Pretty soon he began to pick out the best things for himself and hide them before old King Bear saw them . When old King Bear was asleep he would go get them and stuff himself like a greedy pig . And because he was stealing and wanted no one to see him he always ate his stolen feasts at night . `` Now old Mother Nature is , as you all know , very , very wise , oh very wise indeed . One of the first laws she made when the world was young is that every living thing shall work for what it has , and the harder it works the stronger it shall grow . So when Old Mother Nature saw how fat and lazy and selfish old King Bear was getting and how fat and lazy and dishonest his cousin , Mr. Coon , was becoming , she determined that they should be taught a lesson which they would remember for ever and ever and ever . `` First she proclaimed that old King Bear should be king no longer , and no more need the little folks of the Green Forest and the little people of the Green Meadows bring him tribute . `` 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 XXXXX had put back for him .
Bear Coon First Forest Green King Nature left night stealing