The sun., 1900-08-19
AppLEBUTTER CAT STORIES.
yellow Lion and uedEehogs scrlbbiinE.
copyrg", 1900. BY Mrciur, pAn,p 4ca

Copy,.gM, 1900 by Mcclure. PhNir'd Co
Hedgehog va, always ,crihhling he sat
at his dc.k ~ hi, huu," IN thc woods and wrote
80 much that Il" hardly slopprd ~ eat his mealA
lie had iu,llS stuck behind hi. car,, and uhon-
ever b. thought If anything which would
make any 4 N" h"a-t- angry. especially Yellow
Lion, he wrot" II down on pirc" Il birch bark.
For ink h. used pokcbrrry juice
Yellow Lion awokn one morning and found
a sign tackled to thc door e hi house by ono
Of Hedgehog : uu-. ON lh" .gn was written:
Lion. YOU are u big yellow animal.
who wrote thur toarcd yellow Lion I
am no more { an animal than h." "i~
Everybody know. that yellow Lien is very
proud for he i M" king of beasts. So Yellow
Lion went out aud -harpencd hi Claws on
trunk 4 Il tree and started 10 got revenge for
the name that h" had been called He had
not gone very far before he saw another piece
Of bark tackled up to tree by one II Hedge
hCgs Qu,lls, On II was written.
Lions take notice. The quill l. ndghter
than the claw.
Yellow Lion picked on the ign and shook
II between his paws.
Tho idea he said This l. an insult Just
let me find out who wrote that and there VIII
be an awful time in this jungle.
He had only gone half mile before he met
Big Elephant.
Elephant" he roared, whose writing u
this"
Big Elephant put on his glasses and picked
up the piece Of bark and looked at II carefully.
Sometimes, he said. Il write in my sleep.
You know | used 10 write visiting cards with
my feet. and since I stand M when am asleep
maybe | write a little without knowing it. I
don't remember this.
"You are a foolish old elephant" roared
Yellow Lion. and he bounded away so anerily
that he could hardly sec. He almost ran into
Striped Tiger.
Pardon me. said Yellow lion. for he had
a great respect for striped Tiger,
"Dont mention II. answered Striped Tiger.
showing his white teeth What Is this hear
about your mnne?"
Nance" replied Yellow Lion
"Oh well. its much the same. "purred Striped
Tiger. The same letters. You come with
me and I'll show you something that will make
you feel very glad"
Striped Tiger winked at Big Elephant, who
had Just come up. and all three walked through
the Jungle Striped Tiger led Yellow Lion
to n large rock on which was written:
Tie has a name which Is rusty. He needs
a haircut"
This is too much" roared Yellow Lion.
-Ha! ha'" laughed somebody away up In
the trees.
swinging along the tree tops by his tail Litus
Monkey had a cap on his head and piece OF
birch bark and auil under his arm
ne talked so loud that Little Monkey wes
scared and let go his tail and feli to the ground:
5GT eIa Lion Ss RT %HGSR fnf s SsGSs SSFs2 a%
was written, A poor innocent goat was killed.
Now / have you!" snarled fellow Lion,
"Ili teach YOU 10 write such things and put
them M on trees"
please. I'm only messeJngsr ssJ boy. whin: ~
iii not not eat You up" roared Fellow Lion.
If you win take me 20 your master Issc esds.-
hogs house. Yellow Lion went right into the
| room where Hedgehog was writing at his desk.
been calling me names You wrote that
Il thought that you had" answered aeds
Ae was sitting on a barrel before his desk.
and kept on writing as hard as he could de
had sheets Of bark all around him. and his hanos
| and face were all over pokeberry ink.
THAT was all rusty. II Is false. continued
Your name looks as though It were real
You said ought to have a haircut added
Witch one of your hsirs'- sighed Hedsehoe.
Hedgehog, roared Yellow Lion your time
has come, You miserable little,1I 81
What did, you say'" asked Hedgehog. 4
"Quiildriver." Numbered fellow Lion, -.
neCS %h IN h% lmHh wsR hn ali the @ aSs
| we're sticking behind his ears came out like
arrows shot from the bow Ihsy Ss STUCK imn m a5s ans
s1ueal and beg for mercy. Yellow Lon ran
out Of the place with his paws all oyer his face
the es 5uOnns fSyn ss ssd fhssts aedsehos
as he dipped a Quill In pokeberry juice. but
| when I AM writing cannot AFFORD to be annoyee
| by big. yellow animals.