New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
Fly Thornton W. Burgess Some Tracks in the Snow Who reads the signs doth knowledge gain That others often geek in vain.
 -Reddy Fox

When Reddy Fox left Peter Rab bit in Johnny Chucks home Eedd, hurried back to the Old Pasture How he did hope that no one had seen him when he had tried to walk Peter down and Peter had so clev- erly fooled him. Reddy's pride vss hurt. Yes. sir. Reddy's pride was hurt. .
 From tho Old Pasture he went over to the Green Forest and finally came to the Laughing Brook. This he started to follow down toward the Smiling Pool. Now. in the alder svsmp on the edge of the Green Forest, where the Laughing Brook made tts way out to the Smiling Pool. there was a spring, and where that spring was there wak open Wa ter. save in the very coldest Of the cod weather. This spring hole. for that is what 1t was called, was q gooA place to watch. for it was yis- itsd by various little people. So # was toward this spring hole that Reddy was making his way.
 Al. Reddy drew near he moved very carefully. Every two or three steps he would stop to look and lis ten. standing ss motionless as if h., were carved from stone. When he was where he could get a. full view of the spring hole a feeling Of dis appointment crept oyer him. No one wsA there. No one was anywhere about. Reddy telt that he had stoI- en up there for nothing. All that care he had taken had been wasted.
 Now. the snow over there was soft. Whoever walked in it left Q track. Reddy's own footprints might have been followed all the way dowr tho Laughing Brock by any on" who was interested. Even so small . person as Teeny-weeny the Shrcw left his footprints. So Reddy was using his eyes 10 see who else had been over thera recently.
 When he was near enough 10 the spring. hole to see clearly all around 1t he paused. Tt will be just as well not to leave my own footprints here." thought Reddy. "I don't want other folk fo ne suspicious So he stopped nt a little distance from the spring hole and began to study the snow all around the spring hole. In q jiffy he had made one important discovery. 'Jerry Muskrat is using that spring hole right along" nut tered Reddy to himself. "Therc arc his footprints over there; there IS the mark Of llis tail and there IS & place where he has been sitting down. Now l would almost as soon have Jerry Nuskrat as Peter Eab- hit. He wouldn't be quite so tender. but he would be ycry filling. Ano, after all, when we are hungry it IA something filling that we ne"d and want. Jerry must swim oN,r here under th" ica. This sprins-holc will bear watching. of course. IL would be useless to try 10 steal ID on Jerry. ] must be hiding close by when he climbs out of the water"
 Reddy sat up and looked things over very caral lilly. "Ha'" said he, the last tune Jerry came out he went over 10 that dump of aldcrs. ]1e should have been more careful. lis tracks in the snow tell ius4 what he has done. Now. if ] had Leon hiding just back of that clumr of aidcrs ] would have had .crry. What Jerry has done once he may do sEain. I'll have 10 look into this. Perhaps inc next time that Jerry alders he'll get surprise. He may not think it a pleasant surpris" bIIt ' VII. What d jitfc renee ones point Of view makes. My goodness, what