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Show Little Stories (or Bed Time Ij Thornton W. Barrnm PETER BABBIT AND DANNY MEADOW MOUSE ENTERTAIN Pettr IUM.lt and nnn Meadow aVfouft MM verv happily In th dnar britr i-.t h To rxt aur. PfUr grew very Impatient bcau-9 ha -ouM not pro mam In ovr tha mfgdowi ami throtiRh tha Oraan Korrit avery nluhl You re-rnrmhar re-rnrmhar he hail haen caught In a Nnare. and now one of hie lone hind llt waa loo BlUT to permit runnlne; around. Ho while It raw batter Peter had to he content to atav In the old brier PeUch with 1'inny Meadow afoue. Thay l ad plenty of vleltoie. Tea, Indeed, In-deed, thay had plenty of vlxitora. Thay entertained a fraat deal. Hut tha vUit-ore vUit-ore always stayed on tha outntde of the dear old brier patch Bvery momma; Karmer Brown's boy came to sae If Pater Pa-ter Rabbit had got Into one of the snar' which he. Farmer Brown's boy, had st In every ono of Peter's private HtU rathe leading Into tha old brier pan-h Peter and Danny Meadow Mouee used to nudge each, other and laugh whan they saw htm coming, for he always left grwd things to aal mattered around hie snares and Danny had learned )ual how to steal these good things without getting get-ting In the snares. But Pater and Danny always kept out of sight In the rerv middle of tha old brier patah when Karmer Brown's boy was around, for sometimes he brought his dreadful gun. Kv.ry .vanlng- olcl orannv mx ana Kcildy Fn wuuld prowl uremic! tha do of tha ol.l hrl.r patch and tiltf at very una of Patar'a prlvat. little patha. Thay wuuld amall Danny Meadow Muu.s where he had been ateallns the halt and thut would make their mouth, water. Then they would amell Karmer Brown . hoy and that would make the hair on their baxka rl.e up with anger and fear mined together. But they came every evcntnK. lu.t hoelns that aome time Peter IUbl.li or Danny Meadow Mouee would srow heedleaa and would be causht outalde the dear, aae. old brier patch. Peter and Danny used to enjoy tno.e rl.lt. It waa auch fun to alt aafe and anus Juat out of reach In the old brier Kitch and teaae. old Omnny W and eddy Fax. I am afraid that .ometlmcii Peter and Danny even made horrid facee at them Ju.t to make Reridv Fox lo.e hi. temiier drmnny Fox wa. too viae to do anything so foolish as that, hut Red.1v would get so angry that he would forget all about the brambles and he would plunge In after Peter Rabbit and rnny Meadow Mouse, only to-ha.-k out again velplng, becauee the ely old brambles bram-bles had thrust their stout hooks Into him and scratched him Then Imw Peter and llanny would Isugh' Sometimes H.. i if. Meadow Mouse would sit up Just nut of reach and about In his vary amaH voice: Were sate and Bound, dear Mr. hx. and Master Reddy. too! We snap our frngere In your face and don't care that for you! Coma In and aee ue any time, the door la open wide Don't etay without, good Oranny r ; Juat follow iib InBlde! But Oranny(lnox knew better than to try. ami mhm irauldn t vn reply to lan-nv lan-nv Right dofrn In her haart h- waa juat aa anry a Rddy wn, but iba htl learned not to ahow It. Early ona momlnn lte.r Hahbtt. alt-tin alt-tin on one edge of the old brier jnit'h, aw Farmer Brown 'n boy coming, and at Ma heala trotted Bowaer the Hound laooklng nut from the ;-i " edge of the old brier patch Danny Meadow Mou saw old Oranny FVx and Rt-dUv Fox coming, com-ing, f'eter and Pinny bid In thalr creteel place and hugged each other for t at the thought of what wma going go-ing to happan. |