The Detroit times., 1917-01-06
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TO havo a thing realized Is 10
have ~ como true. II you hope
something viii happen and II does
happen your hope Is realized. In
the same way II yon fear something
will happen and it does happen your
fear is realized. Chatterer the Red
Squirrel was possessed by a terrible
fear. lie crouched in his home In
the hollow limb Of an old apple
tree In the old Orchard and shiyer-
cd and shook with fear II Was
night and outside terrible storm
was raging. Rough Brother North
Wind was shrieking and bowling
ana showing his great strength by
swapping of branches OF trees and
tossing them about as II they were
nero playthings. His breath was
ICY cold and h. drove the flying
snow before him IN such clouds
that even had Il not been night no
one could have seen more than
root or two about them
but an this Chatterer would not
have minded in tho least bur for GER
tain sounds which ne heard now and
then when rough Brother North
Wind would blow little harder
than usual Those eounds were the
napping and cracking OF wood and
Chnuerrr knew that his home was
IN danger lie knew that rough
Brother North Wind was trying 10
tfcak on that limb end if be should
succeed. vel. Chattarer tried rot 10
think OF what would be likely to
happen 20 HIM
5ut fhoce dreadful cracking
nunds became non and more fire..
GWtnt and hi- teeth chartered. not
With cold hlt Dlthiea You see he
had felt so safe ana warm in there
that hf would not believe
mat ne could Dee Va the least danger
Why that old tfee Wlth It's hollow
nnb had been here for years ana
years and rofhHe over had happen
cd To IT, That h. Why he had been
5, scornful At roueh Brother North
Wind and had called him bully
and idle boaster Now a. he sat
there in the dark shiyering and
shaking ana hclpl,e he remember
,d Brother North Wind warning
beware. beware how you defy
~ fFEHr.fN m hut
1'u make you wish before the morn
You . hel4 Ypu tongue or ne'er been
u was ,ruo nov with all this
heart Chatierer did wish he had
held his tongue III only | could
take back all snid." whimpered
Chatterer ~ only ] could. Oh,
dear OH dear what IS going 10 be.
come of me-"
Crack Crrrack' "Oo-oh'"
shrieked Chatterer. and dug his
claws into the wall OF his house.
Crack Crack snap. Chatterer felt
himself falling and turning over and
ever a blast Of bitter cold air
swent thru The hollow limb and then
there was another snap as the limb
broke square In two Then all was
stiII savc FOR Tho noise or rCugfT-
Brother North wind who was howl
INK in glee.
what had happt ned Why that
limb had been torn from the tree
and Mhirled down tc the -now-cov-
ercd ground There H. had struck
on end and this was what had brok.
on u In two You see that rharp
end had gone. riEhr down thru the
snow. which was not very deep just
there because rough Brother North
Wind had swept much OF II away
TO drift in other places. When il
had struck The hard frozen ground
something Just had 60 break
Poor Chattercr' For a fcy min
utes Re .ay there with his eyes
VrfT7Fr-u TFf1fttit-ffff1 II ffff5 Y ~ ffF EffH
o. the world and II II wasn't what
would happen next But nothing did
happen save that the snow began TO
creep IN az the orcn ends ~ the
broken limo Then Chatterer began
90 realize how cold II was. Part OF