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Section five of the Adventures of ReddyFox. This is a LibriVox recording.
All LibriVox recordings are in the publicdomain. For more information or to volunteer,
please visit LibriVox dot org. Recordingby John Leader. The Adventures of
Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter nineteen, unc Billy Possum gives
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warning, whence the manty with you? Unc Billy, you look as if
you had lost your last friend.It was Jimmy Skunk who spoke, Unc
Billy Possum stopped short. He hadbeen hurrying so fast that he hadn't seen
Jimmy Skunk at all. Madow enough, suh, maddow enough, said unc
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Billy Possum, when he could gethis breath. Do you hear that noise?
Sure? I hear that noise.Ned's only bows to the hound chasing
old Granny Fox. When she getstired, she'll lose him, replied Jimmy
Skunk, What are you worrying aboutBowser the hound? For Bowser the hound
will have to be as smarter thanhe is now before he can worry me.
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I reckon, said unc Billy Possum, scornfully. It isn't Bowser the
hound. It's Farmer Brown's boy andhis gun. Then unc Billy told Jimmy
Skunk how he had been hiding inthe woodpile at Farmer Brown's and had heard
Farmer Brown's boy say that he wasgoing to hunt over the green meadows and
through the green forest until he gotready Fox. Won't of it, asked
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Jimmy Skunk. If he gets readyFox so much the better Ready always did
make trouble for other people. Idon't see what you're worrying about ready Fox,
for he's big enough to take careof himself. You certainly are plums
slow in your wits this morning,Jimmy Skunk, YO, certainly are plum
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slow. Supposin' yo should meet upwith Farmer Brown's boy with that gun in
his hands, and supposing he hadgrown tired of watchin for Reddy Fox,
that gun might go off, JimmySkunk, It might go off when it
was pointin right straight at you,said unc Billy Possum. Jimmy Skunk looks
serious dance so, unc Billy,that's so, he said. Boys with
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guns do get dreadfully careless. Dreadfullycareless. We don't seem to think anything
about the feelings of those likely toget hurt when the gun goes off.
What was you thinkin of doin,unc Billy? Just passin the water along,
so everybody in the green meadows andin the green forest will keep out
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of the way of Farmer Brown's Boy, replied, unc Billy Possum. Good
ey, dear unc Billy, I'llhelp you, said Jimmy Skunk. So
unc Billy Possum went one way,and Jimmy Skunk went another way, and
everyone they told hurried to tell someoneelse. Happy Jack Squirrel told Chatterer the
(02:59):
red squirrel. Chatterer told Striped chipmunk, and Striped Chipmunk told Danny Meadow Mouse.
Danny Meadow Mouse told Johnny Chuck.Johnny Chuck told Peter Rabbit. Peter
Rabbit told Jumper the Hare. Jumperthe hare told Prickly Porky. Prickly Porky
told Bobby Coon. Bobby Coon toldBilly Mink. Billy Mink told Little Joe
(03:21):
Otter. Little Joe Otter told JerryMuskrat, and Jerry Muskrat told Grandfather Frog.
And everybody hastened to hide from FarmerBrown's Boy and his terrible gun by
and by. Farmer Brown's boy noticedhow still it was in the green forest.
Nowhere did he see or hear abird. Nowhere could he catch a
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glimpse of anybody who wore fur.That fox must have scared away all the
other animals and driven away all thebirds. I'll get him see if I
don't, muttered Farmer Brown's boy,and never once guessed that they were hiding
from him. End of chapter nineteen. Chapter twenty, Old Grannie Fox makes
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a mistake. Old Grannie Fox wasrunning through the overgrown old pasture way up
a back of Farmer Brown's She wascross and tired and hot, for it
was a very warm day. Behindher came Bowser, the hound, his
nose and Grannie's tracks, and makinga great noise with his big voice.
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Grannie Fox was cross because she wastired. She hadn't done much running lately,
and she didn't mind running when theweather was cold. But now,
oh dear, it is hot,sighed old Grannie Fox as she stopped a
minute to rest. Now, OldGrannie Fox is very very smart, and
very very wise. She knows allthe tricks with which foxes fool those who
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try to catch them. She knewthat she could fool Bowser the Hound and
puzzle him so that he wouldn't beable to f follow her track at all.
But she wasn't ready to do thatyet. No. Indeed, old
Granny Fox was taking great care tosee that her tracks were easy to follow.
