Show adventures EC E C OF PETER RABBIT by THORNTON ORNTON Tn W BURGESS SURELY S no one was ever in a tighter place than was peter rabbit when reddy fox chased him under the brush pile in the green forest and then old man coyote and granny fox and reddy fox and the hawk watched all the rest of the long day for him to come out he stay there 1 I 1 1 I 1 wonder where this goes to vo thought peter 1 I believe ill find out ap pp forever because you know there was nothing to eat and peter like most folks just has to eat but peter has a great deal of wisdom in his funny little head even iche if he does sometimes do very foolish things and one of the wisest things that peter does is never to give up hope so when peter crawled under that pile of brush and so escaped reddy fox his first thought was one of thankfulness ile he know how he was ever going to get back to the dear old briar patch but he was safe so long as he stayed where he was and he was very thankful for that after he had rested and quite got his breath peter began to look around to see just what kind of a place the old brush pile was he S saw aw right away that just so long as he stayed there he was perfectly safe for the brush was so thick that reddy fox could never crawl under its a regular castle thought peter now peter know much about castles if he had he would have expected to find somewhere a secret passage all castles you know have secret passages anyway they are supposed to but peter know this and so when he came to an old stump right in the middle of the brush pile and between the roots of it found a hole he was surprised but he was just as much pleased as he was surprised he pulled out some of the leaves and sticks that filled the doorway and went in there was a long hall which was very dark and peter knew by the smell that it had not been used by anyone for a very long time its an old house made by one of johnny chucks relatives thought peter 1 I wonder if there is a good bedroom where I 1 can take a nap he kept on down the long hall and sure enough presently came to a snug bedroom he was just about to make himself comfortable for a nap when he noticed another hall 1 I wonder where this goes to thought peter 1 I believe ill find out so very carefully peter crept along the other hall it was very much longer than the first one by jand and by he saw a little daylight ahead and knew that he was nearly to a doorway like the first doorway this one was partly closed with dead leaves and sticks peter peeped out between them then his heart gave a great jump that doorway under the old brush pile at all it was almost under the very arery tree in which sat the hawk keeping watch and it was nearly hidden by a little hemlock tree growing close by peter chuckled a still little chuckle that no one should hear then he stretched himself out to watch and wait when the black shadows began to i creep through the green forest flew away to get booty the owl to take his place for you know cannot see at night then very very carefully peter pulled aside the leaves and sticks and tiptoed out taking care not to make the deeni est wee niest sound As soon as he dared he began to run lippertz lippertz lip and soon was well on his way to the dear old briar patch T W burgess service |