Show I Burgess Buy m Bess Stories tes PETER DECIDES S TO GO BACK BACKBy BACKBy BACKBy By THORNTON W NW W. W BURGESS Suspicion plants 1 hin within n the mind Distrust and an doubts of every kind Old Old Mother Nature Peter Rabbit was badly upset He couldn't think of anything but the handsome young rabbit he had heard about and the fact that little Mrs Peter down in the dear Old Briar Briar- patch appeared to be getting along very ery nicely without himself In short Peter was Jealous He wouldn't have admitted It Goodness no But jealous people never will admit they are jealous Peter looked disreputable You see he ii hadn't taken care of himself up there In the Old l Pasture r He had spent so much t of f his time e running en about recklessly and trying to forget torget little Mrs Peter that he had ne ne- neglected ne- ne neglected neglected his personal appearance But then Peter never was one to spend a great deal of time on his personal appearance Presently now Peter began to fix himself up There were burrs buns In his coat coal He bit those out The fact is without really admitting It ft to himself Peter was thinking about going back bad to the dear old Briar patch It was true that little Mrs Peter had told him when he left that he needn't come back and Peter hadn't Intended to go back No sir Peter hadn't Intended to go back He had said to himself that if Mrs Peter wouldn't come with him he never Intended to go back there But now things were different At that time tc t f r t r f I l lx x I Nt oT I But discovering Reddy Fox Fax between him and the the- dear Old patch Briar he decided he be would wait walt he hadn't known that there was any handsome young oung rabbit about The dear Old patch Briar-patch Is rath rath- rather er big said Peter as he sat talking to himself I know Mrs Peters Peter's habits so well wen that I 1 could stay In to Inthe Inthe the dear Old patch Briar and she would not know anything about it Yes sir I could keep out of her way I 1 believe Ill I'll go down there and find out what is going on I 1 ought to be able to catch that fellow who's hanging around down there If I I 1 do catch him he will wUl be sorry he ever was born Yes sir hell he'll be sorry he ever was born bom I 1 dont don't remember Fuzzy at all all Fuzzy you ou know Is the name that Peter calls little Mrs Peter who was Miss boss He went on with his toilet tollet and when he found one burr that wouldn't come out easily he bit at it just as If it were that other rabbit My you wouldn't have known Peter Rabbit All his good goodnature goodnature goodnature nature was gone Ill go back there at dusk to tonight to- to tonight tonight night decided Peter Ill take care to keep out of Fuzzy's sight and Ill I'll Just watch It Is s going tobe to tobe tobe be moonlight tonight and that fellow will be sure to visit the dear Old Briar Peter suddenly sat up very cry straight A new and dreadful thought had hac hopped into his head Perhaps that other rabbit was living in the dear dearOld dearOld dearOld Old patch Briar not just visiting it itHe itHe He may be living right there all the time thought he He may be using my private little paths that I 1 took so much pains to make and sitting in my favorite form He may think the Old patch Briar-patch belongs to him himI I guess the h sooner o I get over Y there t ele he het and n teach him l a few things g the bet bet- ter I 1 would start this very instant if it were not broad daylight Even at that I 1 am of more than half a a. mind to try it It So worked up was Peter that h he actually went down to the edge o othe of the Old Pasture but discovering Reddy Fox between him and the dear dea dearOld dearOld Old patch Briar he decided he would wait walt After all if that stranger strange was over In the dear Old Briar Briar- patch he would be there later bur There Ther really was no hurry Copyright 1927 by T. T W. W Burgess The next story Little Mrs Peter Pete Has Regrets |