The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-09
Bed Time Stories
GRANNY FOX HAS ANOTHER
DISAPPOINTMENT
BY Thornton ". Burgess.

copyright, 1913, by j. G. Lloyd.)
When Old Granny Fox found that
Old Man Coyote was not at his usual
mapping place she was sure that Red
dy Fox must have been Very stupid,
and thought that he saw him there
when he didn't. She hurried to the
Laughing Brook and waded in 1t for
a little way in order to destroy her
scent, so that Bowser the Hound
she had gone. You know water is al
ways the friend Of little animals who
leave scent in their footsteps. Bowser
came baying up to the edge of the
Laughing Brook n there he stop
ped, for his wonderful nose could not
follow Granny in the water. and he
could not tell whether she had gone
up or down or across the brook.
But Bowser is not one to give up
easily. No. indeed! He has learned
many Of Granny's tricks. and now he
knew well enough what Granny had
done. At least Bowser thought that
he knew.
She'll wade a little way and the
she will come out Of the water, SO all
where she has come out. and there 1
will find her tracks again." said he,
and with his nose to the ground hur-
ried down one bank of the Laughing
Brook.
He went as far as he thought Gran
ny could have waded. but there was
no trace for her. Then he crossed
the brook, and with his nose still to
the ground ran back to the starting
place along the other bank.
she didn't go down the brook, so
she must have gone up" said Bow
ser, n started up the brook as eager
ly as he had gone. down. After rum
ming as far as he thought Granny
could possibly have waded Bowser
crossed over and ran back along the
other bank to the starting place with
At last. with a foolish and ashamed
air. Bowser gave 1t up and started for
home, and all the time Granny Fox
was lying in plain sight watching him.
Yes, sir, she was watching him and
laughing to herself. You see, she
knew perfectly well that Bowser de-
Ponds more on his nose thar on his
with his nose to. the ground he can see
very little around him. So she had
simply waded down the Laughing
Brook to a fiat rock in the middle of
1t, and on this she had stretched her
self out and kept perfectly still. Twice
Bowser had gone right past without
seeing her. She enjoyed seeing him
lCoASu So lIluCH IIld " lllG liII1c We.
ing she quite forgot about Old Man
Coyote and the failure of her clever
plan to make trouble for him.
But when Bowser the Hound had
gone Granny remembered. She stop
ped laughing, and a look Of angry dis
appointment filled her face as she
trotted toward home. But as she trot-
Anyway, Reddy and l will have a
good dinner or that fat hen I caught
in Farmer Browns dooryard," she
muttered.
When she reached home there sat
Reddy on the doorstep, but there was
no sign Of the fat hen, inc Reddy
looked very uneasy and frightened.
where's that fat hen I caught?"
demanded Granny, GROSSLY.
"I-I-1'm sorry, Granny, but I
haven't got It," said Reddy.
Haven't got It," snapped Granny.
Whats the matter with you, Reddy
Fox? Didn't you see me throw it in
the grass. when l ran past the place
where you were hiding, and didn't
you know enough to go and eat it?"
YES" replied Reddy. II saw you
and got it, but on my way home I
met some n who, took 1t away from
me- ... ~
"Took it away from you!" exclaimed
Granny: "Who was it? Tell me this
instant! Who was it?"
old Man Coyote" replied Reddy
in a low. frightened voice.
Old Granny Fox simply stared at
Reddy. She couldn't find a word to
say. Instead Of making trouble for
Old Man Coyote she had furnished
him with a good. dinner. He was
smarter than she.
Next story: "Peter Rabbit Loses
His Appetite"