Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS AN unexpected FRIEND welling HILE redcoat the tanager was telling peter rabbit of his dreadful accident mrs tanager was hying flying about la in the treetops nearby dearby calling anxiously she did not look at all like redcoat Eed coat for she was dressed almost a wholly in light olive green and greenish yellow ile he cant even fly by up tip just a little way so as to get off the ground 1 she cried anxiously it dreadful peter rabbit to have such an accident happen weve just got our nest half built and I 1 dont know what ishall I 1 shall do 10 if anything happens to V 0 AI meanwhile mrs tanager came and talked to him and fussed bussed about him redcoat oh dear here comes somebody 1 ride hide redcoat ilide hide poor redcoat with the old look of terror in his bis eyes hurried along trying to find something under which to hide bide but there was no way of hiding that wonderful scarlet coat peter heard the sound of heavy footsteps and looking back saw farmer browns brown s boy coming dont be afraid redcoat he whispered its farmer browns boy and im sure he be wont hurt burt you perhaps he can call help you then be scampered off a short distance arid and sat up to watch what would happen of course farmer browns boy saw lied coat no one with any eyes at all aft have bare helped seeing him because of that wonderful scarlet coat ile he baw aw too by the way redcoat was acting that he was in great trouble he understood instantly that something was wrong with one wing and running forward he be caught redcoat you poor little thing you poor beautiful little creature said farmer browns boy softly as he be saw the cruet croel twig sticking through redcoats shoulder th well have to get that out right away continued F farmer armer browns boy stroking redcoat ever so gently somehow at that gentle touch redcoat lost much of his fear and a little hope sprang into his heart beart this was no enemy but a friend with his knife farmer fanner browns boy cut off the twig on the upper side of the wl wing ng then doing his ats best to he be careful and to hurt as little as possible he worked the other part of the twig out from from the under side carefully he exam in ln edthe wing N trig to see it if any bones were brolien broken none kone was and after holding redcoat a few minutes he carefully set him up ln in a tree and withdrew a short distance redcoat sat there for some time as it if fearful of trying that injured ning nine meanwhile mrs tanager came and talked to him and fussed bussed about him and coined coaxed him and made as much of him as if he were a baby after a while he ventured to try his wing and found that he be could fly then he and mrs tanager disappeared in the green forest 1 I knew farmer browns boy wc would auld help him and im so glad lie he found him cried peter happily rind and started for the dear old brier patch ca C T W burgess W U sor |