Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1936, Page 31

_— Bedtime Stories The \'Hllll).',‘ Fo BY THORNTON W. BURGESS, *_Qid Mother Nature. | HE bold young Fox who had left home to go out into the | Great World and make a place | for himself there no longer | felt particularly bold. He had had & most painful lesson. Through igno- rance he had cuffed a young Porcu- pine, and two of the latter’s quills had been left in one of the little black paws of the young Fox. By the time he succeeded in getting tiose quills out he had suffered enough to insure that he never would forget that a Porcupine should be left severely alone. | For two or three days the young Fox went rather hungry. That paw was sore, and he couldn't very well use it in catching Mice. He managed to find a few Grasshoppers and some other insects and he ate some berries. ast permitted him e once more be- came his old, bold self. He hadn't really forgotten that painful lesson, but he didn't think of it. That was because he had not seen the young Porcupine since that painful meeting. Just at dusk one evening, as the Bold One was going along a seldom- used little Cow path, he heard a rustle of leaves up ahead of him. In- stantly he stopped. He Stood motion- less. Some one was coming down that path. He wasn't afraid, because so far he had had very little to teach | him the meaning of fear. In a mo- | ment, a small person, very handsomely dressed in black and white, with a broad plumy tail, ambled into sight. | It was a young Skunk. The young Fox didn’'t know this. He knew noth- inz about Skunks. He didn't even know that there were such people in Sonnysayings © 1940, Riog Frmrm Syehome don S s s & You don't make a bad-lookin’ boy, | Baby, but ya would look & little more manly if va'd take ya thumb out ob yer mouth! ! WOODWARD 10™ (1™ F A G STREFTS X Remembers | the Great World. What he saw was | an apparently harmless little stranger, | much smaller than himself, It appeared that the young Skunk | didn’'t see him, so presently the young Fox spoke, “Who are you?" he asked abruptly. The young Skunk said nothing. He continued to amble along down that Pt (e T ¥ “WHO ABRUPTLY. path as if he owned it. Anyway, it seemed that way to the young Fox. | “Who are you?” he replied. This time the young Skunk paused. He appeared to see the Bold One for | the first time. “Have you seen any fat Beetles?” he asked. “No,” replied the young Fox. “If I had I would have eaten them.” | The young Skunk sighed. “That's too bad,” said he. “I hoped you would be able to tell me where I could find Beetles tonight and so far I haven't | found one. If you'll just step aside, I think I'll keep on my way.” | “Why should I step aside?” inquired | the young Fox a little bit angily. “Because you are right in my way | and I want to keep on,” replied the young Skunk, and he spoke without anger. He spoke in a most matter-of- fact tone. “That is no reason why I should step aside for you,” retorted the young Fox. “I am bigger than you are and you should step aside for me.” “The fact that you are bigger than 1 is no reason why I should step aside for you,” replied the young Skunk ‘Oh, ves, it 1s.” replied the young Fox. “Being than vou, I can 1 p “I wouldn't try it. lied the young Skunk mildly. “No, I wouldn't try it if I were you.” Vhat can you do about it if I do Why shouldn't I if I want to?" demanded the young Fox “Oh, go ahead, if you really want aid the young Skunk. “I just vouldn't advise it, that's all. You | would be sorry for a long time after- ward.” It was then that the young Fox ( remembered. He remembered his meeting with the seemingly harmless | young Porcupine. This fellow looked harmless, but was he? 1 | ke you try? 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