Show at 9 by thornton W burgess LI U REDDY FOX HIDES R REDDY EDDY FOX stole swiftly through the green forest in the direction ot of the pond of paddy the beaver reddy took the greatest care to keep out of 0 sight of all the other little forest and meadow people it would not do to let one of them see him because well because you know he was supposed to be down on the green meadows he had said that he had a very important errand down there which prevented him going to look for buster bear as prickly porky had asked him to of 0 course he had any errand down on the green meadows it was just an excuse the truth is he was afraid to look for buster bear and so he had made up that excuse then jumper the hare who you know is one of the most timid of all the little people who live in the green forest had offered to go look tor for buster bear reddy fox believe that jumper really would dare do it but it if he should why reddy knew that everybody would say that he was a greater coward than jumper and would laugh at him ever after there was just one thing to do and that was to give jumper such a fright that he would forget all about buster bear so as soon as he was out of sight of the other little people reddy had turned into the green forest and run as fast as ever he could to head off of jumper the hare now reddy have done this had jumper started in a great hurry to look tor for buster dear bear because fast as reddy can run jumper can run faster but jumper had not been in a hurry and so it happened that reddy was nicely hidden behind a big pile of brush when jumper came hopping alone when reddy beddy saw him coming he smiled and it was a wicked hungry smile he had started out to scare jumper if he could jumper would make a very good dinner yes indeed he would make a splendid dinner red dys mouth watered at the thought now it for or nothing that old mother nature gives things to her children and so of course there is a reason for the long ears of jumper the hare it is that he may be able to hear the slightest noise so that he can run away from danger for you know he cannot fight so as he came through the green forest he kept stopping every few jumps to look and listen he had almost reached the pile of brush behind which reddy was hiding when his long ears caught just the teeniest tenniest tee niest wee niest sound perhaps in his eagerness reddy rustled a tiny dead leaf anyway jumper stopped short and looked very hard at the pile of brush reddy held his breath and his yellow eyes looked very fierce and hungry still jumper sat there looking and looking and looking it seemed to reddy as it if he never would move just as reddy had about made up his mind to rush out and try to catch jumper where he sat a heavy step sounded behind him reddy turned his head hastily there was the big black stranger who had come to live in the green forest reddy need to be told that it was buster bear he gave one hasty look at the great claws on busters austers Bu feet and then with a yelp of fright he tucked his tail between his legs and started for home as fast as he could run the most frightened fox who ever ran through the green forest D T W burgess service |