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Show Ltttie Stories (or Bed Time PETER RABBIT AND DANNY MEADOW MOU8E LIVE HIOH Pater Rabbit a.l In hla aet-reteat place in tha dear old briar patch. Oil a of hla long hind lege waa all awelled up aad terribly eore becauee a fine wire waa faat around It and cut Into It. lie rould hear Faru.er Bruwn'a boy going around on the edge of the dear ulu briar paleli and slopl'lng every little while to do aome-thlng. aome-thlng. In aplte of hla pain, Peter waa curloua. Finally he called Danny Maa-diw Maa-diw Muuae. who. you know, waa lltlng with Pater In tha dear old briar patch. "Danny, you are email and oaa keep out of eight easier than 1 can Oo aa near aa aver you dare to Partner Brown'a boy and find out what he 1. doing," aald Peter Rahblt So latnny Meadow Mouse orept out aa near to Parmer Brown'a boy aa ever ha dared and etudlad and studied to make eut what Fur mr ; Brown'a boy waa doing do-ing By and by ha returned lo Peter Rahblt. "I don't know what he's doing. Peter, hut he'a putting something- Id every one of your private little patna leading In from the Qreen kleednwe. "Hat" aald Peter Rahblt. "There are little loope of that queer wtiitT you've got hanging to your leg. Peter." continued Danny Meadow atouoa "Juat aa!" aald Pater Rahblt. "And he'a putting cabbage laavaa arid plecea of apple alt around." aald Danny. "We muat be careful." aald Peter Rabbit. Peter'e lag waa In a ver had aray. In-1 deed, and Peter aufft red a great deal of i know how to get off the wire thai waa rutting Into hla leg ao. He had tried to cut the wire with hla hla teeth, hut he couldn't do tt. Dannv Meadow Mouec had triad and tried to snaw the wire, hut It waan't of the least hit of use. But Dannv waan't eeally dlecouraaed and he kept working and working at It Once he thought he frit it alio a little. Ha .aid nothing, but kept right on workln. Pretty soon he waa aura that It altpped He went right on working harder than ever. Ry and bv he had It ao looae that he altpped It right off of Peter', lag and Peter didn't know anythln. .bout It. You aee that cruel wire enare had been ao tight that Pater dldn t have any feeling .acapt that of pain left In hla leg. and eo whan Dannv Meadow Mnuae pulled the cruel wire anare off Peter didn't know It until Daany held It up In front of him. My I how thankful Pater waa and how he did thank Danny Meadow Mouse Bui Danny aald that It was nothing at all, lost nothing at all, and that he owed mora than that to Peter Babbit for beln. ao good to him and letUng Mm live In tha dear old briar patch It wae a long time before Peter oould nop as he used to, bait after the flret day he managed to get around In the dear old briar pet oh. He found that Parmer Browne boy had spread those dreadful wire snares In every one of hla private little patha. But Peter knew what they were now. He ahowed Danny Meadow Mouse bow ha. becauee he wee ao amall. could eatery run about anions tha anaraa and ateal all the cabbage leavea aad apples ap-ples which Parmer Brown'a boy had put there for bait. Danny Meadow Mouse thought thla great fun and a great Joke on Parmer ttrown'B boy. Bo every day he etole the bait and he and Peter Rahblt lived Marl while Pater', lag waa rattlna wen. And all the time Parmer Brown . boy wondered won-dered and wondered why he aewaSert catch Peter Babbit |