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Show UuT KXMII V MKETS Till , '1 SRINK FAMILY. I leflti Ihomton Burgee. BLmed for defence against wbo annoy I athlsc :oi my friends to' Ka;lo Jim in v Skunk. Hr3. S:owA tin- Uo l lrlle B(i uniarm.-d by the lour lit- Bn vitn they knocked l.lm iBlilnyaoiJ that way it wasn't Sni&le to be thrown about I VW Slowr,..ikf knew 11 ijHfti.Kl eome to and fe bt of it. jpfci I. a. j grown '.r. J ol gBlftc- v jy. S.owpol.. lUt Ibc ltli the doors ..I his jfdtt)y closed. When at 1-ngth jBlTutLr to peep out the Hlar Ud he siowh w. nr a I... Hfeest just us if notiiiut,' had gwWt Rwldy Vox nn.l -or;. I .:irk with tli- Jrtj children fur t h -1 r lioin- Kl Pasture Hall WJunmy and Mrs Sl.ur l gBfi-pOTB rhlidn ii All (T 1 imp ''M th.-y had I ...'ii stuffing 1 P! "1 Mr, skunk, with ?ak k-hmd th. in v. n rS liwa.-i f.rt i m Fox famllj ii Blad were Kolni,' A n Jimmy Skunk he ii UODt- sid.- Mi- it, ,id ,li ! thine Tin: lr,'ir i.ini - know what t-J t-J 'ln.ni:. rs v...,rtni: I . ! 1 1 ' coats were much small. jlBWinil it seemed to th- ounjr Hjjl1 Vw" btntng.T.s i . . r j fce Ones to m. p PUtl moth, i an t,,., yoccS Fox n, ,,, F.,nK of the W;iy I'm r,Jni- i . This la just what he started to lo I He expected to see Jimmy Skunk and Mrs. Skunk step out of his way. They j did nothing of the kind "Step aside, .young fellow! Step aside!' growl-l jimmy. "I won't! Step aside yourself" re-I re-I torted the young Fox ln a most 1m-i 1m-i pudent way. "I don't know of any j reason why I should get out of the . way for you'" I Jimmy Skunk almost grinned. "You i may not sec a reason, but there is one." said he. "I am afraid you haven't been brought up to show j proper respect to your elders. I'n-lesg I'n-lesg you are careful I shall feel i obliged to teach you a lesson, and It j will be one you will never forget." "Pooh!" retorted the Impudent . y.uinrr Fox. step a i i- roung fellow : SU i aside!" growle i jrtmm What more that young Fox might have nuld. and what might have hap- pen-d nobody knows. Mrs Reddy suddenly sprang oer and cuffi-d that Impudent voung Fox sharply m both sides of his head. Then she drove 1 him out of that path. Jlmmv Skunk nodded to her as he I passed. Mrs Skunk did the name i i thing. The little Skunks followed and i paid no attention to Keddy or Mrs. Reddy or the young Foxes. It was, insf as If th'-v w-re not there at all.) The young Foxes didn't know w4iat to 1 make of It. One of ihem said .19 I much. , I That shows how little you know or the Great World." replied Mrs. Reddy very sharply. "Niliver b- impolite to a Skunk. Never Insist en halnj your own way. And. whatever you do, never, never undertake to catch "Pooh!1 said one little Fox "Those little fellows are not more than half j my kUo. I could kill one just as , I easy." . "YoiV never could pet r.aar -nougli I lo kill one." replied his mother. Th-n she explained all about the Skunk family and the little scent guns which they carry. So the young Poxei learned that they had certain neighbors neigh-bors whose rights were to be respected. re-spected. . ;j, . (Copyright. 1922. by T. W, Burgess.) The next story: "Little Mr. Smarty." oo |