he had said ald he hastily hasUly cor cor- corrected himself I mean said he heI I dont don't understand it ft and I dont don't lIko like the Idea of it IL I would much rather eat cat than sleep right Copyright 1927 by Ly T. T W. W s' s Bur Dur- goes gess The next story Mother Bear Explains Some Things |
