Show u u j I SIGN r ILS Dy By Thornton W V Run or shadow either cither wa ray It me means ans the same on Groundhog day dayOk Old Ok Old Mother Nature AI At I told you ou ou yesterday Peter Rabbit docs does not believe belie In signs What I mean is that Ieter does hot believe belle In foolish signs ot Of course when he hc sees green leaves lea leave breaking in the spring he knows that la ts a I sign summer Is not tar far taraWA faraway r aWA away But when he sees Johnny Johnn Chuck out In winter he doesn't doesn't belle believe that that Is s a sign of ot any any- thing anything except that Johnny has been re restless and has lias walked up You a great many people call cAli February 2 t Groundhog day They believe e that Johnny Chuck cornea out on that d day y and that If It It Is 1 bright and sunny so 80 that he be sees his shadow ho knows that there thero will bo be six weeks more of o winter 1 and AnI goes back to sleep accord accord- accordingly It It- It Ithe he dod door doeH II not II neo sno O his hi that shadow shadow Hint Is is It if the day Is they cloudy they believe It is a sign that winter Is nearly over o It happened that Johnny Chuck did conic como up on Groundhog GrOundhog- Day thIs year and Peter saw him himPeler Peter leler happened to bo ho over that wa way and ho could hardly be believe lIec his eyes when hen lie ho saw somebody sitting up on Johnny Chucks Chuck's door door- I Yoi should have seen Peter Peters Peter's long Jong heels heets twinkle as u ho he scampered d over there Johnny Chuck he cried what whai under the sun nun are tire you ou doing out this time of o year ear Johnny yawned sleepily I 1 woke wolo up and I just thought Id I'd have o a II look round around and seo see It if it was time to g-et g up said he L J 1 see seo it isn't co so Ill I'll go o back to bed My Iy sun Bun feels rather good It Is a long long- time timo since I felt an any sun Bun Now No It happened that It was A day Jolly round Mr lr Suit Ull WAS doing his hits best he was doing tho the very best he ho could for tor that time sitting Bitting of ot year ear Johnny Chuck sit Bit lt- lt ting up cast cut a shadow on the I allow ail 1111 ow I Do you see sea It 7 cried Peter Do you see seo it 11 Johnny Chuck Do 00 Do I see seo what 7 demanded Johnny crossly Your shadow cried Peter I j suppose that means that we are going to have a lot of ot winter yet et and that that you'll you'll go so back to sleep until It Is all over Is la that so to 7 retorted Johnny J You You seem to know a 0 lot about it You know a lot more moro than I do We Va may bo be going to have a lot lotmore lotmore more winter or winter r may be almost over so no tar far as I know It H doesn't make any an difference to tome me mc Im I'm going Boing back to bed again and I bopo Ill I'll be able ablo to Blee Sleep p until wi winter liter Is la over whether It isa isa is a long time or a short time p Wf J J t t j i A H- H Hv v Why hy CHuch lie he crIed You moan you wont won't conic comp out oil l a again aln until winter is almost over or quite Quito over asked Peter Not if I can help myself an- an answered an nn Johnny An And 1 with a last la t look around ho lie disappeared dow down Inside his horns homo He XIe saw aw his hia shadow ha low muttered Peter He saw Haw his hia shadow and am that means mean that wove weve got a lot ot of winter whiter ahead of ot us yet and we o wont won't see sea Johnny Chuck again until winter Is III over You see see- at that time Peter leter dl did 1 believe o In some Barno signs wo waa vas a week eel later that Peter happened J along that way vay Onoe again ho Ito was surprised very er y much surprised There Thero sat Johnny Johnr Chuck on his bis doorstep Just as Ito had been beel sitting the week before beCore c on Oil Groundhog Day What hat arc o yOU doing up here erica cried Petel Peti Rabbit Looking and mInding rny my own business retorted John Johnny ny fly But you OU have no business to tobe tobe ti tibe be cried Peter I I mean you yoi OU have n business to be up here hen looking around You SAW thi the Y shado the other do day and you yoi should be down Inside your our house asleep now Huh retorted Johnn Johnny I guess I 1 shall do Just WI as a I 1 feel teel like doing doin I was as awake and I want vant- vant cd ed to have o I a n look around and he hero re I 1 am I have han an Idea that we are going to have an nn early earl spring but I dont don't Imo know an- an ant ant- thing about it and Im I'm not going to worry about It it I dont don't believe in signs sign Anyway Neither do I replied Peter reter Copyright 1927 by T W Burgess The next stor story peter Int-esti- Int |