Show I I TilE THE LEOPARD By fly THORNTON TB TUORN R W. W BURGESS I It sometimes seems that folk tolk are fated To quarrel Ju Just juat t because related Old Old Mother Nature Curiosity and fright had pos pos- possession possession session of ot Peter Rabbit You lou ret re- remember re member that he lie was right In In front of ot the cage of ot the Lion when hen the latter l opened his great grent mouth and roared Peter eter just jut fell tell right Ight over o with fright Yes sir he did so Ho couldn't have run then to io save his life But Dut by the tuna he had begun to recover a a. lit tie was purring Dont let leta a a. little noise nolie scare you jou ou Long- Long tars ears said he Noise olse never never hurt anyone At this Pet Pe Per er r felt better He lie loons wit still greatly frightened He lie was still Mill shaking more more- or less Iraq He lie v that the sensible Ie thing wao waa to get out of ot that circus tent and straight back to the dear old Briar Briar- patch p nut But tied him there re just ai as surely ai as a the chain on the leg lee of ot My Lord lh the he Elc Elc- p pin tied him hIll have Haxe you icon lleen seen S yet 1 Inquired Peters Peter's long ears pt Iced Up Who Is la 1 asked Pe Pe- ter Oh Just another member of ot tho the tam family I h replied care care- lessly He Ie Is rather a handsome hand fellow He Is I over oer In that ca cage cago O yonder jonder What are you jou starin at mj so 80 hard for tort r I wa was wondering If It you could climb a a. tree treo raid eald Peter All the cat people that I know can climb trees s. V Well now you pU know knew one who cant can't climb a a. tree tree and has no de de- desir sir o to climb a a. tree replied SIm ba And Striped Coat over there then thenIs Is Is' another The ground Is good goodenough enough ue u What hat about 1 Peter inquired Oh climbs climb trees re re- pl-cd pl I r guess toils feds more at home homo In trees than thanh he h does on on the ground Look at my my claws and then theno fro go o over over and look at the claws of oC You will tIll see that th t his claws clans are made for f r climbing So Peter politely polite I said salt good by b bytel to tel td and hopped over in front fronto ot o 0 the cage where was walking back and forth back and forth jut just as II Striped Coat the Ti Ti- Tir S Ir ger r was doing Right flight away avay awa Peter Petern noticed n that had hod a a. long i tall tail It was s a handsome tall tail for Cor forIt forit It was t as marked just as hi his hi coat was WaIl marked stopped and locked down at Peter If It you please eald awid Id Peter timidly why wh I do you jou climb trees i 1 dont don't replied I r wIsh I did Do you see seo any trees for Cor me meto to climb My MT m my it would feel good to dig my claws into a tree and run up it It and I 1 cant can't think of ot anything in the world I should like better than to jump from one tree to another Spot- Spot coat oal sighed heavily Peter understood Excuse me Mr Leopard said he What J I meant to ask was why wh Leopards at home horns climb trees treeD tho the Leopard sighed once more They climb trees said he because bec us they th y find a a. great deal of ot food tood In the treetops They hunt bunt in the treetops for tor people who sleep slee there Then too a a. branch of a a. tree Is a very handy haDdy place front from which to drop on some me one ii Who ho Is O t 7 asked Peter beneath I certainly should like to climb one once more Copyright 1927 1327 11 T. T W. W Burgess Durges Tho The n next story st r Peter Sees Seta Big Dig Mouth |