Evening star., 1914-04-21
Buster Bear Plays a Trick.

BGster tsaar and .iu;ape-- the Hare iiad
had their reafs together. This doesn't
mean tfat the. mad teafiN toGched heads.
OH. nv. 1,n. No indeed. .Iulhper Is too
wise 70 get so c,osa to Buster Bear as
that IL means that they had made plans
together. Il EeGdy Fox had known
about those plans Reddy would certainly
have kept away from that part of the
Green Forest But he didn't know about
them. and 50 he didn't keep away from
that pat Of the Green Forest
Won see il was there that Jumper the
Hare sI,eit ,,csl of his time. and 50 1t
was there that Reddr was spending most
of his time. now for he was bound that
h.. would catch jumper to pay nm ior
malzins. him the laughing stock Of all the
little people of tie Green Forest ana the
Greer, Meadows At first EeGdy had been
afraid. VERY much afraid. that he might
meet Buster Bear there. He had sep1
his eyes wide open for Buster. To-, If the
tr;,tb be known. lie was as much AFRAID
or Buster as jumper was OF him. But as
day after day lie saw nothing OF hustei
ba grew careless He made up his nina
ttat Ruster had gone back to the Great
woods from which he had come. ana ne
tl,,u.,bt of nothin. out catching Jumper
the Hare.
So Reddy. because he is very smart ana
sly spent a great deal of time looking
fo:. the places where Jumper made MS
bod and for the places where ne a1e,
Then he would hide near one OF these aiio
wait patiently for Jumper to come put'
somehow. Jumper always Went 70 d pia
is. Jumper knew perfectly what ReddN
was doing. and so he never Went t"Ict
to the same place. Thal y. ne ir ne ~
went twice very near toSethet u u.
took nap under a big hemiock pran.i
and then went out TO get q bite TO ea', ne
would finish his nap under another 'lee
instead of going back to the flrst olt- %,
though Reddy often found places Jumper
had just left and hld besioe tiieiir :, is Pc
tiently for Jumper to come oach' II ie>et
was Of the least bit of use
But after Jumper ard Buster bear haa
had their heads together Jumper seemed
wav i, seemed Reddy Fox noticed Il
right away and s.'inned wickedly Three
times he saw. Jumper doing Just IN front
of a great fallen tree. Then Tor a iourtii
time he saw Jumper SIT III the SaIEe
rIace. By and by Jumper began to NOD.
Then his eyes-closed in the sieepest way
Reddy grinned and licked ms cnops-
Jumpers eyes opened, closeo aSaii'
opened once more. then closed ana re-
NAMED closed = Reddy watched long
sign from Jumper the Hare. He certain
" looked to be fast very fast, asleep
Softly ever so softly, Reddy Fox up
toed forward. JuDper did not move A
few steps nearer. and still Jumper seem
ed fast asleep Reddr stopped long
enough to grin. wicked. hungry grim;
This time he would catch Jumper and
then he would see if the othe.- little peo-
pie would laugh at ard make fun OF MN
any more, Softly softly. Very very soft
ly ne stole fo- ward until with one great
jump he would be able to land right on
poor Jumper. Very, very carefully Red-
dy fixed his hind legs to make the spring,
actly where Jumper had been, but wasn't.
You see. Jumper had been just pretend
ing to be asleep. and when Reddy had
Jumped he had jumped. too.
Now Jumpe- had jumped right over the
old tree trunk and Reddy sprans aftet
him But Reddy is not quite so good a
Jumper as Jumper the Hare. and. while
Reddy landed on top of it. meaning to
Jump down on the othe: side But he
didn't No, si. he didn't. Instead he
fell off backward with a scream of fright.
What was the trouble" Why. Buster
Bear had been lying down on the other
side of that old tree trunk and when
Jumper Ieaped over it Buster knew that
Reddy was close at hand, and so he
jumped up with a dreadful growl Just
as he had Gone the first time he saw
i.uster Bear Reddy put his tail between
his legs and started for home as fast. a g
eve- he could 60
'-Ha. ha. ha.' shouted Buster Bear
''Ho. ho. no. shouted Jumper the
Hare.
'.Hee hee. hee.'' Uttered Sammy Jay
who had happened along just in time to
see the fun.