Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-11
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyright 1915. by Mcclure NcUu paper
Syndicate New York City.
GRANNY FOX'S STORY.

Young Reward was very smart
| fellow but he was very fond of telling
| it. Many times he had told the wood
! folk how he had caught fat hen or duck
/ right under the very nose of Mr.. Dog
up at the Mr.. Mans farm, and how he had
shifted right at the muzzle of gun
when Mr. Man was making ready to
shoot at him.
According to his story, Reynard was
n very brave fellow as well rs sly and
while his granny was very proud oi hum
! she did not like his Dragging so much.
| One day she sat in the door OF her
! little house knitting when Reynard
came along. II was n warm day, and he
sat down on the steps to cool himself
"Tell me n story, granny, he said.
| al have had a hard nights work,
for ! fooled Mr. Dog over at the farm.
and it takes smart fellow to get away
from him"
Granny Fox looked at her grandson
over her specs and thought a minute.
| Then she asked:
did | ever tell YOU about Madam
! Fox and how she lost the blrd?'
Reynard SAID he had never heard 1T
so Granny began:
Madam Fox was known for miles
| around the country where she lived rs
the very best bird catcher in the woods.
Zone day she took her son, Sonny
Fox, with her, to learn how to follow IN
her footsteps You will meet men with
| guns, she told Sonny. and dogs that
bark loudly, but nevhr fear the dogs
unless they can touch your tail
sonny listened with widc-open eyes
and ears To all his mother told him, foi
he knew she was n very smart creature
but when she began to tell him how she
could Jump fence and carry off bird
at the same time Sonny wondered u
his mother remembered that she was ne
| longer young.
Mother. he asked, do YOU think
YOU could now Jump a fence and carry
the bird with you2 Remember you arc
no longer young, and it takes a very
sprighuy fellow to jump high fence
| am sure YOU could in your young days
but could ydu jump 1t now
4 use my head as well as my legs,
replied Madam Fox Now, watch me
from behind this rock | will go to the
farm over there. get bird and Jump the
fence with It and leave Mr. Dog behind
"Of ran mother. and Sonny watched
Pretty soon she came running and aftcl
her came Mr.. Dog with leaps, bounds
ard barks
Madam Fox came to the high raj
fence. She lcapcd and her son thought
for a second he had been wrong TO doubt
her skill, but alas for Madam Fox, some
how the fat duck caught on the top rall
and on the ground on the other side
rolled Madam Fox Up she jumped and
of she ran, forgetting the prize she hat
dropped, and got in her house Just II
time To slam the door IN the face of MIR
Dog She was just quoting her nerves
with cup Of tea when Sonny came II
with the duck Here j. the bird yoU
dropped, mother. he SAID:
MADAM Fox took it and cooked i
for dinner, but She felt her PRIDE had hac
a fall, and never again did she tell how
She could Jump a fence with hlrc
ard Get away with II.
you sec, Rcynard,' I said Granny
Fox, Dragging and boaSring often bring
the braCger 10 shame. and II he Is a,
smart as he thinks he need never tel
about 1t.
Granny kept On with her knitting anc
REWARD got up and stretched himself
Thank YOU, Granny for the story
il was good one You better % home L
dinner with me, mother Is cooking two
fine. big birds | caught this morning
right under the nose of Mr. Dog and
Granny looked up from her worl
Just then Rcynard stopped Il ! wa!
verv lucky 10 get away and | guess
wouldn't if Mr. Dog had not seen Jacl
Rabbit Just then and chased him IN
stead az me