Tucker's Countryside
“It was a fine day for a picnic, however, and toward noon the families of the neighborhood began coming over into the meadow. Some had folding chairs and tables, and others, who wanted to feel the good ground beneath them, brought only comfortable blankets to sit on. One thing they all had, though, and that was bulging picnic baskets.
Tucker Mouse was sitting up in the hills, with the other animals, amid the trees of the old orchard. They were waiting to see who would be first to discover the ru...ins of what they now all solemnly spoke of as “the Joseph Hedley homestead.” But the sight of those picnic baskets drove every thought but one out of Tucker’s mind. “Chester,” he said, “I was wondering—the humans being what they are, and wasting so much, there’s bound to be a lot of food scattered around—and I was thinking, after they go home, maybe we could have a picnic ourselves—on what they leave.”
“If you want to,” said Chester. “But honestly, at a time like this I can’t think about food.”MoreLess
Tucker Mouse was sitting up in the hills, with the other animals, amid the trees of the old orchard. They were waiting to see who would be first to discover the ru...ins of what they now all solemnly spoke of as “the Joseph Hedley homestead.” But the sight of those picnic baskets drove every thought but one out of Tucker’s mind. “Chester,” he said, “I was wondering—the humans being what they are, and wasting so much, there’s bound to be a lot of food scattered around—and I was thinking, after they go home, maybe we could have a picnic ourselves—on what they leave.”
“If you want to,” said Chester. “But honestly, at a time like this I can’t think about food.”MoreLess
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