Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-07

When needless children disobey.
1t is sad for father and mother and
it is sad for the child. and this is just
as true with the little people who
wear fur or feathers as with boys and
Ask Danny Meadow Mouse. He knews
all about it. He SAYS that being 9
father is the most Responsible jot
in the world. but Nanny Meadow
Mouse says that this is no such thing
because being a mother is the mos
responsible job in the world. Blu
they both agree that needless children
who disobey can make more worry
/ and sadness than anybody ought tc
have to go through with.
Now, of their four children, Tenny
Weeny, Midget and Mite, the last wa:
the smallest. He was also the quick.
est and smartest. He never had tc
be shown twice how to do a thing
He could outrun and outdodge hi:
brother and sisters. He was forever
finding new hiding places in which
they never thought to look for him
He had even fooled his father that
him to punish him. AS for fooline
his mother, Nanny Meadow Mouse, h,
did that continually. Yes. Mite was
smart, and he knew it. Yes. sir; he
knew it. That was at the bottom OF
all the trouble. He knew he was
smart, and he thought so much about
it that at last he came to believe that
he was a little smarter than any one
smarter than his father
and mother.
Now, when children get to thinking
that they are smarter than their IA
theirs and mothers they are preparing
the way for all sorts of trouble and
often sadness for themselves and for
those who love them. That was just
the way it was with Mite. He thought
himself so smart hat it wasn't neces-
sary for him to obey. He and his
brother n sisters had been charged
over and over again that they must
never, never so much as poke their
noses out from under the pile Of old
corn stalks in the middle of which
their home was. They could play in
and under the pile Of corn stalks as
much as they. pleased. but they must
never climb up on top or run out
from underneath lest some watchful,
hungry enemy should see them and
gobble them up for lunch.
Now, Mite didn't approve of that a,
AL. He was sure that he was alto
gether too quick and smart to be
caught. He thought his father and
.otilG uCtu.cSSlE l.!tltu, ana WQen
they were lot about he said so.
There's nothing 20 be afraid Of
said he. "They Just tell us there is
so as to scare us and keep us home
I'm not afraid and some day I'm go.
ing out to see the Great World. I'm
getting tired of this old pile of corr
stalks and I want to see what is goine
on outside"
OF course. his brother and sisters
were terribly shocked and told hin
that he mustn't think of such things
But little Mite was very headstrons
One day while Danny and Nanny were
away looking for something for din.
e Mite disobeyed and darted out
into one Of Danny's little private paths
that led away through the tall grass.
es. He was out only a minute and
then darted back, again. No one told
Danny or Nanny. and the very next
time he got a chance he tried it again.
Just a little farther. 1t was very ex-
citing. No harm ever came near him,
but there was always the chance that
Danny or Nanny would catch him
doing it. Several times he got back
just in the nick of time. At last he
made up him mind 20 do something.
What do you think it was? Why, he
made up his mind to run away and
see the Great World. Yes, sir, that
is just what he made UP his mind
to do, and it is Just what he did do
very early one morning. Danny didn't
discover it until he had been gone
as much as a whole hour, which to a
Meadow Mouse is a very great deal of
time.
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