Show G I tw 1 r- r Ity Ih BURGESS I Careless folks should not complain I When thIngs occur to gl C them pain Old Mother IO West Wind i Bobby Dobby Coon shuffled out ot of Sight on hIs way bade back to the Green cst esl c was feeling In high spirits was Bobb Bobby Coon Ills His stomach was I full hill of nice fresh tresh eggs the tho eggs ot or Its Irs Snapper the Snapping g I Turtle Bobby Dobby fell rell at peace with all the h world 1 Behind n at t the I r edgo g of t the Smiling fool h he had left leCt Peter Rabbit Peter leter wasn't I happy lie lieas vas as asery very ery far fn from hap hap- happ p I What hat Is the matter matte with you Peter Rabbit Wh have you YOli such sucha I a long face demanded Jerry I. I Muskrat who happened to come along just then Oh Jerry exclaimed Peter Ieter I Something has happened sid and I-I I guess It was alt all m my fault Jerry saw lIaw that Peter was eeling badly Tell me alt alL about It Petr I said he Look at the root roof or of your our house over o there In tho rushes on the tho edge edgo ot of the Smiling Pool said Ie 11 t r Do you see dee that hole there Jerr Jerry looked Then he tro ned Now who thas been digging there said he Id like to know who's been digging a a. hole In my root roof I I can tell you said salol Peter Who Vho demanded Jerry Bobby nobby Coon replied Peter Peler Jerry looked puzzled Now what under the sun was Bobby Dobby Coon digging II a hole In the roof Toof ot of my house for tor he cried Some one else dug there first and then tilled filled It up saId Peter Jerry cocked his little round ears cars Who ho was that he Iii In- Mrs Irl Snapper the Snapping Tur- Tur tie tle replied Peter Jerry laughed Oh so that's It said he Ot Of course she dug that hole to lay her eggs In and ot of course Bobby Coon dug that hole to get those eggs Yes said Peter miserably It I saw airs rs Snapper when hen she dug that hole but I 1 didn't know what she lOhe dug It for tor I asked Bobby Coon about it and d he l lea ea came t over here l elt a and dug g out and ate alt all those thOM eggs lie didn't leave lel one Welt Well I 1 wouldn't feel badly about iJ 1 II j I m t t I I f 0 t lint hat 1 Is the matter malter With 1111 you rou r 1 It r replied Jerry If people eople will w leave theIr eggs around they de deserve serve to them Anyway Mrs Irs Snapper will never know that those tholo eggs were found foundow Now ow that she has the eggs shell she'll never give them another thought I 1 will just swim over oer till fill that hole up and that will be the tho end of the matter maHer I 1 am glad Dobb Bobby found those eggs I Yo Wo dont don't want any more Snapping Turtles In the tho Smiling 1001 and Laughing Brook Drook e hate ha enough as it Il Is Mr 11 and Mrs Irs Snapper are ale awful caters at rs It is 18 just as well that they shouldn't have any fam- fam famIly family Ily here this year ear I shouldn't feel teel bad badly I about It Peter It I 1 were you Mrs Snapper has hils lost her eggs egg but shell she'll never ne know knol It t. t Probably shell she'll forget that she ever laid an any Im I'm Im I'm going to swim over o there right now and WI fill that hole In Peter fort better belter He watched Jerry swim over climb out on the roof ot of his hll house and fill In the hole hola that Bobby Coon had made I When hen Jerry returned Peter had a a. question for him you OU surprised to learn that Mrs Snap Snap- Snapper Snapper per had hidden her hel eggs In the I root roof of your our house ho he No said I Jerry Sho has a done doneIt It before e It really iy makes e a first f 1 I class place for tor those eggs 8 It Is damp enough and It Is warm enough to hatch those eggs and I I Mrs Ir Snapper Is smart enough to know It it ell I 1 cant can't ilia slay here gossiping all night I. I I for one have ha I too much to do So awa away swam Jerry and Peter Pete made his way back to the tho Green 10 Forest rest feeling a lot better heUer Copyright 1825 1 25 by l 1 W. W Bur Bur- gess The Tho next story Pete Pet Hears a I nn |