Show r- r r s i Is 2 iIi k e PETUR'S RIDI Ai A G n Thi I W The ugly brambles have their us use And loT tor lor e good excuse eter 1 Peter Peter Poter Rabbit tr Ino to make up his mind just where here he wanted anted to togo togo go was as so absent minded that ho he had wholly hOlly forgotten even Or e thing else At times ho he almost forgot to toI Keep on hopping log Not once did ho I look bade back to see it Ir ho were nero ero being foil followed 0 cd Not once did ho look to the tho left or right So ho didn't see Reddy ro ro coming s behind him and ho didn t see Hooly the Owl coming coining on ot great grent sll sli silent nt wings front the tho GI eln Forest Heddy roC Jo saw san and saw Hedd Fox im Hach lach I wanted n anted Peter for dinner started to run faster and In doing this he became Jut a II wee ee bit careless about the tho matter of o making mallog no sound Heddy dug his claws clans into the snow now to keep from slipping I hey hy made a n scratching noise nole re- re reter Pe Peter ter tee heard It 11 and look d back Over his Then Thon Peter reter came out of his mindedness absentmindedness Ia i-Ia bounded l forward for ard and at the tho same Instant he saw that hat looked like a great moving shadon shado He lie knew it ws the 0 Owl Oni I It vias nas ns a rude awakening Yes Indeed It as v as a aI I rude rudo n awakening and Peter Peters s heart ens as in his mouth or at least It I seemed so to him bun as he made tho those e eIon Ion long legs lebs of at his go just as fast tast af ashe he knew hoIt honIt how hon howIt It wis lB a fortunate thing for tor Pace that that awakening a came nhen hen he a only a short distance from n a bramble tangle on the tho edge of o the I Green It If he could reach I that he would b be bo safe afe But could he hc reach It Redd v rox Fox was nas as nl- nl almost al almost I most at h him heel the tho On 0 O lwis I 1 already reaching for him with tho those e terrible great claws clans or of o his There Thereas was nas jut Just one thing to do an and Jeter Ieter did It He dodged doged itol I dOdged just in the tIO nick of ot time I The tip of or one of ot s great 0 bogs Ings actually brushed against him hail barely bardy d him Heddy rex Fox had been expecting to dodge and Hedy hold hid turned almost as quickly qu as l leter Ieter had hll hardly Iy straightened out again on his nay ay to the tho hi tingle before eforo He waa nas a right athis at athis athis his heels Peter dodged this fils time timO ho lie 1 0 dodged Juit a as neddy made a long jump which ho be J hil t d would each catch ca ch I eter et r Itel lieu d dy had to tn and turn BO so Peter rained a little Ly by L this limo Iliac the Hoot the Orl Ovi 0 I tas as once more moro almost abo aboe e him him and ready read to lo snoop S 0 nl clutch him with those tho e great grent cruel ruet 8 They actually him himas hImas himas I as Peter d for tor a thu U d time I This time wa a vias and Hedd 1 lox OC o-c Redy lost his temper lie He snapped at ono one of Hoot s 's tig wings Hut But he let go goIn goin goIn In a 0 hurry burr for managed goI to I strike him n with Ith that big hooked bill hillo or of his and It hurt Then Thon both me- me le their chase of oC Peter I Cut But this tills had given Peter leter tho chance he n Defore DeCore either or f them them w H t t I ic o 0 within s striking dIm dis distance tance of o him Peter plunged head head- headlong headlong 1 long into tint th tangle tall through a lithe opening that was as jut big lilg enough for or him but not big enough for tor Reddy Heddy lox Fox was as safe sare When he had bad regained his breath and his heart had stopped thumping bo hard with hadI I I rot ro 10 M almot almost at Ins his h heels CIs fright ho actually chuckled as he listened to the quarrel between Reddy Fox and the tho 0 Owl I each accusing t the he other ot or ha biasing Ing cheated him of a n dinner Copyright 1925 by T W Bur Bur- Burgess Bur Bur- Burgess gess The TIme net next story stor The TSie Hungry Watchers |