Show Little Stories for Bed Time Mr Blacksnake Lost Clothes By y Thornton W. W V. V Burgess BUrges 11 W Danny naim Meadow Mouse fotie first nr heard from It Merr littIn that l' l Iter ter an and Johnny Chuck cro planning to play i r Via a a. Joke on him rind And him Into IntI with in n a sult of or Mr s 's old oldo 4 he o tried very hard liard to think of somo way y to turn the Joke jolt on the tho Jokers Joker Then he the i S Crest Fly ily- catcher atcher and sent for hIm No t ti Fly catcher 1 is Ia a band liand- somo follow fIlow r in fatt t hc lie ls In quIto quit tho Ulo gen gen- i. i b bI I h ht t I 4 and does doca not look at all like one who would b be Interested to tn an any ones one's old clothes s. s But he Jle I Is u Ho Is never nover satisfied until he has lined the hollow In the tho old appl tree which Is his home with the theold theold theold old clothes s of or Mr Iro Snake So when Danny Dann Meadow Mcado Mou l Mouse ent sent for tor him and nd whispered In his Ida car ear the Flycatcher Fly r smiled broadly and winked j III certainly will be ba there th r Danny Meadow I certainly certain will b there raid eald he So o th tho Fly catcher hid in a tree close by bv the bl bI tussock of fras graz gra s behind which Pt Peter r Rabbit had planned to place Mr- Mr Ir old suit Bult so IO 5 as 61 to scare Bear Daml Danny Meadow Ills His eyes cyca sparkled when hn hI ho hc saw law what a a. fine line bI bis bl null ault 15 It was war af My Mv but this will save pave me mo Ii a lot of or troublE trouble trou trou- ble bic said ald he to himself Its the tho finest old suit autt re Ive ever wr seen The minute Peter Rabbit and Johnn Johnny Chuck turned their thelt backs down dropped Creety the thc Fly catcher picked up Mr Blacksnake old clothes and them with him more marc hid bin In th tr tree Presently back camo came Peter Rabbit with Ith Dann Danny M Meadow do Mouse Mou Iou Ju Just t before th the they r reached tho the bi bip tussock Peter Rabbit pretended pre pre- tended d to have haa to slop lop to tie a a. shoe while Danny Meadow Mouse went Vent on alone around th the big tussock Creaty the tho Flycatcher Fly FI nearly near dropped his t prize e It Jt tickled d' d him so to see ce Peter Rabbit on one side of tho big tussock laughing laus fit it to 1 kill himself elf at the thc ecar hc ho thought Danny Meadow l Mouse rouse would set get ct when ho he fi first t saw Mr rr old suit and on the other side of or the bl big bis tussock Danny Dann Meadow Mouse laugh laugh- Ins Ing fit to kill himself over th the tho surprise Poter Rabbit would got get when he found that Il Mi Mr old clothes had dis appeared Pretty soon Peter Rabbit stopp stopped d laughIng laughing laugh laugh- ing and peeper around th the bl big tU tussock lock There Thero sat Dann Danny Meadow Mouse laughing fit rit to kill himself but not a of ot theold tho the old suit which was as to have given him such a scare score Peter couldn't believe his own eyes for tor he had left Jon It there not riot three minutes before 0 O course courso it wouldn't do doto doto doto to say anything about It So ho he hurried around the big tussock RS as If he was merely mere mere- ty ly trying to catch up tip cv What hat at are you ou laughing at Danny Meadow Mcadow Mouse asked Peter PettI Rabbit I was thinking what hal a a a. Joke It would be beit If it we could only find an old suit of ot Mr and fool old Mr Toad Into I thinking that it was as Mr himself him him- self replied Danny Meadow Mouse What hat are you you ou looking for Peter Poter Rabbit Rabbit Rab flab bit Have Ha you lost something Rabbit I t ht Xo No said Peter thought I heard footsteps and nicI I was looking to see If It could be bc Redd Reddy Redd Fox creeping through the grass ras Dann Danny Meadow Mouse ous topped toP ed laughing me Peter Rabbit eaid said he hur hur- 1 Ive Jve Just J remembered an Important Import Import- ant cn engagement ement And off ore he be started for home as SJ fast as ho lie could go io And to this day Peter Rabbit doesn't know what became becam of or Mr 11 Blacksmiths Blacksmith's old lId clothes clothe |