Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON IV BURGESS LIGHTFOOT DISCOVERS LOVE wonderfully ONDER FULLY handsome was wonderfully lightfoot hotfoot the der deer as he stood in the little opening by the pond of paddy the beaver bearer his head thrown back proudly as he received the congratulations of his nel neighbors bbous of the green forest who had seen him win the great fight with the big stranger who had come down from the great G reat mountain to beautiful miss bliss dainty foot peeping out from a thicket where she had hidden to watch the great fight lightfoot was the most wonderful person in all the great world r r r he wondered if she would disappear and run away she he adored him which means that she loved him just as much as it was possible for her to love but lightfoot know this in fact he know that miss bliss dainty foot was there his one thought had been to drive out of the green forest the big stranger who had come down from the great mountain he had been jealous of that bik big stranger though he be known that he was jealous the real cause of his big anger and desire to fight had been the fear that the big stranger would find miss Dainty foot and take her away of course this was nothing but jealousy now that the great fight 0 was over and he knew that the big stranger was hurrying back to the great mountain all anger melted away in its ale place a was wag a g great reat ion longing ing a longing to find miss bliss Dainty foot his bis great eyes became once more soft and beautiful in them was alook a look of wistfulness lightfoot walked down to the edge of the water and drank for he was very very thirsty then he turned intending to once more take up his search for beautiful miss Dainty foot when he turned he faced the thicket in which miss Dainty foot was hiding ills his keen eyes caught a little movement of the branches A beautiful head was slowly thrust out and lightfoot gazed into a pair of soft eyes which he was sure were the most beautiful t eyes in all the great world he wondered it if she would disappear and run away as she had the last time he saw her he took a step or two forward the beautiful head was withdrawn lightfoote lightfoots Light 11 0 lit foots heart sank then he boun bounded ded foiw forward ard into the thicket he more than half expected to find no one there but when he entered that thicket lie he received the most wonderful surprise in all his life there stood miss Dainty foot timid bashful but with a look in her eyes which lightfoot could not mistake in that instant lightfoot understood the meaning of that longing which had kept him hunting for her and of the rage which had filled him when he had discovered the presence of the big stranger from the great mountain it was love lightfoot knew that he loved miss Dainty foot and looking into her soft gentle eyes he knew that miss Dainty foot loved him E T W burgess service |