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Show fly Thornton W fffi-Burgess fffi-Burgess 0 OLD MR. TOAD GETS HIS STOMACH FULL Pray do not tip your nose in scorn At things which others eat. For things to you not good at all To others are most sweet. THERE are ants, for instance. You wouldn't want to eat them Pven if you were dreadfully hungry. Neither would I. But Old Mr. Toad and Buster Bear think there is nothing noth-ing much nicer. Now, Buster Bear had found Old Mr. Toad catching ants one at a time as he kept watch beside their home, and it had tickled Buster to find some one else who liked ants. Right away he had invited Old Mr. Toad to dine with him. But Old Mr. Toad had been frightened almost to death when he heard the deep grumbly-rumbly voice of Buster Bear, for he had v looking claws on ftN gave "P- He didn'tr-Tr-enough left to ivl S-closed S-closed his eye3 ,S ' end. y 3 ani wai; What do you h,-, y. he wasy Vd'b, feet so gently that , er :" with surprise. H, ?e: thank you. Itdie a great paw couWb,S Now- "id BusJf voice which he triedt Pleasant but which 1 rumbly Just the san 1 f where there fa , ': for us just a little B : You foUowmeai no time." ell:v. So Buster Bear fcj Mr. Toad followed a, , ' could, because he di !' Presently Buster stop great big decayed oldE t are ready, Mr. Xoa, now," he said Old Mr. Toad didn't s, to eat, and his heart,:1' and he shook all over v hungry," said he a , voice. Buster Bear didn't se-He se-He hooked his great 'ck the old log and gave a r-''' Over rolled the log, art ants and ants and aus"T this way and scurry ''.' more ants than Mr.'lV' seen in all his life before""" "Help yourself," Sa;d 2 ,, politely. Old Mr. Toad didn't r-told r-told twice. He forgot si ::-fright ::-fright He forgot all si-Bear. si-Bear. He suddenly was hungry after aU, alright al-right in among those ani--little while he was the b-ever b-ever was seen. Bustsr t busy, too. He swept hii'-r this way and he swe:; ; and each time he dre-s-i7 his mouth it was cove:-;r At last Old Mr. Tea: "c: another one. Then he re Euster Eear and l::ir;; fearfully. Euster wa; lips ar.d there was a eyes. "Good, aren't they?" "The best I ever v..":-;. ''.z. Toad, w::h a sip h: lien. "Come and die vii z-said z-said Euster Bear, a:: ; Mr. Toad didn't mini ':;:: voice sounded grT.i'.y--: "Thank you, I wZ," Mr. Toad. T. V. Bargesi-lTNTk- "I Know Where There Is a Fine Dinner Din-ner Waiting for Us Just a Little Way From Here." been so busy watching for ants that he hand't seen Buster coming. He fell right over on his back, which wasn't at all dignified, and made Buster laugh. That frightened Mr. Toad more than ever. You see, he didn't have the least doubt in the world that Buster Bear meant to eat him, and When Buster invited him to dinner he was sure of it. But there was no way to escape, and after a little while O'.d Mr. Toad thought it best to be polite, because, you know, it always pays to be polite, and so he said in such a faint voice that Eustcr cou'.d hardly hear him that he would be p'.or.sed to dine with Buster. Then he wived his legs feebly, trying to get i n his feet again. Buster Bear laughed again. It was a low, deep, grumbly-rumbly grumbly-rumbly laugh and sent the cold shivers shiv-ers all over poor Old Mr. Toad. But when Bus'r Bear reached out |