| Show y tx BF BEDTIME STORY by THORNTON W BURGESS it it aj BROTHER NORTH WIND AND JACK FROST ARRIVE hm HONKER E R the goose had not been many a n y d days a ys ahead of rough brother north wind and jack frost lie ile seldom Is all the little people of the green forest and the green meadows know this and so when they heard ills his message honk honk honk li those who still had work to do worked harder than ever paddy the heaver deaver went all over ills his house very carefully putting on fresn adl 11 J au 4 01 N they were so fat they could hardly waddle mud wherever it was needed so that thai when jack frost lid did arrive he would find it all ready to be frozen hard jerry SIus Alus krat hurried to get in the last of his supplies happy jack the gray squirrel and ills his cousin chatterer the red hed squirrel scampered about faster than ever to set get all the nuts possible before they should be hidden under the snow bobby coon unc billy possum and buster bear did their best to burst their coats by stuffing themselves with everything they could find they were so fat they could hardly waddle you see they make storehouses of their own skins yes indeed those were busy lays days then one night when all was still jack frost arrived ile he came silently y and only these who were awake knew because he slyly pinched them just by way of warning unc billy possum was one of these and he wait to be pinched twice lie ile promptly turned back to ills his home in a hollow tree and curled himself up in his warm bed for a long long sleep bobby coon did the same thing buster bear felt sleepy but he quite ready to go to bed for the winter so he decided to wait until the first heavy snow now paddy the beaver watched the mud harden on the roof of his house as jack frost touched it and then he dived and with a sigh of great content slipped in at his secret door under water and scrambled up into ills his nice warm dry bedroom to rest for he had worked long and hard and he knew that the time had come when he could work no more because by morning his pond would be covered with lee ice B but a t those who were asleep 1 tor for the night knew nothing about th the e coming oi 01 jaek jack frost F rest until the morning then they shivered a little as they started forth and those who run ran fast to keep warm and those who fly flew fast for the same reason later in the day rough brother north wind arrived there was nothing silent about the way lie came he whooped and howled across the green Blea meadows dows and through the green forest hit ha caught up the dead leaves and whirled them for far and wide lie ile shouted that all might hear 1 I am the north wind stout and bold I 1 I 1 came from the land of lee ice and cold I 1 I 1 yerman yer man may not be particularly admirable says romantic romaine but they come in handy in leap year service wile braves my strength to him I 1 give gl e A greater power to work and live peter rabbit listened and shivered just a wee b bit t in n spite of his warm cont coat now what does doea he be mean by tl hint said he 1 I suppose replied little mrs airs peter that he means that those who are not afraid to face hard times and do their very best are really stronger for doing it lie certainly and strong but ive noticed that we always feel well when he cornea comes that Is quite true replied peter illo thoughtfully 1 I rever can run so fast in a summer as in winter ile he drew a long ong breath this air good I 1 feel just like a run this very minute ichen you get used to it winter so bad its al all in the getting used to it those who sleep all winter or igo away where there cold weather dont know what a lot they miss I 1 wonder why they do it anyway S 1 ayt by J 0 lloya service lc |
