Show liftee stories egl a 4 ar or be acim ii wr aresa uresa ur esa 4 HONKER NEWS TELLS THE M i ho t NER the hie goose was very v I 1 1 J very ery tired when late that nev er to be forgotten afternoon lie lew flew down into the pond of paddy the deaver beaver deep to in the green forest to rest and spend the night but when he found some ot or his old N frien ds as there he had known long N before in the great woods he be for got that lie he was tired there was buster dear boar sitting on one end of paddys gaddys big dam there was prickly 0 o at honk honk khona hold cried honker laughing porky grunting a welcome elcome vv from an old log on the bank of paddys gaddys pond there was paddy himself sitting on the roof of his house bouse and honker had no more than given them greeting than out from the bushes quite out of breath with running popped jumper the ilare bare 1 I saw you way up in the blue blue sky and I 1 watched you turn and head this way I 1 guessed right away where you were going and so I 1 hurried as fast as I 1 could it does my eyes good to see you once more honker panted juniper jumper im just aching to hear the news from the great woods away up north so am I 1 confessed buster bear in his great rump grumpy voice now how are the lynx lyn land and howler the wolf and slim jim the risher fisher and king Easle Eagle and Fla thorns the moose and glutton I 1 the wolverine and honk honk khank hold on I 1 cried honker laugh laughing bog and the rest of my friends up there concluded buster bear just as it if he been interrupted shall I 1 begin with the first one asked honker 1 I dont care where you begin only tell us the news begin in the middle and tell both ways at once it if you want to retorted buster bear how Is the weather lier up there cold replied honker what a foolish question now to begin with the lynx lyns iles hes soft tooted footed and sly as ever I 1 suspect lie he was trying to surprise and catch me when I 1 saw him film though he pretended that such a thing had never entered his head but it will take some one smarter than to catch me howler the wolf has five children and from all I 1 hear they are making things pretty lively for the little people up there jumper the hare elare shivered im glad I 1 amov moved ed down there said lie he slim jim the fisher Is as lively as usual continued honker the last time I 1 saw king eagle he tried to catch one of my youngsters but had the trouble for nothing I 1 gave him a piece of my mind but that was all the good it did he flew off laughing FIa Fla thorns the moose has got the finest set of horns ive ever seen ile he was having his troubles when I 1 left the hunters were after him and lie he was thinking of leaving all his favorite places As for glutton the wolverine the less said about him the herter better now if the hunters should get him no one would be sorry cut but they wont hes too smart for the best of them what do you yoki suppose I 1 saw him doing what demanded buster bear and paddy deaver beaver together Z by J G lloyd lloyall service |