Show Little Stories f for g Bed Time By Br Th Thornton W. W t. t Burgess J PETER RABBIT GETS ANOTHER SURPRISE Peter Rabbit sat at on n Johnn Johnny Chucks Chuck's doorstep for five long Ions minutes scratching scratch scratch- lug InS his head first with one hand and then with tho other Johnny Chuck had disappeared inside his house yawning yarning sleepily and as ho went he had said that he was was was' going down doun to 81 sleep ep and that he would would- s see Peter Rabbit In the spring Now Now what did he mean bv Iw that said Peter Rabbit to himself Here It l Isn't nt winter yet et and it will be a long long Ions longtime time before belore spring Yet Johnny Johnn Chuck spoke just juat as If Ie he didn't expect to see me until u winter inter has passed And nd ho he said that ho he had been Retting getting lead ready teady for tor wInter winter winter win wIn- ter by stuffing himself and he looked as if It ho he had for lor he is so bo fat that it was wa hard work worl for him to 10 walk What It all nil means I dont don't know at all aU Is he ho going awn away somewhere If he Isn't wll Wily why wont won't I see bee ee him all winter Just as I have all summer cummer Tho The more Peter thought about it tim the themore more puzzled he became At last he be had bad hada bada a a. happy thought Ill Ju Just t run down n downto donto to the fhe he Smiling Pool and ask Grandfather 1 Frog rog He is very old and andery very ery wise and he will surely know what JOhnn Johnny Chuck meant So So Kicking up his heels Peter Rabbit started down the Lone Little Path lip lip- perty lIp pert across the Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows to the Smiling Pool There ho found Grandfather Frog sitting a as us usual ual on his big illy 1113 pad but the III lily Illy pad wasn't as green as it used to be and Grandfather Fro Frog Frog- didn't look as smart smut as usual His big cj cn eyes es s with which he usually t saw lW everything t thing going on In tho the Smiling Pool looked hea heavy and dull duH Ju Just t as It If th they didn't see seo eo much of anything any any- thing at all Grandfather Frog Fog nodded sleepily ll and once nearly nearh fell tell oft off th the big lily Illy pad Good morning Grandfather Fro Hogl I shouted Peter Rabbit Eh Eli What said Grandfather Fro Frog blinking his eyes es and putting one hand behind an ear as If it he was hard of hear hear- In ing I r said good morning Grandfather shouted Peter Rabbit a little louder than before Xo No 1 0 replied Grandfather 1 Frog rog grumpily grumpily grum rum PUYe It lit Isn't a n good morning its it's too chilly Ho HI shivered as he spoke Peter Rabbit pretended not to noll notice e how grumpy Grandfather r Fro Frog was In his most polite Voa way he asked asked- Can you ou tell me Grandfather 1 Frog 1100 where hero Johnny Chuck spends the winter Spends it at home of course couise Dont Don't bother me mo with t such uch foolish questions questions' snapped Grandfather Fro Frog But If he li ls going to spend pend the wInter winter winter wIn win- ter at nt home what bat did h ho he mean by sa sayIng say say- InS big that he lie would Fee see niu mu In the spring VAA I Just as If he didn't expect e to see uie me before be be before fore forI then persisted Peter Rabbit Grandfather Frog yawned pawned shook himself him him- self yawned nea again and said Johnr Chuck probably meant Just what he raid eald and I think Ill I'll follow Collo his example It Its It's getting too cold for Cor or an nn old fellow like me mt I 1 begin to feel it In tn mj ny bones Im I'm getting so ele sleepy p that I guess the sooner I hunt up IP my jim bed In the mud at the bottom bottom bot bot- tom of ot the Smiling Pool t tho a better Chu Chu- Johnnj Johnn Chuck li is IR wise Ill I'll s see e you jou OU in the tho spring Peter Rabbit and tell teli you jou all aU about It And with that Grandfather Grandfather Grand Grand- father Fro wl di with a great Into th th Pool foot |