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Up in the deep blue summer sky 1 a big cloud sailed slowly. It was not one of those Llulfy white ones that look like soap suds piled hlgh. This one was grey, Wllll darker: blue in the center. Another cloud. much like 1'. sailed close by. Lau- rie and Susan. looking up. said. "I believe it will rain. for those clouds look dark."

By Thorton Burgess

THE CRAFTY PAIR. y

The little cloud was nnt veryy-I-he rm”), mm you chance to

anxious to get pushed nut nt llS corner 01 the sk It did not unnti to xuiiider off across the blue, fury It seemrd so far rind an ernpty.t But a htli'l)'lllE little breeze whispU

Presently. he lay list. down In the, grass. Mrs. Roddy pretended to h

Psge 10 The Guullhl Friday. July 80. 195! Mrs. Reddy sat down on till door.

step for a few mtnutes.

Reddy Fox moved lorwlrd quick- ly and stealthlly. He lay down again in the grass back 0! that doorway. and close to it. Then Hrs. lteddy moved away. She pretended us he- (ore to be hunting tor meadow mice. she went larther and runner away. Presently young chuck poked his nose out at the doorway. Mn. Raddy took no notice oi him, but kept on moving away slowly. The

l young chuck poked his whole head

meet, '9' m(:"' 1”" nglfrelfhelntlme out. His eyes were fixed on Mn. A" W” my hard t” be” lfplnatnolangvooucnuck home. melmdla an hlgocnrnek '"l3'ilI.”ii5

,.Johnny Chuckhyoung woodchuck who med mere Green lhad Just his head out of the door- lway watching her. He was quite sale as long as he didn't come out,

Of all the toll; on the

:;lfedS1,lRlym ,l(;:;1r h;,'Y:gd Meadows and in the Green Forestm Jtlir-r lll'l(: ('l4lll(lS'tVlll join you." lmne i5 more "any than Reddy

1 an. fltil. v..".ut lo lCFlV('

' But wit Ill hr 1..m.mnw will lll that a cmfty vain Long ago they learn-

out on his.doorstep.

Belore Buster Chuck. who was watching. could whistle a warning. Reddy Fox leaped. The young chuck

Fox. Rerldy and Mrs. Reddy areland he knew ll. MIL Reddy Dilldiwu caugm. Ag Once. M". Raddy no attention to him, but graduallynmmd and would back to jam "envy Reddy. and together they went

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migwu :1.-ch. p1'iv'.('.3lC(l the cd that uhat they cannot get she moved nearer and .'l't'llfl through speed or strength they 1Finally she was so near that younmback 3,, the old Paaftufe. 1; Wu '"NE'w3r Ami w-.;::.-Z," said lhelvery olten may obtain through chuck backed down out of sigh ' nrntle hirr iv, tYnu are flci-Cy and 'Cm;L ' , -- ”-Ml” hi” lm Fmrlg '” 5”? Now Reddy and Mrs. Reddy may -H iv” ::'MllL;f liw by hunting others. They hunt ME” '1 In gvhz W in” Y'all mm 'M mice. Peter Rabbit has to be watclin IN! d (MN (-V,.ll.y. ,hN',, mm. W mg in; them all the time. They Pziziro l-',ii'.tc.i:l lrlldllfl and St'.'ll.lCl' are e5D5C1Illy fond of young wood-t them i-xvi" tiiw l:iiiiiiis' llE'l'TlS l 9huCk5- 50 1" W35 mat Johnny; (1 in,.m,. .;.y mar me Chuck and Polly Chuck early warn-

il .l in.-y and that ed lllPl1' children ntwr to allow . l int thtir cii-ps. Be a fox to get near enough to jump:

on one of them. Buster, the big-

'Sl1n'-ilruand vvizv unW1llinz.1.i'r the gest oi the eight children, had mai

rt Hill Now it held

so iiirv xwi ls l1PiiV)' uhcn iniil 'l"nv lll.llC 5 tr l'lH'l.ll in the ' i. l'. 4'-iimd its load l"f.Kj' :uo"lilw inilrlrovi rnuld sec t riuitr ii'1iii"- hum tlnuii hclmv,

1 mymzaydg M mm. a lesson in craft. He hadlsee-nr l t . h V Raddy Fox catch one of his sisteis, P Ems" and carry her off. He had done it

by circling around and creeplngt up behind her. Now Buster was! to have another lesson. L

It happened that as young chuck was sitting On his doorstep, he

and ni.r:rrw:l :h;it ll1PlC was i'aiiil5;m Roddy Fox and Mrs. Rleddy.

'i almill it Yin: nincr clmid

trotting along together out on the Gr:-an Mm'idOv.s. Thorn was an old wontlclitick hole out there. One all

, H ,.,,ylr;;':C:.ml;xynd hem yriuni; Chuck's brothers was living will be the first ” 09' s ' r iseparated. Reddy circled widely i : tmd :1livll,Z fnstmglriround in another direction from n. tl.ry l.l(”l ihmr best, the way Mrs. Raddy was moving .. iziis sncnkcd through bc- --- ..,Si7i:wIglie:"xjI Mm hmdvy and puulcould see the cattle sta:nctlki1ng r M '-l t - ;quietly in the pasture. as l eyi tlnso tnzrtlirs-, the clouds calledywem waning. He had to laugh mi 7' ".””. ”'l"'h”:.' :'Th”' lh” 5”" himself as he watched some farm-i mm”: or nhlr: tn Sl'tll7r' down on the y 0” rushing 1,, finish their loads 3” ” I h d t th I l 1 th Gin; Cloud joined his neighbors garnafy an ge em sa 9 y 0 el d d t. it i . 2:1. gm-';r'.i;'::a. 32:6: lie in em .- v A, sands of little raindrops giuledt 'FM 5'”r and talked among themselves. i

N H”- lmi" la”ghPd C"'3yl ”I'm going to make a big splash ,!'””l F "””l"'l -V"”' M'. 5”" i'ii:ht. by those white geese," said Srru (r.-ll in M. v'.i' backs all you 0 i like. but Vou can't shine throughy -VI want to wash the” pretty is

Susan and Laurie lnnked up just lggnlzirrgje-75 5-Efgyaifootlgesro duuy and :hen Thev ran in the play hou.-e.l x-you 'km.,w when 1-'m gum!-3-i

:allir.g lCorm: Brrnrla. I think ltlasked 3 lmrdy ..I-m going to runi

5 gnmctn rum Wn had hell” lake right dnwri Linda's window so I .

vir rlrlls min the house. and putican pepp in at her.-i

xir tricijrles a'.x'a3'” HI 1h? k rd b " . ,y L y cm Clrjiirl watched the children 1 rigs ga1r”dm.. sgidcln tff

3”"-Vmg m fmm Ma-l' He. Sawllias worked hard at it. but nowl

some of tho mothers gathering invm, needs my help. ml Med 3 101

he clothes from the linrs. He t mm? mo. who wants to come wnhl

l ”l do. l do. I do." sang nutl ymany vniros tngother. "Now nll ynu go. my children."y said Gray Cloud. "Down to earth with you. and try to make hap-i piness. He gave himself a little shake. Before they knew it. the little raindrops were tumbling down, Dnwn, down, down, down they went to land with merry patter on the root tops and window lpanes. and to spring tip again in llittlo splashes from the hard roads iand pavement. And on the earth lbolnw the thirsty plants drank theirl fillq and all the world seemed him-l lpy in the rain. l

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Daffy Dripple

Henry

Pogo

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