Show 1 E on W Burgess IF Z e-Z- lA IT PETER RABBIT HUNTS HUNTSi i FOR THE HOME OF J. J l RA RATTLES TILES r pETER DETER RABBIT was both happy i and unhappy That Is a funny tunny way to be Isn't It But It was true He was happy because he i was trying to satisfy his curiosity i He Is always happy when he be Is tryIng try try- Ing to do this And he be was un nn- unhappy happy because be he didn't know how to go about It You see he was trying to find the home of or Rattles the Kingfisher and he be didn't know just where to look for It H knew very little about Rattles who lives v very ry much by himself and has hns little lItI lit lIt- I the tle to do with the rest of the Quad- Quad dies Peter had been told that Rat Rat- tIes tics makes his home in a hole bole In Inthe inthe the ground At first he be didn't believe be be- lieve livee It The Tile Idea dea of a bird living 1 In Ip the ground I 1 But nut when Grandfather Grandfather Grandfather Grand- Grand father Frog e said It was true Peter had to believe It because he had the greatest respect for what Grandfather Frog says What Grandfather Frog doesn't know r 1 I about his neighbors is hardly worth knowing for lie he Is very old and accounted accounted ac nc- counted very wise ne lIe had Just told Peter that he didn't know just where the tile home of Rattles was because It was none of his business and that If Ir be he had known he wouldn't have told S S Peter because It was none of PeS Pe Peters Peter's Pe- Pe ter's business This was quite true 7 n u but I suspect that It made Peter Peterr r all aU the more anxious to find that home Peter Is s always Interested in the affairs of other folks He Just cannot seem to help It So he made up his mind to find the Ule home of or Rattles If It It took him all sum sum- mer He began to suspect that It might BuntIn Hunting for a particular hole In n the ground without any Idea r where It was likely to be was a 1 good deal like Uke hunting bunting for a needle In a haystack You see there are areso areso I so many holes boles In the ground some somer someI 4 I I r in the Green Forest some In the Green Meadows some In the Old O Orchard chard some In the Old Pasture some around the Smiling Pool some I along tha Laughing Brook though I he her had never been there he suspected suspected suspected sus sus- sus- sus that there were some along the Big River First Peter sat down and tried to remember all the holes boles of which he knew and he knew of a great many You know he lie mal makes es use of holes to escape from his enemies and so he makes It his business to know about M I i 1 I Is s I L 11 1 11 i lid 1 n r rI I r 11 I 4 I 4 i I n I r j IN No I Haven't Lost Anything Why Do You Ask all the holes where he is In the habit of going It must b be a hole that some one else has dug thought Peter because because be because cause how bow could a bird with such little feet as Rattles Kingfisher has bas dig a hole Of course It Isn't a bole hole that anyone else ese Is using so It must be an old hole Ill I'll go visit all the theold theold theold old holes I know of Off Oft he started lip Hp to visit all the old holes he could remember on the Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows and In the tile Green Forest He didn't once stop to think that never had he Ilc seen Rattles on the Green Meadows or ox In the Green Forest Forest For For- Forest est except along the Laughing Brook If he lie bad had he would have saved sa himself a lot of at trouble But Peter Is that way he lIe thinks of only one thing at a n time Just then It lt It was the holes In the ground so he pretty nearly ran his legs ot off visiting visiting visit visit- ing lag all the old holes Finally he be Just had to sit down and rest He was tired and he was discouraged but he was Just as curious as ever and he had no Idea of giving up Jimmy Skunk happened along Just then Although Peter didn't know It Jimmy had been watching him for some time Lost Jimmy Peter looked ed at Jimmy with such sucha a R look of surprise that Jimmy laughed right out No 10 I haven't lost an anything Why Wily do you ask 1 said Peter You have been running about as If it you were trying to find somethIng something something some some- some some- thing and so I thought you must have bave lost something replied Jimmy who didn't think anything of or the kind but said it Just to find out I what Peter would say I IFor IFor For a n few minutes Peter said J I nothing He fairly ached to ask Jimmy If he be knew where Rattles I was but he was as a little ashamed to He Be knew that the chances were that Jimmy would tell him that it was none of his business But at last he be decided to risk It live urve heard beard said he be that tUat Rattles Rattles Rat Rat- the Kingfisher makes Ms MIs home In a hole bole in the ground and it seems such a funny thing for a bird to todo todo todo do that I have been visiting all the theold theold theold old holes I know of just to see if It Is true b but t I haven't found It yet You dont don't happen to know mow where his home is do you Jimmy No replied Jimmy and I dont don't want to know But Dut if I did I I wouldn't spend my time on the Green Meadows or In the Green Forest For For- est Id I'd look around those places where Rattles Is most often orten seen Did you ever eyer see him very far from water No confessed Peter I hadn't thought of ot that that Well think about It now replied replied re ra re- re plied Jimmy Skunk and went on about his business I 0 1932 by TW Burgess W s.-W Service I |