Show BEDTIME by THORNTON IV BURGESS BROTHER NORTH WI WIND N D I 1 AND JACK FROST ARRI ARRIVE IVE the goose had not been HONKER amany many days ab ahead ad of rough brother north wind and jack frost he se seldom adorn Is all the little people of the green forest and the green meadows know this and 0 o when they heard his desage honk honk honk honk those who still had work to do worked harder than ever paddy the deaver beaver went all over his house very carefully putting on fresh mud wherever it was needed so that when jack frost did arrive he wo would uld find it till all ready to be frozen hard jerry muskrat hurried to get in the last of 0 his bis su supplies p P lies happy jack the gray squirrel and his cousin chatterer the red squirrel scampered about taster faster than ever to get all the nuts possible before they should be hidden bidden under the snow bobby coon une billy possum and buster bear did their best to burst their coats by stuffing blurting themselves with everything they could find they were so fat they could hardly ba adly waddle you see they made storehouses of their own skins yes tes indeed those were we busy days then one night when all was still jack frost arrived he came silently and only those who were awake knew because he slyly pinched pinch ed them just by way of warning unc billy possum was one of these and he wait to be pinched twice ile he promptly turned back to tits his home in a hollow tree and curled himself up la in his warm warin bed for a long ion long sleep bobby coon did the same thing buster bear felt sleepy but he quite ready to go to bed for the winter so he de aided to wait until the first heavy snow paddy the deaver beaver watched t the e mud harden on the root roof of tits his house ouse as jack frost touched it and then he dived and with a sigh of great content slipped in at his secret door under water and scrambled up into his nice warm dry bedroom to rest tor for he had worked long and hard and he knew that the time had come when he could work no more because by morning his pond would be covered with lee ice but those who were asleep tor for the night knew bothin nothing about the coming of jack frost until the morning then they shivered a little as they started forth and those I 1 0 o liu run r run n fast tu to keep armana t those base why fly flew fast for the same reason later in the day rough brother north wind arrived there was nothing silent about the way he came lie he whooped and howled across the green meadows and through the green fort foerst st he caught tip op the dead leaves and whirled them far and wide he shouted that all might hear 1 am the north wind stout and bold bolda I 1 I 1 come from the land of ice fee and cold I 1 who braves my strength to him I 1 give A greater power to work and live t peter rabbit listened and shivered just a wee bit in spite of his 0 fi e they were so fat the they could hardly waddle warm coa coat t now what does he be mean by that said he 1 I suppose replied little mrs peter that he means that those abc are not afraid to face hard times and do their very best are really stronger for doing it he certainly Is rough and strong but ive noticed that we always feel well when he comes that Is quite true replied peter thoughtfully 1 I never can run so fast in summer as in winter he drew a long breath this air good I 1 feel just like a run this very minute when you get used to it winter Is n t so bad its all in the getting used to it those who sleep all winter or go away where there cold weather dont know what a lot they miss I 1 wonder why they do it anyway 0 by J G lloyd lloyal service |