Show atif biffle tle dories af oties I 1 ar A r ra W thorndon Thorn fon conw W I 1 ral y burgess BUSTER BEAR MAKES A REQUEST USTER BEAR shook with laughter B BUSTER as as he watched reddy fox disappear just like a little red streak it had been great tun fun to give reddy such a scare 1 I guess he wont come fooling around here again in a hurry cuc chuckled kled buster 1 I guess he wont chuckled jumper the hare im ever and ever so much obliged to you buster bear I 1 id like to do something for you to make up for it do you think I 1 can do anything for you it 1 A ak h v 0 k you might alight let me ale know it if y you ou discover any danger for me ale in the green forest said buster thoughtfully I 1 dont know how I 1 can because im so small and you are so big and strong but id like to do something I 1 would ever so much buster scratched his head thoughtfully and there was a twinkle of tun fun in his shrewd little eyes as be looked down at jumper it struck him very funny that anyone so much smaller than he and so very very timid really might be able to help him but he was too shrewd to look down on anyone because they were smaller and weaker than he he learned a long time ago not to despise anyone just because they are not big and strong so he scratched his head and his eyes twinkled as he tried to think of some way in which jumper the hare could repay him for giving reddy fox such a fright you see it really had been a very great favor to jumper because reddy fox was hunting him now reddy had had such a scare that he would not venture back there ere again very soon you might let me know it if you discover any dan danger cr tor for me in the green forest said buster thoughtfully jumper looked at him as if he know whether to think buster bus was joking or not somehow buster looked as tt if he meant it 1 I ill be very glad to replied jumper only I 1 dont know what danger there can be tor for you you are so big and strong and have such great teeth and claws that I 1 why I 1 dont see what there is tor for you to to be afraid of duster buster buster looked as if he know just what to say no one ever likes to a admit being afraid of anything does docs does a man ever visit the green forest asked buster in a hesitating way farmer aro browns als boy does sometimes but nobody is much afraid of him any more replied jumper promptly he was very nice to chatterer the red squirrel and to mrs grouse and to peter rabbit this last winter and everybody knows it besides you are as big as he is and a whole lot stronger of course you be afraid oi of him buster noo N o o no of course not replied duster buster did you say he carries a dreadful gun he used to but he very much now excepting when he hunts for granny fox or reddy fox said jumper he might it if he knew that I 1 were here replied buster so I 1 guess if let me know when he is anywhere around ill just keep out of sight you know I 1 want to frighten him buster looked up at sammy jay and winked as he said this and sammy chuckled if you really want to do something for me continued buster you can try to find out tor for me where there is some honey I 1 want some honey im almost starved for or some honey buster put both paws on his stomach and looked so forlorn that jumper had to laugh dont laugh said buster just think I 1 had a taste of honey since last tall fail if you hear of any anywhere please hurry to let me know will you jumper jumper promised that he would though how he was going to find out where there was any honey was more than he could guess but he was willing to try for he felt grateful to buster bear for frightening away reddy fox Q T W burgess service |