Show EtE I L I RABBIT C S By DY Thornton W Y Burgess I Theres There's Ther no one on who sho Is quite quilo quit so blind As ho he h who has ha a Il stubborn min mind Old Old Mother 1 As A had been the th case caius eser e er since Inch he could remember Peter Rabbit lt had spring fever He H just JURt Ju t had to go roamIng around round lie He H just had to You see there was waa su so much to bo be b seen sen and so o many old friends to greet Tet that It would have havo broken Peters Peter's Peter heart h rt to t have been obliged to stay tay In the th dear dearOld dearOld Old Briar Patch all the tho th time So 80 It happened that hIs hi wander wander- wanderIng wander Ings Ing brought him to the tho th fence between Farmer Browns Brown's Brown corn corn- cornfield field corn field and the tho Green Meadows s He HeI hopped along clur cIe to o the tho th fence tonce until he h reached a corner where there was wa a big ble pile ot of old corn cornstalks corn corn- stalks talks There Peter sat t down to try to make mako mak up his hi mind hero a whereto hero to go so next nox Ho H always lw y felt quito quite safe ars right rl ht there thore thor because there thre ther wa was wasa wasa a place for tor him hint to get those corns lk If 1 any enemy should unexpectedly appear So Peter Rabbit sat down with his hs back to the th pile of or cornstalks HIlo Peter Rabbit cried a athin athin athin thin squeaky voice behind hIm It made mad peter Pter jump a little bo- bo b cause It startled him so ao o But when he h turned his head to see seo sho ho bad had spoken he h jumped e men en enmore more A email smelt person pr on In a gray coat sas as a sitting Bitting right back of I H LADY hello Peter Rabbit crIed a athin thin squeaky voice behind him him looking at him with v to t inkling black yea eyes eye They were acre ero eri en r mall male e des es for tor thi this was sea a HI seay y small person But thoro was ass lIa no log Ing the th twInkle In those eyes eys ye It sas wa a good minute before Peter Poter could find nil his hi tongue Who W o Who I-Who-Who who who who Ire gre you he tam atam at t las IDA la You are aro r the lit lug image of ot an old friend of ot mini caine The Tho Th little 0 eyes e es el of tho small per per- person per por person Ion son In gray fray twinkled so 00 o that It seemed as a If little park of mis- mis mischief mis mischief chief actually flow from them Why Why t I bo be b the tho th 11 Ing image of ot that old friend seeing that ho h and I are r ono one on and anil t tie Ie same he h squeaked ked That old frIend Is I dead dad d ad re- re replied replied re replied plied Peter cry ery solemnly ills name namo was Danny Madow Meado Mouse and he h to him last fall My lily my how the little black blackeyes blackeyes ces eyes of the tho th little tell fellow ow In gray did t twinkle What hat happened to him he asked I I don dont t kno know knos replied Pc Peter tor 1 All I know la is I that ho h and haan t been beon soon seen since I You know Jenow well neil enough that when a Meado Meadow MOue 1011 Mou o disappears tue he heh h has s been killed Perhaps p you a are aron ro one of hi his children grown to look like hin him 1 I Danny Meadow Mouse turned II end nd poked his hia head In at the th en- en entrance en entrance trance to a a little path under the pile of cornstalks Nann Nanni ho be celled In his tunny funny squeaky soico Nanny do ou au know that I 1 an dead Stop Stop talking nomen e replied a sharp harp olce olce and this voice ass ss also squeaky e re- re retorted re retorted I I in art not talking nOnsense Danny Peter Rabbit I is out hero and he h says say I am And Peter reter Pet r ought to know Come out here horo her and tell Him what hat ou think about It Right Rl ht away nw y another Utile little per- per peron lion eon on In gray appeared beside Dan Dan- Danny Danny Danny ny Again Peter gave t-av a jump of ot startled surprise This amill per per- person person per person son ass aa wa the th in 11 In inn inn- Image of Isan- Isan an ny fly Meadow Mouse louse But iou ou are too he cried Danny and 1 began bogan bc an to lau laugh h They Thy laughed and laughed lau and nd laughed and nd nd laughed And all the time Peter jeter sat staring at them In Iii absolute unbelief Copyright 1924 bY T W Burgess Burres The next nert atol Peter reter to an Unbelievable Star Stor I on oc |