Show Stor Thornton W Bur ass Ui 4 M MRS PETERS PETER'S HEART NEARLY STOPS BEATING Mrs Sirs Peter Rabbit sat In Inthe Inthe Inthe the dear Old Brier Drier Patch ans looking o cr to the Green Forest orest It was WIt high time for Peter to be home Already Jolly lolly bright Mr Sun Ind begun his dally climb up in the blue blue shy sLy and all the I lIttle people who are abroad by day Y were about their business Rough Hough leg the Hawk lIa 1 was OS sitting In the top 1 1 1 r I I l t tto to tor r 0 o a Run Peter Oh Run Cried Little Mrs Mra Peter of the hi bis hh hickory tree where he could see the Green Meadows Oh Oh Uh lear dear little Mrs Pe Pe- Peter Peter ter Peter ieter should have been here bere berea a whole hour ago liy lIy m he be beso beso so 60 careless coreless and ond take toke such risks If H he be how I worry I don t belle believe he would Just then she heard a 0 sound that made her ber hop bop out to the very edge elle ot of the dear Old Crier Brier Patch and look 1001 toward the Green Forest orest It was the greet great voice of ot Bowser Dowser the Hound The mere sound of ot It al 01 always always ways made malic her shiver shIrer She ne neter neer ne er could understand how Peter could think It fun to be chased by Dow Bow Bowser ser Ber tie lie was so big and had hall such a great mouth and his voice olce sound sounded ed cd so dreadful that she never felt wholly safe even In the old DrIer Brier Patch Now Cowers s voice sounded as asit asIf it he sere ere much excited She knew by the steady roar of It that be he was chasing somebody and that v hoever ho ever eer It was could not be very fu fir ahead of ot him I I do hope bope It Isn't Peter I she kept hept saying over o and andover andover over o to herself Oh Oh I do hope bope It t Peter Peler I tt hoover hoe It was was running straight toward the edge ol or the Green forest nearest to the Old Drier I atch She Slie knew v this by the sound of Bowser s voice It was louder every ery e ery minute and of course that meant that he was coming nearer and nearer tow row It was ot at atthe atthe the very ery edge of ot the Green little and little Mrs Irs Peler Peters s heart beart almost stopped beating 1 I There was Peter running as If It almost tired to death and only a few Cew feet behind him sax ns Bowser the Hound I 1 Peter was as headed strai ht for the Old Drier Patch and ond that meant that he had hada hada a long open stretch to cross no to hide bide or play trIcks lIe He had just had to run faster than Dowser Bowser could or he never neter never would get there And Peter wasn't running as he be usually did Oh my no I He De was running as If It something were the matter with him It seemed as ns It if every Jump would be the last one Run nun Peter I 1 Oh run I cried lit tie Mrs Mors Peter Just as 68 n If it Peter could hear her Cut But Peter couldn't hear her and he be didn't run any faster aster What could hate ha been the matter with him Bowser seemed to be at nt his Ills very heels I Little Mrs Peter shut her ber eyes She couldn t bear to see the dreadful thing she felt sure was waa going to happen She kept them shut Just as long as she could antI and then she just had to open them to see If It Peter was still alive oll and run running running ning Just as os she looked a surprisIng tog Ing thing thins happened Peter who by thIs time was sas halt half way to the Old Drier Brier Pitch Patch suddenly kicked up his heels and then how he be did run I Lippert Lippert lip Up lIpper ty lip came Peter and c every c cry Jump he left lert Cowser Bowser farther behind In a n few minutes he had reached the thc dear Old DrIer Crier Patch and had entered one of ot his private little paths under the friendly old brain bram brambles bles where here Doser Conser Do ser could not follow Collow him Oh Oh Peter Ieter cried little Mrs Pe Peter Peter ter hurrying to rub noses with Ith hIm What was the matter What hat bat happened hap happened happened ire j-c j you iou ou almost dead Do Doten ten tell me quick I 1 Peter grinned I 1 was Just fool fooling InS ing Old Man Coyote said he be ra by bT byJ J 1 0 a Lloyd ServIce |