Evening star., 1913-12-08
Jack Frost Arrives.

The Moon looked down on the Green
Forest and the little pond OF Paddy the
Beaver in the very heart of 1T, and the
Moon smiled. for IL was plain to sec that
Paddy the Beaver was happy. Yes, sir.
he was happy. There was no doubt about
it. For the time being he had forgotten
all about his worries regarding Farmer
Browns boy. He couldn't have told YOU
just how. but somehow he knew that
Jack Frost would arrive that very night,
and Paddy was preparing for him. You
see it was this way: To make that So. en-
did house OF his out in his pond as stout
and safe and good as he wanted IL to be
Paddy needed the help OF Jack Frost.
and so he had been waiting and watching
for him. So now that he was sure that
Jack Frost would arrive that very night
| he was working very hard to be ready
| for him.
What was Paddy doing? Why. he was
| putting more mud on the walls and roof
i OF his house, digging 1t up from the bot
4 tom of his pond and plaste-tng IL on
thick. He knew that 1t would remain
soft and wet all night IL Jack Frost didn't
| arrive before morning. Then when nc
did arrive il would be all ready for him
| to freeze until 1t was almost as hard a.
stone. So he worked and worked as
Il
smoothed the mud down on the walls and
roof of his house and hoped that Jack
Frost would come early enough to do
| his work SO well that jolly. round. red
Mr.. Sun would not be able TO undo IL
with his warm rays the next morning.
4 The little stars looked down and twin
killed. as they watched PADDY work. and
| they were very. very bright. BY ana
the black shadows were blackest Paddy
heard q stick snap. He sat up on the
roof OF his house to listen. Who was
coming? It couldn't be Old Man Coyote.
for who ever knew him to be SO care
less as to snap a twig? No. II couldn't
| be Old Man Coyote. 1t might be Farmer
Browns boy. but somehow Paddy felt
sure that Farmer Browns boy would
never come way up there In the Green
Forest in the night No, 1t couldn't be
Farmer Browns boy. .ie listened with
both little ears wide open. There il was
again. the snap of stick. Paddy smiled.
There was no doubt now OF who was
coming. 1t was Jack Frost! No one
| OF 1t as does Jack Frost. Nearer and
nearer came the sound of swapping sticks
and broader and broader grew the smile
of Paddy the Beaver. But now he no
longer sat idly listening. He WAS At
work harder than ever plastering mud
on the roof OF his house.
And so Jack Frost found him and
chuckled as he blew his cold. cold breath
On INc wet IHuo uutii IL grew StIi anu
sitter and then hard. And Paddy
chuckled as he brought up the mud and
saw it harden almost as soon as il was
put in place for they are very good
| friends, are Paddy the Beaver and Jack
Frost.
I'm glad you've come.''' cried Paddy.
I'm glad that some one Is glad that
I've come" replied Jack Frost. 'for some
people seem to e afraid or me, and
those are the people 1 love to see shiver
| and shake. I love to hear their teeth
| chatter. Put little more mud here so
that may freeze it."
| So Paddy the Beaver and Jack Frost
worked while the little stars looked on
and twinkled. and in the morning. when
| jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun threw his night
cap off and started his daily climb up in
the blue. blue sky he looked down on the
| little pond in the heart Of the Green For
| est, and behold. ii was smooth and shin
| ing. for IL was covered with lee, and
| out of the middle of it rose the walls
/ and roof of the house of Paddy the
Beaver. SO stout and hard that even the
sharp claws OF Tufty the Lynx could not
| have torn 1t open. The house of Paddy
had been finished by Jack Frost