The Detroit times., 1917-12-17
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
By THCRNiCN ~ BURGESS
Jumpers Mind Is Relieved.
lrnnulIrht 1917 by 7. W Rurgaaa ,

1r Jumper The Hare the color OF his
coat il most Important matter. IL
really Is. So while wasting much
thought On ones clothes Is usually
both wrong and foolish in Jumper q
case there is some excuse You sec,
10 IS this way. Jurufcr cannot hGht
ts protect himself from has encuI - b.
no has nothing 90 fight with So in
order % live Jumper the Hare must
do one ~ two things he must keep
out OF sight of his enemies or ne
must trust 20 his long hind legs 70
take him out ~ reach.
Now jumper tho. Hare IS OF very
good size lie. is big enough 20 pe
seen at some distance. especially oy
such keen eyes as those OF heddy
Fox and Dld Man Coyote and hooty
the owl aud eeveral others m' sht
mention Because or this and his Ia
ability 20 fight Ola Mother Nature
has taken pity on him and has helped
him by furnishing MIN with a coat
which helps him remain unseen most
81 the time IN summer ~ lr mix
ture of brown and gray that so close
ly matches the color OF the ground
and the dry brown leaves that when
Jumper sits perfectly still the Keen
est Of eyes cften fail O. sec him. ia
winter that coat IS as white Rs tho
driven snow and III YOU chancad 20
see Jumper sitting Innuonless YOU
would surely take him for ftile
mound OF snow
Put there is "a betwesn-times when
Jumper is badly worried. You SEQ, N
hls coat should turn all white before
there is any snow he would he very
bndiv on very badly or Indeed Ihe
dullest eyes would see him then on
he other hand. " the snow should
fall and turn an the Green Forest
white before his coat had turned AZ
an. he would De Juat as tndly o. 50
thls Is why Jumper go anxlously
esEed hts cousin. peter Rabbit. N the
latter could SOC Huy white hairs ana
FELT q ilttie better when Peter SAID
hat he could
m O,at about 10 days after this
that Peter met Jumper arain. Jump
er was n fine spirits. He showed lt
nv the way ne jumped and kicked up
hia heels Peter stared nt MIN
minute or 50. then abruptly qs-
YOU. Cousin Jumper WHAT'S making
-ru go happy and friskyT
"Relief" replied Jumper promptiy
a great load is ~ my mind
''Tt seems 90 be on your heels, zoo.
retorted Peter a. Jumper Nckcd nl.
heels iu the ar lu the funniest way
YOU can imagine. You aCt 70 me
little bit crazy What Was th's soRo
~ which YOU have oeeu rellVls" ...
do YOU remember when we las
mot hotv worried wes asked
Peter nodded. IA forgotten all
about that he cont fSH'u o. i'A
Vorrviug about the color ot Your
coat see n has changed a great
deal since then. n Sc neither. brown
nor white hut q whole iot or hot ..
Ivrnrr nodded his head vi gurously.
That IT, Peter. said he That 3
what has relieved my mind and
made me H0 light % the heels.
rlirrner nnco more kicked the latter
lfgh tn tho air. wow he continued,
when there isn't any snow ou the
ground ann etiIl brown enough hyl
=, ho potfcrd aud when there SIS
snow on tho ground am white
enough nor ~ 30 seen ny the time
trr and keen The ground white /
shah be al white myself So Ereat
load is Oh uy mind. and tnat pr
yvhv ] feel 50 frieky
vorr rlaco." replied Peter. wee bit
wiatfullv
Ths next story "A Test OF Two
coats