The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-01

~ race ana mop ana SKI n play.
remember such merry days. You see.
the four babies Of Peter Rabbit and
little Mrs. Peter were just 8 full of
fun and mischief as four healthy.
happy babies could be-. 1t wasn't any
time at all before the nursery IN the
sweet briar patch clump in the middle
OF the old briar patch wasn't big
enough for, them. and in spite of all
timid little Mrs. Peter could do they
would run outside to play.
POOH" Peter would say. when lit
tie Mrs. Peter was worrying and fret
ting. :"Of course they are perfectly
safe so long as they don't go outside
Of the old briar patch. They have got
to have room to stretch their legs,
and no harm is going to come to them
here with you and me to watch and
see that they don't go too far away
from home"
Peter had never told Mrs. Peter
how he had found Mr.. Blacksnake in
never gone very far away himself.
To tell the truth. Peter was a little
anxious himself now, especially since
Fuzzy and wuzzy and their two broth
ers. Little Pete and Little Jed, had
begun to play about. He didn't really
think that Mr.. Blacksnake would ven
ture back. but he might. and Peter
wouldn't take an ychances. SO very
often when Mrs. Peter thought that
of over to the Smiling Pool. Peter
would be sitting where he could keep
watch.
Such games Of hide and seek as
those four little rabbits did have! You
know the old briar patch is a wonder
full place. full Of the incest hiding
places and with so many little paths
crossing and recrossing in every d.
rection. There lever "a a nicer
es Of Old Mother. West. Wind came
there every day for a frolic. and rum
pied up the soft hair and. tickled. the
noses of Fuzzy and wuzzy and their
brothers, and told them wonderful
tales of the Green Meadows and the
Smiling Pool. Then Little Pete and
Little Jed would sit up very straight
and try to make themselves. very tall.
and would boast that they were going
while Fuzzy and wuzzy crouch down
under a friendly brarnble and Say
that they never, e would dare to
leave the dear old briar patch.
Then Little Pete and Little Jed
would cry: "'Fraidy! 'Frandy!" and
kick up their hels in the funniest way,
while their two little sisters would,
chase them round and round and in
and out along the little paths until
they were all out Of breath. Some
times one would hide and pretend to
be lost. and then the others would
hunt and hunt. Sometimes they would
see who could Jump the highest and
sometimes who could Jump the farth-
est.
oh, those were happy days in the
dear old briar patch, with nothing to
do but eat and sleep and play! And the
hearts Of Peter RABBIT and Mrs. Peter
swelled with Joy and pride as they
watched. And there were others who
looked on and smiled. though their
smiles were not always pleasant to
see. There was Redtail tn eHawk,'
looking down from high in the sky.
They'll soon be big enough to want
to leave the old briar patch and then
-" Instead of finishing, Redtail
would snap his bill hungrily. And
there were Reddy Fox and Granny
Fox! They knew Just how fast those
four babies were growing, and as day
after day they lay hidden in the grass
outside the biar patch they could hear
what was going on inside and they
would smile, too. with very much the
same thoughts Is those Of Redtail the
Hawk.
Next Story: Peter Rabbit Heeds
Sammy Jays Warning.
A man is as dull as his point Of