Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-12
Little Bedtime Stories
GRANNY FOX DISCOVERS WHAT
OLD MAN COYOTE is DOING.
(By Thornton w. Burgess.)
Copyright, 1914, by ]. G. Lloyd.)

Granny Fox listened to the great
voice of Bowser the Hound as it roll
ed across the Green Meadows and
through the Green Forest and she
scowled. What has that careless
scamp of a Reddy been doing now?"
she grumbled. i've warned him and
warned him to keep away from Farm
er Browns ducks and chickens while
1t is easy to get enough to eat down
on the Green Meadows and here in
the Green Forest. I thought he had
learned his lesson, but it seems that
hehasn't. for as surely as I am sit
ting here this blessed minute that
good for nothing dog is chasing him
now. 1t isn't the hunting eason yet
and we ought to be left in peace while
the weather is warm. It must be that
Reddy has been after those chickens
in spite of all I have said" !
Meanwhile poor Reddy was putting
and. blowing al he tried to fool Bow
ser. the Hound and get him SO mixed
up that he couldn't follow Reddy's
rack further. At last he succeeded
and then, so winded and tired that he
could hardly walk, he Joined old Gran
ny Fox. He painted for breath as he
dropped on the ground at her feet.
You see, he was SO fat and had done
SO little running that he was in no
condition to make such a long. hard
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flashed from Granny's Eyes as she
looked at him.
what have you been doing now?"
she demanded sharply. :
Nothing" painted Reddy. I
haven't done a thing"
Don't tell me that" snapped Gran
ny. Farmer Browns boy doesn't get
his gun out for nothing at this time
of year and I saw him with 1t hiding
behind the old stone wall where he
thought you would cross. It Is a
lucky thing for you, Reddy Fox, that
you didn't try to cross there. Now
what have you been doing? Haven't
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sWhat have you been doing now?"
she demanded sharply.
I warned you to leave those ducks
and chickens alone? I wonder IL you
ever will get any Fox n into that
Silly head of yours!"
Poor Reddy!. 1t was bad enough
to have to run until he was out OF
breath and tired enough to drop, and
then to be blamed for something he.
hadn't done! 1t was too much.
II haven't been near those chickens
and ducks!" he snapped. Its 20 long
since I've tasted n that I've almost
forgotten what they taste like. !
haven't been doing anything. That
pesky dog found me asleep on my
summing bank and I walked UP just
in time. That's all I know about It,"
Granny asked q few questions and
Reddy told her about his dream and
how 1t had turned from q beautiful
one into a bad one, and then no had
walked up just in time to run for his
life. Reddy was so much In earnest
that Granny Just had to believe him.
That's different" said she. 1T Is
very clear to me that Bowser . the
Hound was led to YOU summing bank
by somebody who knew that you were
there. You stay right here until I
come back"
With this old Granny Fox slipped
away through the Green Forest.
Straight through the Green Forest
and down across the Green Meadows
where Old Man Coyotes home 70 she
crawled on her stomach 80 as not to
be seen. And she took the greatest
care not to make the least bit Of noise.
BY and by she reached q place where
she could see Old Man Coyotes home.
There he lay stretched out taking q
bones which Granny knew to DO
Il .thought - much!" said Granny
to herself. Hes been stealing chick
ems and 10 making Farmer Browns
boy believe that Il 10 Reddy or me.
Well zee about thisi You may b
smart, Mr.. Coyote, but there : 9th.
orr! Yss. sr. thsFe are cthsrs!"
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