New Britain herald., 1926-11-24

The little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows often have to act quickly. They do not have time to think things over. They must do something at once and it must be the right something, or they will not live. So they act by what is called intuition" Intuition is a queer sounding word, but it means simply knowing just what to do without having to think about it.
 When the terrible gun banged be- hind Mrs. Grouse she felt one of her wings become useless. It had been struck by some of those shot. It was a dreadful feeling-that feel ing that she could not move that wing. But as she fell to the ground her wits were working, and she wasted no time in thinking how dreadful 1t was that she couldn't fly. The instant she touched the ground she was on her feet and running as fast as those legs of hers could take her, and that is pretty fast. And as she ran she did her best to keep ferns and bushes between that hunter and her.
 As you know, the hunter saw her running and shot at her on the ground. This time he missed her wholly, but at the shot Mrs. Grouse feN and fluttered her wings for a moment. The hunter ran forward to pick her up. But when he got there Mrs. Grouse was nowhere to be seen.
 Now Mrs. Grouse has wise little head. Instead of scrambiing to her feet and keeping on running, she had crept under some young hem locks, and there she had flattened herself close to the ground and hac kept perfectly still. If she had run, the hunter would have heard her and would have been able to follow. As ft was, he tramped around use lessly for while. and finally gave 1t up. He didn't dare to stay there to hunt very long, for he was afraid that Farmer Brown or Farmer Browns Boy might have heard those shots and would come to see who was hunting there. He had seen the signs warning against hunting in the Green Forest and he knew that he had no business there.
 As soon as the hunter was out of the way MT. Grouse came back look ing for Mrs. Grouse. She joined him at once. She told him that she couldn't fly, and of course Mir. Grouse felt dreadfully. What are We going to do. my dear? What are we going to do?" he kept saying over and over.
 We've got to find q safe place for me to hide in, and then if any body comes near. you have got to lead them away" said Mrs. Grouse.
 So they started at once with Mrs. Grouse in the lead. Mir. Grouse, fol- lowing behind. left the fresher scent. Presently Mrs. Grouse stopped. Now my dear" said she. you go on. I'm going over in that hollow log. It is just big enough for me to squeeze into, but it isn't big enough for Reddy Fox to get into. If Shadow the Weasel doesn't come along I shall be quite safe there for a while. P1 not feeling very well. and just can't run much longer That dreadful gun hurt me"
 Mrs. Grouse jumped up on the top of little stump at one side of the path. From this she jumped as far as she could and then ran short distance until she came to tho hollow log. Into this she crept Meanwhile Mr Grouse had kept on. So it was that when Reddy Fox came along he missed the place Mrs. Grouse had turned aside; and 1t wasn't un- til he came back so carefully that he discovered the trick that had been played.
 Of course it didn't take Old Man Coyote long 10 find that hollow log and to find that Mrs Grouse was l n 1t: and also 10 find that there { wasn't any possible way for him to l