Show little stories M 11 fir S fl 01 flo be acim W thor nf conw cl burgess JUMPER TIM THE HARE CONSULTS BUSTER BEAR THE hareras HARE was sitting under a low growing hemlock tree deep in the green forest where he could look out over the pond of paddy the beaver jumper was not feeling at all good that morning no sir jumper was feeling anything but good in the first place it was a long time since he had had a real good sleep in the second place he rest easily a minute even with his eyes wide open all the time he felt as if his heart might jump right up in his throat any minute and it was all because reddy fox had bad set out ot to catch him and gave him no peace night or day old mother nature certainly takes better care of some than she does of others thought jumper just a wee bit bitterly as he watched paddy the beaver swimming about in his pond now there is paddy perfectly safe out there in the water and here am 1 I not sate safe anywhere it fair it certainly fair then jumper looked and listened anxiously for the least sign of reddy beddy fox but all was quiet and once more he began to think about the unfairness of old mother nature now that a bit like jumper the hare jumper is almost as happy go lucky as peter rabbit and takes things just as they come it long before he began to feel a little ashamed of himself for having such thoughts ile he thought of those long legs old mother nature had given him to take him quickly out of danger and then he remembered how paddy the beaver has to get his food on shore or most of it anyway and how slow and clumsy pa paddy addy is out of the water the more he thought of this ti the ie more ashamed h hi grew of the thoughts he had had of old mother natures seeming unfairness and pretty soon he knew right iown in his heart that he change places with paddy the beaver it if he could not even to get rid of reddy fox he was still thinking of this when a stick snapped a little way from him and his heart gave a great frightened thump you see he had grown so anxious and nervous that whenever he heard a stick snap or a leaf rustle rustic he was sure it was reddy beddy fox trying to steal up on him jumper held his breath and looked in the direction from which the sound had come there shuffling along and muttering to himself was buster bear jumper grinned it was a very great relief to see buster bear instead of reddy fox you see jumper the least bit afraid of buster because he knows he car can keep out of his way buster knows it too and so he wastes no time trying to catch jumper jumper hopped out and sat up in front of buster bear buster sat up too very funny they looked as they faced each other one so very big and one so small and both sitting up in just the same way paddy the beaver had to laugh as he looked across at them hello Bu buster sterl said jumper how do you like the green forest busters austers Bu little eyes twinkled as he grinned down at jumper pretty well jumper pretty well so far seems to me you are looking thin yes sir you are looking thin that ought not to be in the beautiful springtime in such a nice place as the green forest buster shook his head as if he understand it at all its all your fault cried jumper buster bear looked puzzled how is is it my fault he demanded then jumper told him the whole story how he had been sent to invite buster to meet the other little people of the green forest how reddy fox had tried to catch him and then had been terribly frightened by the sudden appearance of buster and had run and then how he jumper had run after him just for fun and how all the little people were making fun of reddy now so that he was spending all his time trying to catch jumper so as to get even busters austers Bu eyes twinkled more than ever as he listened perhaps I 1 can help you said he oh will you that would be perfectly splendid cried jumper T W burgess service |