Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS PETER GOES HOME WITH A SAD HEART P PETER ETER RABBIT held his breath ile he know that lie was holding it tut but he was perhaps you hae done that same thing when you were very much iauch excited ei cited most host everybody ever body does would succeed in getting away from booty the owl peter be sure but it seemed that booty had bad barely missed the last time he be struck and peter was sure that the jumps of Nimble heels were growing shorter the wonderful little jumper was growing tired peter felt Z 1 0 o x ir X peter was sure that the jumps jump of were growing shorter sure of it how could it be otherwise how peter did wish that he asked NImble heels to show hini him how lie he could jump its all my ay fault thought peter it if booty does docs catch I 1 shall blame myself as long as I 1 live yes I 1 will it is my fault it Is all ruy my fault they are getting nearer dearer the drier brier patch but im afraid they wont get there in time oh dearl dear I 1 oh dear for the time being peter quite forgot that lie he himself was anything but safe sitting out there on the green meadows in the moonlight ills his whole thought was ft little Nimble beels who was so bravely jumping for his life every once in a while the sharp snap of bill would reach peter and send little shivers up and down his back ue ile had heard the snap of that bill before more than once and never without vilt hout shivering presently a dark cloud passed over the moon just as booty made an unusually quick turn and struck more fiercely than ever at poor little alm ble heels A black shadow hid bid them for a minute or two and though peter strained ills his eyes he see what was happening when black shadow had bad passed on and the green meadows were once more flooded with moonlight peter stared eagerly at the spot where he had last seen NI in ba L b ne 1 8 and booty neither was to be bese seen erl hastily peter looked this way vay and that way disappearing toward the green forest he saw what looked like a floating shadow it a shadow peter had seen it too often to be tooled fooled even for a minute it was booty the owl reters peters heart sank Illo booty oty Is going home to the green forest so he must have caught alm ble heels that last time thought peter sadly badly ile he caught little N and now he Is taking him home for dinner poor ioor little Nimble heels beels and it was my fault it certainly was my fault if I 1 had not wanted to see him jump lie he would have been content to stay in the dear old brier patell and then this have happened peter turned toward the brier patch and hurried home lippertz filp ilp ue he felt that the green meadows were not a safe rate place for him that night and as he be crept under his favorite bramble bush his heart was heavy with sadness life seemed a terrible thing somehow the moonlight no longer seemed so beautiful peter sighed heavily tor for he was very very sad then he sighed again the matter with you have you a pain asked a thin I 1 high squeaky voice that sounded most ia famular familiar peter jumped as if he be bad sat on a brier 0 T TV burgess service |