She wanted Bowser the Hound to followthem, although it made her tired
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and hot and cross. Why didshe, well, you see, she
was trying to lead him and withhim Farmer Brown's Boy, far far away
from the home where Reddy Fox wasnursing the wounds that he had received when
Farmer Brown's Boy had shot at hima few days before. Bowow wow woa,
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roared Bowser the Hound, following everytwist and turn which Grannie Fox made
just as she wanted him to.Back and forth across the old pasture and
way up among the rocks on theedge of the mountain, Grannie Fox led
Bowser the Hound. It was along, long, long way from the
green meadows in the green forest.Grannie Fox had made it a long way
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purposely. She was willing to betired herself if she could also tire Bowser
the Hound and Farmer Brown's Boy.She wanted to tire them so that when
she finally puzzled and fooled them andleft them there, they would be too
tired to go back to the greenmeadows. By and bye. Grannie Fox
came to a hole in the ground, an old house that had once belonged
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to her grandfather. Now this oldhouse at a back door hidden close beside
the hollow trunk of a fallen tree, Old Grannie Fox just ran through the
house, out the back door,through the hollow tree, and then jumped
into a little brook, where therewas hardly more than enough water to wet
her feet. Walking in the water, she left no scent in her tracks.
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Bowser the Hound came roaring up tothe front door of the old house.
Grannie's tracks led right inside, andBowser grew so excited that he made
a tremendous noise. At last,he had found where Grannie Fox lived.
At least he thought he had.He was sure that she was inside,
for there were her fresh tracks goinginside and none coming out. Bows Of
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the Hound never once thought of lookingfor a back door. If he had,
he wouldn't have been any the wiser, because you know, old Grannie
Fox had slipped away through the hollowtree trunk. Grannie Fox grinned as she
listened to the terrible fuss Bowser wasmaking. Then, when she had rested
a little, she stole up onthe hill where she could look down and
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see the entrance to the old desertedhouse. She watched Bowser digging and barking.
After a while, a worried lookcrept into the face of old Grannie
Fox. Where's Farmer Brown's boy?I thought surely he would follow Bowser the
Hound, she muttered. End ofChapter twenty Chapter twenty one, Reddy Fox
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disobeys. When old Grannie Fox hadsent Reddy Fox into the house and told
him to stay there until she returnedhome, he had not wanted to mind,
but he knew that Grannie Fox meantit just what she said, and
so he had crawled slowly down thelong hall to the bedroom way underground.
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Pretty soon, Reddy Fox heard avoice. It was very faint, for
you know, Reddy was in hisbedroom way underground, but he knew it.
He pricked up his ears and listened. It was the voice of Bowser
the Hound, and ready knew bythe sound that Bowser was chasing Grannie Fox.
Ready grinned. He wasn't at allworried about Grannie Fox, not the
(08:43):
least little bit. He knew howsmart she was, and that whenever she
wanted to, she could get ridof Bowser the Hound. Then a sudden
thought popped into Ready's head, andhe grew sober. Grannie did feel trouble
coming, just as she said,he thought. Then Reddy Fox curled himself
up and tried to sleep. Heintended to mind and not put his little
(09:07):
black nose outside until old Granny Foxreturned. But somehow Reddy couldn't get to
sleep. His bedroom was small,and he was so stiff and sore that
he could not get comfortable. Hetwisted and turned and fidgeted. The more
he fidgeted, the more uncomfortable hegrew. He thought of the warm sunshine
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outside, and how comfortable he wouldbe stretched out full length on the doorstep.
It would take the soreness out ofhis legs. Something must have happened
to Granny to keep her so long. If she had known that she was
going to be gone such a longtime, she wouldn't have told him to
stay until she came back, thoughtReady, By and by, Reddy Fox
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crept a little way up the longdark hall. He could just see the
sunlight on the doorstep. Pretty soonhe went a little bit nearer. He
wasn't going to disobey old Granny Fox. Oh no, no. Indeed,
she had told him to stay inthe house until she returned. She hadn't
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said that he couldn't look out.Reddy crawled a little nearer to the open
door and the sunlight. Granny Foxis getting old and timid, just as
if my eyes aren't as sharp ashers. I'd like to see Farmer Brown's
boy get near me when I amreally on the watch, said Reddy Fox
(10:31):
to himself. And then he crepta little nearer to the open door.
