Show ND R MORE HORE OLD FRIENDS WAKE UP vil AND GREET PETER ETER RABBIT BABBIT chuckled to himself P PETER as he left unc billy possum and scampered on down the lone little path through the green forest toward bobby coons house A stomach is a tunny funny thing thought peter yes sir a stomach Is a funny thing people say that this one or that one is good hearted or bad hearted when halt the time I 1 dont believe the heart has anything to do with it its the stomach what it Is the stomach it if a fellows stomach is just comfortably full he is good natured and if it Is uncomfortably empty he is cross its surely tunny funny how differently things look when youve got something in your stomach now this is certainly a beautiful spring morning but unc billy possum see it until he got that beetle in his stomach then he was his old good natured self all in a wink why it if it for stomachs ws we have much of anything to worry about peter stopped running to think this new idea over he can always think better sitting still its a fact Is irman peter and jimmy looked up to see bobby coon coining up the lone little path c continued peter talking out loud to himself if it for our stomachs we never would have to worry about food and we have to worry about enemies because we have at this amazing thought peters eyes opened very wide he felt that he had made a discovery 1 I dont know about that said a voice you seem to forget about men guns traps they hunt us for fun more than they do for food though I 1 must say I 1 cant see where the tun fun comes in peter whirled about there was jimmy skunk hello jimmy 1 he cried im ever so glad to see you when did you wake up you are looking pretty well for one who has had nothing to eat since last tall fall who said I 1 had had nothing to eat since last tall fall demanded jimmy well you been asleep au all winter asked peter pete r 1 I should say nott not returned jimmy skunk with something like scorn in ills his voice it is a wonder to me peter that with all your own curiosity you know so little about your neighbors I 1 only sleep when the weather is too bad to get about comfortably that is the time to sleep as anyone with common sense knows knoz but when the sno I 1 too deep I 1 come out in winter just for a little exercise and to get a bite to eat im not so foolish as to sleep all the tha time theres no doubt about that said another voice peter and jimmy looked up to see bobby coon coming up the tha lone little path bobby yawned dawned and rubbed his eyes hello old when did you wake waka up cried peter this mis morning replied bobby drummer the woodpecker hammered on the side ilde of my house bouse until I 1 sleep another wink I 1 had to get up to drive him away funny how inconsiderate of others some people art are now im up I 1 guess IU ill got get something to eat I 1 feel eel hollow clear to my toes I 1 think ill go over to the laughing brook and see if 11 I 1 cant catch a fish or two that reminds me have either of you fellows seen any fat beetles this morn hij asked jimmy skunk if I 1 had they would be ba where they would be doing the most good now replied bobby coon patting his bit stomach ive seen one PI said peter where demanded jimmy skunk eagerly ea disappearing down tho the throat of unc billy possum chuckled peter huh grunted jimmy with a disappointed air it if that old sinner is abroad I 1 guess gue I 1 better be moving if I 1 want to get my share of tat fat beetles |