Evening star., 1920-11-16

/ Sammy Jay.
I. Sammy Jay is accounted one of
/ the smartest Of all the little people in
the Green Forest. He is smart in
j more ways than one. No one can
be more rude and unmannerIy than
!he ard no one can he more polite. He
+! learned when quite young that po-
! li;eness usually pays. 20 when there
/ is something he wants 10 gain he IS
/ pcliteness itself.
! sammy hidden in the top OF tall
i hemlock tree. kept 50 still that Rusty
! he Fox Squirrel sitting with his
/ head out of tie doorway OF his new
| home. which was in a hollow dead
limb of big maple tree close by
/ didn't see or hear him at all. For a
| long time Rusty sat there looking
this way and looking that way, sus-
/ p:viouslE. Tt:en. having made up i.
| mind tnat no one was near. he cant
out and nimbly ran up 70 comforts
j ,.e seat in - crotch vi the tree half
way to the top. He had come ou, t
! get q little fresh air be.ore retirin.
i for the night.
! Sammy Jay almost gave himself
| u way by gasping with surprise wher
! he saw how big Rusty was. but h.
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until Rusty was comfortably seated
with his back to the trunk Of the
tree.
/ Good evening, Mr.. Stranger said
1 Sammy. most politely.
/ Rusty the Fox Squirrel looked
| startled. He was startled But ne
| kept his seat. He knew that voice
and he knew that Sammy Jay could
! do him no harm
/! 'Goo't evening" he replied rather
/ ungrdciouSI!. staring OYER al the Tor
! of the tall hemlock tree
sammy few cut where he could be
/ ). en-. welcome to the Green FOR
est. said he. Are you passing
! through. or have you come 10 stay
That" replied Rusty. still unsra
ie.nusly. is wholly my own affair
| True enough. True euoush. OF
/; course" replied sammy. Excuse me
for appearing 70 pry into your ar-
! fairs. wouldn't 40 that 10, ~"
] II is no business Of mine. | asked
!, merely because we who live here il
| the Green Forest think there is no
I place like il in all the great world
and | thought that il YOU are to liv,
here We would be neighbors. and that
would be very nice. very nice in
deed II is very nice neighborhood. =
! Sammy said this in the pIcasantcsi
! ana most polite way you can i'm
:; aginc.
| A. first suspicion had filled Ruaty's
i eyes but now il disappeared Sammy
/ Jay vas such a polite fellow that it
/ was quite impossible to think i'll OF
j him. Rusty began to chuckIe
You tell a different story from my
/ small cousin. whom I met this morn
ing" said he prom hin, ! gathert
F., That this isn't nice neighborhood
/, all. BY the time he was throuc
!! telling me OF all the enemies OF 1h,
| Squirrel family who live in IN.
Green Forest II seemed to me th:,
/, this was about as bad a neiyhbor
/ hood as ever J have heard OF" I;usty.,
/; eyes iwjnkied
Sammy Jay laughed That sounds
like Chatterer the Red Sairrcl., said
| he. Yes. sir. that sounds lust Xix,
!; Chaiterer But you have noticed that
despite all these dangers. Chatter,
+ lives here himself. aud you know u,
doesn't have 10. He could leave If y :.
/, wanted to. wonder why he told Va,
.-that. -
/ Probably he wanted me to know III
worst az once. replied RUSTY, hi.
eyes twinkling more than ever
! sammy saw that twinkle aud under
stood it. His own eyes twinkIed as
ne replied: THAT must have been il
Chatterer is very thoughtful. Yes. sir
your small cousin Chatterer the Red
qulfre' IS very thoughtful-of him.
self. wonder--' San,m, nan.,,n
What do you wonder?" asked Rusiy
/ wonder If he mentioned fat hick
ory nuts" said Sammy Jaw. nokino
very thoughtful
Copyright. 1920. by r. w burgess,