Show evening V IRY TALE irahan admer 4 ANOTHER IR RACCOON TALK children said mother alother raccoon 1 I 1 was going to tell you of a creature you must w watch atch out folan fol for an enemy you must beware of so listen while mother raccoon goes on with her story the little raccoons listened with their sharp eyes fixed on mother rac coon As I 1 told you it Is not long now before you must took look out for yourselves sen es in the world you must work for yourselves and for the little ones who will come to you A daddy and a mother raccoon look after their children for a whole year then they must look after the new family which comes in the spring As the spring is not so far oft off now even though it Is still winter I 1 want to give you all the advice and help I 1 can so BO all live to be fine big iLous and make your mother and father and all raccoons proud of ou there is cure oae enemy you must arost look out for and that is the weasel ho ha Is a sly fel fellow lowa a dangerous fellow a wild fellow and one to look out for never make friends with him he does docs not know what friendship with a raccoon menns means 1 I am sure it really necessary to tell you that but I 1 do want to warn you that you must look out for him and never let him get the better of you id no not be friendly with cats cais either mother raccoon continued 1 I 1 dont like cats never have and I 1 dont suppose I 1 ever will be brave my children be very brave never let any one call you cowards cowbirds co but never fight unless you have to fight for your life or for tho the lives of your little ones you can do well in a fight with the sharp claws which nature gave gava you yes it Is very well that you can do for I 1 won it a battle and seved you my little ones when you were really little ones and so did your father ali ah how he be fought to help me and to save you dont forget what I 1 told you about washing your food before you eat it I 1 told you that only the other day some folks think its just a habit cv c ours durs that we ave dont really want to be clean there way may be some raccoons like that but I 1 can tell you one thing ive yet to meet them 1 I shall miss you my children but I 1 shall have other things to take up my mind and I 1 shall feel im doing the raccoon world if I 1 balus up lip ft s 01 ak 15 1 I 1 dont like cats tour four or six little raccoons each yeat and give five them a whole year of mother love ove and schooling and training and as ie given you a great deal of advice ill tell you a story before we say goodnight good night for it Is nighttime by y my iny watch old mother nature gave me m the watch atch which tells when hen it la Is dark by the sun going to sleep and asben it la Is daylight by the sun waking up and staining and making even dark woods wooda quite light I 1 there was once an old raccoon who was wag very fond of himself ila sat on the tae top of a high tree which had no leaves lavea for it was a de dead ad tree such stich as we all enjoy when its resting time there he sat and dreamed away his time aad slept and did nothing at an am he let iet everyone else wait on him and WM wits very lazy ile he was very self I wit lh too to and want to go to any for anyone 1 I will fare better 14 ho said 11 II if I 1 take my lift life eaily and dont dons so go ruri sad scrambling aroutin milk malc arg neat great foos fm about working and so BO lorm I 1 will not work at all wen well he found he dadalt kay ninth h to eat when he be do d anything bimat tt his raccoon mend friend and relatives relatIve is got gat tired of seeing him rest while they worked nad aad did not like it because he was so sa lazy and aad selfish one idy by one they began to leave lim elm alone ile he sat up lip on tile the top limb all by himself no one came near him ile he had to get down and get some food fod after a while but even then no one would bother about him lie ile was too selfish ile he made everyone around him film unhappy 1 I see he said to hims himself elt that ill never have any friends unless im friendly and blikre the work woric and the fun to io I 1 bont sit s it up hero here any more so 0 o lie ile joined tile the raccoons who worked and played and told them of what a mistake he made lie iio was happy from that altae algae on ended mother raccoon |