Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON IV BURGESS bunar 53 AN EXCITING MINUTE S LONGEST lives whose wits H HIS work fast nor stop until the dangers past everyone of the little people on the green Blea meadows dows in the green forest and around the smiling pool fool knows that this Is true it is 13 those with the quickest wits who have the longest lives almost every day everyone of them has haa to depend on his alts to get him out of danger unexpected danger there time thile for thinking making ile he must act first and do this thinking later such times may camill to you and to me but they are not likely to come often we go days daya and days daya and days without meeting any real danger but with the little people it Is different right night when they think themselves safest they are likely to have to use their wits and to use them quickly to save thel their r lives that Is one reason why we should do all we can to help them and protect them and never give them reason to fear us now it seem seam possible that there was the least bit of danger tor for anyone as buster bear swam about in the pond of paddy the beaver that hot summer afternoon it was as aa quiet julet gueter buster bear was waa splashing through tile the rushes on the other side of the pond and the air was filled with ducks and peaceful there as a place could possibly be then along came a mis cb levous little breeze and carried the swell smell of farmer browns browna boy to buster bear swimming out there in the pond that seem like much tor for farmer browns browna boy pos sibly have hurt buster bear if lie he hall had wanted to antl and he vant to do anything of the kind but when bus ter bear was a very little cub lie he was taught that man Is not to be trusted and Is a creature to be feared the only one in fact to be afraid of buster never had got over that fear so the instant buster caught the faint smell of former farmer browns boy his wits said got get away from here as quickly as you can caal I 1 this Is no place tor for youl that la Is the dreadful man smell get ashore at the nearest place and buster stop to think he turned and made tor for the shore right where paddy the beaver and the quack family were hiding among the rushes now they knew perfectly well that buster bear coming on purpose to hurt them they knew he know that they were there but that help any if one of his big feet landed on oil one of them chent HUB bus tor ter bear was frightened tin and now in their turn lurn were frightened buster fright flight was needless needles lind and foolish bin bill theirs was not you see sec they knew bv by all the wily lie w wis flis Is coming that lie going to be ba polite and 1181 to 0 o got get out of his way no ko sir gilr buster was too to ile be polite he vas in too inac audi it of a hurry the wits of I 1 dildy tile 1133 cc ilav cell worked auckly dy they ulvi iS to lie ille have to stop to think to dive lie ile jut jurt lived without any thinking and by the time lie could tio ilo any think ing lie ile wits out 0 of r tile the w way a y ot 01 buster bear at the die first pash hup bus ter made ns its lie he headed for the shore the quack family started to mi swim milin lin out oui of the lie any hut but luster buster hear bear wits coming too feat fast for them to pet get out of his way in that manner anner ro mr air quacks wits just opened lils ills wings aud and sent him up into the air like it a roder rocket ile he dif luil stop to think to fly fl v lie sim ply flew mrs mis an knuck bivia did the same thin tiling end and the ton ten young quoi lm now almost as ait big tin ns their parents like dutiful children followed it all happened in just a little biln ute it seemed to Far farmei riler browns lioy bos one minute everything was us its quiet und tind peaceful its as could lie he wid ind the nel kuster buster bear beara was as splashing thi ough thi rushes i on the other side of the pond and the air was filled with etli ducks fly tl ing in all di sections aud and quacking fright it was a very ery exciting minute and just to add to ill the excite nn former I 1 browns bowns noy boy stood up tip an and yelled that yen idl seemed to double buster bears the mud an anil water nater flew as lie he dashed through th tin rushes to the shore and disappeared in the G ireen forest running as if he never would stop in no time little ile he wis MIS quite out of sight but farmer brownt boy could still hear him crashing 1111 hi way through gli the green forest then once more everything became quiet and peaceful farmer browns boy washed the mud from his face and neck then he hid bid and waited patiently present ly mr quack cattle came on whistling wing and flew twice around the pond see ing no one he dropped down clown on the water with a splash and then quacked loudly at once mrs quack and the young quacks appeared ami aind soon they were busy talking it all over 1932 by TW burgeess burgees Bur gees service |