| Show 2 lI 1 C 1 lIU 1 iii REt un nOtI HO II Uy Sly hornton 1 V Burge s Just home That Is enough for me inc Just home It I Is the only place to be Peter Peter While the storm lasted Peter nab nab- Hal 1 Mt lt Mrs Peter and Old Jed Thumper right ht whore herc they wore were In lii s a certain bramble tangle In itt the Old Od Pas Faa Pa ti-re ti There was lIS some somo protection in 11 Ii there re and ond they didn t I dare daro go out ou I for tor a better place You see they the didn't know Thero Shadow the weasel Wease asel might be bo It yea was well nell ell for Cor their pee peace of mind that they didn t know how hov close to them Shadow passed on his hiway way to the Green Forest When th the tho 0 storm was as 0 over oter er Peter and Mis III S peter petar put their heads to to- to together gether and tried to d what to do Old Jed Thumper the tho bIg gray nab flab I bit who 10 13 Ia the father of ot Mrs Mr I Peter Invited them to stay In the Old 1 Pasture Peter didn't want I to sta stay I there but he tIlde didn t I say soy so BO at once You see sec he lie thought ht that perhaps lit lit lit-I lit lit- littIe tie Mrs airs Peter would want ant to stay b be- be because bo cause causo It was as there thero that she sho had lived 1 until she met Peter So ho alt for tor or her hep to speak first I I I want ant to go so home said she I want to go homo borne right away to the tho thi dear deal Old Od Briar Patch Do you vou OU sup sup- suppose suppose sup pose it Is sate safe for tor us to go so right away a ID Pe Peter er 1 Peter scratched a a 0 long ear car with I a along i long lone and ond made mado the tho tip o of his little noso abble tery ery fast last I f really dont don't Ino Know my dear said he lie I guess it Is as aa safe there then thereas as It is here for tor the last we wo saw o or of Shadow the Weasel he ho was ens up here Dont Don't you want ant to stay elay here awhile a I uzzy Mrs Irs Peter Pter P ter shook her ller head most decidedly No 0 said she shO I dont don't Im I'm homesick It If you vou OU want ant to know Yes sir Im I'm Im I'm homesick Cant Can't w we e start right no now nov Peter Peter looked up at the shy sky where hero stars were do down don n brIghtly between scurrying clouds ell all said salil he It if we e n ci really are going bale ba lc I 1 think the sooner booner we wa stal start t the thc bet bet- bettel tel jet Keddy Heddy and Mrs loa 10 and Old Oli be bo starting out hunt hunt- huntIng hunIng Man lan Coyote CO oto will nUt Ing lug soon It If they ha haven't slatted ted out oui I Peter Rabbit It led th tho war and little UttI Mrs Irs Peter kept right at lib his heels already It If you OU really want ant to go my dear follow roe me So go they thanked Old Jed Jel Je Thumper for tor his help hel In getting away from Shadow Sh dow the Weasel then started down through the Old The snow was as new ani soft and they left let quite I deep deer tracks hen W lien hen they reached tue th edge ot of tho the dear Old Briar Patch Peter oat sat up and looked tots way wn and looked that way a Mrs Irs Peter sat up tip upI and looked this way tray and looked that I tay a Between the e edge ge of the Old Pasture and the dear Old Briar Patch I there wasn't so much aa as a II bush It was all I smooth white and open Olen They I would have ve to scamper across as fast as their legs s could take blee them Peter led Id the tle way v ay an and themI little Mrs Irs I Peter kept right at his hels She Sha i as was so Close that sometimes the snow sno I i from hIs Ills heels he flew in her face Noth- Noth Noth-I Noth Nothing ing jog happened They reached the dearOld dear i Old Bilar Patch pitch satel safely Mrs Irs Peter started to push past Peter She Sha was I in m ii a hurry to get In the dear Old Briar PatCh but Peter w lot her Ire He I Insisted on going first for fear there I might be danger o of some kind From end to end and sub side to side of o the tho dear Old Ol Briar Patch they the hopped along their private Irl ate little paths Not ot a was as to be found Inthe inthe in inh the h sort new new snow sno Then together th they y gave gayO II a gentle genUo sigh ot or relief reller How good It was as to bo be homel Theres no place like It Peter Theros Theroa no place like it h little Mrs Peter Peter agreed But when ho he thought ot of what might hMO hate happened there had they thoy not left it whoa when they saw Shadow the Veasel 1 corning coming lie lia shivered er d a 0 little and It wean t cold that mado made him shiver Copyright 1 1023 1123 3 by T V W Burgess The ne nest neit t sto story ReddY Pox Fox and anJI I Old Man 1 Coy Coi CO ote etc Quarrel |
