FOX HUNTING
Reading edition
“Creak, creak, creak! I’m old and very rusty, Why don’t you wait till summertime When it is hot and dusty. This is no time to pull a nail When Mr. North Wind blows a gale,”
shouted a rusty nail as Danny Fox tugged away at the loose board of the Henhouse.
“S-s-s-sh!” whispered Danny Fox, “you’ll wake up Sic’em.”
But he need not have worried, for old Sic’em was dreadfully deaf. Besides, he was asleep on the mat in front of the kitchen stove, and how could he hear a rusty nail talk out in the farmyard, I should like to know.
All the same, Danny Fox stopped tugging at the board and looked around just as Mrs. Cow came to the door of the shed. No sooner did she see the old fox than she gave a loud “MOO!”
“Keep quiet, can’t you?” whined Danny Fox, showing his long white teeth. But they didn’t frighten her. Oh, my, no! She just lowered her head and mooed again.
“I’ll run my horn right through your tail If you don’t listen to that nail. That board was fastened there to keep Out folks like you who try to creep In through a hole to steal a hen, And maybe come around again.”
“Goodness me!” answered Danny Fox, “won’t you be quiet and let an honest man get his supper?”
This made Mrs. Cow laugh so hard that the little bell on her leather collar woke up the Kind Farmer, who had fallen asleep reading the Almanac. When he opened the door and looked out, the Weathercock pointed at Danny Fox hiding behind the Henhouse. But that wise old fox didn’t wait another minute but turned and fled to his den on the wooded hillside.
“Gee whiskers!” cried the Kind Farmer, “there goes old Danny Fox,” and he ran to get his gun.
“Come on, Sic’em! Let’s go fox hunting!” And he and the old dog followed Danny Fox’s footprints over the snow.
“He lives under that pile of rocks, sure enough,” said the Kind Farmer, following Danny Fox’s trail right up to his front door. “But how shall I get him out?”
And that’s just what old Sic’em thought, only he didn’t say so. He barked instead, and the hair on his back stood out straight like bristles on my tooth brush. Then he wagged his tail and barked harder than ever.
“I guess I’ve come on a wild goose chase,” said the Kind Farmer. “That old fox won’t come out, and I can’t wait here all day for we’re going to have hot muffins for supper.”
Then, with a whistle to Sic’em, he turned back to the farm.
Home again! The kitchen fire Warms the kettle to a song. Home again! And now forgotten Everything that has gone wrong.
Comfort and a place for dreaming In the big armchair to find— Where the wistful hearthstone fairies Fill with dreams your tired mind.
LITTLE JACK RABBIT BOOKS
(Trademark Registered)
By DAVID CORY
Author of LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPYLAND
Colored Wrappers With Text Illustrations
A new and unique series about the furred and feathered little people of the wood and meadow.
Children will eagerly follow the doings of little Jack Rabbit, who, every morning as soon as he has polished the front door knob and fed the canary, sets out from his little house in the bramble patch to meet his friends in the Shady Forest and Sunny Meadow. And the clever way he escapes from his three enemies, Danny Fox, Mr. Wicked Weasel and Hungry Hawk will delight the youngsters.
LITTLE JACK RABBIT’S ADVENTURES
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND DANNY FOX
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND THE SQUIRREL BROTHERS
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND CHIPPY CHIPMUNK
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND THE BIG BROWN BEAR
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND UNCLE JOHN HARE
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND PROFESSOR CROW
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND OLD MAN WEASEL
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND MR. WICKED WOLF
LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND HUNGRY HAWK
Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPYLAND
(Trademark Registered)
By DAVID CORY
Individual Colored Wrappers. Profusely Illustrated
Printed in large type—easy to read. For children from 4 to 8 years.
A new series of exciting adventures by the author of LITTLE JACK RABBIT books.
The Happyland is reached by various routes: If you should happen to miss the Iceberg Express maybe you can take the Magic Soap Bubble, or in case that has already left, the Noah’s Ark may be waiting for you.
This series is unique in that it deals with unusual and exciting adventures on land and sea and in the air.
The Cruise of the Noah’s Ark
This is a good rainy day story. On just such a day Mr. Noah invites Marjorie to go for a trip in the Noah’s Ark. She gets aboard just in time and away it floats out into the big wide world.
The Magic Soap Bubble
The king of the gnomes has a magic pipe with which he blows a wonderful bubble and taking Ed. with him they both have a delightful time in Gnomeland.
The Iceberg Express
The Mermaid’s magic comb changes little Mary Louise into a mermaid. The Polar Bear Porter on the iceberg Express invites her to take a trip with him and away they go on a little journey to Happyland.
Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO HAPPYLAND All aboard Children! We may find ourselves in Gnomeland or with the Ice Fairies at the North Pole—But get aboard! Your ticket is a Little Journey to Happy Land book, and we start as soon as you turn over the first page of one of these books. Captain Noah catches Mr. Johah asleep at the wheel.
Transcriber’s Note:
Punctuation has been stadardised. Changes to the original publication have been made as follows:
Page 90 Bramble Patch the Danny Fox might have changed to Bramble Patch, Danny Fox might have Little Journies to Happyland advertisement a little journey to Hapyyland changed to a little journey to Happyland