Show 1 Burgess Bedtime B Stories By Dr THORNTON W. W 5 BURGESS MRS PETER HAS IUS A PLEASANT SURPRISE Mistakes are made by one and all Rejoice when Then ill m does docs not befall Mrs Peter Rabbit Little bears are very ery like small boys bos at times their attention is easily dis- dis distracted traded You will remember that the two wo cubs up In irs the Old Pasture were quarreling over the thc matter of which should hould try to dig out little Mrs Peter They quarreled and I 1 am sorry to say began to fight over it Their tempers are short and they get into a good many quarrels during the day But these hese quarrels do not last long Now they hey cuffed each uch other and tried to bite and scratch but really did no harm larm at all ell When they th y got ot tired they hey stopped They had tumbled and rolled oiled their way from the hole in which little Mrs Peter had eared When they stopped to rest they hey forgot what hat hat they had been fight fight- fightIng log Ing ng about Something else drew their attention and they the wandered off orf Little Mrs Peter who vho was w s frantically ly y trying tring to dig a back door deor stopped digging when she discovered that those hose little bears were no longer try- try tryIng trying Ing ng to get her As soon as she dared she he left that hole and scampered away way as fast as her legs would take her Never was there a a. more fright fright- frightened ned coed rabbit than timid little Mrs Peter She ran until she came to toa toa a a. fine big tangle bramble-tangle just the kind of a a. tangle bramble-tangle that all love The minute she saw it t she decided dc that that was the place for her If It there were no little entrance already cut she would cut one with 1111 those sharp teeth of hers But there was an entrance There was a nice little path of Just the he right size leading right into the heart of that bramble Only a rabbit could cut such a little path as that That meant that some come somebody somebody body else used or at least had used this his bramble But little Mrs Peter didn't care She darted in and then she drew a along along long ong breath and slowly made her herway herway herway way toward the heart of the bram bram- ble be A sudden loud thump made her jump it was a a. rabbit thump There was no mistaking it She looked in the direction from which it had come and fully expect- expect Who arc are you ou he hc demanded ed cd to see her father Old Jed Thump Thump- Thumper er en the gray gra old rabbit who had lived so long in the Old Pasture Instead she saw another rabbit She couldn't see him clearly because there were Who Vho are jou you he demanded I IWho some brambles between But B t in that first glimpse she thought it was i Peter Petar I Oh Peter she cried I was looking for you I I guess not replied the other othu rabbit Then little Mrs Peter saw that it wasn't Peter It was vas another rabbit who looked like Peter looked very much like Peter but was a stranger Oh said little Mrs Peter I Imade Imade 1 made a mistake Do you OU live ll here herein hereIn herein in the Old Pasture Is ls this your jour our tangle bramble The stranger hopped toward her so that she got a better look at him He was a handsome young youn rabbit Yes sir he was a handsome young oung rabbit Without answering little Mrs airs Peters Peter's questions he asked a ques ques- question question tion lion himself I 1 am Mrs Peter Rabbit and my home is in the dear Old patch Briar-patch replied Mrs Peter proudly The stranger stared at her very ery hard When I was little said he I lived in the dear Old patch Briar and they called me Little Pete Then Mrs Peter knew that this was one of her own children one who had gone out into the Great World and been a a. long time gone They touch touch- touched touched ed noses There was no doubt about it then Wasn't that a happy sur sun surprise surprise prise puss 1 Copyright 1927 by T. T W. W Burgess The next story Mrs airs Peter and Little Pete |