Show Bed bedtime tinie story f for or children by THORNTON W BURGESS LIGHTFOOT THE DEER DEEP BECOMES UNEASY tim 1113 green grcen forest was very beautiful it was as no longer green save where the pines and spruces spruced and hem locks lochs grew everywhere else it was red and clow and brown for it was october and the leaves had turned all AH day long and all the night too for that matter there was a gentle rust rustling lin all through the green forest tor for the leaves were falling lightfoot the deer was becoming uneasy it was the rustling of the falling leaves that made him uneasy you see those falling leaves had a message for lightfoot a message and a warning it was that the season of 0 terrible danger for him the hunting bunting season was close at ar hand all through the long summer lightfoot had lived in peace and safety in the early spring his bis wonderful antlers anglers ant lers which some follis folks call horns but which are not true horns had fallen very helpless had lightfoot Light toot been then but despite lils his helplessness there had been no fear in his heart you see he knew that there was no one in all the green forest save buster bear of whom lie he need be afraid it was an easy matter to keep out of the way of buster bear besides there was little cause to fear buster for buster was finding plenty to eat and a full stomach makes for good nature in man and beast so all the long summer lightfoot Light foo the deer had lived quietly and in peace while new antlers anglers grew antlers anglers larger and more beautiful than those 17 1 1 I 1 55 it 1 L Y all through the long summer lightfoot had lived in peace and safety he be had bad lost while these new antlers anglers were ere growing lie kept very much by himself now they were fully grown and he be wore them like a crown lie had polished and shed the points of them by rubbing thern them against trees you know while they had been growing they had been covered by a sort of furry looking skin called velvet they had been soft and tender then now that they were hard there was no further use for the velvety covering and tills lightfoot had rubbed on off as he polished his antlers anglers ant lers As long ions as the leaves had remal remained ned green everywhere through the green forest lightfoot had been happy and carefree but now that the leaves had turned to beautiful colors and nere dropping dropping drop dropping day and night lie he grew more and more uneasy and fear crept into his heart hearl lightfoot had a good memory and he had no not forgotten the dreadful things which had happened at the time of falling leaves the year before ile he it knew a ew that the season when hunters with terrible guns would come into the green forest seeking to kill him was close at hand so his uneasiness grew and grew and in his beautiful great soft eyes the look of fear grew stronger each day only at night was lightfoot free of it T W burgess service |