Show ma 9 by y nW burgess JA JAY PUTS S 0 ON HIS TM THINKING CAP al AMMY JAY had a great deal to S SAMMY think about and so he went off by himself to a certain thick hemlock tree in the green forest where he could be quite alone now whenever sammy jay goes by himself kimseu that way to put on his thinking cap you may make up your mind that mischief of some kind is brewing in that small head of his just now sammy was thinking about what he had overheard buster bear say to jumper the hare and he be was wondering how he could get something out of it tor for himself you know sammy is one of those people who try to profit by the troubles of other people he is never so happy as when he can find some one in trouble because he is almost sure to find some way to get something tor for himself out of it it one time sammy ha happened along when chatterer the red squirrel and happy jack and gray squirrel were quarreling about some very fat choice acorns each claimed them as his sammy just urged them to fight for them hem and this is what they did while they were fighting sammy carried away all the acorns and when finally they agreed to stop fighting and divide the acorns they found none to divide sammy had hidden every one where only he could find them that was dishonest very dishonest but you know sammy has always been a thief he thought it was smart you and I 1 know better but he and there are a lot of people in this world just like him now sammy knew very well that buster bear was the strongest and biggest of all the people who lived in the green forest and when he had first seen buster sammy had been very much afraid of him now he afraid because he knew that his wings would keep him out of reach of busters austers Bu cruel claws but he had a great deal of respect tor for buster just the same and he wanted to do something that would make buster his friend when he overheard buster ask jumper the hare to try tp p find out tor for him wh where he could get some honey sammy I 1 smiled he knew that the only way jumper could find out was by asking questions of 0 those who lived in trees for it Is in hollow trees that busy bee stores up honey to be sure bucys big cousin bumble who makes such a fuss about everything he does has a little storehouse in the ground and possibly jumper might find this but if he did dial it be a taste tor for buster what he wanted was the storehouse of busy eee bee now it if I 1 can find it tor for him thought sammy hell always be my friend I 1 think ill have a look at all the hollow trees I 1 know ot of in the green forest just then another thought popped into head he and reddy fox were not the best of 0 friends in some ways they were very much alike and perhaps this was the reason that they were forever falling out sammy had been one of the first and loudest to jeer at and make fun of reddy the time he seemed to be running away from jumper the hare then he had seen reddy run from buster bear only that very mor morning ning hen buster had suddenly appeared just as reddy had thought to catch jumper the hare and he knew that roddy reddy knew that he had bad seen and laughed at him so now reddy was sure to be his enemy it if I 1 can think of some plan which will make reddy think he can make friends with buster bear why reddy will forget all about his anger with me thought S sammy ammy 1 I ha have v 1 it ill tell him how buster wants some honey and set him to hunting for the storehouse of busy bee with that oft off flew sammy jay to hunt tor for reddy fox and tell him how he could make friends with buster bear T W burgess service |