Show STORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS by THORNTON W BURGESS REDDY FOX CONSULTS MRS REDDY when foxes put their heads together tt it means for some one stormy weather if COURSE that aba t Is just a saying 0 ar foxes dont have anything ahat hat ever to to do with the weather but when hen folks are in trouble they are said mid to he having bad weather and so that little verse really means that nhen ahen foxes foes put their heads together and make plans it generally means trouble for some one reddy fox fos had intended to be selfish and try to get johnny chuck all alone so that he might line dine on hii him all alone put but the more he choul thought it over the wiser it seemed to him to get mrs reddy to help in the first place Joli johnny finy was so big and strong that reddy at all fancy a fight with him lie he admit it even to himself but he at all sure he could whip johnny chuck in a fair light fight tie he knew that johnny was tough of skin stout of jaw and sharp of tooth so this was one reason reddy was willing to have mrs reddy help him though not tor for an thing in the world would he have told this or had her suspect it another reason was that tie he saw a way whereby working together they were almost certain to shut johnny off from his home and once the they could do that they would have him without fall he Is big enough and tat fat enough to make both of us a dinner thought reddy besides it if we eed in catching him perhaps we can also catch polly chuck mrs roddy reddy Is very clever very clever indeed and she can help a lot it Is well tor for reddy that mrs reddy hear bear this for she is the smarter of the two and she knows it when reddy first told her that he wanted her help to catch johnny chuck she looked at him as lf it she thought him the stupidest fellow in the world look here reddy said she im always ready and willing to help nhen there Is a reasonable chance that something besides failure will come out of it but it if youve got any sense at all to in dour bour head you wont ask me to waste any more time on that fat chuck weve wasted enough as it Is you know very well that we cant dig open that honse down in the far corner of the old or chard because it Is right between the roots of that pesky apple tree As for catching one of those away from their house it cant be done there Is always one on watch when hen the other Is eating catong 10 Ll listen sten my dear interrupted reddy keddy with a crafty grin on his face all that you say Is very tory true I 1 dont blame you for or feeling that way I 1 don t blame you in the least but III r that Is too good to be true replied mrs reddy with great promptness what would you say if I 1 were to tell you that those two silly chucks have separated and one of them has built a new home where it Is the simplest thing in the world to surprise him away from his doorstep what would you say to that that Is too good to be true ro replied mrs reddy with great promptness n it is true though cried reddy and at once started in to tell mrs reddy all that he had found out mrs reddy listened with interest and as reddy went ent on to tell of ills his plan a c crafty look crept into her eyes we must plan this very carefully said she let us put our heads together and see if we cannot have a double dinner of fat chuck for it if we can catch one we may be able to catch the other so reddy and mrs reddy put their heads together and planned how they would dine on fat chuck 0 1933 by T W burgess service |