Show ii j S L C t I P IER G COUSIN Ity By Thornton V. Bur 1 Lead In something What It be Matters Catten not that I 1 can see Jack Jack Rabbit Peter Peler Rabbit pricked up his hie ears when Digger the Badger said that he had seen n Peters Peter's Pct rs r's cousin Jack I-ar I West cat t vh where r h ho h. hal had halcome halcome come from Crom Peter was all curi curt curiosity curiosity at once Digger had ex ox exclaimed c claimed How that fellow tellow can con J Jump ump Now ow Peter thinks he is a 1 pretty good jumper jump r himself and a 0 1 ho Is at once always Interested li io liany I Ian any an one ona who jumps In his own onn 0 n mind Peter Peler had long been b en certain that his hili big cousin Jump Jump- Jumper er tr the Hare was wall the greatest it jumper for tor D his size aile In all tn en tn Great Gr nt World orld excepting Timmy ih ib Flying Squirrel He lie didn't con con- consider consider sider aider that the latter counted d an any any- anwa anyway way wa for he lIe always has hae to climb cUmb cUmba a tree before making making- one ono of ot his famous Camous jumps Of the peoples who jumped jump d on the ground r Petr Pet was sure that his big cousin Jumper the Hare couldn't bo tie equaled e You ought to 10 see Jumper tho the Hare Haro who lives live In the Grown Green Forest Jump said Peter Ieler PeterI I ha have hae e seen him Jump re replied re- re replied replied plied Digger He lie Is a aery very ery er good gool jumper but his Cousin Jack out ot there In the thear Far ar Farese West ese est would laugh at him I 1 dont don't believe it replied Peter reter Your honesty must xura your impoliteness said Digger I am amnot amnot amnot not In the thc habit of being toll toU that Ihal 1 am not believed I beg your our pardon said Peter Pehr hastily It slipped out I thought I 1 am sorry Truly I Iam Iam Iam am Mr Ir Badger Dodger Of course If It you yo say that Cousin Jack Is 15 a better bett r jumper than than Cousin Jumper U It must be so It is hard to believe bellee that Is 15 t all nil What hat does dots Cousin Jack look Hike luke Oh replied Digger he look looks i like the tho rest of oC the family only he has longer legs and longer ears cars Jumper the Hares Hare's ears cars air 01 short compared with tho the cars ears of ot the Jack Rabbit Really exclaimed Peter Really replied Digger And his legs both bolh his hh front legs and his hind legs are arc much longer That Is I. why he be can Jump so 80 You ought to see seo that fellow start oC In irs a hurry Ho He makes makell his jump way up in the tho air to look around and then It seems seema as it If he hard hardly Iy ly touched the tho ground He can jump about twice as far tar as Jump Jump-I 11 Jumper cr er the Hare Stare That Is because his legs are no so much longer longor It Is be Isa IsIL bea a IL lucky thing thinK for Cor him that he can jump that way for Cor goodness goodno s knows he has enemies enough out I there Does Doell he H I dIg r holes In the th ground 7 asked Peter leter I I tell teli you that he Is really a 0 Hare flare and not a Rabbit I at all asked Digger You know or you ought to know I that Hares live on the ground and not In the ground Jack Rab flab Rabbit Rabbit I bit trusts to his long legs In tIme Ume i of ot danger dancer He has no use for tor u hole holo in the Iho ground Wolves os and coyotes and hawks and eagles and anti owls are all the time hunting for tor Jack Jsck Rabbit and nod ho has han to bo ho everlastingly verla on the tho watch atch But I after they have tried It once or twice they dont don't spend much time tim I chasing him ho he la is too fast tast They Thoy depend more on catching him by bi surprise I Is he ho much hunted by those thoe two legged creatures called men Inquired In te Peter 1 Indeed he Is declared Dig Did der I dont don't know of any anyone one who Is hunted any ally more That's That I because Jack Is forever getting Into mischief Ho lie la Is worse than 1 you are They hunt bunt hint him out there ther there therewith therewith with the fastest dogs you ever saw Those dogs dont don't hunt him with their noses the tho way Bowart 1 the th Hound hunts jou youa they hunt him by sight and try to 10 run bins down You never In your our lift have e ee seen e such nuch running u as when whan one of O t M a dogs J gets after your cousin Jack My 1 Its It's exciting Well Vell I guess uess Ive I've talked Ion lon I enough Come see me again some sometime time Peter With this Digger I Ithe tho the Badger waddled away Copyright 1925 by T. T W. W Bur Bur- gess gees I I The Tho next story Peter story Peter Hears Hear a Voice I I I 1 n I no |