Show childrens bedtime story by THORNTON W BURGESS BURG ESS r PETER RABBIT REALLY WORKS HARD though peter rabbit babbit Is a shirk ne nes hes s proved at last that oat he be can work ifor THAT HAT a very nice thing for sammy jay to bp be saying but it was true and down in his heart peter knew that it was true so as he say a word in reply he just kept right on working which shows that there is some wisdom in peters foolish little head after all he was cutting his way out of the bramble tangle on the edge of the green forest into the middle of which he had been driven by reddy fox of course he could have got out the same way he got in by wriggling and crawling between the close growing vines and brambles but he had torn his clothes badly and he smarted from many scratches he want any more so he wisely decided to cut a path out he heard sammy jays taunt of course he did sammy meant that he should the funny thing is that though it seem a very nice thing for sammy to be saying it really was being done for peters own good it was a 2 part of a plan of some of peters friends to teach him how much better it is to work da f 61 I 1 it if I 1 only had had those paths au all cut thought peter than to shirk to shirk you know is to pretend to do a thing yet not do it peter had p pretended re tended to be working very hard cutting paths through the old bramble tangle so as to have a safe retreat in time of danger but he had spent mo most s t of h his is time dreaming how fine it would be when all the paths were finished instead of going ahead and cutting the paths so bobby coon and sammy jay and unc billy possum and a few more of peters friends had put their heads together and decided that peter needed a lesson for his own good that he should be made to work so sammy jay had told reddy fox how he could surprise peter on the edge of the bram ble tangle and then had warned peter just in time for peter to wriggle in among the brambles out of red dys reach but peter know this he know that bobby coon and unc billy possum had been watching from the same tree on the edge of the green forest and had seen all that had bad happened but peter see them and he stop to say anything to sammy jay he was too busy he was busy cutting away those vines and brambles as hard as ever he could so as to make a path and at the same time he was doing a lot of thinking if I 1 only had had those paths all C cut ut I 1 would rit have torn my clothes and got all scratched to pieces thought peter of course im mighty thankful that I 1 could get in here in spite of torn clothes because if I 1 have reddy fox aou would I 1 d surely have caught poor little 1 I 1 me snip snap snip snap peters sharp front teeth were cutting off the stems of the vines and the brambles and the bushes close to the ground and the little path which very very much like a little tunnel through the bramble tangle was growing longer and longer and still peter kept at work he even stop long enough to nibble at some of the tender young bark and when peter forgets to eat he is very much in earnest in the first place peter was anxious to get home to the dear old brier pat patch c h just as soon as it was safe to go and to do that he must first cut his way out of 0 the tha bramble tangle or else tear his clothes and scratch himself some more so he kept right at it snip snap snip snap at last he was almost to the end he could see between the stems to the open green meadows and he was glad A few minutes more and he would be on his way to the dear old brier patch An and tight dright then peter saw something that made him stop short associated newspapers mm service |