20 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



he could hold and put the rest within easy reach in 

 his main living room in the elm. He also had stored 

 sweet com kernels, taken from Farmer Good's gar- 

 den, and he felt that with the things that he could 

 pick up later on he would be able to get through the 

 winter quite well. 



As his autumn work was over, he decided to visit 

 around and call on some of his friends in other parts 

 of the wood-lot on the other side of the road. So 

 the next day he climbed up the big oak tree just by 

 the side of the fence, to the big hollow limb which 

 all the woods folk knew to be the home of Bobby 

 Coon. He was hardly able to arouse Bobby from 

 his slumbers, but after a gi'eat amount of rapping 

 at the entrance of the home, and a lot of loud talking, 

 Bobby got his eyes open enough to see who it was. 



"Hello, Jack ! You surely found me hard to waken, 

 didn't you? I was out late last night and -was mak- 

 ing up for lost thxie. Well, Jack, what's on your 

 mind?" queried Bobby Coon, as he arose and 

 stretched himself, at the same time opening his 

 mouth and showing a fine set of sharp teeth, when 

 he gave a most satisfying yawn. 



"I just ran over to ask you what the boys were 

 doing along the road yesterday," answered Jack. 



"Well, from up here I just couldn't tell what they 



