Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS I 1 DANNY MEADOW MOUSE IS IN A TIGHT PLACE ANNY MEADOW MOUSE was having a good time on the bank of the smiling pool he laughed at grandfather frogs fear that he was taking a foolish risk it was true that he be was a long way from home with its many secret hiding biding places which made it comparatively safe in times of danger but danny worrying As he had told grandfather frog te believe in worrying until there Is something to worry about so this being the first time he be had visited the smiling pool for a ion long ap Q he was headed straight for the spot where danny meadow mouse was napping time he be made the most of it one of the first things he did was to get a good long drink you see there had been no rain for or a long time and danny had had hard work to keep from being thirsty most of the time then he be asked grandfather frog tor for all the news of the smiling pool how his big cousin jerry muskrat was getting on what billy mink and little joe otter and spotty and turtle had been doing how large a family mr and mrs redwing had raised and if rattles the kingfisher still bill came fishing every day in the smiling pool grandfather frog answered all his questions and then declared that he had talked enough for one morning finding that grandfather frog really meant what he said danny first hunted for something to eat cat and then finding a comfortable place on the bank of the smiling pool decided to take a nap dap now just by chance that very morning reddy fox decided that he be too would rasit the smiling pool redd reddy likes a tender young frog for a change in his bill of fare once in a while so about the time danny meadow mouse decided to take a nap reddy fox started toward the smiling pool As he drew near it he crouched low in the grass and stole forward very carefully and stealthily doing his bis best to keep as much out of sight as possible nearer and nearer he crept to the bank of the smiling pool and it just happened that he was headed straight bt for the spot where danny meadow mouse was napping now reddy thinking of danny meadow mouse lie ile was thinking of young frogs but as he drew near the bank of the smiling pool a careless merry little breez Ii brought rought to him the scent of danny meadow mouse it tickled freddys nose it made him forget young frogs A fat meadow mouse would be much better eating than a young frog reddy became more careful than ever ile he crept along almost on hla his stomach in the direction from which that scent came all the time danny meadow mouse was haying having pleasant dreams in that comfortable place on the banks of the smiling pool wholly unconscious that danger was waa anywhere near 0 T W burgess service |