Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS A PAIR OF HANDY POCKETS 46 tyes ES indeed continued nimble wheels 1 heels 1 I take the very greatest icare of my tall tail the way I 1 feel about ailt it Is that I 1 might just as well lose tty life as my tall tail I 1 probably would anyway probably would what asked peter looking puzzled probably would lose ray my life of course if I 1 should lose my tall re A J have you a pocket peter demanded plied piled Nimble beels you see in times of danger I 1 depend on lumping jumping to escape but without looking correctly there would be no DO use in jumping and as I 1 have already told you it la is my long tall which keeps my balance in the air but such a long tall Is a great help added Nimble beels with a funny little sigh 1 I should say sol exclaimed peter rabbit the eyes of twinkled 11 1 I should like to know what you know about it said he be peter glanced at his own tunny funny little bunch of a tall and laughed nothing Koth lne said he sly my tall tail the least bit of care but I 1 was thinking that it if I 1 had as long a tall for my size ns as you have for your size it certainly would be some tall and some gome care I 1 suspect that lots of times when I 1 thought myself safe inside the dear old brier patch my tall would be way outside I 1 really dont see how bow you keep track of so much lall bill 11 oh replied that Is easy enough when I 1 am not jumping or running about I 1 keep it curled around in front of me then I 1 know just where it Is by the way peter do you mind if I 1 go look for a pocketful of seeds I 1 am rather hungry look as much as you like I 1 think you will ond plenty here in the old brier patch but before you go tell me what you mean by a pocketful replied peter just exactly what I 1 said retorted NImble beels it if I 1 can just get a pocketful of seeds I 1 can bring then them back here and we can talk while I 1 eat them peter blinked his eyes and stared at in the rudest way it certainly was most impolite have you a pocket peter demanded certainly of course replied NImble heels now how in the world was I 1 going to get a pocketful of seeds it if I 1 a pocket to put them in As a matter of fact ive got two pockets and mighty handy bandy pockets they are I 1 really cant imagine how bow anyone can get along without pockets next to my tall I 1 think more of my pockets than of anything else I 1 possess peter was still staring as rudely as aa ever 1 I dont see any said he where are they in my cheeks checks of course where else would they be replied nimble heels peter know where else they might be so he said nothing they are so handy bandy that I 1 simply get along without them continued NImble heels peter sighed 1 I elsh ish I 1 had a pair of handy bandy pockets said he be D T W burgaas Bur gocs geas service |