Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-15
REDDY FOX's NEW YEARS SCHEME

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II WAS cold and had been hard winter
for the foxes in the wood where keddy
Fox lived, and food had been scarce.
IF there were no Others 10 40 over 'he
hill 10 the farms" thought Reddy, Il
might get stray hen or chicken, pu'
there are too many of us, so no one gets
enough To eat
Rcddy Fox sat long time, think
ing. when suddenly he jumped up ana
smiled Not bad plan, If | can carry
II out" he said
Reddy took from a drawer laTgc
sheet of paper and began 10 wnte. IT.
was headed New Year Resolutions,
and under IL, in smaller letters, were
these words:
I'VE the undersigned, promise not
10 eat anv chickens. hens or ducks or
turkeys for SIX months
Under this Reddy signed in big let
fers his name; then he rolled up the
paper. nut II under hrs arm and started 10
cali ON all hls relatives and friends.
What | propose, he told them, is
that we live on vegetables. We can
yet plenty from MIR Man barn Then the
pouitry will have a chance 20 grow and
there will he So many hens and ducks and
such that the farmer cannot take care ol
them. and AZ the end oi slN months We
can have all We want
livery one oi the foxes was thinking
nlst what RCddy Fox was thinking. only
they did not know Il not then al least 50
thcv All SAID Il Wa> = good scheme and
thev would sign AZ once
When he had All the names Rcddv
tackled the resolutions up on lrcr
uhcrc all ni them could sec li cVcrN day,
.'lu~t To remind us II We happen 10
forget, hr told them.
That night Rcddy FoN Put out ms
light early. and u he had noticed ne
would have seen that the light, ~ all
the home. ol his friends and relatives
Wtrr nut out about the >amc time
rhorc was no moon that night. So
when all the foxes crcpi cut ui the'r
hack doors each one thought hc was
,hr on!y GLOW ou that nght
over th, hill they all Went - diilcr-
ent directions, each thinking hc would
catch i hon Or something ior M hrtak-
tast a~ there Ma no other fox around
Fl rci ahrli 81 lH
rhc> lld t,hnd trees and rocks,
some bchmd uld barrels, and under
the old cart near the poultry house
wa- Reddv o> Nlug close - the ground
Il happened chat they AL waited till
fh,N were sure that NtT Dog was asleep
and then. strange 90 SAY, AL ot them
started out from thcir hiding places at
the same tlmc Al bui Rcddy lie was
crawling ont. hut Mas ~till under over ot
the cart whom out from cloud popped
uld Moon Man and shonc full on them.
There thcN al stood looking ~ each
other IN very foolish manner. Zach
tricd IA SAY that hc Just came 70 MAKE
sure that the Others were keeping their
plcdcc. hut 4 was pl.uu that no one
believed What the other one o;Hd
Rcddy FoN las very sull and listened,
th.n b. drew himself back under the cart
md hilc they were All talking H. ran oii
II The woods and Wa- III hcd before the
Uthrr~ came back
III was slccPing souudlv when thcy
l-~.d hl- house. ~ fhcy thought he
,.,>. tor Reddy snorcd 50, but - soon
!, he was sure they we're All N their
homes and In bed Reddy softly opened
his door and went out
When he returned he had his break
fast. and good one II was, YOU may be
sur, 1t takes a rogue 10 catch one, have
card he said a. hc ate his fried chicken,
bnt / caught whole pack q them last
night They have 70 get UP early in the
morning 10 catch Rcddy Fox though. "