`` Now when old Mother Nature made this proclamation old King Bear was fast asleep . It was just on the edge of winter and he had picked out a nice warm cave with a great pile of leaves for a bed . Old Mother Nature peeped in at him . He was snoring and probably dreaming of more good things to eat . ` If he is to be king no longer , there is no use in waking him now , ' said old Mother Nature to herself , ` he is so fat and so stupid . He shall sleep until gentle Sister South Wind comes in the spring to kiss away the snow and ice . Then he shall waken with a lean stomach and a great appetite and there shall be none to feed him . ' `` Now old Mother Nature always has a warm heart and she was very fond of Bobby Coon 's grandfather a thousand times removed . So when she saw what a selfish glutton and thief he had become she decided to put him to sleep just as she had old King Bear . But first she would teach Mr. Coon that stolen food is not the sweetest . `` So old Mother Nature found some tender , juicy corn just in the milk which Mr. Coon had stolen from old King Bear . Then she went down on the Green Meadows where the wild mustard grows and gathering a lot of this she rubbed the juice into the corn and then put it back where Mr. Coon had left it . `` Now I have told you that it was night when Mr. Coon had his stolen feasts , for he wanted no one to see him . So no one was there when he took a great bite of the tender , juicy corn old Mother Nature had put back for him . Being greedy and a glutton , he swallowed the first mouthful before he had fairly tasted it , and took a second , and then such a time as there was on the edge of the Green Forest ! Mr. Coon rolled over and over with both of his forepaws clasped over his stomach and groaned and groaned and groaned . He had rubbed his eyes and of course had got mustard into them and could not see . He waked up all the little Green Forest folk who sleep through the night , as good people should , and they all gathered around to see what was the matter with Mr. Coon . `` Finally old Mother Nature came to his relief and brought him some water . Then she led him to his home in the great hollow in the big chestnut tree , and when she had seen him curled up in a tight little ball among the dried leaves she put him into the long sleep as she had old King Bear .
`` In the spring , when gentle Sister South Wind kissed away all the snow and ice , old King Bear , who was king no longer , and Mr. XXXXX awoke and both were very thin , and both were very hungry , oh very , very hungry indeed .
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