Show ETIE PETER RABBIT Lo AT AND LEARiS LI By Thornton W V Burgess Durges Dun s To To laugh at ones one's on self solf Is a hard haro thing thine to do And those thor who ho so eo laugh are ar die dis- distressingly dis tw tew Old Old Mother Mothel Nature Peter Rabbit can cn see as a joke ok even when It la is I on himself What Is Ia better ho he can laugh at himself This Is somethIng ft a lot of ot people cannot do It came cam over Peter alt all allIn altIn allIn In a flash fluh that It was hi his own Ig norance that had then gien gh en Spotty the I Turtle a chance chanc to play such a joke on him When hen Spotty had said that he ho was goIng f to get fet a lunch Peter had asked It if ho he h might go i along and Spotty had told hIm that he h might mig Then Spotty had dived Into the water and disappeared Of Ot course courso Peter Petr couldn't follow tollow him and of course court Spotty had known that Suddenly Peter Petel burst out laugh laughing ing Ha Ra ha ha hal bal ha Ho ho hO hoHe lie Re ho he hel h laughed Peter Spotty kept his face tace fac straight but buthis buthis buthis his eyes tn hi What are aro you laughing at nt he h demanded At myself replied Peter Petr Of course you have hav been laughing down Inside ever evel vr sine since I liked asked togo to togO togo gO along lons to lunch with you I dont don't blame you a n bit It was a good Joke jok oke on me m Now toll tell me m Spotty do sou ou get gt all your food tood In inthe inthe the tho watT water Every bit of ot it replied Spotty Dont ou ever ver get tt a bite bit when you are ar out on the bank Peter asked Not Not a bite bit replied Spotty You see seo It wouldn't do me m a aJ J good if It I did W Peter pricked up his hie hi ears eare and looked surprised Why It it he h demanded d m Because I couldn't swallow It replied Spotty You couldn't swallow what cried Peter P tr I couldn't swallow wallow It repeated Spotty Do you mean that If It ou got ot n a mouthful of ot food on the th bank you couldn't swallow It persisted Peter That Is Just what I mean man re- re replied replied r plied Spotty But hy cihy not persisted Peter That's something I cannot an- an answer an answer because I dont don't know re- re replied replied re replied plied Kotty tty have hav to a asic askOld le leOld Old Mother Nature All I know knowIs knowIs Is iii that I cannot swallow unless I Ibar base ha my roy head hend under water ator It I couldn't get Into the tb water I Would stare star e to death Peter suddenly remembered Snapper the Snapping Turtle the tho big cousin of ot Spotty and how ho had heard the th same sam thing about Snapper He H remembered that when ho had bad first heard It Ith ho hadn't bello bellowed cd It It It was wae hard to believe now non but ne he h felt right In hIs bones that Spotty was telling tim tho truth ak akI I I C I Dont you ever eTer get a 1 We title when you JOU are ar out On n the bank Peter bank Peter naked asked What do iou OU eat eat at anyhow Peter asked I can get g t replied Spotty Tadpoles are ar very vry good eating and so are ar young fish Thea down on the tho bottom of ot the th Smil Smil- SmilIng Smil- Smil Smiling Smiling ing Pool there thero th ro are aro ar Insects are aro very vry tasty tatty Also there thore thor are arc water plants by way of variety It Hw was some som ot of these that I had for tor lunch just now It If you you- ou had come along Peter you OU might hae ha e tried trl them too Spotty's Spotty eyes ye twinkled Peter laughed I II 11 take tak your YOUl word ord for It that they were lVere good said sald he Now I understand why It iq 1 I I ne neer r er ha base havo e peon eon cn you eat cat My It does seem funny tunny to think ot of having to keep ones one's head under underwater water In order to S ea allow alTow i Copyright 1923 1913 1 23 by T W n Bur Bur Bur- Bur I goes gess |