| Show I PETER PETEIl DISCOVERS DISCO Ill liT IUS 1 DE I t D BU EU ill MIST JU D Thornton W V s Burgis-s Who o first is sure will a ill seldom ohe To find he hes s a made a sad mistake Reddy Reddy rox ro Wake Wake upi up I cried Peter RabbIt as he jumped over an old log be l- beside side the Lone Little Path and landed with a loud thump jut beyond It It But the words were hardly out of ot his mouth hIs hert seemed to jump up UI In his throat Right In Sn the mIddle of or that jump be he discovered that he had made a mistake a dreadful mistake You see ace Peter had been sure that Jimmy Skunk was taking a nap behind old that log loge He lIe hal hai seen puna- puna a a little tuft ot of o 1 just behind the end or of o that thit old log and had thought at once tha It was the tip of Jimm Skunks Skunk's tall and he be had felt relt quite ate afe ae In doing It He Ho knew that couldn t possibly catch him and even try y to Cut But as he bounded over that old log loA an looked do down don n he saw not Jimmy Skunk but the very one he least leat anted anted to see It was neddy 10 who was taking a nap titers there Peter Jeter had forgotten that the tip of Reddy's tall is al also o white Reddy Fox did wake up Ie He was wide Ide awake In on Instant Peter had made no more moro than two frightened Jumps before Reddy was as ason on hn feet anc and after 1 My my mT m nv nn you yon have hae seen rotor Peter go lien him II My m my my vou ou about have seen Peter go then Hover It If over there wag as as a frightened Rabbit that one was Peter He Ha ha hal 1 thought to playa play a joke on JImm Jimmy Skunk and Instead the Joke was wason wason wason on him He lie bad wakened the tho thoI very last one in the Great Groat World orld whom he wanted to waken aken Y Yes q I sIr the tha joko OkO a was sas on Peter ieter eter But Peter didn't see an any jok joks about It Ho lie was aas as In a tight place was Peter He Ito hadn't very ery much ot of a start and you know kno nedd roc rox l Is h a taster raster runner GlancIng behind him Piter could see seo that Reddy Fox was as as grinning That grin made Peter feel mor more un- un Uncomfortable un uncomfortable comfortable than ever it Ir that II were possible Peter knew that If he be kept straight on do down n the I Lone Little Path Reddy Heddy Fo would soon eoon catch him So at th first opportunity Peter dodged He I gained a little but not much I Reddy had been watching fo Peter to do Just that thing and I was ready for tor It How Peter did wish tush he hadn't been tempted to play that joh joke How he did wish he had been beCO beens satisfied to remain in that bramble tangle for the rest of o the after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon noon But wishes wouldn't help him now In and out among among- the trees he twisted and dodged He was loo too frightened to e even een en think here the place of or was Several times the teeth or of Redd Reddy Fox Fo- came together with l a asnat snap snap- at Peters Peter's very ery ery heels Each time he bad had dodged Just in the nIck of time Peter was growing ng tired It was becoming more and more to dodge odge quickly enough ReddY rox didn't seem to be gi gl 0 Ing tired at It all In fact Reddy to be enjoying that chase 48 a lie He felt sure of or catching Peter Petal He knew that there was wasI I rio no bramble tangle near He knew that there was sas as no brush bruh heap near under which Peter ter could cr cral I Ho lie knew that nowhere around was a hollow log or a hole In the ground into which Peter could dodge Never had he ho felt I quIte BO so sure of or catching catching- Peter Peler Rabbit as he did now Copyright 1324 1924 by T or W Bus Bur geSl gese The next story Again the ISa- ISa Un Unexpected expected e Happens J 1 |
