The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-02
. Little Stories for Bedtime -
SAMMY JAY AND FARMER
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1913. by ]. g. 1loyd.)

Ever since he had found the strange
pond. and the lam which had made
it, deep in the Green Forest, Farmer
Browns boy studied and studied. and
thought aud thought about it. and
him. 1t seemed as if some other boy
or man must have done it It GER
tainly did seem 80. He didn't know
Of any little forest or meadow people
who could have done it, and .yet-well,
the stumps of those trees which had
been cut looked as il teeth. very big
and wonderful teeth, but teeth and
not tools. had done the work. Farm
err Browns boy didn't say q word to
any one about what he had found. 1t
was his very own secret-his and Bow
ser the Hounds. So he waited
and watched for q. chance to get up
there again, but he couldn't get away
until the very day that Paddy the
Beaver finished harvesting his food
supply.
Now Farmer Browns boy had
learned q great deal about the little
Green Meadows. He had learned how
very sharp their eyes are and how
very keen their noses re. and how
very wide open their a are. FIe
knew that IL he wanted to see what
was going On about that new pond he
would have to be very, very still and
careful in getting to it, and when he
got there he would have to keep we'll
at home, and Bowser actually cried
when he was left behind Yes, sir,
Bowser actually cried. Then Farmey
Browns boy stole up through tho
Green Forest until he was near the
pond of Paddy the Beaver. The truth
is he had begun to suspect who had
built that dam and made that pond.
He had seen a Beaver but he
had read about them, and he just
could have done such a big and won
derful piece Of work.
lie was very much excited, was
Farmer Browns boy. He wanted to
see for himself just what was going
on. And so when he drew near to the
new pond he got down on his hands
and knees and crawled slowly, oh. 80
slowly. taking the greatest care not
Ito rustic a leaf or snap a twtg or
make the least little sound :. Now It is
quite likely that Farmer browns boy
would have succeeded In surprising
Paddy the Beaver at work had 1t not
been for Sammy Jay, You know
Sammy was in the top of q tall pine
tree keeping watch. and Sammy's eyes
are SO sharp that very little escapes
them. He saw something creeping
through the Green Forest, and with
out waiting to see what it was he
gave the alarm and Paddy dived into
his pond. At frst Sammy had thought
it vas Old Man: Coyote creeping up,
but as soon as he few, over nearer he
knew. Hho, It was. and my, my, my,
how he did scream and scoId!
Farmer Browns boy looked Wy ana
scowlSd angrily. Then he shook his
fist at sernrny Jay; "f1u mischief
gun and shoot you n Of these days!
Yes. air, that's just what I'll do"
But Sammy didn't mind this at all.
He knew that Farmer Browns boy
had no gun with him this time. and
20 he few right down just over his
head and screamed at him and called
him naInes to his hearts content.
Farmer Browns boy jumped to his
feet, for he knew that It was no-long-
steal up to the pond. He threw a
pine cone at Sammy. and. Of course.
this made Sammy dngrier than ever.
He told everybody within hearing just
what he thought of Farmer Browns
boy, and there wasn't a thing that
Farmer Browns boy could do about
1t. So he shrugged his shoulders and
walked over to Paddy's dam. Then
he gave a low whistle Of surprise.
lew house! II hadn't been there
when Farmer Browns boy had found
the pond. And there was Paddy's ca
nal and the stunips Of all the trees
Paddy had cut, Farmer Browns boy
no longer wondered who had made
the pond. .I5e knew. :.
u think Ill have a Beaver skin