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Show RRy MUSKRAT TAKES DAYLIGHT JOURNEY , fix brvnuse h smtW-s ''i'sIuiII Pi'ovo 0110 ' 'lls wllos-,(1KD wllos-,(1KD on the l?lg Itock In the ' Pool as the Hlack ' S'IVS were oli.'isoil awny by the ' nuie Sunbeams ami day tl,o6 the place of darkness. , Mnskrnt watched Ueddy Fox t across the Green Meadows tI,e Old Tasture. Ueddy 'j tiack Just once and smiled. "..it meant to smile. What he ','did w3 to grin, jerry had been near enough to I) v,t griu clearly, he would have 1 ' "D it such slyness and eager-as eager-as mlsht have Riven him an .jr that it Just seems ns if i mtlst h sme of those carrots" Jerry looked this way, and looked tht way. and looked the other until he was quite sure ha the .lawk, was nowhere o be seen. Then Jerry dived into "es..,mns rool and swam qui y lt, up the Laughing 1.100k. At a C?rtllln pUice a ca,,, 'to t. a ditch which ad been dug to drain off the water wa-ter from the Green Meadows In the ZTS, The grnsa erew l0S on loth sides, and hung over the little ditch. Jerry turned Into the little "Itch, which was now quite dry and ran along It, keeping as much under the grass as he could. It led straight ln the direction ' of tanner Krown's cornfield, on one side of which were rows and rows of delicious carrots, according to Roddy Fox. It was a long way to the end of that ditch. Anyway, It was long to Jerry Muskrnt, who does little traveling trav-eling on land. It was a real Journey for Jerry. When he reached the end of the ditch he came to another an-other ditch going crosswise. Ele turned down this a little way and then very cnrefully climbed up the bank until he could peep over, fie was now almost on the edge of the cornfield, the very side where Reddy had said the carrots were. . 1933. by T. W. Burgess. WNU Service v. , ;'?t (e- . ""N . r , Was Now Almost on the Edge of the Cornfield. afortable feeling. As It was. ; grin looked pleasant, which ' what Reddy fully intended. , : was wonderfully good of ;j Fox to come away over here I :o tell me about those carrots,'' I :;lt Jerry, "and to invite me 1 p with him to get some. He s think a lot of me to go to all ' ; trouble. He certainly must -" It.tj stopped right there and .:;;!? sat up very straight while :.:ny look crossed his face. He J bis whiskers thoughtfully. i;ie look on his face grew still -it. "I wonder," said Jerry. ! softly, talking to himself, "I .. 'a If he was thinking more of :md of himself. I wonder if It ; :'t his own stomach and not - stomach that put the idea of ots Into his head. Nothing i give him more pleasure than I :ow me the way inside his wi'h! Perhaps I'm not fair to Reddy Fox, but I can't afford ie any chances. I'm going to for that garden of Farmer 'o's this very minute. It may ky to do It In broad daylight. !am afraid it would be a whole i rikier to do it after dark with Hr. Fox. I certainly am. I -Vt do it at all If it wasn't |