Show x I 1 BEDTIME STORY by THORNTON W BURGESS BROTHER NORTH WIND AND JACK FROST ARRIVE the goose had not been H HONKER many days ahead of rough broth tr er north wind and ja jack ck frost ile he Is all the little people of the green forest and the green gree mends meadows know this and so when they heard his message e honk honk honk honk those w who be still had work to do worked harder than ever paddy the beaver went all over his house very carefully putting on fresi fres 1 41 0 11 eel P they were so fat they could hardly waddle mud wherever it was needed so that thai when jack frost did arrive he be would find it all ready to be frozen hard jerry muskrat SIus krat hurried to get in the last of his supplies happy jack the gray cray squirrel and his cousin chatterer Cli the red squirrel scampered about taster faster than ever to get all the nuts possible before they should be hidden under the snow bobby coon unc billy possum and buster bear did their best to burst their coats by stuffing themselves with everything they could ind they were so BO fat they could hardly waddle you see they make stole stoic houses of their own skins yes indeed those were busy lays days then one night when all was still jack frost arrived ile he came silently and only those these who were awake knew because he silly pinched them just by way of warning unc billy possum was one of these and he wait to be pinched twice ile he promptly turned back to his home in a hollow tree and curled himself up in his warm bed for a long long sleep bobby coot coon did the same thin thing buster bear felt sleepy but lie he quite ready to KO go to bed for the winter so he decided to wait until the first heavy snow paddy the beaver watched the mud harden on the root roof of his house as jack frost touched it and then he dived and with a sigh of ireat great content slipped in at his secret door under water and scrambled up into his nice warm dry bedroom to rest tor for he had worked long and hard and he knew that the time had bad come when he could work no more because by morning his pond would be covered with lee ice but those who were asleep for the night knew nothing about the coming of jack frost until the morning then they shivered a little as they started forth and those who run ran fast to kopp keep warm and those who fly flow flew fast for the same reason later in the day rough brother north wind arrived there was nothing silent about the way lie came ne ile whooped and howled across the green meadows endows ll and through the green forest he caught up the dead loaves leaves and whirled them far and wide lie ile shouted that nil all might hear 1 I nm am the north wind stout and bold I 1 I 1 cull came e front from the land of ice and cold I 1 who braves my strength to him I 1 give A greater power to work and live peter rabbit listened and shivered just a wee bit in spite of his warm coat now what does doe he be mean by that said tie be 1 I suppose replied little mrs mra peter that he menris means that those who are not afraid to face hard times and do their very best are really stronger for doing it IL ile he certainly Is rouen and stron strong 91 but ive noticed that we always feel well when lie he comes that Is quite true replied peter thoughtfully 1 I never can run so fast in summer as in winter ile he drew a long breath this air good goedl I 1 feel just like a run this very minute when you get used to it winter so RO had bad its all in the getting used to it those who sleep all winter or go aw away sy where there cold weather dont know what a lot they miss I 1 won wonder d p r w why yby t they b e y addo do it anyway i M S b by J 0 L lloyd 1 service |