Show lIES I r- r PITTER PI A DAD BAD Dy By Thornton W V This old aln Ing s true and anil tere t Nothing lothing s bad b d cut coul could hO li b S worse Old Old Mother Peter Peler Rabbit was In n a lip II wu was caught In a trap It was vas a bo trap bo trap so 00 o ot of course courie Peter nt hUlt huit 1 Lio Box traps trape do So not hurt those tho a the I But It vas TIM jUl jutt a n as I ii trop trap and P Peter t r was aas Just IS n mach nuch cau caught ht ax as It if It Il hud heLd boon been ono or of o those dreadful dro steU trap traps lb Ho was wasa a a a Of at course vis as frightened h n the th tb top tOIl of ot that box bo came clime dovin cloan n and the and Uti cloo closed d dand and ho he found lounel he lie was aas a prisoner lie He dil hi his hi- hibe b best be t t to get out lie tried to push puh pu h the th top UI up but the ass S I i t weight on the top nich held 1101 1 It down Do nhat he hc Peter couldn't get ret out He Ho tried to gnaw B his my nay out but ho he coul ln t do doI thIs this I he sSi c ga e up trying and aud crouched down don to alt alt for tor would happen hoppen next t It was wa while hO he h was nas crouching there frightened ind nd nl that he h the eSI rot ilia aas the th cause of all his hia At least lot that Is what hat ho he thought E or ori thIng had been he had Iad set his 1118 hl teeth Into tho thee t car car- carrot rot rot It was then that tIle tho th trap had ca caught him He lie could t lh thu carrot noAt now no At first ho he h had no th- th sir It-sir sire to touch It ft That l wa was I ho he blamed the tho th for tor all ail lit hI ht- ht troubles But as liS he kept kepl that carrot hi his hie mouth be began n to carrot I water ater Im Im I'm a Im I'm a n I and I don t know hat i bat Is going to in happen Im I'm In trouble Th lii re I ii iino lin no dou doubt bt about that I m en In trouble But that Ian Isn t nn ans n- n reasOn ihy by I should go eo huner said Peter Pater to himself I I belle e In makIng the tho thoI I best of oC o a bad mutter matter i Peter out and in bes-in to toI I nibble that carrot It tasted t so 0 I good that for tor or the time being lie he forgot everything cle clae II- II H ato ate that heI I carrot to the tho th last lut la t scrap crap Somehow ho felt Celt belle No 0 o r what I ou ar are In n a full tull stomach makes ou feel eel Ano Aho he ho felt felta felta a bit sleepy leepy A full CuU I- I 1 quite apt to make mak one on feel fel sleepy So Peter Pter closed his eye eyes and to sleep Bleep p Ito Just JUHt what hat wk ned Pete Pete- he lie did not know kno He lie was sas n sure ouro ur that oom somo thing had wakened him bun Ills Ilia H hAd flown floan wide aide open He sit nil there IlIad listening I lie heard a n little noise on th the tho 1 0 of oC o that thit box bOK Then he h hearl a lit at one of ot the cracks Thor Thir w 9 wt Ino no doubt douht about It It was sas as a I I Peters Peter's rt he seemed md to Jump right up In hi his throat t Then he Is In hald lup cia claas scratching at that hoc box bo Th n nI nho nho I ho heard a soft ott snarl J Ieter t r I 1 ne nea Ithen He lie knew w UI that t Old Mill hn CO otto had found that boc and knew that Peter was inside It was all wa so Old OK Man Ian Co 0 ot ota hold hAil ne I I along and toun foun I 1 Peters tracks hon 1 ow h ho could niell ll pter inside InIs that box boa Ife Ho H dun dug nil It In tho th In Ing to find lind md a n any ay a In He lie men OHn tn tipped d the tho th box o er He ic could sm smell nell Peter P fr inside and ho could hour hear hint hIm moin about Old M- M Mn Mun hn n Cn ote did h hn his bet b it to gH into that hot box Du But But lie hI i couldn t he ho gac c a 0 up In lal dl su-it su and went awa Va Peter Pter didn't sleep any tny more lie I lieI tas as too frightened to shIell inep Old Man fan CO ote hadn't been gonI gone Eon gon I siry rY tiong long alien brn Peter heard somo one on else cl e outsIde It was vas Reddy lo lo 01 It didn't tako take Heddy HeI long lone to fin I 1 out Olt Ithal li lie he couldn t get t t Into that th th t box bot so h wasted ery little tin tim tr log Ing IsO Hut But he saId Homo unpleasant things i ito I I to Peter lie made mado fun tun of or Iler for or being caught ht Poor Peter PAler It I sas as a bad nIght a a very vry b biu tu ni And all the time tinie was tho dread dr il or of aliat hat t would happen Rhen hn the thC night ended CoP light 1924 1 24 by y I T 1 W Burgess The rho next Dext stor story hat happened d t Ne-it to P Peter ter i 00 00 |