TIrE TIlE EYES IX IN TIlE THE NIGHT By BT Thornton V W Bur A pleasant voice vole Is good rood to io hoar hear Though what hat It save be b tar far from clear Peter Rabbit Rabbit- Peter Rabbit was a prisoner In Inan Inan Inan an empty stall tall in Farmer Browns Brown's Brownsbarn I barn and all because ho he h had been In in Farmer Brown s 8 soung oung orchard Peter had bad to ad- ad admit admit mit d-mit mit that he h was very vry comfortable It was wa warm warra In there thre and he be h hold had holdi all the th food o oa he h could e eat such dt un i food as a he had a dreamed d de about ou all that hard winter Inter but hadn't once tasted before A As soon oon a as he h hod grown used to the stamping or of oy Farmer Browns Brown's hoes and anil the noIses noles made mad b by the th cows cown and ond the theother oth other r sounds of th the barn he h had lia stopped being ad id Farmer Browns Brown's Bov Boy came cam to see him two or three times s a day and aLways aye tAlked to him You really are II a a whole bole lot tot bet bet- better tr tor ter oft off here than It Ir you wore were wor back In the dear Old Briar Patch p Pc- Pc Pe Peter ter Ye sir air lou ou are a 0 whole lot better oft off Farmer Browns Brown's Boy would say allY It It la Ia awful weather weLther out You should be thankful to hae ha a warm arm comfortable place and plenty to eat But I dont don't r suppose iou ou au are arc I suppose ou are Ing all the th time because you are a prisoner Suet Jut stop atop your worrying for tor when the time tima comes I am aim going to let on go KO I am keepIng vou ou ou here her now just to keep keep ou ou ou out of mischief Just a tin as goon goona no a the th snow enow has settled so 00 that yOU cannot reach the th bark buk of ot those YOunKer younger trees Ill I'll let you go BO This Thia might hate ha e comforted Pe- Pe Peter Peter Pe Peter ter If It he had understood It Of course he couldn't understand It And it-And And he did worn about being a prisoner He lie had hd tried to gnaw I n w way y out but he be had gh en Bl en thIs thle up a as a a b bad ld job It was very nice niceto niceto to be bo warm and nod and have plenty to eat and nothing to fear par It was very nice to IH e Farmer Parmer Browns Brown's Boy t talk Kilk lk to him In that friendly wa ws Th The olce oleo Of Farmer Browns Brown's Bo Boy Doy as v as soothing a- a Could those be the eyes cyca of Shadow the and though Peter couldn't understand understand under- under stand what he said he h always felt better for tor being talked to Rut But nothing could male make mak up for tor hi loss of freedom Cold and nd hunger and danger with Ith freedom fredom wore ero better than warmth and food lood and safety safely t without freedom So Peter had nothing to worry about excepting the h lost loge ot of othis his freedom until one ono nIght he li heard a II rustling just jurt outside the stall tail and then aw sew looking In at him through the wire gire Ire a pair of e ees es that made little chills run 11 over him They were wre not iery el largo large ees eee es but they were such auch ugly look look- lookIng look ins log Ing e ees os so ao fierce and cr crafty and cruel that It seemed to him lie he had never seen worse oe eyes Pete crouched In the furthest corner of at atthe o oth the th tall stall and watched tho those un ln- ln pleasant eyes wAtching him Whose hoe e eeg es could they ho l o Tho They were not the eyes pes r s of ot Black Pussy PusS the C Ct t lie He H knew those hone e eye ea eo Be- Be Besides Be Besides sides Ids those eye eyes were cro tar far toO small lie He couldn't think of oC an- an any body boy anybody else who could be in th t rn b And then a drea dreadful tul thought came to Peter Could those be the tho eyes of oC Shadow the Weasel Pe- Pe Petar Petar Pe Peter tar ter couldn't move He lIe could sim ply crouch there ther and stare If those 1 were ere ns n's Shadow Shado a e e there was lS no help for him 1101 now He Ho wa-sa wa was wa wasa a prisoner and the e was nas no for him to escape 1924 by T W IV Bur Bur- Burgess Bur Bur- Burgess Burgess gess The net nC-it tOry tOI Peter Whips Ip a Coward r