Show THE CHILDRENS STORY by THORNTON W BURGESS TWO TO ONE I 1 IT T as 17 as very early in fit the he morning jolly round red mr sun still had but just kicked olt ills his rosy blankets and was hardly yet et started for his bis dally daily climb up in the blue blue sky the birds were just starting out after the early worms and twittering and singing happily as they went behind the old stone wall where it makes a corner close by the dusty road that runs past one side of the old orchard two forms in red lay crouching among the bushes at a point where the wall had partly fallen who were they why you know they were reddy fox and mrs afro reddy F from rom the place where they lay they f 1 M 01 1 11 of course he saw reddy and mrs reddy instantly could see over the fallen wall v all a and to d their eyes were fixed on the lie entrance to a certain house a new house in the corner made by the old wall a new house with a door do orsten of shining sand presently a head appeared if a head becoming rather gray then out on the doorstep of shining sand appeared a stout form which sat up lery ery straight for a few minutes while a pair of bright eyes looked keenly in all directions save at the old stone wall which formed two sides of the corner roddy reddy fox nudged mrs reddy what did I 1 tell you he be whispered did you ever eser see anything so basyl easy johnny chuck must be in his second childhood lie he seems to have forgot ten entirely that it is possible for any ore to jump over this gnall it did seem that way tor for after a in te or two johnny dropped down on a all I 1 fours and trotted off IT towards tho the patch of sweet clover chere he was in the habit of getting ills his break fast and although allhouse all housh it was some dis tance away aay he apier once looked back reddy and mrs reddy neddy watched eliu and grinned johnny haie hae doue done anything to suit their plans better than lie fie was now doing straight to the patch of clover he trotted there he sat up for a moment or two for a last look to see that all was well satisfied that it was he dropped down and began to eat and once he had begun to eat he be forgot everything but the taste of that delicious clover reddy looked at mrs reddy then tightly lightly leaped over the old stone wall mrs reddy followed right at his heels in a second they were between johnn chuck anil and his house then side bi b side they began to steal towards where johnny chuck was stuffing himself with clover johnny heard a sound and he was still wholly niclous pi clous at just that instant sammy jay ar rived for his usual morning call on johnny chuck in an instant sammy saw johnnys danger aej began to shriek as only sammy can call when he sees a fox fot johnny knew what it of course he sat up as sud denly as if he possessed a spring for a backbone of course he saw redd hedd and mrs reddy instantly also he saw that they were livere between him and ills his house and that it was two to one for an instant all his courage left him he turned and started to run but what was the use there was no place to run to johnny whirled and showed all his teeth in an ugly buarl two to one fair it fair at all but he would light fight just as long as there was any fight in him you know johnny chuck Is no coward 1933 by T W burgess service |