| Show SL ff tl va D 1 1 i U Z thornton W W bu r P 0 0 j y j i L T A fl T DANNY AND NANNY MEADOW MOUSE IN DESPAIR T THE HE four babies of danny and nanny meadow mouse grew very fast and four very lively babies they were it was some time before danny could tell them apart you see when they were very very little litile before they had any clothes at all they looked exactly alike to danny he pretend to tell them apart then he said they were as much alike as four blades of grass from one stem and for his part he believe that there was the teeniest tenniest tee niest wee niest difference nanny was indignant there Is too she asserted they are wrinkled differently so noy now danny smiled they were wrinkled there was no question about that he was quite will willing ing to take dannys word for it that the wrinkles were different on the four darlings but as he said what was the use of learning to tell them apart by their wrinkles when they would so soon have little fur coats to cover all the wrinkles what good would they do then he would woul d have to learn all over again to tell them apart but danny have to wait vait long for them to get those little fur coats you see like a great many little people of the green meadows and the green forest meadow mice have no underwear and so they wear fur coats even in hot weather only then the fur coats are very very much thinner than the ones they wear in winter well when they did jet get them danny was more puzzled than ever tor for of course they looked more alike than ever but when he and nanny decided to name the babies danny studied them very carefully so that he be would know which was which one they named teeny danny was sure that he could remember teeny by the way in which he kept his ears all the time wide open so as not to miss anything was the name of another and danny hoped he would be able to tell her when he saw her by the twinkle in her eyes for was very very merry the third was named midget and danny was sure he could tell her because she have her ears forever socked as did teeny and her eyes were not merry as were Wee nys the last one of all was named mite and danny was V Q lie ile said they were as much alike as four blades of grass absolutely sure of him because his tail was shorter than it really ought to have been danny thought the tails of all meadow mice shorter than they ought to be but this time there was no doubt about it at all mites tail was shorter than the tails of his brother and sisters it was the day on which the babies were named that danny and nanny had their great fright and were thrown into the deepest despair no one had found out their secret yet and they were hoping no nc one would anyway not until the children were old enough to take care of themselves then without any warning whatever something terrible happened both danny and nanny were home at the time with out the least warning the whole up per halt half of that old pile of corn stalks in which they had built theu their home was lifted off and there was their home exposed to the view ol of whoever happened alo along ng can you imagine anything more dreadful and danny and nanny feared something even more dreadful for bending over their little home was whom do you think why farmer browns boy to be sure it was he who had lifted off the upper half of the old pile of cornstalks corn stalks he was cleaning up and of course he known anything about that nice home of danny and nanny meadow mouse a T W burgess Bu service |
