Show vv on W eur eess PETER RABBIT LEARNS FROM STRIPED CHIPMUNK ils never best to leave undone A thing that once you have begun unless youre bound to see it through why dont begin a thing to do STRIPED CHIPMUNK believes u that that is the only way to do if you want to get on in life and at the same time enjoy it whatever he does he does with all his might when he works he works with all his might and main when he sleeps he sleeps just as hard as ever he can he never lets play interfere with work and he be never lets work interfere with play when he begins a thing he keeps at it until it is finished now that the nuts were ripe not to mention certain very delicious seeds striped chipmunk knew that it was harvest time time to fill his secret storehouses with food for the winter so he wasted no time wishing that he could play even though it was one of the best playtimes play times in all the year every morning as soon as old mother west wind had turned the merry little breezes out of the big bag in iii which she had brought them down from the purple hills to play on the green meadows they hurried over to tease striped chipmunk to play with them but no matter how early they were they always found him at work and then they might just as well have teased the stonewall to play as to tease striped chipmunk busy busy busy was all they could get out of him that was all peter rabbit coi could ild get out of him too when he called now peter is just as different from striped chipmunk as it is possible to be peter never does anything until he has to As for work real work why peter hardly knows what it is he is happy go lucky is peter rabbit he was born that way and so I 1 suppose he is not to be wholly blamed if he cannot understand how anybody can work all day he sat down and watched striped chipmunk scurry back and forth back and forth and as he watched peter grew very thoughtful it must be very nice to have plenty of food right handy and ready to eat when you want it said he at last as striped chipmunk scampered past him striped chipmunk say anything then H he e you see he had both pockets in his cheeks stuffed so full that his head LA 4 e A was twice as large as usual and he use his tongue if he wanted to but in a minute he was back on his way for another load it is said he replying to peters remark 1 I never have anything to worry about in the winter its worth all the labor of these fine fau fall days why dont you try it peter mercy met mel exclaimed peter 1 I work like that for anything in the world nevertheless peter grew more thoughtful as he watched busy striped chipmunk when he returned to the dear old briar patch he was so absentminded absent minded because you know he was thinking so so haid hard that he would have gone right past it if little mrs peter stopped him what ails you peter are you sick she asked anxiously peter smiled and gently rubbed noses with her which is their way of kissing no my dear said he A he sat down and watched striped chipmunk scurry back and forth im not sick I 1 was thinking that was all I 1 cant understand how anyone can woi wore c all day and every day as striped chipmunk does but do you know I 1 believe there is something in this idea of his of having things ready when you need them we store up food enough to keep us all winter as he does if we wanted to but there are other things that we can do now there I 1 is S that bramble tangle on the edge of the green forest if I 1 had some paths cut through that I 1 have to run for the old briar patch every time reddy fox or old man coyote happened along I 1 believe ill run up there and cut some paths this very afternoon everybody else seems to be working and I 1 may as well do that now as some other time mrs peter sighed heavily 1 I dont want you to peter said she you are away from home too much as it is and if you have a saie safe hid hiding place over there im afraid forget to come home at all associated newspapers service |