Show dp e me JAL W bures ap C I 1 vm Asif I 1 I 1 ste WHEN A LONG NOSE IS USEFUL certai certainly tily Is a J Q tunny funny little fellow thought bleter as lie for short tall to return I 1 I 1 3 lie he shave shape of his body la Is a whole lot like that of miner the tha mole and just betting glimpses of bim as I 1 did I 1 don t wonder I 1 thought tie he was a mole but now I 1 havo san niora more of him tie he reminds me of obber people too I 1 don t wonder lie he Is often taken for a mouse by people who nho don dont t use usa their eyes as they should and then the quickness with which lie he moves appears and disappears and the fierceness fler ceness with which he hunts reminds me of shadow tl t e weasel ja certainly Is a funny little fellow for one oas tiling thing he tins has got a funny noso nose I 1 must ask him about that nose 11 wild who has got a funny dei mantled a sharp squeaky voice who has got a funny nose if you mean mea n me I 1 would have you to kno know v that there Is nothing funny abut my hosn it would bu a funny nose it it wire not just as it Is what hat do you find funny about it peter rab kab biti I 1 want to know what you find funny about it dont don t you know i that it isn t polite r mil nit it isn kind to talk about peoples people P looks bt behind ind their backs you ought to know that all this was wag poured out by short tall the shrew before peter could recover from tits surprise at short tails balls sudden reappearance seem angly from nowhere why wh where d you come from and how did you know what I 1 was thinking stuttered 1 I came out of little hole chuckled short tall pulling aside some leaves lea res to show a little round 7 e peter could sea sa that he was wa following that beetle by meant means of his hi nose eitran en tranie e to a tunnel I 1 find the tunnels of miner the mole quite useful when hen I 1 want to keep out of right As ag for knowing what you were thinking how could I 1 help it when you were wera talking out loud to yourself now what Is tunny funny about my nose well replied peter looking a I 1 little foolish at having been overheard r I 1 dont suppose it la Is really funny but it la Is such a different nose from the noses I 1 am used to that it seems funny to me in the first place why hy la Is it so long short tall tail wriggled tits hla nose thoughtfully 1 I never have thought of it as being long but perhaps it Is said lie he I 1 can tell you one thing and that Is that it a par martille partille tiLle too long tor for my needs you people with big ebes may not need long noses but my nose Is as good as eyes to me As a matter of fact my ees ion don t amount to much but it if anyone has got a better nose than I 1 have I 1 don t know who ho it Is ver cea dont doat amount to much but a good 13 the most necessary thing in the world anen while lie was talking short tall was poking about among the leaves and turning them over with his nose for fer it Is quite in for short anil aill to keep still budden ly with tits hla nose to the gr arnd nd just as dowser bonser the hound runs when he Is following reddy fox short tall started straight for a piece of bark barb lying on the ground As he disappeared beneath it a tat fat beet beetle to rap ran a out from ft tre e other side rhen men short tall appeared and peter could see that he wea was following that beetle by means 0 of f his nose and not with his bis eyes that Is what a long nose Is good for chuckled short tall as that beetle disappeared down Us throat 0 1933 by ayt T W burgess |