Show s 9 by thornton W burgess BUSTER BEAR IS introduced ONE of the little people who N NONE were there ever will forget how buster bear was introduced in the green forest it was the funniest introduction any of them can remember they laugh now whenever they think of it it though at the time some of them laugh at all no indeed the truth is some of them were too frightened to see anything funny you see it happened like this jimmy skunk had met buster bear up by the pond of paddy tb the e beaver deep in the green forest and he had made buster bear get out of his way peter rabbit had seen him do it and of course peter had told every one he met every one had expressed a great deal of admiration for jimmy skunk until peter came to prickly porky the porcupine prickly por porky ky had said that it was nothing to make buster bear get out of the way and that he would do the same thing if some one would invite buster bear to come down where he was jumper the hare had offered to go invite buster bear and reddy fox had planned to prevent it jumper from ever getting near buster bear so reddy had hidden where he could jump out at jumper and perhaps catch him along had come jumper and just as reddy was getting ready to spring he had heard a step behind him and had turned to look right straight in the face of buster bear now reddy fox is a coward he always has been a coward perhaps he cant help it but anyway he is a coward covard when he saw who it was behind him he gave one frightened yelp and then he put his tail between his legs and he started for home faster than ever he had run before the minute reddy started to run jumper the hare started after him reddy can run fast but jumper as you know can run faster so he had no trouble in keeping right at freddys heels but reddy know this he was so frightened that he stop to look back and when he be heard some one just behind him he thought it was buster bear and tried to run harder As tor for buster bear himself he was so tickled at the sight of reddy fox chased by timid jumper the hare that he started after them as fast as he could go so as to see see what would happen next at the toot foot of the tree in which sat prickly porky were several of the little people of the green forest gossiping about buster bear and wondering if jumper the hare really would invite buster bear to meet them no one but prickly porky believed he would prickly porky knew jumper better than the others because they had both come from the same great woods to live in the green forest suddenly there was a great racket everybody looked up to see what it meant there came reddy fox running as if he thought his very last minute had come and right at his heels was jumper the karel harel it looked lust just us if reddy was running away from jumper and everybody shouted with laughter reddy stop oh my no he kept right on but jumper stopped ive brought my old friend buster bear to introduce him said jumper and as he spoke with a great huffing buffing and puffing buster bear himself came crashing into their midst all the laughter stopped right then and there you never never did see such a frightened scamper scam perin ga unc billy possum and happy jack squirrel got in each others way as they tried to climb the same tree striped chipmunk tried to crawl into a hole too small for him bobby coon fell backward from an old stump on which he was sitting only jimmy skunk and prickly porky seemed unafraid buster bear sat up and his little eyes twinkled and he grinned broadly as he said im ever so glad to meet you and I 1 hope well get better acquainted when you are not in such a hurry 9 T W burgess service |