Evening star., 1922-01-06
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Did Man Coyote Runs Away.
Df THORNTON w. BURGESS.
M9 matter how you'd like to stay,
lis often best to run away.

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@ MS matter how you'd like to stay,
! Old Man Coyote.
Old Man Coyote just couldn't keep
away from Farmer Browns dooryard.
He knew he had no business there. He
knew that sooner or later he would be
discovered. But he just couldn't keep
away from there. You see, the memory
OF that half Of ham he had found there
oeiore sun.up on New Year day, haIf a
nam wnich Farmer Brown had con-
sidered spoiled, but which Old Man CO.
vote thought was the finest dinner a
coyote could desire, kept his mouth
watering for more.
30 every night, no matter where he
hunted, he managed to get back there
just before it was time for jolly round,
red Mr.. Sun to begin his daily climb up
m the blue, blue Sky. Each time ais
heart peat high with hope of finding
another piece of ham there. Each time
he was disappointed. Still he persisted.
where there has been one feast there
may be another" he would say to him
self. And if ever there is I'll never get
1t by staying away
80. like gray shadow. he would steal
up behind the barn and then, keeping in
the blackest Of the Black Shadows,
would steal around the barn and tae
hen house. and even around Farmer
Browns own house. Once he caught
one of the children Of Robber the Rat
who had started to run from the barn
70 the hen house. and that took the edge
on the appetite that these winter days
Kept him thinking Of his stomach most
Of the time
Always he took the greatest care
not to disturb Bowser the Hound
he knew Just where Bowser slept. in
snug little house built just for
MIN, and he would first make sure
that Bowser was there and fast
asteep. Then he would take the great
est care not to make the least sound.
So night after night Old Man Coyote
prowled around Farmer Browns
dooryard. and no one was the wiser.
He had been there so often without
being discovered that he grew care
less at last, and one moonlight night
he forgot to first make sure that
Bowser the Hound was asleep Be-
cause Bowser had been asleep on SO
many other nights Old Man Coyote
just took 1t for granted that he was
guess how he felt when turning
corner of the barn he almost ran
into Bowser, who had come out of his
little house to look around in the
moonlight.
Each stared at the other in sur
Coyote whirled and ran. 1t wasn't
that he was really afraid. No. sir,
it wasn't that. Right down in his
heart he felt sure that he could whip
Bowser the Hound in q fight He ran
because he didn't want any one but
Rowser to know that he had been
there.
Instantly Bowser was after him,
his wonderful voice echoing across
the snow-covered Green Meadows to
the Old Pasture as. with his nose to
Old Man Coyotes trail, he followed
as fast as he could Farmer Browns
Boy awoke and listened
Freddy Fox must have been around
and Bowser has found his trail"
he murmured sleepily, and rolled
over.
Old Man Coyote is light and swif,
on his feet and he had no fear that
didn't feel like being chased. So he
made straight for the place where he
had run across the trail Of Reddy
Fox earlier in the night. and by a
sharp trick managed to break his
own trail. Losing this, Bowser picked
up the trail of Reddy Fox and soon
he had Reddy running. Bowser really
didn't care whose trail he followed
so long as it was fresh and easy to
follow.
Old Man Coyote grinned as he
listened. Then, like a gray shadow.
he swiftly returned to Farmer
Browns ,dQQrIar4 apd.--undisturhed.
hunted all about for dinner he could
not find.
The next story: "Old Man Coyote
Makes a Daylight Visit"
Copyright. 1oee22. by T. W. BulSess)