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Show PETER TKI I IS TO Bl I It Y I II K I Rv Th.,rnl..M V n.irnc Appearances sometimes deceive; Be not too ready to believe. Johnny Chuck. Peter Rabbit didn't wonder that little Mrs. Peter was completely up-, set and very Indignant. He was quite as upset and Indignant himself They had had the dear old Briar-patch Briar-patch to themselves so long that they considered that it belonged to them. To have some one else come and live even on the edge of it was not to be thought of. At least that Is the way Beter and Mrs. Peter felt. When Mrs. Peter told Peter thai Johnny and Polly, Chuck were tt.' ones who had dug that new h.-u .. Peter couldn't believe it. He had I supposed that, -of course, it was! Strangers who had moved there. To I find that It was his old friends! Johnny and Polly made Peter avi i angrier thun if they had been I strangers. They had all the Green ' Meadow- In which t make new home If -bey wanted one. and Peter felt thai they had no business to tome to the dear Old Briar-patch, So Peter worked himself Into a great rage and then started for the neW home on the edge of the Old Brlar-J patch, He would tell Johnnj CHu Just what he thought of him. He would order him to leavo and would drive him away If hJ didn't. Y"tt ' would have laughed could you ha seen Peter trying to look very fierce' indeed as lie hopped over toward , that new home. When he got there no one was to be seen, but some sand cume flying; out of the doorway. It was clear that Johnny Chuck or Polly Chuck or ! both must be at work dow n below. Peter thumped the grotind with his long hind feel and he thumped hard, lie intended It to be an angry sounding sound-ing thump. No one came out Peter thumped again and it was a h ird r thump than before. Peter t.J a a third time. This time be was su cessful. Johnny Chuck appeared In his doorway Johnny didn't look : nil pleasant. He had been disturbed at his work and he didn't like .1 "What are vou thumping like that for?" demanded Johnn. crossl) Peter paid no attention to tho luestion. 'What aro you doing over here, Johnny Chuck?" he demanded and tried to make his voice sound, very fierce. 'It is no business of yours what I am doinr over hero." retorted Johnny Chuck. "But if you really want iti know. I am making a homo h.it. What have you got to say about it ' ' Peter had a great deul tu say nbovit It. lie had so much to say about It and he tried to say it so fast that : his tongue tripped over Itself He told Johnny Chuck thai h( hid no right there. He told Johnny thai tbO dear Old Brlar-pach belonged to him-1 self and to Mrs Peter, and that neighbors were not wanted and would not be allowed to remain Johnny Chuck simply grinned. That grin made Peter angrier than ever. "You leavo hero right now. this very minute, and don't you dare comel back!" commanded Peter, bo angi ' thai he darned up and down. Johnny Chuck merely grinned at him. It was a most provoking grin It made Peter angrier than ever "If you don't leavo at onto I'll drive you out," declared Peter and did his best to look very fierce Johnnj Chuck laughed right out "Come on and try It. Peter." said he. ! "Come on and try it. I wish you would. If you can drive m& out, I'll promise lo .stay away from tho dear Old Briar-patch as long as I live. r''"'- a. it is no business .f roan what i ami doing OVejr here" retorted Johnny buck. Come on, Peter. I'm waiting. Just try driving me out." Now I - ei's way of fighting is to kick with thoso long stout hind lees of his Johnny Chuck was sitting In his doorway with only his head half way out. Th.-re was no chance for Peter to kick ' Vou dorrt dare come out," sneered Peter and tried even harder than before to look flertt (Copyright, 1022, by T. W. Burgess) Tho next story: "The Falling Out of Two Old Friends." |