Show wa 5 thornton thorn ton vi burchess Burc Bur fess DANNY MEADOW MOUSE HAS TO PROVE HIS LOVE OD MORNING said danny GO meadow mouse when he suddenly found little miss nanny meadow mouse sitting with her back to him quite as if she the ithe least idea that he was anywhere about miss Nanny pretended not to hear good morning said dann danny Y a little louder than before little miss nanny turned her head and pretended to be very very much surprised good morning said she in a very low voice and appearing very shy danny thought it was the sweetest voice he had ever heard 1 I ive come to make a call said danny because he think of anything else to day ohl said little miss nanny and v e do you always hide when you all see visitors coming asked danny both laughed because it was all so very funny and foolish sounding dodou always chase people until they lose their breath and are too tired to run another step when you make calls asked miss nanny do you always hide when you see callers coming asked danny then they both laughed again and in two minutes they were ta talking king as it if they had known each other always and every minute danny meadow mouse was falling more and more in love it seemed to him that he just live without little miss nanny he wanted to take her right home with him he told her so he told her that she was the most beautiful meadow mouse in the world and a lot more foolish things which were very pleasant to hear if you will come home with me and be mrs danny ill fight for you and work for you and you wont ever have anything to worry about declared danny little miss nanny looked locked very thoughtful 1 I know you can fight said she because I 1 saw you whip that important looking stranger whom you met on my doorstep it was a splendid fight and do you know all the time I 1 hoped you would win it was perfectly splendid pooh that that was nothing said danny that fellow fight would you always fight like that for me asked nanny shyly just try me and see replied danny eagerly 1 I would fight twice as hard tor for you any time but little miss nanny lived by herself and earned her own living for nothing she was very practical was miss nanny whoever I 1 marry will have to prove his love first said she with a very grand air danny looked puzzled I 1 prove it by fighting that stranger he asked that was only part of the proof most people will fight tor for what they very much want how do I 1 know that you are as good a worker as you are a fighter now how do I 1 know that you will keep the storehouse always filled so that I 1 will have enough to eat and not have to work for a living little miss nanny said this quite as if she had given the matter a great deal of thought and had fully made up her mind that whoever won her love would first have to prove that he could and would take the very best care of her you might try me and see please do begged danny im very bun hungry ry right this min ute declared little miss nanny away raced danny s 3 fast fas t as ev ever er he could make his legs go after she had promised to wait right where she was until he should come back he would show her what a good provider he could be so he raced this way and that way hunt ing for something especially fine 11 II he had been at home he would have known just where to go but this was a part of the green meadows with which he was not acquainted and he really know where to go but he was bound he would find some thing and sure enough he did he ran right into a nice soft nut and with this he was soon back little miss dannys eyes sparkled as she saw it danny knew by the look in them that he had once more won her approval 0 T W burgess service |