Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-03-19 | Page 4 | Little Stories for Bed Time

Little Stories for Bed Time i By Dy Thornton Thor tn W. W B Dur ess aL aLPETER PETER THE RABBIT BABBIT FOOLS TOOLS JIMMY SKUNK Peter Rabbit came hopping and skipping Skip skip- ping ping Jing down the thc Lone Little Path Peter a was f n very er line fine that morning ver vel veil tine One Indeed minutes he Jumped up In the ah the and his hiis heels together just for fOl fun Presently he mn t Jimmy Skunk Jimmy was t on his lila way ay back from roni Farmer Browns Brown's cornfield where whelo he had been to help Blacky the Crow to get ct free from a snare Jimmy was still tickling and laughing 11 over the thc way wa Blacky tho the Crow Cro had been caught cau hi He had to tell ten Peter Rabbit all about It Peter thought It Ju Just t as good a Joke R as did Jimmy and the two trotted along alongside alongside side b by side Ride planning how they would spread the tho news all over the thc Green Mea Iea Meadows lows dowEl that Bla Blacky ky the Crow who o thinks himself so 80 smart had benn heAn caught reminds me said Jimmy Skunk suddenly I 1 haven't hAd Imd my m breakfast yet t Have you OU seen peen an any this morning Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit stopped and scratched hed his lon long loner left ear with his his' long left Idt hind footIt foot It lt seems to me that now you speak of If f It I J did said Peter Rabbit asked ked Jimmy Skunk ca eagerly erl Peter pretended to think very hardIt hardIt hard hird It seems Hems to me mt that It was back at atthe atthe atthe the top of the Crooked Clocked e P up imp tho the hill bill said t PeterI Peter I I think I will Mill go look for them at aton atone on one once replied Jimmy All rl might light ht replied Peter Ill III show you OU tha th way SI So I up imp P the Iho Crooked Crooke 1 It tie Pa tit hopped Peter Peler Rabbit and right light behind him trolled trott trot trot- t led 1 Jimmy Skunk Presently they cameto came ramo to an old pine pines stump Peter Rabbit topped stopped lie 5 put one on his hips 1 r f t V ush whispered Peter I think there Is a whole ahole family of beetles on the theother theother oth other r aids of ot th the stump clump You creep round on th the 4 other t tier I side and amid Ill I'll creep round on omi this side When I thump the tho ground you O l spring rl right ht around and grab rab them before the they can run awa away Sp SQ Jimmy Skunk crept around one SIde Bide of or the stump and 1111 P tor Rabbit crept around on tho the other Suddenly PP- PP ter ler thumped tho the ground hard twice mm Jimmy Skunk was waiting and all ready to spring j When he lie heard l that thump ho be just lust sprang as ns quickly as he he could What hat do you Oll think happened Why hy Jimmy Skunk landed hu thump right on n Reddy Fo Fox Fog who was WRit taking a sun eul umi nap on tho the other side of the time pine stump Ha un ha hn ha shouted Peter letor Rabbit and started down tho the Crooked LIttle Path as is fast a as his lon long legs could tuko take him