Show PETER JETE DISCO DIGGER I n fly Thornton W W. Burgess Dur Who does a Ii simple kindly deed Of Ot future friendship plants the I seed eee I Digger the Badger Peter vv waite alter until tho ho hoBlack Black Shadows tame Came creeping down from Crom the Purple Hills across to the dear dearOld dearOld dearOld the Green Meadows s Old Briar Patch Then when lit lit- little little littIe tle tIe Mrs airs 1 Peter wasn't watching he heI slipped out of the tho dear clear Old Briar I Patch and started off for tor forthe the tho Old Pasture He lie knew he was running a risk He lie knew kne that Old Man Ian Coyote Coote was wa living In the Old Pasture tula and anil there therl was always a chance of or meeting him But he also knew that Old Jed Thumper tho tha gray ray old Rabbit who was vas lit lit- little tic Ito Mrs airs rs Peters Peter's father also allo lived In ira the Old Pasture pastura and had man man- managed managed managed aged to keep out of Old OM Man lan lanI Coyotes Coyote's Co rotes rote's stomach So Peter felt Celt I that ho he could do the he same thing Of Ot course Peter had no Idea In InI what part of the OM Od Pasture Dig Dig- Digger Digger I ger was living He must Just trust I I to luck unless ho should meet tome come one who could tell him where s 's s home was as Peter thought of going to Old Jed Thumper but Old Jed Thumper never had been the least bit friendly So Peter decided to keep away ay awa from him The thing for me to do said Peter Is to hurry hurr around until I find some freshly tres ly dug sand Then Ill I'll be pretty sure of finding Dig Dig- Digger Digger Digger ger somewhere about abou So Peter scampered from bram- bram ble tangle to tangle bramble-tangle nil the tho time watching for newly newl dug sand He began to get aged The fact is he had gone too far up In the Old Pasture By and antI by b he stopped to rest in a tangle bramble down near where the Old Pasture Joined the tho Green Meadows The moon was up and its soft sott silvery light made the night almost as s light us as day A A. shadowy shadow form Corm appeared moving movIng moving ing along between tho ho bushes of ot the tho Old Pasture aa ns silently as liS if If it were in truth a Black shadow I Peter leter grinned He lie knew who it was It was v Old Man Ian Coyote start- start startIng startIng starting Ing out for tor his nightly hunt Old Man alan Coyote stopped very ver abrupt abrupt- ly I Then he flattened himself out behind a n little bush Peter knew by his actions that he saw some someone someone one ono whom he hoped to catch atch Peter Peteri t a ait It was Old Man Ian Coyote Coot starting out for his lUs l s nightly hunt looked very hard In the direction In which Old Man olan Coyote Coote was Vas looking And then Peters Peter's heart gave ava an extra beat or two There moving along alon In the most Inde Inda- Independent independent pendent way was was wu Digger the Bad Dad ger It was plain that Digger had neither seen nor heard Old Man Coyote It was also plain that 11 it If ithe he kept on as he was going he could pass pas Just the other aide side of ot the bush behind h Old Man Ian Coyote was hiding If he lid did this without discovering Old Man Ian Coy Coy- Coyote CO Coyote ote he would give the latter a chance to spring on him front from be be- be hind Peter knew very well that thai Old Man n Coyote oyoto wouldn't think of ot attacking Digger the Badger face to face fare t to do do Peter leter didn't know He couldn't say that Digger the Badger was a friend of his be be- because because cause Digger It really was no business of his it If Old Man Coyote Coote did surprise Digger If II Digger DI er should bo be caught and killed no one would mourn for him On the other hand if It he Peter should give Digger warn warn- warnIng ing Old Man Coyote never would forget torget It or forgive It It would be safer for tor him to do nothing Perhaps this is Ish why h Just a little minute later hater Peter suddenly thumped the ground hard with those long hind feet Ceet of ot his In Instantly In- In Digger the the- Badger stopped Copyright 1925 1923 by b T T. W W. IS' IS Bur Bur- gess The next story stor Digger the Badger Is Grateful |