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Show I rirrKR rabbit finds temptation temp-tation by thornton w. burgess Don't trifle with temptation, but promptly run away. Who stop to fight IB apt to lose, and deafly must he pay Peter Rabbit It is bad. very bad, to have nothing in particular to do. Nothing leads to quite so much trouble as this If everybody had so uething to do all the time and did it, most of the trouble in this world would vanish. Old Mr Temptation seldom wastes time with busy people. Old Mr. Temptation is twin brother to Old Mr.. Trouble. Peter Rabbit had nothing In particular partic-ular to do. For tnat matter he seldom does have much to do But at this season of the year he had less than usual You see, he didn't have to hunt for food. There was plenty to eat close at hand. He didn't have to go more than a few steps from ie dear Old Briar Patch to get all the sweet clover he could possibly eat. In winter win-ter he had to hunt long and hard to keep his stomach full and that gave) him little time to get In mischief. But now it was very different. Already Al-ready his babies were half-grown. The care of them he had always left largely to little Mrs. Peter anyway. BO I Peter was Inclined to roam about and poke his wabbly little nose into other people's business. It happened that Just as dusk, he was Dassina not far from Farmer Drown s garden He hadn't been In that garden once since it was planted ' long ago he had made up his mind to keep away from there But now as he was hopping along, he suddenly thought of that garden apd began to wonder what was growing In it this year. Now. this was Just the opportunity Old Mr. Temptation had waited for Run over there and have a look. " ; w hispered Old Mr Temptation Peter aat down. 'No." said he most decidedly "No. I II keep away from the garden." ' Everything must be growing fine over there now.' whispered ld Mr. Temptation "I won't hurt anybody for jou to go ot er ther and look ' around The young cabbages must j be worth looking at now. not to men-, men-, tion the lettuce and other good things : Looking at them won't hurt thorn. A I nice garden Is always worth seeing. I You arc foolish not to have a look at it when you are o near Run along over there Just for a minute " "No." said Peter again though In not qulto so decided a way, "No, I won "t go over there.' Why not?' demanded Old Ir-Temptation Ir-Temptation "You haven't anything In particular to do You may as well go over there as to go up to the Old "No!" said he- most decidedly. "No! I'll keep away from the garden." Orchard. Probably you'll find Old Mr. Toad over there, and you haven t seen ( ld Mr Toad for a long time." " 1 don't care," replied Petter. "I'm noi going a step nearer that garden thun I am this minute." "Pooh'" cried old Mr Temptation Poob! It will do you good Juet to Bee the things growing there No one will know you have been there, so i what Is the harm?' peter sat up and looked longingly, over toward tnat garden Of course ild Mr Tempf ition was right Just! looking at those plants wouldn t hurtj them. There wouldn't be the leas', bit of harm in hopping around through! the garden as long as he didn't touch anything. He would like to see Old Mr. Toad. It W8J a long time since! he had seen him. and he couldn't, thing of any one he would rather havej a little gossip w ith. He hopped a few i steps toward 'he garden and stopped again. "Go along, go along!" whispered Old Mr Temptation "You knowfyou always do enjoy n fine garden." I'eter shook his head, but It was not B very decided shake. "It wouldn't! do any harm to Just peek under the ' thought he "I will do that much." j ",,p right, 1922. by T. W Bnrgesa.j i The next story: "Old Mr. Temptation Tempta-tion Keeps Busy.' |
