San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-04
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
Bobby Gives Us a Scare.

When we lived In India, our house
was near a very pretty lake. There
Bobby had great fun fishing and often
he used to run down TO q little dock
which was built near the house and
fish from the end Of II. And he
caught good fish, too.
Whenever I missed my little com
psnion or if he happened to be late
for meals, 1 always sent Bunny to
look for him down on the dock. But
| must say he was not often late for
meals, which is very good trait in
a little boy. He said he could al
ways tell it was meal-time BY his
tummy and that he didn't really need
n wrist watch.
However, one evening our Hindoo
cook came out on the veranda and
told us that supper was ready. Then
he made a low bow and disappeared
into the low-lit sitting room.
Wonder where Bobby IT," asked
Bunny, who was sitting by me en-
joying the sunset across the lake.
Down fishing, I suppose" replied
Bunny. getting up, "T'l run down
and call him."
And away Bunny hoped down To-
ward the dock on the lake where
our boat was kept and where Bobby
loved to fish.
noticed that when Bunny passed
Tango, our pet elephant that Tango
wagged his ears and gave a kind Of
grunt as If he were trying to at
tract Bunny's attention. But Bunny
had a good head-start and 1 suppose
didn't notice Tango, as he flew By
him at top-speed.
started off the veranda 10 see
what l could find out when Bunny
came tearing up the walk. He was
out of breath but he gasped:
"Bobby's not there and the boats
gone, Foxy Grandpa."
l was aghast and after Bunny
had his breath he went on. 1--WE
run around one side of the lake and
now I'll go the other way. thought
L heard him calling. 1t sounded like
Help" too.
Frantic-I was nearly crazy! Bob
by never took the boat without per
mission. What could have happen
cd? Bunny and L tore down the
path to the wharf and started around
the other side of the lake.
Help" I heard distinctly nov
cming from the Srther end Of the
lake. How I hurried! Bunny. o:
course, was away ahead of me.
On and on 1 hurried and when
/ was just about all in and COM
pletely out of breath Bunny came run
ming back to me and said:
mo need to hurry, Foxy Grand
pa. He is out there in the boat
with no oars but the wind has sprung
up and will blow him ashore in
little while"
can't express my relief. But even
as happy as / was TO know that
my Bobby was all right. I could not
help but feel provoked to think that
Bobby would do such a silly thing
and give us such scare.
But / was wrong. 1t wasn't Bob
by's fault at all. For when he blew
into shore and fell into my arms, he
said:
Foxy Grandpa, Tango did it. l
was in the boat getting ready to fish
from the bow when what did that
elephant do but unite the rope and
off 1 floated."
We started off toward home and
as we neared the house Bunny said
81 don't believe Tango meant any
harm. I'm sure he thought he was
helping Bobby"
That's right" I laughed. "You
couldn't expect him to see there were
no oars in the boat"
81 caught some good fish though
while 1 was floating around, didn't
T." asked Bobby still holding on to
his string of fish.
Copyright. 1925. Internationa. Festurs
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