| Show Little Stories for Bed Time TIlDe By 8 n W. W Burge PETER RABBIT BABBIT WORKS OUT HIS ILLS IDEA j Peter Rabbit had had a very ery bus busy night and ad ho was tired He stopped at the top of the hill hilt to rest a bit before going down tho the Crooked Little Path onto the Green Meadows to Johnny Chucks Chuck's house house- After Arter a while he picked up a bundle and started on What hat do you think that bundle was Why it Il was s a lot of the tho little spears from the coat of at Prick Prickly Pork Porky the Porcupine Peter Poter Iud had spent the whole night collecting them under tho the trees where Prickly Porky had b been cn feed feed- ing trig Johnny Chuck saw lIaw him coming and ana hastened out outto to meet him Did you get got them ho shouted a an nil soon as Peter was within hearing Peter held up the bun bundle of ot quills HS as Prickly Porky's Poky's little spears are called Then Johnny hurried fast faster r than over to help bring them In Did you ou tell teU Prickly Porky what whit you ou wanted them for asked Johnny Chuck Peter shook his head I I haven't ha told anyone and Im I'm not going to said ald he Ive been thinking over your ur Idea said Johnny Johnn Chuck and anti do you ou on know I believe it will III work Of Ot course courso It will replied r spreading out the tho quills and dividing dl them Into two two pile piles Redd Reddy Fox Is Je afraid of ot Prickly Porky So Is Bowser the Hound Neither of them will go o anywhere near that part of the Green Forest where Prickly Porky lives cs for I both are afraid of meeting him again ap Now ow If they come prowling around hero and find these little spears In the pu path h think that Prickly Prick Prick- they will Just naturally ly 1 Porky Is likely to be somewhere around aro and they wont won't take any chances chanc s. s Now you vou take your our share and scatter them In Jn all the paths path that lend lead up to your house and Ill I'll take tl my share shala am and scatter scatter scat scat- t ter r them all around the tho sweet clover patch It will be as safe ate then as 9 the theold theold theold old brier patch and will ave ae ve mo me a lot lotof lotof lotof of trouble and running So Johnn Johnny Chuck took hi hh his share of carefully scattered scattered scat scat- Prickly Porky's quills and them around In all th the little paths that led up to his house Peter Rabbit took hl his share hara over o to the Wf t clover clovar patch and scattered them around on nil all sides zide Some he placed so 80 that the points LW t tI I 4 I tuck stuck up In Jn such a way ay that If anyon as heavy as Dowser Bowser the Hound should d step on thorn thom they would be bo quite likely to prick sharply When the work was done Peter and Johnny Johnn sat at on t true the e latter's doorstep to rest feet Pretty soon Peter began to grow row impatient I Ju just t wish Roddy Reddy fox ox would come alon along said eald he I 1 want to J see if it my plan pan will work ork I Just then h he saw law aW Reddy Redd Reddy Fox o ox Granny Fox way over on the Green Gren I Meadows He started off In their 1 hardly waiting long song enough i i to sn 81 say goodbye Johnny Johnn Chuck Hes He crazy exclaimed Supposing It doesn't work ant and P Peter ter J g gets 5 caught Granny Fox will UI Just Kobble gobble gob Kob ble him up upS Oh Oi d dear ar I wish 1 Peter so 80 JI And I do hope he ho wont won't lead Iad thorn up here her herd I Then Johnny Chuck sat up on on hI hU hind legs and mid anxiously watched Peter Rabbit Tomorrow eM i-i- i Pct Peter r Rabbit Tries Trie I Out ut Ills III Idea Ide |
