Show I I NEWS T nL WASN'T WJ NEWS EW'S Cy Dr Thornton W V V Burgess DUrgeSS That which ll is really news new Vs e to me mc meTo To o you ou no news nw at all 11 may be Peter Peter Rabbit pet Peter Petr r Rabbit felt like acting foolish lie He felt fell like liko running and jumping and kicking up his heels heele and doing foolish things thing You see eche he knew for tor a certainty that sweet Mistress Spring would soon oon arrive lIe wanted to believe It when hen StrIped Chipmunk had Insisted that h ha u aint going back to sleep again But Dut now that ho lie knew that the tip sap was running In tho the maples Peter reter knew that he h had found a k asure asure sure ure sign It was wa-s so good to think that the th end of the tho Ice and theIOn the tho IOn snow now ow would come soon oon that Peter wanted to tell everybody i do believe said ald Peter reter to himself that I am Sm the tho very first one to discover the tb sure uro sign aign of the coming of sweet Mistress SprIng What fun tun It will bo be b to tell the tho others How glad they will willbe willbe willbe be I wIsh wl h It were not to eo far to the dear clear Old patch Briar for tor or I 1 would dearly love lov to tell teil little Mrs Peter reter right away But Dut the th dear dearOld dearOld dearOld Old patch Briar was wal wa too tar far away and nd Peter wasn't ready to go homo home yet So Bo he lr started to look for tor some someone someone someone one else elso o 10 whom to tell teil the splendid did plen-did did news n w The very first one oue on ho he saw was waa Chatterer the Rod Hed Squirrel Chat whisked across the snow and up a tre tree where when presently he sat with his hilt tall tail over hi back baci and looked down at Peter reter with witha a saucy expression on his face Hello Peter Rabbit said raid he h What aro you on looking so o haIP happy about Peter IIer gave a happy little hop hopa Ive got some lome some great news new Chat Chat- Chatterer Chatterer ho lie cried What Is It demanded Chat Chatterer ter Cr Guess cried Peter I 1 dont don't want to guess RUC-I gue I w want nt to know retorted Chatterer Its Its Its tin I heat vou youve you've beard l beardin in K a long Jong tong long time lime Chatterer cried Peter I Well Vell what Is I It cried cried Chill Chat terel Impatiently n lJ r rui ui Ito Ilo 1 0 got ot tonic sonic treat cat news Ol Chat lie he tried cried T e found a 11 sign It s said ld Peter Huh Huhl Mid eid Chatterer nothing Wll What's ts it a II sign 00 ot of Its Iti a sign that sweet Mistress Spring will be b here hero soon roon and Its It's a auto aure uro signi cried Peter You dont don't say retorted r Chat Cht teI r es ts es I r do replied Peter Petti The Th sap eap ap ta la running In the maple trees New isn't that a sure ur sign 1 Isn't It the tho most splendid news n Its Us a Bure sure ure sign all right richt but It Isn't news new replied Chatterer time the reason It 1 news demanded Peter loter I i Because Ive I've known it for a week replied Chatterer I dont don't believe bellevo It replied Peter leter No No sir air 1 dont don't believe bellevo It H How did you find it out de demanded Chatterer Uy Dy the tho dripping of the sip aSp from the end of at a twig way up In one of the maple trees tree explained Peter truthfully Chatterer grinned And And how did you think that that sap ap p hap hap- to be bo dripping from that twig he h Inquired I didn't think anything about It replied Peter I r supposed that twig wig WA w a broken somehow ow sn po n Illat 1211 it P dripped from front It Well Vell ell It wasn't wast broken I It lt was waa bitten off and andI andI I did It It Ive I've Itten off eff a lot of twigs In the tir lut let If you did but know It Such a funny tunny look as there was wason wason wason on Petera face What did you ou bite them th m oft for forT ho asked To the sap lap ap replied Chat And And so youve you've known au all along that the tho sap aap ap was III running said Peter loter Chatterer nodded Of course said he be I 1 told you It was w s no news tp p lUll me ia Copyright t 1927 un by T 1 W Bur flur 1 The next tory story tory Peter Looks for Moro Sign Signs |