Evening star., 1943-04-28
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGE!
Oh. sing a song Of home my dear;
OF home and nothing more
No other place SO precious is


No other place so precious is
The whole great. wide world DER.
1t doesn't matter in the least how
plain and simple it is, if it be truly
home. No one has a more modest
home than Danny Meadow Mouse.
A great many people would turn up
their noses at it. But to Danny and
to Nanny Meadow Mouse it is the
most beautiful place in all the Great
World and they would not change
with any one. No, sir, they
wouldn't. Danny says so. Nanny
says so. Both mean it.
just how beautiful and precious
it is Danny never fully realized until
he thought he never would see it
again. You know, he had made up
his mind that he never. never would
go back there again without Nanny,
whom he had lost on the way back
there from Farmer Browns barn.
So when Sammy Jay brought him
a message from Nanny saying that
he never would see her again unless
he had sense enough to come home,
Danny didn't stop long enough to
be polite and thank Sammy. He
just started off as fast as his short
legs would take him. Sammy un-
derstood and simply laughed.
Danny was in such a hurry that
he was reckless. Yes, sir, Danny
was reckless. He was in such a
hurry to get home-to see Nanny
once more-that he hurried along
without any effort to keep out of
SIGHT. 1t was lucky, very lucky for
Danny, that none of his enemies
happened to be about just then. If
they had, I am afraid Danny never
would have reached home.
But as it was, nothing happened.
and at last, out of breath, so tired
mat ne was almost ready to drop
Danny Meadow Mouse reached the
place in the Green Meadows where
MS old home had been. and fol-
lowed one of his familiar private
1ttle paths straight to where he
and Nanny had built their house
OF grass long before they moved to
the corn shock in Farmer Browns
cornheld. Danny didn't expect to
flnd anything of that old house left
In fact, he didn't expect to find
any mouse. just imagine how sur
prlsed he was to find a new house
already half built.
Well," said squeaky little voice
It's about time you came home
Wnere have you been, I should like
to know?" AA"0
AT the sound of that voice a great
lump crept up into Danny's throat
a lump of joy. "Oh, Nannv," was
all he could say. ~
O1 course, it was Nannv's voice
ne mad heard. A minute later she
peeped out from the half-huilt
mouse. There was twinkle in her
Drlght eyes, but she took pains that
Danny shouldn't see it. She nre-
tended to be indignant.
we'll sirl" said she. "You don't
care now I worry, do you? Your
are quite ready to leave all the
WORK to me. You don't care anv-
1ning about my feelings. You might
tnlnk Just a little bit of your wife !"
Poor Danny! He didn't know
What 10 say. He blinked at Nannv
with such a funny look on his fare
mat she had hard work not to
laugh. And then, too, she inst
ionsed to run out and hug him At
last ne found his voice.
1--we been hunting for Won oil
tnis time, Nanny" said he meeklv
I've worried myself almost sick
Don't be cross, Nanny"
For answer, Nanny ran out and
nasged him. You silly Dannv,a
she cried. You thought I couldnY
take care of myself. You didnf
nave sense enough to come home
because you thought I couldn't find
my way here. AS soon as I knew :
couldn't find you, I said to mvse,f
mat the thing to do was tn or ),
straight home and Danny will AZ
the same thing. But YOU didnr
did the sensible thing and vo,,
didn't. Now, Danny Meadow Mouse
perhaps you will give me credit for
knowing a little something. see
I've begun our new house! Isn't II
good to be back home again?"
The best thing In all the world,