Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-17
E1IILESIoRlEs
6rBEDTIME
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1917. by T. W. Burgess-)
or Mistah Buzzard Starts a
Story.

:. DO you wonder that OF Mistah Buzz
gard was indignant when Peter Rab-
: bit blurted out such a personal lues-
: ton? You remember Peter had asked
him right out if it was true that he
was shiftless. Then Peter had gone
on to explain that he had heard that
said, and all because the BuZZards had
no nest At first or Mistah Buzzard
was tempted to speak his mind very
: plainly to Peter and tell him just what
{ he thought of people who gossip about
others and their personal affairs. but
: Peter looked so innocent of any inten-
ton to NEEDLE and SO truly puzzled
: that or Mistah Buzzard promptly re
covered his good nature.
Nah affairs are really no business
of yours, Brer Rabbit. AMI ali reckons
yo' know il. but just TO set your mind
At rest ahm going TO tell 70 story"
Z. At this Peter pricked up his ears and
: Settled himself contentedly. He had
heard or Mistah Buzzard tell stories
: before and he knew that a story from
him was bound to be Interesting
whether it was true or not.
"Ah'm not saying that this IS the
true reason why my family doesn't
build nests" began or Mistah Buzzard
: with a twinkle in his eyes. But it is
a story that done been handed down
to we-uns from way back at Tho be
ginning of things when the world was
young 1t was in the days when Gran
ny and Grandaddy Buzzard the first of
2 nah family. lived and everybody was
= OF lTs 10 learn now TO 1--we.
70 see in those days nobody knew
Just what was best 10 do. Everybody
was trying to work out TO himself
: what was best. and learning something,
every day of course, everybody made
mistakes. lots Of them. era ndaddy
: and Granny Buzzard just like the rest.
ana II was because of one Of these
Z mista kes that they didn't have a nest
: like the rest of the birds.
Yo' see when the first nesting sea
son came round and on Mother Nature
+ passed the word along TO all the birds
10 prepare places 70 their eggs and
: young there were most as many ideas
as there was kinds Of birds. Each
= pair had their oW n idea of what nest
should be made OF and where it should
be put. and TO awhile there was a right
smart lot of confusion. Yes. sab. there
was right smart lot of confusion.
"OP Grandaddy and Granny Ruzzartl
were naturally easy going II was
powerful warm down there where they
lived. and an reckons il looked to them
plumb foolish 10 do any mo- work than
they had to. All know il looks that
way to me. Building nests was new
{ to everybody and nobody knew the best
4 way of going about il.
All tell you what says Grandaddy
Buzzard to Granny Buzzard. 'we-uns
don't know how 70 build rest. Every
Z body else has got 2 different idea and
ali reckons we-uns haven't any idea at
all All don sec any sense in getting
all heated up and tired out trying to
do something when we-uns don know
what II rs We want. so ah reckonS We
uns VIII just sit tight and watch our
neighbors. When thev have got their
nests built we-uns will Just go around and
see which one we like best and which
is easiest to build and then Wen build
one like it This suited or Granny
Buzzard and she wasn't a mite slow in
saving so.
Excuse me. Brer Rabbit. Here come
Mrs. BuZZard and all reckons she wants
= to see me about something particular
: II yo' viii wait here all will finish NAH
story whf n an comes back
with this off hew or Mistah Buzz
: "a rd. leaving Peter to wait as patient
ly as he could for the end of the story.