New Britain herald., 1928-08-21
Cubby Changes His Mind


To me it's more than passing
strange
How easily some minds can
change.
old Mother Nature
cubby Bear stopped abruptly
I'D sat down. Facing him were two
,....4y little BOP tailed spotted kit
las. Their ears were laid back, the
q. along their backs was standing
"a end. and they were splitting and
s.!arling as only two kittens can.
Cubby vas filled with surprise and
wonder. He had never seen these
little people before. He straight
way forgot all about Chatterer the
Red Squirrel. He cooked his head
on one side and looked at the lit
tens in the drollest manner.
Cubby was of two minds. He had
a notion that he would like to play
with these little strangers. At the
same time 1t occurred to him that
he was much bigger than they and
that they might make good eating.
The kittens were backing away.
Not once did they stop splitting and
snarling. Not once did They turn
their backs 10 him. Cubby took a
few steps forward One of the kit
tens struck at him and pricked his
nose with her sharp claws. Cubby
didn't like that. He decided then
and there that he didn't want srch
playmates. He growled. He would
teach them a lesson
And right then and there
Cubby changed his mind. He
changed it with great abruptness.
He lost all interest in those funny
little bob-tailed kittens. He sudden
~ discovered that he had bush ess
in some other part of the Green
Forest. There was need of great
hurry to get to that other part Of
the Green Forest. He couldn't
waste second. He simply turned
and bounded away without even
saying good by to those funny little
kittens. He didn't want to say good
by to them. He felt as If he never
wanted 10 see Il1eI1l again.
Have you guessed why Cubby so
suddenly changed his mind Well,
he had made d discovery. Yes. sir,
tubby had made discovery. 1t
wasn't at all pleasant discovery.
Teerins over that old log WAS as
savage a looking face as ever 'uhby
had seen. " vas fac. not unlike
the faces of those kittens. but he
ger and very. very fierce. The lips
were drawn back. showing sharp
teeth. The ears u"r. laid back SO
that tina head looked almost round
tuhby never had seen it before. hut
he didn't have to he told whose
head II WAS lifted Just above that
old log II was the head Of the
mother of those two kittens 1t was
the head of Mrs. YoWler. DO YOU
Wonder that Cub'y suddenly had
business somewhere else lig as
he aas. he had no lo&iro to get in
a tight with Mrs Iowler the Bob
cal
As for Mrs YonIer III" va
quite satisfied to give Cubhy
scare. She on her part had no -
sire to fight half-Erown yount
=, ar. But she I'D want TO scar
i'm and she succeeded. You neN
~ h.a rd an nclier sounding snal
than Mrs. IoWier gay" As sh'
sprang out ottf that Old log an,
pretended to chase fubby. l.oohint
Over his shoulder rubby sa" ne
coming. n. thought he was r n
ming as hard as he could before. bu
hc found that ne was mistaken. n
vent crashing away through tb
brush regardless of Who h"a,1 hin
or who saw him Mrs. fowler mad
only q hound or Two aft.i him hu
cubby ran and ran and ran unit
h. couldn't run any long'r. Sucl
ie the power OF fear.
copyright. 1928 by r. ". burgess
The nsxt story: "Chattere
Watches and Shivers."