104 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



don't miss much, so I don't care. Say, Chubby, 

 what is this they call snow? TeU me about it," 

 asked Stripes. 



"Go over and ask Old Bumble Buzzer about it. 

 He is wild about snow. He will give you some sharp 

 information about it, if you will approach him 

 right," chuckled Chubby to himself, as Stripes, 

 seeing the futility of trying to get the desired an- 

 swer, went off toward home, muttering to himself 

 that Chubby was like all the rest. 



It was three months later that one summer eve- 

 ning Bobby Coon left his timber home near the 

 creek, and came out through the pasture to the com 

 field in search of the fresh young corn that he liked 

 so well. As he passed the home of Stripes he 

 stopped a moment in the twilight of the evening and 

 called to him. As Stripes came up to his front door 

 and peered out, Bobby said, "Hello, Stripes. Think 

 it will snow?" then roared with laughter, and leis- 

 urely wended his way on to the corn field. The 

 story had reached aU the animals of the country 

 by this tune, and they were having a lot of fun at 

 the expense of Stripes. 



Bobby found the corn all right and had a fine 

 feed. He then went down to the little brook at the 

 end of the corn field to get a drink. Here he found 



