Show I rf t PETER 1 ASKS SI S or Oft BUZZARD By n Thornton W Burgess The tongue that is III not put to use ulle For being has no real rell excuse Peter Peter Rabbit Curiosity seldom is polite As Asa a 1 rule It Il Is impolite It leads lead folks to do things that they the would not otherwise dream of or doing doing- Now Mow ow among the people of ot tho the Green Greel Forest and the Green Mea Men Meadows Meadows dows dOw little and an big It h t Is n n. law that where a 1 homo home Is Is the business busi busI- business busIness ness of or nobody but tho the owners ot or that home To ask any nn one ono where their home is is 19 very impolite indeed But Dut Peter Rabbits Rabbit's curiosity had became too great to allow a a. mere mailer matter of or Impoliteness to 10 stand In inthe tho the way of or trying to find out what ho lie wanted to know So he ho sat at himself down at tho the foot Coot of ot tho the tall dead tree on which 01 Ol Mis- Mis tab tali Buzzard delighted to sit and anel lake take his sun lIun bath baUl 01 Buzzard said aId he he have hae you OU and Mrs i Irs Buzzard Dunard a I Inest nest 01 Ol Ulster Mister Buzzard looked down at Peter Brer Rabbit said he what business Is that of ot yours ours Peter Petr had the tho grace to look a 0 little bit ashamed I dont don't sup sup- suppose pose Buzzard said he that It really Is any business bu of o 0 mine The truth Is I know you ou havo have a neat ne L What hat I 1 really want wantI I to Know Is where hero that nest Is b. I hav nt it 01 eyes les twin twIn- twInkled twinkled kled Ah Ali reckon yo haven't Brer Rabbit said he Ah dont don't mind telling yo 0 as an ol of friend that Mrs Irs Buzzard la Is a on two eggs this vey minute No suit suh Ah dont don't mind telling you that But Ah reckon If Ir yo 0 want ant antto to know where sho she Is yo will have havo to find her for lor Will 1111 11 you OU tell lell me If I guess right asked Peter PeterO 0 O 1 Buzzard thought this over a I moment or two and then his eyes cell began b gln to twinkle again Ah tell lell jo ye 0 what Ahll AhlI do Rabbit said he Ahll AhlI give gho you OU Just one guess If It your guess is right Ahll AhlI tell yo 0 so 80 Peter Jumped up and down ex ex- All right Buz Duz- Buzzard Buzzard zard said he Ie hats hat's fair Calr enough You see I 1 almost know I know where that nest Is is That is I almost I know know- 0 I know where to look for Cor it II My M guess ues is that It Is Is over on the tho Big Dig Mountain The twinkle In to 01 Ol Buz Duz- Buzzards Buzzard's Buzzards Buzzard's zard's eyes es twinkled more than ever c Wrong rong Rabbit said sall he Yo done donG guess wrong Ah reckon 01 Ol Mrs Buzzard never done visit the Big Dig Mountain She done look down on it from way up In tho the blue blue sky sk but bul that's as near it as ns she ever eer has I been You should have seen Peters Peter's face faco fall lall lie He was more puzzled than over and of or course this meant that he was more curious than ever er He lie knew that 01 Ol Mis- Mis tah Buzzard was telling him the truth He lie knew that when 01 Ol 1 Buzzard said that she was not on the Big Dig Mountain and amt never had been ben there it was exactly ex exactly ex- ex exactly so This being so why of or course that nest must be some some- somewhere somewhere somewhere where thero there In the Green Forest All that he lie had gained from 01 Ol Buzzard was the knowledge knowl knowl- knowledge edge edgo that ho he had guessed g rightly In thinking that 01 Ol Mrs Buzzard was sitting on eggs and that those eggs were not over on the tho Big DIG Mountain That was some some- something something I thing but oh dear how his curiosity had grown lie thought I J l Rabbit said Mild he lit what business ln s Is ll that of yours he knew all about the Green For For- Forest est If IC any anyone one had told him that a n person as big as Mrs Buz Buz- Buzzard zard zarri could hide her lier nest nut so 80 that he couldn't find it ft ho he would have havo said Bald that that was Impossible Impo But Dut It ft had been done donee He lie know where the test nest of or Blacky tho the Crow was Ho lie knew where the th nest of or Red Red- taU tall the tho Hawk was vas lie He knew knewl I where the ne nest nelt of or the Owl yas as Ho Ifo e knew e where r the e pest nest s of Plunger ng the t Osprey s was waa It cor- cor certainly o seemed that Mrs Ira Buzzard must have ha a I nest net as a big bl as any ot or those nests yet he hadn't been ablo able to find it itI ItI I I will find it II said Peter Yes Yell sir I will find rInd it If Ir I never do another thing Copyright 1925 1915 by b T T. W. W Burgess DurgeS The next story stor Peter Tries Trie All the OM Old Nests Tests 00 00 |