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BURGESS fER TER ER AND SHORT-TAIL SHORT TAIL SHORTTAILECOME SHORT-TAILBECOME SHORT TAILBECOME - ECOME FRIENDSuk FRIENDSa FRIENDSoaks FRIENDS FRICNDS uks oaks uk a 11 gentle gontle kindlyord kindly kindlyordlots \\ord ord \\ordlots ordlots \ + \ + ord ordoe9 a oe oe9 It In a pleasant way wayd wayt wayid t d 111 III Ill temperanishlng temper \anishlng- anishlng vanishing vanishing1st \ vanishingpllat anishlng1st - 1st when conies comes a unny sunny d diy "lY lY ty " tywhen . when reter Peter It U llilllt llilllt.i lhhlt tbhit ) ) was \\.i .i \ \ J . . c : ; ; so po poB . , ' e , , and spoke spole , lu In hi sncli sncll suchh a n plcns pleas pleasand plcnsand picasr plcnsI I , and ' > said :1111 1111 : lie he hoped the ttle they > ) might mightau mihl mihlalQualnted iniohtai-Qualntcd iniohtai Qualntcd . , au alQualnted - uatnted what wh'1t wh1t whit ' could isliort Short hort hortShrew 3 Shrew d do but sa\ sa sas sahe sa \ . he hoped so soIe , , e d1l1n dldn didnt t say U it Uery s ' \ery ery 'ery \ ery plen"untlv plenuntlv plen'antly plenantly plensantlv.h'lid plensantlv.hlid plensantlvhlid " ' , . ' nd ad not quite got 0 o\er o er user \ ' er belnn being beln ary a r1 ry r1at ryat j at being taken tahen for a member memberMole < : Mole family fnmlly fatally You know am any anyb amlb amb b any pride at all an dislikes dlslihes to ton toor tori ton n ri ( for or nnj anybody body but hlm himself hlmelf hlnrself \elf elf < \ And Andtruth Andtruth Andtruth truth Is to bttold be bt- bt - told ' Short 3hort Tall Tallrew Tallt Tallrew t rew ( felt eJt that thnt his 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n family familyit familyt t a n wee bit abo\ abo above aboe \ e the familyZ family Z rl rlh h . u us p ; ' j s - 1 fl\/I fl I \ . / 'J J 'Jwlt ' ' 1 JA . . : ; : : " , Jul wlt ' ,1 1 x , xt I t It'll xu'II t'll tll u'II uII u'll ull ' ' FIndMe FInd -Me Me - Me Around If You YouYour YouYour YouVour Your Eyes , " , " Replied Short Shortr , r the Mole So . , Short Tall Tail the thead theI thehad I ad resented being tal taken < en for forl forl torT torTo l ' J l ? o 0 one could be angry "Ith Ith with ft " 1th Pe [ Pe'bit Pebit 'e e 'ebit ' . ' bit for forery \ery ery 'ery eery \ ' long Besides Besld"s Beslds " he heed heed heked ed so 60 funny " when "hen hen he had dis'his dis dls dishis 1 " 'his his ' 'hismistake his mistake mlstahe that Short Tall Tail Tallt Tailt Tallinted t nted rated to laugh In spite of his hisent hisent hisSht ent ent , , , i Isn t any reason that thnt 1 know knowe knowive acquaint1 ncquulnthhort e shouldn't shouldnt ' ' become ncquulnt acquaint < fehort hhort bhort Tall , In his hlfch blbh sharpvoIce sharpyoke sharp sharpyolce yolce yoke voIce . . . "As As " I told iou you j ou before beforertty , etty we well ) acquainted " nith "lth lth with yout . ) iou you ou out t e eIf ! ; If yonllnt yon you \ vant \\llnt llnt wnnt \ to cet get et acquaint acquaintune acquainte e and nnd learn a little I1ttle that you youow youow youlow ow , come around and nnd see me'a mea mp mpta mp'a ta 'a a ' ' while hlleIf hlle If " Ifcome 1 1come iconic come , " declared Peter "I'll Ill "I'llen "I'llf "I'llen "I'llten Illten "I'lltenVhere " ' ' f yourV en \Vhere Vhere \ , " \ here did you YOI ) SU3 say sa ; your 7 ? 