The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-28

Enoush to eat. a place to sleep,
 coat to shut out winters chill- What more can anybody ask
 Their cup of happiness 10 III
 Prickiy Porky the Porcupine mas few wants and these are of the sim- nlest kind. They are so simple that thev are easily supplied, and so 1t IS seldom that Prickly Porky is discon- tented He has few to fear, little to ao and as rule plenty to eat with out inc trouble of hunting for it. II is only once in great while that anything happens to upset Prickly Porlxy or give him cause to worry
 The great ice storm was one or these times. For the first time since he could remember he was obliged to go hungry. He had kho" " o+ber fce storms. but never one like trEs Always before he had cra"leu into his den with full stomach anu slen. unti1 the storm was over anu Inc ice had melted from the trees n,lt this time the storm caught nun f.a at1,..r when his stomach was far from petnfs full. and the ice had remained on t"e trees as never before.
 So if was that as soon as the storm ended Prickly Porky went looking TOT something to eat and couldnt get it because of the ice. Being what ne is. most persistent fellow. ne kep. on until he reached the Old Orchard a 6 you already know, and there tarn- or Browns Boy provided him with enough green hemloclS sticks to keep him busy for long time
 If was late in the night when Prfcl5lv Porky swallowed the last oit of bark from those sticks. By that time his stomach was quite full ana he was sleepy. Should he go back to the Green Forest? He hesitatea' Then very abruptly he made up his mind.
 No use going back there" he grunted. Won't be anything to eat there until this ice melts, and l don know when that will be. There isn anything more to eat here. but 1T I stay 1t may be that two-legged crea- ture will bring me some more food as he brought that which I have 1uss eaten. I believe in staying with s kOOu liAin6 WhNu NVu navy Ae' 'i JN7N look around for a dark place in which to take nap
 Now there were no places in the old Orchard in which so big a fellow as Prickly Porl<y could hide, and it didn't take him long to discover this. Then he turned toward Farmer Browns barn and presently he dis covered that he could get under this with ease. Once underneath he grunted with pleasure It suited him perfectly. There was no ice here. There was no snow. 1t was dry and, to PrickIy Porky's way of thinking, quite the most comfortable place he ever had seen in winter.
 Now" said he. If only there is plenty to eat near here I'll spend the rest of the winter here. I will so When the ice melts there will be plenty of good bark in the Old Orchard and I think I will have very comfortable time of it. I hope that two-legged creature will put out some more food for me, enough to last until the ice melts from the trees" With this Prickly Porky curled up and in no time was fast asleep
 Perhaps you can guess what Farm CT Brown and Farmer Browns Boy would have thought had they heard Prickly Porky's remark about the trees of the Old Orchard. It was just as well for him that they didn't. Yes. sir, it was just as well for Prickly Porky that they didn't. I am afraid that things would have happened that mind right away.
 would have caused him to change his (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. Burgess.)