How bright and warm and pleasant itdid look outside. Ready, just knew
that he would feel ever and everso much better if he could stretch out
on the doorstep. He could hearJenny Wren fussing and scolding at someone or
something, and he wondered what itcould be. He crept just a wee
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bit nearer. He could hear Bowser'svoice, but it was so faint that
he had to prick up his sharplittle ears and listen with all his might
to hear it at all. Granny'sled them way off on the mountain.
Good old Granny, thought Reddy Fox. Then he crawled right up to the
very doorway. He could still hearJenny Wren scolding and fussing. What does
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ail her if it's hot or rippet'scold. Jenny Wren will always scold from
morn till night, the whole daylong. Her limbered tongue is going strong.
I'm going to find out what itmeans, said Reddy talking to himself.
Reddy Fox poked his head out andlooked straight into the freckled face of
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Farmer Brown's boy and the muzzle ofthat dreadful gun. End of chapter twenty
one, Chapter twenty two, OldMister Buzzard's keen sight. Old Granny Fox
had thought that when she fooled bowsof the house wound up in the old
pasture on the edge of the mountain, she could take her time going home.
(12:05):
She was tired and hot, andshe had planned to pick out the
shadiest paths going back. She hadthought that Farmer Brown's Boy would soon join
Bowser the Hound when Bowser made sucha fuss about having found the old house
into which Grannie Fox had run,But Farmer Brown's boy had not yet appeared,
and Grannie Fox was getting worried.Could it be that he had not
(12:30):
followed Bowser the hound after all?Grannie Fox went out on a high point
and looked, but she could seenothing of Farmer Brown's boy and his gun.
Just then, old mister Buzzard camesailing down out of the blue blue
sky and settled himself on a talldead tree. Now Grannie Fox hadn't forgotten
how old mister Buzzard had warned PeterRabbit just as she was about to pounce
(12:54):
on him. But she suddenly thoughtthat old mister Buzzard might be of use
to her. So Old Granny Foxsmoothed out her skirts and walked over to
the foot of the tree where oldmister Buzzard sat. How do you do
today, neighbor Buzzard, inquired GrannieFox, smiling up at old mister Buzzard.
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I'm so as to be up andabout. Thank you, replied old
mister Buzzard, spreading his wings outso that air could blow under them.
My exclaimed old Granny Fox. Whatsplendid great wings you have, mister Buzzard.
It must be grand to be ableto fly. I suppose you can
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see a great deal from way upthere in the blue blue sky, mister
Buzzard. Old mister Buzzard felt flattered. Yes, said he, I can
see all that's going on on thegreen meadows and in the green forest.
Oh, mister Buzzard, you don'treally mean that, exclaimed old Granny Fox,
(13:56):
just as if she wanted to believeit but couldn't. Yes, I
can, replied old mister Buzzard.Really, mister Buzzard, really, Oh,
I can't believe that your eyes areso sharp as all that. Now
I know where Bowser the Hound isand where Farmer Brown's boy is, but
I don't believe you can see them, said Grannie Fox. Old mister Buzzard
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never said a word, but spreadhis broad wings, and in a few
minutes he had sailed up, up, up until he looked just like a
tiny speck to old Grannie Fox.Now, Old Granny Fox had not told
the truth when she said she knewwhere Farmer Brown's boy was. She thought
she would trick old mister Buzzard intotelling her. In a few minutes,
(14:41):
down came old mister Buzzard. Bowserthe Hound is up in the old back
pasture. Said he right, criedold Granny Fox, clapping her hands,
And to where is Farmer Brown's boy. Farmer Brown's boy is old mister Buzzard.
Paul caused, where where, askedGrannie Fox so eagerly that old mister
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Buzzard looked at her sharply. YOsaid you knew, So what's the use
of telling you, said old misterBuzzard. Then he added, but if
I was you, I suddenly wouldget home rat smart soon. Why Oh,
do tell me what you saw?Mister Buzzard, begged Grannie Fox.
(15:28):
But old mister Buzzard wouldn't say anotherword. So old Granny Fox started for
home as fast as she could run. Oh, dear, I do hope
Ruddy Fox minded me and stayed inthe house, she muttered. End of
chapter twenty two and end of sectionfive. Recording by John Leader, Bloomington, Illinois.
Section five of the Adventures of ReddyFox. This is a LibriVox recording.
