Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-19

WORK a llttles play Little,
For happy day."
A good example is like the measles
some one Is sure to catch it. This
time Peter Rabbit had caught it. He
had caught it from busy Striped
Chipmunk. And Of all the little peo-
pie Of the Green Forest and tho Green
Meadows Peter Rabbit is the very
last one that you would have expected
to catch anything like that. Not that
Peter doesn't like to follow = good
example when he sees one. Oh, my.
no! Nothing like that! Peter is just
as ready to follow good example as
any one. It is the kind Of example
that Peter had caught. He was ac-
tually filled with = desire to work!
Now, you .knok Peter, Is happy-Eo-
doesn't like worR-any kind of work.
He prefers to spend all his time eat
ing. sleeping and playing. He never
could understand how Johnny Chuck
could work SO hard digging a house;
he would use an old deserted house.
He never could see why Chatterer the
Red Squirrel wanted to nearly run
his legs off just to store up lot OF
nuts for the winter: he would eat wha,
came. But after he had watched
Striped Chipmunk scurry back and
forth, back and forth. gathering
brown nuts and filing his storehouse.
Peter grew strangely thoughtful He
didn't know of any one who loved to
play more, or who was merrier, than
Striped Chipmunk. and yet here was
thought it the finest thing in the
world.
Peter watched, and as he watched
he grew thoughtful. The longer he
watched the more thoughtful he grew
Finally he went home. still thinking.
1t would be very nice. very nice, in
deed, to have fine storehouse full
Of good things to eat when the wealth
er grew cold and the snow was so
deep that getting about was hard
work.
But Peter knew that he never could
store up food that way. Still, the
more he thought of the way Striped
Chipmunk was working the more he
felt a longing to work. too, and then
IN idea came to him-he would cut
a lot Of paths through that bramble-
est, and then he would not have to
run for his life to the dear Old Briar
Patch every time Reddy Fox OF Old
Man Coyote chased him.
Right away Peter started for the
hramble-tangle on the edge Of the
Green Forest. When he got there
ne began to cut tho brambles and
he wanted to make a path. Some he
pulled out Of the way. and others he
cut again higher up. For q. little
while he worked with great enthus-
'asm. It was fun to feel that he was
loing as others were. working for the
future. So he cut and he cut, and he
pulled and he pulled. until he had an
g. HI -
enough to get into Then. he stopped
to rest. Work was dreadfully tire
some! Presently he cut q few more.
and then stopped again Tor little
longer rest.
p. "It will be a4splend,d thing to have
these paths cut all through here By
the time winter comes" thought Peter
see. 1t was easier to think shout It
when he was perfectly still, and 30,
because 1t was such . pleasant thins
to think about. he sat still for q very
long time. Sammy Jay saw him sit
ting there With -. eyes closed.
asleep for at this time Of day."
,-. I'm not not a.!sep!" sleep s:s;s, exclaimed d Peter
YOU 70 know that am. mskinss ready
FOR winter. Sammy Jay!'
And then. as he once wore settled
down to- think OF all that he Was 70
ing to do instead Of goine right t,
work to do It, Peter couldn't under
stand what Sammy Jay was laughinr
ut "a ne flow away.
Jimmy Skunk chuckled. ''why
Peter doesn't know what work is."
said he. TT would do him good to
learn" !.
"Do you suppose he could learn ?"
asked Johnny Chuck. looking very
doubtful.
'..Wouidn,t 1t be fun II We could re-
ally make him work p said Danny
Meadow Mouse. who is himself q very
Industrious little fellow. a.1
Work, Ho, no ho! Peter Rabbit
couldn't work = he tried; He; doesn't
the middle OF 1t. or he'd 30 TO dream
Ing. which amounts to the same thing.
It would be Q great Joke to make him,
but It can't sbe done. ,...
I'm not 30 sure about that. !" said
Bobby Coon. '..Where did you say he
was wording. or thonsht he was
I'm ths bt.nble.tansis on the sdss