Part 2 (1/2)

”Chugaru to Jerry Muskrat, as they peeped out froed to anybody I really didn't Did you?”

”No,” replied Jerry, his eyes sparkling with excites and Whitetail, ”it's news to me”

”You're too lazy to hunt like honest people!” taunted old Whitetail, as he wheeled around Longlegs, watching for a chance to strike with his great, cruel claws

”I'm too honest to take the food out of other people'saround so as always to face Whitetail, one of his great, broad wings held in front of hi bill ready to strike

Every feather on Whitetail's head was standing erect with rage, and he looked very fierce and terrible At last he saw a chance, or thought he did, and shot down But all he got was a feather fros kept in front of hi bill had struck hiht and fought, till the ground was covered with feathers, and they were too tired to fight any longer Then, slowly and painfully, old Whitetail fleay over the Green Meadows, and with torn and ragged wings, Longlegs flew heavily down the Laughing Brook towards the Big River, and both were sore and stiff and still hungry

”Dear er is,” said Grandfather Frog, as he clireen lily-pad in the warm sunshi+ne

VII

GRANDFATHER FROG'S BIG MOUTH GETS HIM IN TROUBLE

Grandfather Frog has a great big mouth You know that Everybody does

His friends of the S Brook, and the Green Meadows have teased Grandfather Frog a great deal about the size of his mouth, but he hasn't minded in the least, not the very least You see, he learned a long tireen flies, especially when two happen to co ly eyes

But once in a while his bigreedy sometimes He stuffs it full after his stomach already has all that it can hold, and then of course he can't s Then Grandfather Frog looks very foolish and silly and undignified, and everybody calls hiht to be ashamed of himself Perhaps he is, but he never says so, and he is alain the first chance he has

Now it happened that one ood breakfast of foolish green flies and really didn't need another single thing to eat, who should co River fishi+ng He had eaten all he could hold, and he was taking the rest of his catch to a secret hiding-place up the Laughing Brook

Now Grandfather Frog is very fond of fish for a change, and when he saw those that Little Joe Otter had, his eyes glistened, and in spite of his full sto! Have you had your breakfast yet?”

called Little Joe Otter

Grandfather Frog wanted to say no, but he always tells the truth

”Ye-e-s,” he replied ”I've had my breakfast, such as it was Why do you ask?”

”Oh, for no reason in particular I just thought that if you hadn't, youas you have breakfasted, of course you don't want one,” said Little Joe, his bright eyes beginning to twinkle

He held the fish out so that Grandfather Frog could see just how pluaru ”Those certainly are very nice fish, very nice fish indeed It is very nice of you to think of a poor old fellow like ht find room for just a little teeny, weeny one, if you can spare it”

Little Joe Otter knows all about Grandfather Frog's greediness He looked at Grandfather Frog's white and yelloaistcoat and saas already stuffed full to bursting The twinkle in his eyes grew more mischievous than ever as he said: ”Of course I can But I wouldn't think of giving such an old friend a teeny, weeny one”

With that, Little Joe picked out the biggest fish he had and tossed it over to Grandfather Frog It landed close by his nose with a great splash, and it was al hi that Grandfather Frog forgot all about his full stoot to be polite and thank Little Joe Otter He just opened his great mouth and seized the fish Yes, Sir, that is just what he did Almost before you could wink an eye, the fish had started down Grandfather Frog's throat head first

Now you know Grandfather Frog has no teeth, and so he cannot bite things in two He has to s them whole That is just what he started to do with the fish It went all right until the head reached his sto already full, and Grandfather Frog's storeen flies

There the fish stuck, and gulp and s as hard as he could, Grandfather Frog couldn't et it out again, but it had gone so far down his throat that he couldn't get it back Grandfather Frog began to choke