Show I I I I DANNY MEADOW I O MOUSE l DIS Dy DT W Burgess When people disappear you'll find Those suffer most whore who're left b Old Old Mother Iother Nature Peter Rabbit was hopping ty upper upper- lip ty across the GreenMeadows Green GreenMeadows GreenMeadows Meadows tow toward rd the d dear ar Old Sri Bri patch ar He knew he be ought to tobe tobe he be there by the time jolly round re red 1 Mr Sun should kick his rosy blankets off oft and begin his dally daily climb up in the blue blue sky But Dut there wa was still plenty ot of time so 80 Peter turned aside to make a call on Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse He hadn't seen either ot of them for tor some time and as they were living not tar far far away from where he then was this seemed like a good chance to find out how they were getting along When Then Peter reached the place where he knew the Meadow home to be he h sit st down beside one of ot the private little paths that Danny Meadow Mouse had made through the grass crass He knew that thal If he moved moved bout trying to find Danny and Nanny he would be likely to scare them so that they would remain hidden It would be better to sit and wait walt If It he waited long enough one ot of them would be sure to use one ot of o those private little paths and Peter was sitting where two or three of at these met He lie didn't have o long to walt wait In tart fart he had been there thero only a afew afew few tew minutes when he heard hoard a rust rusl rustling ling In the grass and out popped pepped Nanny Nonny Meadow Mouse hurrying along one of ot those then little paths Hello Nanny cried Peter How are you What are you In such a II hurry burry bout What Is 18 the news Nanny stopped abruptly Oh Peter she gasped how you OU startled me ell ell me Peter have ha you OU seen anything of at Danny Peter pricked his up-his UP his hie ears It struck him that Nanny anny was really worried Her voice olce sounded as es If it Rhe sh wel were er erv No said he be 1 Danny at home m 0 That a II silly question squeak squeak- squeaked ed Nanny If It he were at home homeI I wouldn't be asking you It if you'd oud neen h him would IT I Peter had hod to admit the truth o of this lies Has he been long lont gone 1 he be Inquired Nanny nodded as well as a Mea Meadow Meadow dow Mouse can cnn no You know a a Meadow Mouse has a 0 very short neck Yes she said he has hns been gone two whole days and thatIs that thatIs Is 18 a a very long time He Ha never neer was gone so long before Oh Oh Peter Iam I Iam Iam am am so afraid something dreadful has happened oo 0 o him I am afraid some somo one has ha caught him and I Ishall shall never see him again That's what Im I'm afraid of ot Peter Rabbit I am afraid Bone sorie one has eaten enten my Danny It Has as anyone any one been hunting around here lately Inquired Pe Fe Pe tel I haven't noticed any of at atthe othe the Hawk family around and Old I 1 Hello Nanny t er cried cd Peter lIow are you Jon 1 Man Han Coyote and Reddy Fox have been keeping up In the Old Pas Pasture Pas Pas- Pasture ture turo lately or over In the Green Forest Of course ourse I suppose the Owl or some of ot his rel- rel relatives relatives may have picked Danny up but It If I were rou ou ou I wouldn't give him up tor for lost yet By Dy the wy ny w that big Man Bird was WIlS over here the other day wasn't It 1 Ot Of course Peter meant an airplane Nanny nodded Yes said she and I haven't seen Danny since It lien flew away awny Do-do Do Do do you suppose Peter It could have taken It Peter scratched a long e ear r with Ith witha n a long It took you OU both away once didn't It 1 ho lid h in- in in inquired Nanny nodded And It bro you back again didn't itZ It Again Nanny nodded Well then I wouldn't worry about Danny It if that Is 18 what has hns happened to him said Peter But I dont don't know that it did take him away and and O and 0 Pe Peter Pe- Pe Peter ter tee its it's dreadful to have some one you love disappear Copyright 1926 by T W Bur Dur- Burgess Durgess Eur- Eur gess |