The Detroit times., 1917-04-02
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
b. THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Buster Bear Is Hungry.
Copyright isl6 by r. w BurEer. ,

There's nothing worse 81 which {
know
Than hunger vith u1 food a. sot
50 . Onnt tiau" puor Buster Boar
B~csuss his temper Na. not sweet
Al The besinnias Of winter Bus
Ter Bear had been ~ with good
living all thru the Gul when there
gas plenty 90 lo0d fhen hq hd
one 10 slsp ,n hl. secret l.u aa
n ere he had rwanri asleep al
ater. You sce UI.r, aas'rone OF
!. food Buster cats o. be found u
u nfeT anil go old Mother Nature
al put him 10 slecp just a- he diJ
0hnny Churk and Did Iir. Toad aud
come Other win tb" hrst hint of
che COMING If swact Mistress sprns
Buster awJRt. and tbe 6rst thins
be though OF Vas bis stomach u
|. was so empty thJt % made hiLi tsei
hoiiow ali aver H. WAS min, very
shin 49, gacss sny cl Us
would ~ thin II uo went an Winier
without eating don't you
so. soon Ea be- erulJ get Tho kinks
out Of his less Buster Bear started
cut 20 fnd somrthns to clf Bdt
for q white there vas HtIy 90 ind
Where ths frost bad ,o.c Goa, uf The
ground alons Che edge of tbc
Laughing Brook hc dug u1' i.N
roots " even -naNcu 90 U,ir
bark. OF which b. is moi 90 100 lend.
What h. al nnd was .usJ enough 90
make him feel stills more hungry
and this dreadful fr,ll1s cf hunger
all the sine soured busters usually
sunny temper so lht hc wa as
cross a. tw1 stick and every body
who saw him Keep, cur % his way
He did lot of wandering ab'Ct
The more he wandered the more
likely h. WAS In tina something Il
eat And bis wits were sharp They
uluaiix are sharp bm me-" they
were sharper than ever, for vow
know there L. nothing like hHnscf
TO sharpen wits
So Il happened That the instant ne
heard the voices OF hhcky thc ross
aud his relatives making great
racket In distant part of The Green
Forest he eat up "a listen ard q
look OF great cunning crept into his
face.
There something going on over
there mutercd Buster BlackN
and his ftiends have discovered
|fomething II may MT Dc artthius
. eat ami then a-ain it MAY b.
can tell by their vmcoS thar rhe.6
no dafger there. and Il there is
danger / better look into the
natter. Becky ha, found more
han one meal Gr M, tcfora this.
anyway I'bi goins 10 take chance
We got nothing 10 lose and IL mirhi
" that ! will have somcthina 10
tain. Goodness knows. / hope 30
That last root / dug up Is rolling
|, around In my stomach - lonesome
that | almost wish hadn't eaten w..
wonder what II would seem liks a.
really hll ny stomach once more
0r-f-r. Ina hungry enough L. eat
stones"
Buster dropped TO all four and
headed toward the place whore
Black the Crow and his friends
were makng such e noise He hpr
rfed. but In spite OF hs hurry and
his great size Bustcr moved a.
silently a. grrat black shadow
No one can move more quietly than
great biz Buster Bear whfn ne
wants 10. Every few steps he would
| pause TO listen. then hurry forward
again. Before ha got in siLht ~
the place wherr Blacky and his
friends we're the noise ceased. This
vas suspicious. Buster stopped and
| listened. With his head first on one
eide and then on tte other Pres
! emily he heard the voices growing
fainter Ia Different directions and he
knew that lilaCky and bis friends
! had left the place where he had arst
| heard them The excitement was
alI over. Buster was undecided what
| 10 90. FINALLY h. made up his mind
a keep on. Perhaps hc would ind