New Britain herald., 1928-01-19
By Thornton ". Burgess Jumpee Finds . Friend
If you possess a little wit
 Just try to mako the most of 1t.

Just try to mako the most of 1t.
 Jumper the Hare
 Jumper tho Hare is perfectly aware that he is somewhat slow of wit. He knows full we'll that he is not as smart in some ways as some of his neighbors. It is seldom that he can save himself by his wit He saves himself usually by his long heels. But he has some wit. as most folks do, and he tries to make the most of it.
 When Jumper first started to run from Shadow tho Weasel and Billy Mink he simply headed straight into the Green Forest, with no real plan. He just meant to keep on running as long as he could. He felt tAat if he ran long enough and far enough his enemies would become tired of following him. But as he ran. lip perty-lipperty-lip. over the snow. through the Green Forest, he re- membered a friend. Yes sir, Jumper remembered friend.
 His heart grew a bit lighter. He changed his direction ever so little. "Ill go straight over there," said Jumper 10 himself. "I'll go straight over to where Lightfoot the Deer is spending the winter. ] think I can get Lightfoot 10 help me. if it is necessary. Lightfoot and are old friends. Of what use is it to have friends if you cannot get them to help you when you need them?"
 So for some time Jumper ran. lipperty-lip, lipperty- lip. through the Green Forest. Presently he came to a path through the snow. It was a deep path. It had been made by tramping down the snow as fast as it fell. This is what he was looking for. That path had been made by Lightfoot the Deer and Mrs. Light root and the two nearly grown chill dren. It was a part of the yard Of Lightfoot the Deer.
 You didn't know that Lightfoot lives in a yard? Well. he does. That is the place he lives in winter. when the snow is deep; it is called yard. It isn't like any yard that you have ever seen. There isn't any fence around it. yet it really Is 2 yard, ] suppose. for Lightfoot and Mrs. l.ightfoot and tte young Lightfoots seldom go out of il, and when the snow is very deep can't go out of is It is fly a lot of paths which cross and recross and crisscross and twist and turn among the food trees. Outside these paths the snow is so deep that even with his long legs Lightfoot cannot get about. But along these paths he can move rapidly.
 So when Jumper the Hare came to this path in the snow lie knew foot was to jump down in that path and follow unil ittetainAhrdlurdl and follow it until it led into the maze of paths, and there, sooner or later, he would find Lightfoot. Jumper didn't hesitate. He jumped down into that path and away he went, lipperty lipperty-llp. It was good travelling Tn that path. By and by he came to another path. It crossed the path he was on. H., didn't know whether 10 turn 10 tn, right. or turn to the left, or keep straight on. He wisely decided thar one path was as good as another path. so he might as well keep straight on. He kept straight on. Presently the path forked. One fork was as good as the other fork, so Jumper turned to the right.
 For d long time Jumper wandered this way and wandered that way in the yard of lighttoot the Deer without so much as once getting q glimpse of Lightfoot. Then quite un ospectcdly he came upon the whole family. They were lying down. Yes. sir. they were all lying down. Jump " almost ran Into the middle Of the amily party before he saw them.