Evening star., 1915-11-13
Little Storie,
@ Bedtime
GIutton the Wolverine and the
Trapper.
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
copyright, 1915, by J. G. Lloyd.)

| Peter Rabbit couldn't sit still. You
know how full of curiosity he is and
| how dearly he loves a story. He had
listened quite breathleSSly while
Honker the Goose told how Glutton
the Wolverine had found all the traps
of the trapper up there in the Far
1 North where Honker had spent the
summer and early fall. What did the
| trapper do when he found that all
mis- traps had been pulled out in plain
sight and all the bait taken?" asked
| Peter eagerly.
Honker chuckled. 1t was a deep
per, said he. I've seen Buster Bear
lose his temper" Honker looked over
| at Buster, and Buster looked foolish.
But Buster is nothing to what that
| man was when he lost mis- temper. He
talked to himself in a very loud voice.
VI course, l don't know what he saiu,
| but L can guess. He went from one
trap to another. and the farther he
got the angrier he grew. But getting
angry didn't do him any good. 1t
never does any one any good. So at
| last he stopped getting angry. Any
way, he stopped showing his anger,
and went to work to set the traps over
again, and this time he took more
care than ever to set them Then he
got big piece of meat and around
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that was just for Glutton. l suppose
he thought that if Glutton found one
there he would think that that was
all and might step into one of the
others while he was eating the meat.
Il just hung around where l could
watch. The very next day along came
Glutton- My, but that fellow is smart, !,
Just had to laugh The first thing he
did was to hunt for a trap. When he
found it he pulled it out. Then what
do you think he did,
"Gobbled up that meat and stepped in
one of the other traps and was caught"
cried Peter eXcitedly.
Nothing of the kind" replied
Honker. He didn't even look at that
meat. He went right on hunting for traps
unil he had found every one. 1t was
Just as If he had seen that hunter set
those traps, but he hadn't. When he
had found the last one he just walked
over to that piece of meat and ate
every scrap of it. Then he went on
pulling out the traps which had been
set for other little people just as be-
fore. and when he had eaten so much
that he couldn't eat another mouthful
he just spoiled the rest of the bats
so that no one else would eat them
When that trapper found that
Glutton had played that trick on him
again he didn't set his traps again
right away. but spent a lot of time
with his terrible gun looking for
Glutton. While he was off looking for
him Glutton came to his house and
with his stout claws tore hole in the
roof and got inside. OF course 1 don't
know what he did in there but /
have an idea that when the trapper
came back he didn't find any food
Mt to eat there. Anyway, the next day
he took his canoe and went away. and
l did not see him again until the day
before l left. when he came back with
a lot more things. food. 1 guess.
I'm just wondering if Glutton will
get those things or if he will get
Glutton. or if Csutton has gone some
where else. Served the man right for
trying to trap the little people who
wear fur. l don't like Glutton. No
one does. But L certainly was glad
to see him smarter than that trapper."