All LibriVox recordings are in the publicdomain. For more information or to volunteer,
please visit LibriVox dot org. Recordingby John Leader. The Adventures of
Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter nineteen, unc Billy Possum gives
(00:24):
warning, whence the manty with you? Unc Billy, you look as if
you had lost your last friend.It was Jimmy Skunk who spoke, Unc
Billy Possum stopped short. He hadbeen hurrying so fast that he hadn't seen
Jimmy Skunk at all. Madow enough, suh, maddow enough, said unc
(00:45):
Billy Possum, when he could gethis breath. Do you hear that noise?
Sure? I hear that noise.Ned's only bows to the hound chasing
old Granny Fox. When she getstired, she'll lose him, replied Jimmy
Skunk, What are you worrying aboutBowser the hound? For Bowser the hound
will have to be as smarter thanhe is now before he can worry me.
(01:07):
I reckon, said unc Billy Possum, scornfully. It isn't Bowser the
hound. It's Farmer Brown's boy andhis gun. Then unc Billy told Jimmy
Skunk how he had been hiding inthe woodpile at Farmer Brown's and had heard
Farmer Brown's boy say that he wasgoing to hunt over the green meadows and
through the green forest until he gotready Fox. Won't of it, asked
(01:33):
Jimmy Skunk. If he gets readyFox so much the better Ready always did
make trouble for other people. Idon't see what you're worrying about ready Fox,
for he's big enough to take careof himself. You certainly are plums
slow in your wits this morning,Jimmy Skunk, YO, certainly are plum
(01:53):
slow. Supposin' yo should meet upwith Farmer Brown's boy with that gun in
his hands, and supposing he hadgrown tired of watchin for Reddy Fox,
that gun might go off, JimmySkunk, It might go off when it
was pointin right straight at you,said unc Billy Possum. Jimmy Skunk looks
serious dance so, unc Billy,that's so, he said. Boys with
(02:17):
guns do get dreadfully careless. Dreadfullycareless. We don't seem to think anything
about the feelings of those likely toget hurt when the gun goes off.
What was you thinkin of doin,unc Billy? Just passin the water along,
so everybody in the green meadows andin the green forest will keep out
(02:38):
of the way of Farmer Brown's Boy, replied, unc Billy Possum. Good
ey, dear unc Billy, I'llhelp you, said Jimmy Skunk. So
unc Billy Possum went one way,and Jimmy Skunk went another way, and
everyone they told hurried to tell someoneelse. Happy Jack Squirrel told Chatterer the
(02:59):
red squirrel. Chatterer told Striped chipmunk, and Striped Chipmunk told Danny Meadow Mouse.
Danny Meadow Mouse told Johnny Chuck.Johnny Chuck told Peter Rabbit. Peter
Rabbit told Jumper the Hare. Jumperthe hare told Prickly Porky. Prickly Porky
told Bobby Coon. Bobby Coon toldBilly Mink. Billy Mink told Little Joe
(03:21):
Otter. Little Joe Otter told JerryMuskrat, and Jerry Muskrat told Grandfather Frog.
And everybody hastened to hide from FarmerBrown's Boy and his terrible gun by
and by. Farmer Brown's boy noticedhow still it was in the green forest.
Nowhere did he see or hear abird. Nowhere could he catch a
(03:43):
glimpse of anybody who wore fur.That fox must have scared away all the
other animals and driven away all thebirds. I'll get him see if I
don't, muttered Farmer Brown's boy,and never once guessed that they were hiding
from him. End of chapter nineteen. Chapter twenty, Old Grannie Fox makes
(04:05):
a mistake. Old Grannie Fox wasrunning through the overgrown old pasture way up
a back of Farmer Brown's She wascross and tired and hot, for it
was a very warm day. Behindher came Bowser, the hound, his
nose and Grannie's tracks, and makinga great noise with his big voice.
(04:28):
Grannie Fox was cross because she wastired. She hadn't done much running lately,
and she didn't mind running when theweather was cold. But now,
oh dear, it is hot,sighed old Grannie Fox as she stopped a
minute to rest. Now, OldGrannie Fox is very very smart, and
very very wise. She knows allthe tricks with which foxes fool those who
(04:53):
try to catch them. She knewthat she could fool Bowser the Hound and
puzzle him so that he wouldn't beable to f follow her track at all.
But she wasn't ready to do thatyet. No. Indeed, old
Granny Fox was taking great care tosee that her tracks were easy to follow.
