| Show BEDTIME STO R 1 by THORNTON W BURGESS PETER RABBIT NEARLY FALLS INTO THE PIT F COURSE coun sn peter rabbit had no OF 1 business la in farmer brow browns garden lie ile knew it lle knew that tile the delicious plants Le growing rowing there were ere not infant for him for a long lona long time alter tit ht had been made so BO III by eating cabbage leaves on 1 ilch aich poison had acen put to kill buys bugs he had dept away annay from that tempting garden in fact duct for some time he haan baun t wanted to go near it it but timp changes ones one a feelings lust just as it changes every ig else it was su so with peter it vp so long since lie he had been so III that he be had half forgotten how flow terribly lie he had felt so sometimes when he passed that garden on his way to the old orchard he would pause and stare nt fit it longingly lie he would sit up and work his little nose and the delicious odors ii bleb tickled it would make his bis mouth water so that sometimes ho would have to run his very hardest to leep deep from yielding to the to visit the gar den and try some of those plants growing there As time went on he got tn in the habit of sitting a little longer each night to stare through the fence into the and to sniff the delicious gach each night it was a little harder co go on oil the longer he looked and the more he smelled the less danger there seemed until he au opening in the fence my how good it did kweli to in therel there I 1 peters little nose abbles faster than ever Cabbag Cabbage esi sf muttered pet peter er and beets I 1 turnips as I 1 live clyel I 1 oil oh my goodness I 1 certainly smell aniell carrots I 1 peter nally dian didn t know just when 1118 boily ald did follow his fits head through that opening in the fence but it did dd for there he wat wae right in the middle of rat raider laer brown is gar ear den my aly how things had grown since lie he had been th tarel rel tie he hopped this way and le be hopped that way lie he took a nip here und a bite there her tile the little voice inside was still now it had find given up so presently peter carne came to tile far corner where farmer farm er brown B s boy lind had dug that deep pit PIL peter stared at tile the great pile of sand on one side aide ile he llan t see the great hole all he ha saw was the pile of sand now what can that be for thought veter peter and went a little nearer at firlit he be was auspicious of it it after a tittle little he made up bp ble mind t that bat tt it was perfectly leas it was nothing but a pile vf of sand ile he would climb up to tile the top it would be a splendid place from which to look all over the garden up peter scrambled ambled ana aad eat down on OD the very top then for the hirst time ame lie he saw tile the black pit below him lie he stared down into it wondering what it could be tor for suddenly the sand under him began to slide alas had find eaten that poison which gadut t been meant for him at all no harm had ever couie to him in that gar den 1 I I 1 know enough now thought peter not to eat poisoned leavea it la Is safe perfectly safe for ne me to go there I 1 wouldn t eat a thing I 1 just anat to see what it la Is like over there and it if things have changed much astren I 1 was there rie I 1 breter eter tie alel Is whispered a small voice inside you know very well ivell that you are safer outside the garden lou know you resist stuffing ng yourself with the things growing there 1 I coull too I 1 protested peter 1 I could go all through that garden and not taste a single thing you do anything of the kind you know you coulden couldn L bet te ter ke keep p out of temptation it if I 1 were you I 1 wouldn t ever come so near the garden whispered the emal email voice peter scowled lie ile like that small voice it was forever telling him not to do things that he be very much wanted to do 1 I ra in going over there just once so there declared peter if you go once and nothing happens you 11 go every night and then something may happen keep away warned the little voice but peter tried not to hear bear that small voice ue he hopped a few steps nearer the fence on the edge of tile the garden iia he looked and listened it was as very very quiet over there peter hopped a few steps te hearer grer ill just stick my head in side and see how it looks said he be to himself then go on to the old orchard so peter poked his head through peter turned to get gei 6 bick ick the sand slid faster and peter fet fea him self slipping down down toward that black pit with fill all his might lie scrambled up tor for he be was light on the very edge of that pit it was visa a narrow escape a very narrow es cave cape M 1933 ayt by T W burgess NU service |
