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Show PETER FINDS OFT WHO HIS NEW NEIGHBORS AH PL By Thornton W, Burgees. Most difficult it la to hide A guilty feeling down Inside, j Peter Rabbit. Peter was all eagerness as he hunt-' hunt-' ed for little Mrs, Peter in the dear Old Briar-patch. You know there aro many little paths running this way that way and every way t i I through the dear Old Briar-patch I ana so it took Petor somo time to find Mrs. Peter. Twice he stopped and thumped B signal to her. but Mrs Peter didn't reply, so there was nothing for It but to hunt for bar After a while in tho corner furthest away from the new home Peter had discovered on the edge of the Old Briar-patch he found Mrs. Peter She was sitting back to him. Peter paused and looked at her doubtfully He didn't like tho lookn of that back. Ho had been away for two days and he had no excuse to offer. Ho suspeeted that Mrs Peter would bo very cross. He really didn't blame her. "Kuzz, my dear." said Peter softly. I Mrs. Peter kept her back to him and made no sign that she had heard Peter tried again. "Fuzzy, my dear," said he in a little louder voice. Mrs.! Peti r didn't even twitch her ears Blii sat there with her back to him Just, an ii her didn't exist. Peter felt more and more uncomfortable. uncom-fortable. It was the guilty fooling down inside that made him feel so uncomfortable. "I I I don't blame you. my dear, for not speaking to I me," stammered Peter "I 1 I'm sorry I stayed away so long. I see tjiat while 1 have been away some ono has begun a homo on the very edge of the Old Briar-patch. ' Then little Mrs Peter found her tongue' For a few minutes Peter almost al-most wished she hadn't. She turned and faced him and her usually k n-tle n-tle eyes fairly snapped. She told Peter what she thought of him. ) indeed, she told Peter what she thought of him. She called him idle.l good-for-nothing and a lazy gad- about She said that no self-respecting rabbit would ever be guilty of going off and leaving his wife all alone as ho had done. I I "If you had remained' hero where you belong perhaps thoso Chucks wouldn't have thought of making a HXaoi jTW1 "What Chucks do yon snpjo:e?" retorted re-torted Mrs, Peter sharply. home over here," she concluded, wiping wip-ing away a tear. "Chucks'" cried Peter. "Did you say Chucks"" Peter was sitting right up with excitement. Mrs. Petefr nodded. "Yes" said she, 1 said Chucks. I hope there is nothing the matter with your hearing." hear-ing." "What Chucks?" demanded Peter, and danced right up and down with excitement. 'What Chucks do you suppose?" retorted Mrs Peter sharply. "What t bucks would It bo but your friends Johnnv and Polly Chuck'" 'You don't mean that they are the ones!" cried Peter, looking as if he couldn't believe what ho had heard. I am not in tho habit of saying what I don't mean," retorted Mrs. Peter, and her voice was sharper than ever. "They didn't even aak permls-s permls-s i 1 1 to make their home there. Now, Peter Rabbit, you tun go straight over there and send them away. If you don t I'll never speak to you again " (Copyright, 1922, by T. W, Burgess.) The next story: "Peter Tries To Be-Very Be-Very Fierce." |