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Show RKDDY lu VXD MRS. RVII PLAN CliEVHRLl Bi i im n . b RG1 88 Ala". ,i'.i 1. 1.' want of dinner h'. often makes a clever sinner. Peter Rabbit. I liuw are the ehlldren. my dear?'' said Reddy Fox to Mrs. Reddy, as I he met her Just outside their home J:i the Old Pasture. . "As hungry a-s usual," replied Mrs. Reddy. JOmOWha' oroasly. "What did you bring home with you tonight?' 'Nothing." replied Reddy TIu-k. ! seeing tin- look of disappointment on Mrs Roddy's face he hastened to add, "but 1 have good news." never yet got rat on news, either good r bad, " rotorted Mrs. Reddy sharply, "if you would bring home a Rabbit or a Chicken it would count mora with ma than the best news In ih.j world. Kaws doesn't fill trie einptj .stomnchi '.' little Foxes." "But my dear, my dear,'' Reddy I h.istened to s4y. "th!" DOWS may mean ' full stomachs all around 1,y ud by." Mn Redd) a il.-v.n facing Reddy-' Reddy-' nd the, "what Is it? Out I w.th It. I'm 'illing to listen to anything any-thing tha.t pioimses a full stomach." Then Reddy lold her all about h! discovery that theri- had been a pej'ty . In the clover patch near the Old Briar-Patch, At first Mrs. Reddy did ' not seem at all Interested, hut when, Reddy u.ld her lhat there had been ! rive little Rabbits and four little I Chuckti at that party she licked h"r lips hungrily. She thought right away'i 1 of h r own little Foxes and how much they would enjoy tender young Rabbi' Rab-bi' or Chuck. "Qf eourse," said she. ''there won't be a chance to catch one of those pungfliers, That Old Briar-Patch Is the worst ever. Probably those Rab-j bits won't poke their noses outside. ' "They have done it once, so why shouldn't thej do it again "'" replied! Reddy, They must have had a regular regu-lar party there In that i lover patch. Having once been there, they wl!P rhtlt It again at the very first chance. Between us wo ought to be able to ifh some of them." What do you mean by between us . " asked Mrj Reddy. looking at I Reddy very sharply. "I mean." replied Reddy. "that it will be almost hopeless for cither of us to try to catch them alone. But if we work- together I think we can fool Johnny Chuck and Peter Rabbit. Of course they arc the ones we must look out for. I propose that tomor row before dark wc go over to the Groan Meadows. You will go way I around Mnd steal through the grass j to the Old Briar-Patch. I will come along iMei on the Opposite side, the side where I he sweet -lover patch I is. Johnny Chuck will be sure to see I me. He probably will warn the others oth-ers I will pretend not to pay any itt.-ntlon to hltn Then I will trot off aklng care to keep where ho can . Die until I am far away. When I have disappeared he will be sure that all is safe, it-shouldn't be long after that before Polly Chuck brings the baby Chucks to get their supper sup-per Very likely little Mrs Peter will bring her babies over there also. All - o WVtv'ut- -uf ooarac," -aid she, ''there won't 1 be ahaiii o to o.U'-! one ol Lhosti .Mil'tlK-lep.'' ! you will have to do then will be to .-dip around the end of the Old Brlav-Patch Brlav-Patch and get betwun it and tho.ae i youngsters." Mrs. Reddy's eyes sparkled It i 1 S clever plan, Reddy." said he. "I think we can work It nicely. 1 certainly cer-tainly would like to brine homo three or four youtiK Rabbits or Chucks. We'll try it this very evening" (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. Burgess) The next story "The Suspicions of Peter Rabbit " |