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' I ioiil'Stcd ioiilStcd Ied ed edou edou ' 'oull oull ' ou 11 find ( me around If you your r eyes " replied replled Short TalltC Tall Tail , tC g < of eyes eyc I don dont t like so soght soght soe"t soet excusef , ght " . , , BO 80 so ) ioull ou null 11 ha have e to excu excuse excuseBet < ; c f excuse"get ' " 'get get "get ; bock back undor undl under > r that old Jog log log'f logf ' I . this Short Tall darted bUth back bUthe backe backPC e logyill log "will will "W11l W11l " \yill yill \ I 1 Qnd find you 3 ; ou underh under h this tills lo- lo log lowhl lo ! - { , win whl wit . . i 1 m 1 I cull call tOlUorlOwi lomonow tomorrow ? a asked askedPater askedI'pter askedIpter askedI'pterDont ked kedI'f'ter I'f'ter Ifter Pater ' ' ' I'f'terDon PaterDon Don Dont t know hnow C.In CIn Can Cjnt . t say May Ma 1'1 11 ' , be belavbc . e.Ma\bc e.Mabc e.Ma eMa bc . . 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I ' ' ' All tins tllIC tilts : ; was nas said Jerkil jerlulj jerkily } . , 1niJ and 1niJIn andin ' andin In that thaI funny squeaky sfIuenly squeakyoce , \o\ce o ce voice \ , olce \ ' ' , Don t joke Jol\e Jol e \ 111 1\1 1 ill \ e a that th'1t th1t thlt ' because italight it itmight itmight might alight COlli come " II due true ue , , and that thnt \ would \ ould lJe be lJedl bedreadful beditadful dreadful dl uHlful ' ' said snld Peter ' 'If If 'It It ' you are arenot arenot arenot not here " where "here here may ma ron ; ) I I look for you i ? , 'Look Look Looh ' whereou where . } - you -ou ou please ple'1se ple1se ' Ua Ha ha tin tinLook halook 1001 Look . where you please , . ' ' retol retoitcd retorted ted the thefunnj thefunn thefunny funnj funn ) little fellow fe11Qw under the log logThen logTlten logThen Then Tlten as Peter looked lool.ed looled . hurt , he hastened hastenedto to add : 'If If ' If you use your eyes e ; es Peter PeterRabbIt PeterRabbit PeterRabbit RabbIt you'll youll ' see my prhate lIttle lIttlepaths littlepaths littlepaths paths and Lf If H you follow these theseenlikely . . , 'en en sere 'enIlkely serelikely \enlikely enlikely \ ' Ilkely likely "e e s " well se 11 II meet some somewhere " here l\ow l ow Now \ Isowplease , please excuse me because I am halt haltstarved haltstarved hallstarred starved I ha haven en t had a mouthful mouthfulsince mouthfulsince mouthfulsince since we began to talk tnlk , and It certaIn certaInIy certainly certainly Iy ly does make mal\e mal e \ n a fellow rellow hungry to go go"ithout gowithout gowithout "ithout ithout without " food foocl so lon6 long lon " Peter caught a glimpse glllnpse of a lltth little littleform littleform : form disappearing among the lea leases leaseslie lea\esHe lea esHe \ , es esHe He lie looked lool.ed looled . up at Elappv HUPIIV happy Tick T'1ck T1ck lack ' Squirrel Squirrelwith Sf Squirrelwith ) Ulrrd with , th ! a n pu/7led pu 7led punled pu/led led / ? look on his bls face 'He He 'Hespoke 'Hespoke Hespoke ' He Hespohe spohe spoke as If he rejily re.llly rellly really . meant tliat thnt that he he"as hewas hewas "as as was " half st'1r\ st'1r st1r stoned st'1rcd starred stonedet ' \ cd \et et set \ et It Is only a n few fewminutes fewminutes fewminutes minutes since we sve met , ' slid s'1ld s1ld sold ' he ' 111m flow 111mcould flowcould Howcould could an anyone one get hungry in ( n biich buch such a fe\\ fe few feminutes fewminutes fewminutes \ minutes ? 'lou lou ' lou don dont t know the Shrew family familyPeter , Peter , ' replied rellled ) [ Happy IIappj nappy Jack Jacl { 'I I ' nevet nevethose ne , el elhn eiha\e eiha e hn\ hn hne hose \ e seen sucli such eaters enters as thev th\v th v they \ ? are ' t 1S33 1933 by byT T W Durge85WNU BurgesswNU Qurrefs Durge85 Burgess -WNU WNU - WNU SerTic Service Service . * . |