Evening star., 1938-02-02
Bedtime Stories
b, THORNTON ~. BURGESS.

By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
OUARRELs Of any kind are bad
x enough. but somehow family quar-
rels always seem the worst. Happy
Jack, the Gray Sqirrel, and Chatterer,
the Red Squirrel. do not like each
other. They never have liked each
other. They have quarreled ever since
they were old enough to quarrel They
are two cousins who just cannot get
along together, and, am sorry to say,
they do not try.
Just now Happy Jack was hungry
and worried. Chatterer was not hun
cry and was not in the least worried.
All Of the nuts and acorns that Happy
Jack had hidden for use in the winter
were so locked in by ice that he could
get none of them. That was why he
was hungry He wouldn't be able to
get at any of those nuts and acrons
while the ice lasted. That was why
he was worried.
On the other hand. Chatterer could
get at his store of nuts and acorns
without trouble. This is why he was
not hungry and was not worried. In
stead Of being sorry for poor Happy
Jack and wanting to help him, Chat
terer jeered at him and made fun of
him.
Serves you right" jeered Chatterer.
people who are stupid deserve to go
hungry"
I'm not stupid" retorted Happy
Jack
"Oh, yes, you are" snickered Chat
terer. You worked yourself to
frazzle collecting nuts and acrons and
burying them separately under leaves
and in the ground all about. That
was stupid thing to do, for now they
are covered with snow. and the snow
is covered with ice, and you have moth
ing to eat I stored a lot of my food
in nice snug hollow where the snow
cannot cover the entrance nor the ice
seal it. I can get all want any time
want it. So this weather doesn't
bother be Bit I like it. Such q
stupid thing to do, to scatter your
supplies all about"
1T wasn't stupid" barked Happy
Jack angrily. mo one can rob me of
more than a nut or two at time, but
II your storehouse should be found by
some one who wants the nuts you'll
lose your whole supply at once. Then
who will 90 hungry? Tell me that"
This is an old dispute. The cousins
never have agreed as to the best man.
ner of storing their winter supplies.
Happy Jack always has been for bury
ing them in many places. only nut
or acron or two in place, while Chat
terer has been for putting many things
in one storehouse, but sometimes hav-
ing several storehouses. The facts of
the case are that beyond doubt each
finds his own method best suited to
his particular needs.
At last Happy Jack went away, or
pretended to- What he did was to
hide where he could spy on Chatterer
So it was that when at last Chatterer
became hungry once more and went
to his storehouse to get something to
eat his gray-colored cousin was watch
ing and saw where that storehouse
was. He waited until Chatterer was
busy elsewhere. Then Happy Jack
cautiously approa ched that storehouse.
1t was in a tall stump. Happy Jack
found the entrance. hole high up on
one side, hole that Drummer the
Woodpecker had cut long ago. Alas
for Happy jack That hole was too
small for him to squeeze through. 1t
was considerably too small.
He set to work to gnaw it larger, but
hardly had he begun when Chatterer
discovered him and drove him away,
for though much smaller Chatterer is
quicker and a better fighter than
Happy Jack. How they did quarrel
these two
(Copyright, 1881