Burgess Bedtime Stories By THORNTON W. BURGESS A child that'* spoiled- alas. *tis so! Into a nuisance soon will grow. —Old Mother Nature. A Spoiled Darling. Everybody in the Green Forest i'^Jrnew that Littlest Bear, the smallest or Mother Bear's t\iplets, was n spoiled darling. That is, everybody knew it. but Mother Bear and Littlest Bear uerself. Mother Bear would have been very indignant, very in dignant indeed, had any one told her that she was spoiling Littlest Bear. As for Littlest Bear, she didn’t think anything about it at all. She had her own way in everything, and that was all she cared about. Having her own way made her selfish. She grew more selfish every day. Also, she grew willful. * When Mother Bear first led them out Into the Great World she told the triplets that they must do Just as she did. At first all three did. When Mother Bear stopped the three little Bears stopped. When Mother Bear sat up the three little Bears sat up. When Mother Bear tested the air with her nose the three little Bears tested the air with their noses. What ever Mother Bear did the three little Bears did in exactly the same way. But little Bear grew tired of doing just as Mother Bear did. She didn’t see any sense in it. It got so that she was always the last to stop when Mother Bear stopped, the last to sit up when Mother Bear sat up, the last to test the air when Moth-r Bear tested the air. After a while it got no that she didn’t do these things at rll if she didn't feel like it. If Brother and Sister failed to do as they were told they were almost sure Ij have their ears boxed, hut Littlest >lear got off with no more than a scolding. If- Brother or Sister lagged behind they were likely to get a spanking. But if Littlest Bear lagged behind ^^fcld^ter Bear would wait for her to "catch up, or even go hack to look for her. and never was she punished. It didn't take her long to find this out. and the result was that she wor ried Mother Bear more than the oilier two little Bears together. It always is that way with spoiled children. If I ittlest Bear got into trouble Mother '*~\r promptly got her out of it. and merely warned her to be more care ful next tlmee But if Brother or Sis ter got into trouble they were sure to he punished. Brother and Sister soon learned that when Mother Bear sent them up n tree and told them to stay there until her return she meant just what she said. They were disobedient Just once and the spanking (hey received was a lesson they never forgot. Ltt tlcst Bear had disobeyed with them, hut Littlest Bear hadn't been spank ed. She got off with nothing worse than a scolding. It was because she was the littlest. So it wasn't long before she tried it again. Mother 'tear returned and found her playing on the ground, instead of up in the tree. "I was so tired holding on up there that I just had to come down," whined Littlest Bear. "Well, perhaps I did leave you up there too long," said Mother Bear. "If you were as big as your brother lister it would he different. But you mustn't disobey again. Some thing dreadful might happen to you.” "Yes'm." replied Littlest Bear meekly. But the very next time Mother Bear sent them up a tree Bit tlest Bear was down just as soon as Mother Bear was out of sight. What Mother Bear returned and* found her playing on the ground instead of up in the tree. was worse, she teased Brother and Sister because they didn't dare come down. Littlest Bear was a spoiled darling. There was no doubt about It, she was a spoiled darling. (Copyright, 1923.) The next story: “Littlest Bear Grows More and More Selfish.” Fifty Persons Injured Vi hen Pavilion Collapses Scranton, Pa., May 31.—Nearly 50 persons were injured, three seriously, last night when the supports of a pavilion at Lake Winola gave way and more than 100 dancers slid or fell to the ground, 15 feet below. Sioux City Flood Peril Over. Sioux City, la.. May 31.—The flood peril on the streams which pass through Sioux City passed early this morning and the swollen streams were rapidly going hack to normal today. The weather is clear and all danger Is considered over. Last night the police warned all persons on the lowlands fb he prepared to leave their homes. The damage done by the high water is not believed to be heavy. —* For Bride or Gradua te The BRAMBACH BABY GRAND I No gift could be more appropriate for the bride or graduate than a Brambach Baby Grand. 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