The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
BURGESS BED-
 TIME STORIES
I've always found that 1t will pay To make of work a klnd of play.
By THORNTON w. BURoEss

I've always found that 1t will pay To make of work a kind of play.
 Paddy the Beaver.
 Peter Rabbit didn't know what to think. Jerry Muskrat was just as sure as Johnny Chuck had been that the coming winter would be long, hard and cold. He knew it, but he couldn't, or wouldn't, tell how he knew. He said 1t was just feel ing" and that was what Johnny Chuck had said. That didn't seem to Peter, to be any reason at all for being so sure, and he said as much. a'An right, Petef.h replied Jerry Muskrat, "it may not be a reason for you, but 1t Is for me. You1i proba- biy find that Paddy the Beaver has the same feeling and believes in 1t just as do. I guess 1t is old Mother Natures way of warning us to be prepared, and l am not so fool ish as not to heed a warning. Now, I've got too much to do to waste time gossiping, so you better try Paddy and find out what he thinks about the matter.
 Peter sat on the bank of the Smil- ing Pool A while longer, but finding that Jerry was as good as his word and wouldn't talk any more, he final ly started up the bank of the Laugh ing Brook into the Green Forest to- ward the pond of Paddy the Beaver. It was long way up to Paddy's Peter got there.
 At first he could see nothing Of Paddy, but presently he heard a crash at the upper end of the pond. It startled him at first Then he guessed what had made, 1t; Paddy had cut down tree. Llpperty-lipperty-lip, Peter scampered around the pond to the upper end. There, sure enough was a fallen aspen tree, and Paddy the Beaver was hard at work cutting the branches off.
 Hello" said Peter. sitting up the better to watch Paddy work.
 Hello, yourself replied Paddy, cutting of & branch with his great yellow teeth. Where did you come from?"
 From the Smiling Pool" replied Peter.
 "Did you see Jerry Muskrat?" asked Paddy.
 Yes" said Peter. Jerry was too busy to talk much, so 1 camo on here to learn what news there is over here"
 "What was Jerry doing? asked Paddy, all the time keeping right on at work.
 Making the roof of his house thicker" replied Peter.
 "Har' exclaimed Paddy. 50 he Is getting ready for a long, hard win ter, too. am glad to know he Is so sensible"
 "But what makes you think we are going to have a Ions, hard winterf demanded Peter.
 T don't think: know" replied Paddy, and bit of another oranch from the fallen aspen tree.
 Jerry Muskrat said that very samo thing. but he couldn't or wouldn't tell me how he knew" retorted Peter, be- ginning to lose patience. If you know. how do you know"
 paddy sat up with his big flat tall for a brace and looked at Peter with . twinkle in his eyes. Peter" said he. "did you ever have a feeling that danger was very near you, though vou had seen nothing and heard noth- ing and smeiied nothing to give you a warning?' - Yes" said he. T have. more than once"
 didn't you?" asked Paddy.
 ARain Peter nodded.
 well" returned Paddy. that is how know we are going to have a long, hard. cold winter. It is just feeling. but I know what it means. IT ia warning from Old Mother Na- ture and she never gives false warn inss." Paddy resumed his job of cut ting off branches" fc.onyrisht. 1921, by T. ". Burgess)
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