I P t u I I t no lie watched to we ice what Farmer Flinner Browne Browna Boy BOT wa about thump Ity-thump thump as aa ho he peeped out to ace c who sho ho had snap anal nap napped ped pod that t taig III Then his heart hart stopped thumping Peter V U Farmer Farmr Brown s Boy and he did not tear fear Farm Farmer r Browns Brown's Boy Its Ho knew that Farmer Brown Bron a Boy was his hi friend But Peter Pter didn't move lie watched to see ae what Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was acts 08 about and liS as ashe ash ho he watched he wished with aith all hl his heart that ho he h could tell Farmer Brown Boy the dreadful story of at atthe the Quack He He H would tr to do something for tor them He would try to h help lp th them m I know ho would thought Peter But of course coure he h couldn t tal talk to Farmer Browns Brown Boy so NO ho bo bok k kept pt still and watched I Browns Brown's Boy walked down to th the edge edgo of o the tho th Big Rh Rl er er and stood I looking off oft after Mr nn and Mrs Quack That was a pair of o Mailard Duke Ducks as eur sure as I lie Hie e- e e ex exclaimed I claimed Farmer Browns Brown's Boy didn t suppose It was wa wn time for them yet They hive arrIved earlier than I 1 hae ha er e kno known n them to before If It I had eu- eu sin that they were ere h here re J I JI I would have taken token care caro not to snap that twig twig- It mut must b be that tsat toI I we are aro ar going to ha hasa hai 0 an earlY spring or the they wouldn t bo be b ur up here yet I 1 wish I could keep I thorn them around II hero here ere for tor a II while Perhaps If It I put some corn out for them they will III eta ita stai a while J I ii 11 go o straight back bak homo home and andret get some He Ic saw Mr and Mr Quack set et their wines singe and drop down on the tho water out In the middle of ot tho Big River Then whistling mer mer- mer- mer merrily rily he h turned turn d and tramped bIck toward home horn Peter watched him go It If I could only hM ha e told tol l hint him about Mr Ir and Mrs Irs Quack thought Peter Pter Oh dear dar It If I J ani could have hav told him I 1924 1 24 by T W WI t I Burgess Burgea I IThe The next at tor tori The Tho Patience Of Fanner Farmer Browns Brown's B Boy y