Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-19
y Little Stories for Bedtime y
WHAT REDDY FOX SAW AND DIT
tBy Thornton w. Burgess.)

(By Thornton W. Burgess.)
Copyright, 1914, by J. G.. Lloyd.)
Who guards his tongue as he would
keep
A treasure rich and rare
VIII keep himself from trouble free
And dodge both fear and ARE.
The trouble with a great many peo-
pie Is that they remember this too
late. Reddy Fox is n of these.
some ways, but he hasn't learned yet
to guard his tongue. and half the
trouble he gets into is because of that
unruly member. You see it Is a boast
full tongue and an untruthful tongue.
and that Is h worst combination for
making trouble hat 1 know Of. It
has got him into all kinds Of scrapes
other all on ccoun Of that tongue.
jolly. round, red Mr.. Sun had kicked
his rosy blankets off and was smiling
down OF the Great World as he began
his daily climb up in the blue, blue
sky. The Cheerful Little Sunbeams
were already dancing through the
Green Forest chasing out the Black
Shadows. and Reddy knew that It was
high time that he was over by the hill
where Prickly Perky and Porcupine
lives to make his boast good and prove
that he dared meet the strange crea-
ture which Peter Rabbit n Unc'
Billy Postum both claimed to have
seen there. With tagging steps he
sneaked along from tree to tree, peer
ing out from behind each anxiously.
afraid to go on and still more afraid
not TO for fear hat he would be called
a coward.
He had almost reached the foot Of
the hill without seeing anything out
of the usual. and without any signs
OF Unc' Billy Possum. He was just be-
ginning to hope that Unc' Billy Pos
sum wasn't there. as he said he would
be, when a voice right W. his head
said:
"Ah cert'nly am glad to sec that
yo' are as good as your word, Brer
Fox, TO- we need some one brave like
yo'all to find out what this strange
creature Is that has been chasing We
uns."
Reddy looked up with a sickly grin.
There sat inc Billy Postum in a pine
tree right over his head. He knew
now that there was no backing out;
swagger and look very bold and brave.
II told you I'm not afraid. If
there's anything queer around here I'll
find out what 1t is" he once more
boasted. but Unc' Billy noticed that
his voice sounded just a wee bit trem-
bly,.
Keep right on to the foot Of the
hill; that's where An saw 1t yester-
day. My, Aim glad that we've got
some one so truly brave!" replied Unc'
Billy.
.Reddy looked at him sharply, but
there wasn't q trace of a smile on
Unc' Bdlly's face, and Reddy couldn't
tell whether Unc' Billy was making
fun OF him or not. So there being
nothing else to do. he went or. He
reached the foot Of the hill without
seeing or hearing a thing out Of the
usual. The Green Forest seemed just
Al It always had seemed. Redeye the
Vireo wa pouring out his little song
OF gladness quite as II everything was
Just as It should be-. Reddy's courage
began to come back. Nothing had
happened and nothing waa going to
hAppenL OF couro mott It wa all
eorno OF Peter Rabbits ~foohshness.
Some day he would catch Peter Rab-
bit and put an end to such silly tales.
"Ah! What SaS thar Reddys1
sharp 0xs had caught q sound up
near the top OF the hill. He Stopped
short and looked mp. For. just o little
weA minuts Reddy c0uldnst Ebsksess
that Aia Nyea ~ fig1t. Coming down
ttta @S91tghe toward HIM 80 the