The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-14
Bedtime Story By
 Burgess
D.nny's Second Adventure


 IDERHAPs you can imagine how Danny Meadow Mouse felt when
 he discovered the roof of Miner the Mole's tunnel right under that pile of brush Old Man Coyote was scattering I.eo fast to catch him.. All his fears, all his worries left him just the way water runs off the coat of Jerry Muskrat. Just one little minute before he had been in despair because it looked to be almost certain that this time there was no way for him to keep out of Old Man Coyotes stomach, and now he actually was chuckling as he began to dig in the soft earth on the roof of Miners tun- mel. That Is the way with Danny Meadow Mouse and most of the other little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest, the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool; as soon as a danger is past they forget it. That is they don't think about it. They remem- Der the lesson it may have taught them, but that is all.
 It is we'll that it is so. If they kept thinking about their escapes and the dangers they have passed through they wouldn't have time to think of anything else and there wouldn't be any happi- ness at all for them. So they promptly put such things out of their minds. 1t was so with Danny now, said he, and chuckled again as he dug with might and main.
 It didn't take long to dig hole big enough to squeeze through and with a happy little sigh Danny dropped down into that tunnel. Now he had nothing to fear from Old Man Coyote. so he sat down near the little hole he had made and listened. He heard Old Man Coyote scdtter the last of the sticks of that brushpile and then he heard him run this way and that way shifting and shifting as he tried to find where Danny had gone. He knew just how sur prised and puzzled and disappointed Old Man Coyote was and he laughed until he had to hold his sides. When Old Man Coyote finally gave up and went away Danny poked his funny lit tie head out of the hole he had made and watched him out of sight.
 "Now," said Danny as Old Man Coy ote disappeared, ''what shall I do next? want to go on, but this is a strange country to me and I might not be lucky enough to find safe hiding place if that old sinner should take 1t into his head to come back this way. l suppose I can stay right here until I'm sure that he isn't coming back, but that will be a terrible waste of time. Ha, ha! Ho, ho! I have it.! I'll travel under ground for while. This tun- mel of Miners seems to run in the direc- tion want to go, 50 I'll just see it for n subway for my travels" You know subway means a way under ground. .Ill just follow the tunnel as far as 1t goes and then dig my way out unless I happen to find one of Miners door ways at the end. shope Miner isn't using this tunnel jusF now. It would be very unpleasant to meet him, he is such a short tempered fellow. But ] won't worry about that until l have to. I never did believe in borrowing trouble.
 You see Danny is something of true philosopher, which means that he is one who believes in making the best of things as they are and not worrying about things which may never be. So he ducked down and began to trot along the tunnel of Miner the Mole. He felt Qrite at home there,. for it wasn't the first time hes had made ase of one of Miners tunnels. In fact, he had often