Show w I j AN EXCITING T Dy By Thornton Thoroton W tV Now and then a thrill or two lei Is good for me and good rood for Cor you et Peter Peter r Rabbit Peters Peter's Peter life liCe lit is full o ot of thrills If Peter Pater do doesn't have hav a narrow escape or two each day ha to thinks think thero ther Is something lame thing wrong But the same thing Is true tru of at most of at the th little people of the th Green Forest and an anth the th Green Meadows They ha haa hare h via a lot of ot excitement Y Yes s Indeed they have hav a lot of ot excitement hut But Butas Bua as Peter says y It Is a a rood good thing because It keeps ke ps their wits wit sharp harp It IL happened one OM on day that Peter had gone rone over to the th bank of ot the Big River niver Mr and Mrs Mr Quack spent time on the th BIg River and Peter had lad iad just curios curios- curiosIty curiosity ity enough to want to find out If there were any other ducks over there So ho he had taken this on o to gO ro over to the th baik k of the BIg Bl River He fe looked up the Big Bif River The Ie n looked down the We lg River He lie looked across the Big River hut Kut nowhere re could ho he see sec Mr and rs Quack Pe Fe Pe- Pe Peter Peter ter was disappointed But hut having come so 50 tar far he decided that he would wait alt awhile So he be h made himself comfortable In a bunch ot of tall dead grass crass that grew crew almost on the edge of at the bank From It he could lookup look up the Big River and across the Big BIf River lie looked until hi his eyes dyes grew tired and he began beean to nod lIe Jle II decided It was time lime to take a a nap and ho took It right there ther In the middle of that bunch of at grass crass It was only a short hort nap nap- When hen ho awoke the first thing thine he did was to look lookup lookup lookup up the th Dig Big River He H saw two dark specks a a little way above the surface of ot the th Bit Big River and they were moving very tart fast Near Nearer er they came and nearer They were Mr and Mrs Mr Quack My exclaimed Peter My my how fast tast those Quacks can move I dont don't believe there ther Is anybody ela els else who can fly Quito auRa as al fast as they I t rues guess th the they y dont don't hare han to worry much about getting caught Just Jut then Peter noticed an- an another another an another other dark speck peek above and be- be behind be behind hind Mr and Mrs Mr Quack At first he didn't pay any attention to It Then he realized that It was WIS mar mar- maring Ing even faster taster than Mr and Mrs Quack It was a a member of at the Hawk family Peter stared very hard It was a stronger stranger to him Suddenly It came to him that the stranger was wa after aCter 1 Mr Ir and Mrs Quack and that at the th rate rat he was WILS going he h would soon BOon catch one of them With a little shiver of tear fear It came cam to hm who this this stranger was It It must be Killer hiller the he h exclaimed un- un under under un-d un der r his hi breath Peter Pet r had heard dreadful tales tale of ot Killer He H had heard but he h hadn't believed t that Killer r could fly so s fast fart that he could catch II a a Duck In a a straight straight- straightaway straightaway away away race Until now he h hadn't believed this thi but here her before his very eyes eye the thing was happen happen Ing 1 My ly how that Hawk was moving Peter wondered It if Mr and Mrs Mr Mr Quack knew that they were chased It If being they didn't Killer the th would be b sur sure ur to catch them th m So far tar as Peter was concern concerned d It looked a as asif aIt If It were a sure lure uro thing anyway Peter began beran to dance dine with ex- ex excitement ex excitement He came cam out or of o hi his hiding place and danced up and down on the th bank Fly Mr Quack Fly Mrs airs Quack he h cried just a as If It they could hear him It seemed IU as a It if they did tor for they moved faster futer than ever ver But hut Killer Killer Kill- Kill er r the th Is la not one on to be easily cully fooled Ic I-Ic H knew that he h could gO co faster falter still till and 10 so he began t to quicken the th pace pac a lit lit lit- littie tl tie Peter Petr all ali over with ex- ex excitement ex excitement Would he h catch one on of them Which one on would It be And under his hll hi breath all the th time Peter was w as crying just j as 88 a It If they could understand him Fly Iy Mr a 1 Kc Ie e out of his Ins biding and danced tl III up and IU down on the bank I Quack Fly Mrs Quack Fly I Fly I CopyrIght 1926 1 2 by H W Bur Eur Bur I J gess The next nt story stOl Mr Quacks Quack's I I Narrow Escape |