Show fl c a r I I OLD JED THUMPER CHANGES HIS MIll D By Thornton W Burgess Tb often wise as iou ou au will find To turn about and change our mind Peter Rabbit When Old Jed Ted Thumper the thC bt bi Rabbit nab bit bitho who sho Ined hed by himself In Inthe ii the Ule Old Pasture and was the il fi-il fr II e er cr I ot of little Sirs Mrs Peter Rabbit Habbit nab bit told old Pct Pitt I Pitter t er that he be was as as allright he be told hi he be truth but not all the uth He lie Hel Wd all right to the tent extent that nea ne he a sa saalie alle alie all alii c e and still able to hop about But Dut be he wasn't in that he was half hal bal The The- truth is il it If he had com corne out and attempted to fight Petel h he have stood any show sho shoat sho at all because he ho WAS sas weak eak from lack of food lie knew It and that is why bY ho he h I had not tried not Jo to drie Peter Peler away avay i Peter Petr guessed this You see ee ee Peter had seen for tor himself elf bow how little food Hel e vas was to be found in the th Old Pas tub tm 0 Ith ith thing so CO cohered ered wIth ice ce and though he lie had liked Jik d Old Jed and in the past had always alays al ays been beell a little afraid o of at him lie be benow lienow now was sa n truly trul serry sorry for tor him So o ho he urged Old Jed J ed Thumper to como code dow do doi 11 to the dear Old Briar Patch with Ith him But Dut Old Jed Thumper obstinately tely shook lug IllS I cor r tell sou ou on Im 1 m here bere he ho declared and over again I ii get enough to cat somehow 1 No ou wont ont ont him luini get some food ot 01 course but ou wont won't ont get g-et enough nough w ou haven't had hd enough nough since the storm You Yon R on t tI i I get enough nough i 1 I the tho ice on the bushes and trunks of the oung oun trees tree's tree melts and goodness knows when Then that will III be he You'll grow e cry e cry day da and as likely as not neddy or Gran- Gran Granny Granny ny rox Pox or Old Man CO Coyote ote 01 oi Ter Ter- Terror the Goshawk Go hawk w ill III catch on ou Come Comedo Comedo's dow dos don n v u lh me to the tho dear Old Briar Patch ind md get a square meal lUal Old Je Jed Thumper shook his Ill held beld i The Tho truth I is is his Ius pride his hid foolish I pride w lot let him bim accept Peters Peter's invitation in There is cabbage down n there said The lery ery thought of it made Old Jed Thumpers Thumper's mouth water ater but hut he be t say a 01 d are down dow there Peter I Old Jed Thumpers Thumper's mouth mOl e but he hc pretended not to o hear hoar T 4 I There are carrots down there con Peter There are aro pieces plc-ees of frozen apple i do don n tacio Peter went on I I l don dont don't behe e it snapped Old Thumper I dont don't bellee believe belle e It Ic I Suell thIns s cant cint be found this tillS I of ear ear Mr Besides they thy dont don't grow grot rO 1 inthe In inthe th the Old Patch any ay True enough but the are there just t tho the same cued Peter Ieter triumph triumph- anti Farmel Farmei Dro Bronn's Dron's ns n's Boy Doy and hell he'll brin bring more marc Im I'm go II back baJ thero there now non and ou better come como along alan Jut But Old Jed Thumper obstinately I declared that he lie would stay hel heio e he vas I All right Peter It it ou oua a v sant ant to stay here nJ i-nJ r stano stan e tint th IS our OUi business going going- bad Lac hel e ethele thele is plenty to cat at lIe He about and started off orf Old Jd Thumper watched him until he was nas as almost out o of sIght Eight He thought of that cabbage lIe He thought or of those carrots He lie thought of those JedI apples And quite quito suddenly Old Jed I Thumper changed banged his hll mind He lIe poked Ills Ius head of ot his bis bramble tangle and then slowly started to hop bop after ater P Ieter ter I Cop light 13 by T l W Burgess The t next stat stor stol Peter Sees a race for Life |