Show J ANOTHER GRCEN FOREST ER ERBy By Thornton W Burgess Blu It Is I a 11 course no more than rIght To bo be to strangers most polite Old Old Mother Iother West Wert Wind Of 0 course you you know politeness always alwa's pays pays Anyway that Is what people say ay I think It might be at little better to cay it It often orten pays instead ow It always pays I Anyway It Is the right rl ht thIng thine to todo todo todo I do to bl be b polite to strangers You know you ou never can tell ho how important strangers may provo prove tobe to tobe tobe be Sammy Jay brought the tho news new to Peter Rabbit that with the th corn com comIng corning Inc com Ing of spring another stranger had arrived il In n the Green For leor Forest est Cit At the th time tim Peter was wa as over ever everIn In the dear Old Briar Patch You should hould pave have hav seen een him prick up those long car ears ot of his Peter hadn't been over In the th Green Forest much for tor some Borne om little time Into lie hadn't been over ever there much since Puma the tb Panther had ar- ar arrIved ar arrived rived there So Peter depended I on Sammy Jay for tor much of at the pews pew's ot of the Green Forest Timid little Mrs Irs Peter was wu Inclined to think that the th comIng of ef Puma the Panther to the Green Forest was a x very cry good rood thIng You see Peter spent pent more time tim at home In the th dear Old Briar Brian Patch now Yes said Bald Sammy there Is a stranger over In the Green For Forest est eat and hes he's he one omit you'll have to tow watch out for Peter Rabbit when hen you ou gO over there Is he hT T demanded Peter I 1 dont don't rightly know replied Sammy but from his bis looks I would say aay ay that he Is related to Heddy Fox What that exclaimed Peter I 1 saId ald replied Samm Sammy that ho he looks look to me m like a member of the Fox family Huh Huhl exclaimed Per That cant ant be Reddy Fox hasn't any relatives around these the parts part All rl right ht Mr Smarty If YOU know snore more mor about It than I do thais thai's that all Ive I've Iv cot got tb to say lay replied r plied piled Sammy and away he h flew Clew In Ina Ina a huff hurr Peter felt a little ashamed of himself and ehl oh how curious he was Ho He H was wa so 10 full of ot curiosity that he be h couldn't sit lt still till a a mIn mm- mInute minute ute He H wanted anted to start right richaway away for lh the Green Gren Forest yet was afraid to There Ther was wu Puma the Panther over there and Peter had heard dreadful stories about abou Puma the Panther And now here bere her wall wa w another stranger If Sammy Jay were right would be b only too glad clod of a Rabbit dinner So on second thought Peter de- de decided decided that the th dear Old Oid BrIar Patch was wu th the best beet place for him until he be b shoud shou d know more about this Peter felt quite safe at in the O Old d Briar Patch and after arter all II there was waa wa nothing snore more important than being sate safe afe It If every oVery one ene on thought of et safety first firall all the th time tim this thi would be b be a lot better world to live In because b cau ither i there would be so o much less sad sad- sadness sadness ness But If It Peter couldn't rot got Into the Green Forest he h could ask questions of those tho e who had been there thero and that came cam his way And An Peter did Tommy Tit the tb Chick Chick- Chickadee I adee dee happened over to the th dear dearOld dearOld d Old Briar Patch Tommy dIdn't have time Urn to say eay y Dee chick Dee I adee before betor Peter demanded Have you ten en the new stranger In the Green Fore Forest t Tommy Tit Yes Ye Peter said ld Ito he h I 1 went to pay my respects as ae a soon oon as I heard he h had arrIved I 1 believe bellev In being being- polite A little politeness doesn't hurt any one ene and It may maydo maydo mado do one on a lot of ef good food Never mind about your Four polite polite- polite net ne flees s Interrupted Peter whIch 0 course coune was waa wa quite quit Impolite on ochi his part Tell T ll m me about rr this stranger Sammy Jay says ay that ho he looks look like a member of the Fox family but of or course that y c 14 f Who Is lie he Demanded le l Peter cannot be b bi bei i Who Vho does the stranger say Bay he h Is II He doesn't nt any eay ay replied Tom Tem Temmy Tommy Tommy my Tit Anyway he h didn't tell me Copyright 1921 ISH by T W Bur Burgess I I In Ins next st story tory ry Peter Can Stand I It No Lon Longer Lonter er |