The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
~ Little Stories for Bedtime y
PETER SEES PADDY. Till.
BEAVER. AFTER ALL.

Peter rabbit sat on the ice Close
by the house Of Paddy the Beaver. aud
Peter felt very sore and very foolish.
You see. he had tried to play Il joke
on Paddy. Tie nad climbed mp on the
roof of Paddy's house. and by thunp-
ing on it as only Peter Or his cousin,
Jumper the Hare. can thilmp. had
tried to brighten Paddy To make him
think that some one WIS trying Ia
break in. Eut he had lost his nalan""
and had slid down the steep, slippery
roof faster han Little Joe Otter cvci
slid down one Of his slippery slides
and had landed on the hard ice with :;
bump that Knocked all the breath
from his body.
oh. dear" uluttered Fcicr. as he
felt of his bruises. Oh, dear. What
ever made INC think of trying Ia PLAY
such IL joke. Aud l duu', even kn""
1-guess that such jokes don't pay
For once Fcter MAS JUST exactly
right. Jokes that frighteu other poo
pic arc not really JOKES at ali. but just
mean tricks. and as Peter sat there
, nursing his bumps he began to under
stand this. After u little he started
| for the Green Forest. end Peter linlp-
ed. Yee. sir. Peter liniped. You see.
he had go many bumps and bruises
that he felt lame all over. Nc didn't
feel good a hit. El" knew that
l3lacky the Grow. who had see him
tumble, would icll all tho other lit'i'
people. and that he never would il"a,
the end Of il. E%.veryho'l would laugh
AT him and tease him. No. Peter
didn't feel ono hit good.
He had gone tnt Il few steps when
he happened to look down through
The clear ice. jG" for2"t how lnmc
- ,-,. Ia. ,,.nt Z. ,,,I ,lN - ft.i.s III -
ened jump. There was "a crrAt.
strengthening creature coming
straight toward him. and il startled
him So that for u. minute he ulite for
got that i. was under tho ice, and SO,
Of course, couldn't harm linn if it
wanted to.
OH" exclaimed Peter, and made
ready to run. Then in 4 fash it came
to him who it might he. He bent for
ward and looked eagerly. Yes. it was
Paddy the Beaver. and he va swim
ming under the ice straight toward
his house. In his mouth was Il lit.
lie log of wood. Petcr looked IN tho
direction from which Paadr had
come. and there inst above til" irn
were some small twi@s. ri7ar Peter
remembered how in the fall Ike had
watched PADDY store = great rile Of
aspen loss and branches ont IN ''s
pond and how, PADDY llsd told him
that that Wa his storei3nu~e az win.
ter food. II must be that Paddy l'ad
been out after his dinner and was
taking that little loe to his horsc ~
strip of the lark wh:cl, l1e :" dearly
loves and eat ii in rorar"rt in his sn'lc
cha mter above the. water. where
NOTHING could disturb him.
Peter turned hack to ,~atcl, padd.r
but Paddy had disappeared. All
pete, saw nss 4 little bubble Of All
rising close to Pa,ldr'c house. and by
that he knew that PADDY was inside.
Peter scratched his head thoughtful
~.
Why" said he. lit must he that,
Paddy wasn't in his house at all When.
T tried to scare him. Serves me wight.
7 enass. fnr trying to NAV s,rlh a
'oLe" rhen &C Ne +h"n"h+ "f ''.,w
~"ear Daddy nod 'nobad rr1ar two
,nn and ~ hnu OH the low v'rtn" he
lived in the darkness. Of his wonder
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