Show Lif liftee tle 57 stories cc ries ill be afim 4 ar A or r ya n W V Z y burges is I 1 REDDY FOX WAS HUNGRY FROM ROM a safe distance on the banac of the smiling pool the ili little people of the green meadows and the green forest had watched the red terror in the old pasture and a great fear had filled every heart and bad drawn all together reddy fox had no desire to harn danny Meadow mouse and danny knew it and sat right at freddys feet feel old man ilan coyote had not thought ot of touching peter rabbit and peter knew it and had hopped about excitedly right in front ot old man alan coyote it was just the same way with all the little people t k 1 I 1 believe im hungry said reddy fox fear of one another was wholly forgotten in the greater and common fear of the red terror so they watched farmer brown and farmer browns boy and other men fighting the red terror and hoped with a great hope that they would beat it out before it should reach the green forest they saw the fire sweep on and on toward tile the green forest and their hearts sank for if the red terror should destroy the green forest as it was destroying the old pasture many of them would be homeless and then what should they do where could they go the red terror had almost reached the edge of the green forest when they saw old mother west wind hurrying as fast as ever she could they watched her blow with all her might and they saw that she was blowing the ped terror back they heard the ugly growl groni and snarl of the red terror as it vainly tried to reach the green forest and then they saw it sullenly and slowly retreat into the blackened and smoking old pasture and they knew that old mother west wind had bad saved the green forest then as the way with most of us na the moment they knew that there was nothing more to fear from the red ked terror they straightway forgot the ther r great fright and began to think of other things 1 I believe im hungry said reddy fox and looked at danny meadow mouse with such longing in his eyes that danny suddenly felt a cold chill there comes a rain cloud 1 that eliat will make an end of the red terror aorl 1 cried danny daany reddy looked up in the sky sure enough there was a black rain cloud being hurried along by some of the merry little breezes when he looked down agan danny meadow mouse was nowhere to be seen peter rabbit happening to look at old man ilan coyote saw old man alan coyotes mouth water and suddenly decided that hint it was high time that lie nod little mrs reter peter were back in the dear old briar patch there comes farmer brown that means that hint there Is bothin nothing more to tear fear from the red terror cried peter old man coy coyote ote turned to look toward the old pasture sure enough farmer brown and the men with him were coming leaving only farmer browns boy to keep watch peter was right there was nothing to tear fear from the red terror 1 I believe I 1 could eat a fat rabbit muttered old man coyote to himself and turned to took look tor for peter but peter and little mrs peter and old jed thumper tile gray old rabbit who was mrs reters peters father were already half way was to the dear old briar patch it was the same way with all the th other little people the instant the great common fear was removed the agger people began to think of their stomachs and the littlest people knew that they were no longer safe until they reached their homes its too bad muttered peter as lie he led the way to the dear old briar patch that we cant trust each other all the time as we did when the great fear was upon us its queer too I 1 dont quite noder understand der stand it but that Is one of the things that wiser heads than peters have puzzled over nc el by J G lloyd WN 11 service |