She wanted Bowser the Hound to followthem, although it made her tired
(05:15):
and hot and cross. Why didshe, well, you see, she
was trying to lead him and withhim Farmer Brown's Boy, far far away
from the home where Reddy Fox wasnursing the wounds that he had received when
Farmer Brown's Boy had shot at hima few days before. Bowow wow woa,
(05:35):
roared Bowser the Hound, following everytwist and turn which Grannie Fox made
just as she wanted him to.Back and forth across the old pasture and
way up among the rocks on theedge of the mountain, Grannie Fox led
Bowser the Hound. It was along, long, long way from the
green meadows in the green forest.Grannie Fox had made it a long way
(06:00):
purposely. She was willing to betired herself if she could also tire Bowser
the Hound and Farmer Brown's Boy.She wanted to tire them so that when
she finally puzzled and fooled them andleft them there, they would be too
tired to go back to the greenmeadows. By and bye. Grannie Fox
came to a hole in the ground, an old house that had once belonged
(06:21):
to her grandfather. Now this oldhouse at a back door hidden close beside
the hollow trunk of a fallen tree, Old Grannie Fox just ran through the
house, out the back door,through the hollow tree, and then jumped
into a little brook, where therewas hardly more than enough water to wet
her feet. Walking in the water, she left no scent in her tracks.
(06:46):
Bowser the Hound came roaring up tothe front door of the old house.
Grannie's tracks led right inside, andBowser grew so excited that he made
a tremendous noise. At last,he had found where Grannie Fox lived.
At least he thought he had.He was sure that she was inside,
for there were her fresh tracks goinginside and none coming out. Bows Of
(07:11):
the Hound never once thought of lookingfor a back door. If he had,
he wouldn't have been any the wiser, because you know, old Grannie
Fox had slipped away through the hollowtree trunk. Grannie Fox grinned as she
listened to the terrible fuss Bowser wasmaking. Then, when she had rested
a little, she stole up onthe hill where she could look down and
(07:32):
see the entrance to the old desertedhouse. She watched Bowser digging and barking.
After a while, a worried lookcrept into the face of old Grannie
Fox. Where's Farmer Brown's boy?I thought surely he would follow Bowser the
Hound, she muttered. End ofChapter twenty Chapter twenty one, Reddy Fox
(07:58):
disobeys. When old Grannie Fox hadsent Reddy Fox into the house and told
him to stay there until she returnedhome, he had not wanted to mind,
but he knew that Grannie Fox meantit just what she said, and
so he had crawled slowly down thelong hall to the bedroom way underground.
(08:18):
Pretty soon, Reddy Fox heard avoice. It was very faint, for
you know, Reddy was in hisbedroom way underground, but he knew it.
He pricked up his ears and listened. It was the voice of Bowser
the Hound, and ready knew bythe sound that Bowser was chasing Grannie Fox.
Ready grinned. He wasn't at allworried about Grannie Fox, not the
(08:43):
least little bit. He knew howsmart she was, and that whenever she
wanted to, she could get ridof Bowser the Hound. Then a sudden
thought popped into Ready's head, andhe grew sober. Grannie did feel trouble
coming, just as she said,he thought. Then Reddy Fox curled himself
up and tried to sleep. Heintended to mind and not put his little
(09:07):
black nose outside until old Granny Foxreturned. But somehow Reddy couldn't get to
sleep. His bedroom was small,and he was so stiff and sore that
he could not get comfortable. Hetwisted and turned and fidgeted. The more
he fidgeted, the more uncomfortable hegrew. He thought of the warm sunshine
(09:30):
outside, and how comfortable he wouldbe stretched out full length on the doorstep.
It would take the soreness out ofhis legs. Something must have happened
to Granny to keep her so long. If she had known that she was
going to be gone such a longtime, she wouldn't have told him to
stay until she came back, thoughtReady, By and by, Reddy Fox
(09:50):
crept a little way up the longdark hall. He could just see the
sunlight on the doorstep. Pretty soonhe went a little bit nearer. He
wasn't going to disobey old Granny Fox. Oh no, no. Indeed,
she had told him to stay inthe house until she returned. She hadn't
(10:11):
said that he couldn't look out.Reddy crawled a little nearer to the open
door and the sunlight. Granny Foxis getting old and timid, just as
if my eyes aren't as sharp ashers. I'd like to see Farmer Brown's
boy get near me when I amreally on the watch, said Reddy Fox
(10:31):
to himself. And then he crepta little nearer to the open door.
