Show 1 10 W 2 0 V wv OThor n thorndon nten W burdess Burt cs fess alao CHATTERER IS SERVED JUST RIGHT BIGHT some people poke their noses in where no right to be if they get hurt it serves them right im sure all agree HATTERER THE RED SQUIRREL C CHATTERER get hurt exactly but he received a great fright and disappointment and im sure that you will agree with me that this was no more than he deserved you see he had no business there anyway it all came about through being chased to the green forest by bumble the bee it was a joke on the part of bumble but chatterer sure of this and dare stop to find out lest he should feel that sharp little lance bumble al 1 f A N al H il cf chatterer watched and watched all the time taking the greatest care to keep out of sight himself ways has with him so he had run until all out of breath and temper he had reached the green forest there bumble left him and returned to thie the sweet flowers of the green meadows now chatterer been in the green forest for some time he used to but since he had made friends with farmer browns boy he had lived in the old orchard and had grown tat fat and lazy on the good things farmer browns brownl boy was forever giving him now he realized that his run ha had d made him hungry and he began to wonder what he could find to eat there in the green forest it was the wrong time of year for nuts but there might there just might be some eggs his bright eyes darted this way and that way and the instant he saw cresap the flycatcher and mrs aresty acting as if they were trying very hard to keep out of sight he guessed right away that they had a nest not far away so he hid where he could watch them and sure enough he saw them enter a hole in a tree not far distant a hole that drummer the woodpecker had made a long time ago chatterers eyes sparkled with eagerness and wickedness what a feast I 1 will havel thought he in great glee 1 I just love fresh eggs and I 1 am sure that there are fresh eggs there by the way aresty acts ill just wait until he and his wife go out for their dinner and then ill pay their home a little visit I 1 prefer not to find them at home when I 1 call which shows that chatterer is something of a coward as is almost always the case with those who do mean things chatterer watched and watched all the time taking the greatest care to keep out of sight himself at last he saw mr and mrs aresty leave the tree where the hollow was and he knew by the way they acted that they were going to get their dinner no sooner were they out ot of sight than chatterer was scampering tor for the tree they had left as fast as he could go and all the time he was chuckling wickedly as he thought of those unguarded eggs up the tree he scrambled and around to the hole where he had seen aresty go in and come out just as he almost reached it something hanging from it caught his eye it moved chatterer gave a smothered little shriek of fright and actually tumbled out of the tree he stop to run down he just let go and dropped ohl oh he gasped oh dear what a narrow escape that was the tail of mr blacksnake hanging out of that hole it if I 1 seen that just when I 1 did I 1 should have run right into his very mouth and all the time mr black blacksnake snake was tar far away it was only the tail of his old coat which aresty and his wife had used in their nest and which swung in the wind just outside the doorway that had given chatterer such a fright and so had saved the eggs of which aresty and mrs aresty were so proud only sticky toes the tree toad saw all that happened and laughed until he be almost split his sides Q T W burgess service |