"Glad you haven't, Cousin Betty," said Buddy, "and I hope that no one ever catches my Little Neighbor, the Musquash child, to make a coat from his skin."

He was thinking about old Bob's story of the Fairies

BUDDY JIM AND THE WOOD-CHUCK PEOPLE

The Mountain Ash was wearing
Her beads of coral red,
And the fuzzy caterpillars
Were all looking for a bed;
The Thistle birds were calling,
And the air was crisp and clear,
"Summer has gone," said Buddy Jim
"And Winter'll soon be here."

"