Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN CI By THORNTON W BURGESS PETER LEARNS OLD MOTHER NATURE KNOWS LEST BEST sat under his fa old Bramble Bush In the middle of the Old Ullar Bilar Patch and Peter l n t altogether Kapp happ o o sir clr he t as happy as he should hm have e been lou see he was as feeling rather dl dissatisfied It seemed to him that chat e eer everybody er body had more than he At least that Is what t he tried to make mahe himself believe He wanted to be believe lIe lieve It and nOlI you know you ou can make yourself belle believe almost an anything thing If you want to bad enough Peter was waiting for the Jumping Mouse to return Nim v ip t y yh h What Kind of Seeds Are Those Asked Peter bad gone to search for a pocketful of seeds It was as findIng out that little has a pair of han handy v pockets In his cheeks that had made foolish Petel dissatisfied Old Mother Nature Isn t at all faIr muttered Peter Wh Why didn't she gIve I me pockets Why should she have given StrIped Chipmunk and this little snip of a Mouse pockets and not me Peter quite forgot that he was as not the only one without pockets You see he was lS thinking only of himself elf What Is good for one Is good for another he continued l still talking to himself I d like to go out and fill a couple of pockets and then come home and nd eat elt In peace Nothing would be nicer No sir Old Mother Nature t been at nil fair I was taught when I as little that she knows knos best but I don t believe It it I certainly do donot donot not I would be ever so much better oft If I had n a couple of nice handy pockets ets Just then returned with witha a pocketful of seeds which he emptied In a little pile and at once began to eat What kind of seeds are those thoe asked Peter Some grass seeds but mostly weed eed seeds replied Wont you ou have a couple Peter turned his head to tilde hIde n a smile No No I thank thanh 3 ou he replied l polItely I am not very ery fond of seeds My teeth are not nude for them I 1 like teen green food such as sweet clo closer cloer er grass alII and hen s hen I can get them In i F armer Brow ns n's garden In sIde lie Ill was as laughing at the offer of a couple of seeds an and thinking that It would take all hall brought to make even a good ta taste te lou were ere quite right when hen your O l cane called those pockets handy said Pe Peter Peter ter I vs t mint having a cou coupIe couple pIe myself m self I suppose you ou can carry a whole hole dinner In them nodded They w hold l a lot of seed seeds saId he more more than I can cat at one time Lint But I don t I think you would have hae much use for pockets In your cheeks Peter 11 hy by hay ha haen en t 1 just as much as ae asSou Sou ou demanded Peter In indignantly The little bright bendy beady eyes of vim t twinkled and snapped but he dIdn't even smile as he be said Prom from what hat I ha hale e seen of you ou Peter your our stomach La Is bigger than nm ans two vo pock poc eta ets In sour our cheeks coul could l possibly be Besides the l hind md of food you ou eat couldn't be put In a pocket very well wellI I rather think you'll ouli find It if you think It 0 oser er that Old Mother Iother Nature l knows hest Peter pulled his w thought thoughtfully fully full lIe ITe remembered what hat a lot of sweet clover he could eat at one meal and then tried to Imagine crowdIng It Into a couple of pockets In his cheeks The Idea made hIm laugh rIght out out lou ale rIght he cried There fan Isn t the least doubt about It Mother Nature does kno know best She certainly does docs Q T W Burgos U Burgess U Service |