By and by when Mr. Sun went down behind the Purple Hills to his
home and Old Mother West Wind with all her Merry Little Breezes
went after him, and the little stars came out to twinkle and
twinkle, the Smiling Pool lay all quiet and still, but smiling
and smiling to think what a good time every one had had at Jerry
Muskrat's party.



CHAPTER XII BOBBY COON AND REDDY FOX PLAY TRICKS

It was night. All the little stars were looking down and
twinkling and twinkling. Mother Moon was doing her best to make
the Green Meadows as light as Mr. Sun did in the daytime. All the
little birds except Hooty the Owl and Boomer the Night Hawk, and
noisy Mr. Whip-poor-will were fast asleep in their little nests.
Old Mother West Wind's Merry Little Breezes had all gone to
sleep, too. It was oh so still! Indeed it was so very still that
Bobby Coon, coming down the Lone Little Path through the wood,
began to talk to himself.

"I don't see what people want to play all day and sleep all night
for," said Bobby Coon. "Night's the best time to be about. Now
Reddy Fox--"

"Be careful what you say about Reddy Fox," said a voice right
behind Bobby Coon.

Bobby Coon turned around very quickly indeed, for he had thought
he was all alone. There was Reddy Fox himself, trotting down the