How bright and warm and pleasant itdid look outside. Ready, just knew
that he would feel ever and everso much better if he could stretch out
on the doorstep. He could hearJenny Wren fussing and scolding at someone or
something, and he wondered what itcould be. He crept just a wee
(10:56):
bit nearer. He could hear Bowser'svoice, but it was so faint that
he had to prick up his sharplittle ears and listen with all his might
to hear it at all. Granny'sled them way off on the mountain.
Good old Granny, thought Reddy Fox. Then he crawled right up to the
very doorway. He could still hearJenny Wren scolding and fussing. What does
(11:20):
ail her if it's hot or rippet'scold. Jenny Wren will always scold from
morn till night, the whole daylong. Her limbered tongue is going strong.
I'm going to find out what itmeans, said Reddy talking to himself.
Reddy Fox poked his head out andlooked straight into the freckled face of
(11:41):
Farmer Brown's boy and the muzzle ofthat dreadful gun. End of chapter twenty
one, Chapter twenty two, OldMister Buzzard's keen sight. Old Granny Fox
had thought that when she fooled bowsof the house wound up in the old
pasture on the edge of the mountain, she could take her time going home.
(12:05):
She was tired and hot, andshe had planned to pick out the
shadiest paths going back. She hadthought that Farmer Brown's Boy would soon join
Bowser the Hound when Bowser made sucha fuss about having found the old house
into which Grannie Fox had run,But Farmer Brown's boy had not yet appeared,
and Grannie Fox was getting worried.Could it be that he had not
(12:30):
followed Bowser the hound after all?Grannie Fox went out on a high point
and looked, but she could seenothing of Farmer Brown's boy and his gun.
Just then, old mister Buzzard camesailing down out of the blue blue
sky and settled himself on a talldead tree. Now Grannie Fox hadn't forgotten
how old mister Buzzard had warned PeterRabbit just as she was about to pounce
(12:54):
on him. But she suddenly thoughtthat old mister Buzzard might be of use
to her. So Old Granny Foxsmoothed out her skirts and walked over to
the foot of the tree where oldmister Buzzard sat. How do you do
today, neighbor Buzzard, inquired GrannieFox, smiling up at old mister Buzzard.
(13:15):
I'm so as to be up andabout. Thank you, replied old
mister Buzzard, spreading his wings outso that air could blow under them.
My exclaimed old Granny Fox. Whatsplendid great wings you have, mister Buzzard.
It must be grand to be ableto fly. I suppose you can
(13:35):
see a great deal from way upthere in the blue blue sky, mister
Buzzard. Old mister Buzzard felt flattered. Yes, said he, I can
see all that's going on on thegreen meadows and in the green forest.
Oh, mister Buzzard, you don'treally mean that, exclaimed old Granny Fox,
(13:56):
just as if she wanted to believeit but couldn't. Yes, I
can, replied old mister Buzzard.Really, mister Buzzard, really, Oh,
I can't believe that your eyes areso sharp as all that. Now
I know where Bowser the Hound isand where Farmer Brown's boy is, but
I don't believe you can see them, said Grannie Fox. Old mister Buzzard
(14:20):
never said a word, but spreadhis broad wings, and in a few
minutes he had sailed up, up, up until he looked just like a
tiny speck to old Grannie Fox.Now, Old Granny Fox had not told
the truth when she said she knewwhere Farmer Brown's boy was. She thought
she would trick old mister Buzzard intotelling her. In a few minutes,
(14:41):
down came old mister Buzzard. Bowserthe Hound is up in the old back
pasture. Said he right, criedold Granny Fox, clapping her hands,
And to where is Farmer Brown's boy. Farmer Brown's boy is old mister Buzzard.
Paul caused, where where, askedGrannie Fox so eagerly that old mister
(15:07):
Buzzard looked at her sharply. YOsaid you knew, So what's the use
of telling you, said old misterBuzzard. Then he added, but if
I was you, I suddenly wouldget home rat smart soon. Why Oh,
do tell me what you saw?Mister Buzzard, begged Grannie Fox.
(15:28):
But old mister Buzzard wouldn't say anotherword. So old Granny Fox started for
home as fast as she could run. Oh, dear, I do hope
Ruddy Fox minded me and stayed inthe house, she muttered. End of
chapter twenty two and end of sectionfive. Recording by John Leader, Bloomington, Illinois.
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