The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-10
~ Little Stories for Bedtime n
PETER RABBIT TRIES TO VISIT
PADDY THE. BEAVER.
tBy Thornton w. E,lrgess.)

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Copyright. 1914, by j. &. Lloyd.)
To win a friend and keep IL friend.
Why, ono must friendly be.
Forget a friend. you lose Il friend.
l think you'll all agree.
"T ought to- have thought of that
before. My. my my. How heedless
and thoughtless L am. Hero the Win
ter is half gone and | haven't once
been to call 6n Paddy the Beaver.
shame 3 on \ you, pstes, sshp't' shame
Peter saidsal, efHs7 IA Himself as lie i
sat Just outside 'thc iedge OF tho Old
Rriar Patch looking this way and
looking that way To make sure that
no danger was near. The meadows
glistened white aud beautiful, for they
were no longer green, u covered
with snow. Far. far away rear one
edge of the meadows was a tall elm
tree, and in the top Of il sat Rough
leg the Hawk. Peter knew that he
was there, because he had seen him
go there.
rive nothing 10 fear from hin, be-
cause he is too far away thought
Peter. There is nothing to fear from
Reddy and Granny Fox. because just
at break of day ! SAW them on their
way home frnls an all-night hunt.
and they were 50 tired they could
hardly walk. There is nothing to fear
from Hooty the owl. because he is
fast asleep by this time. Old Ma
Coyote has just gone up to n .old
Pasture, so there is nothing TO fear
from him. And 50 I believe / will
just run up i'll the Green Forest and
call on Paddy the Beaver. Once more
. -, 1-o1-1I tl,i, ,,.l1. and that WAY
to make sure that the way was clear.
then Off he started, lipperty. lipperty,
lip, as fast as his long legs could take
Farther and farther into the Green
Forest scampcred Peter Rabbit. 1t
was a long way to the pond made by
Paddy the Beaver. Peter wondered
IL he would find things much changed
and what he would lind Paddy doing.
He didn't for n single minute doubt
that he would find Paddy doing some.
Paddy as doing nothing. But when
he reached the edge of the pond made
by Paddy the Beaver not a sign OF
life was to be seen or heard. You
see, it was IL very lonely place deep
in the Green Forest which Paddy had
chosen, for he is never lonely him
self. Peter stopped on the very edge
of the pond. 1t WIS smooth nara
and Peter knew that it was very, very
slippery. Everything around was
white with snow. and rising IL of the
pond was 4: great white mound. Peter
knew this to be the house of Paddy
the Beaver.
At first Peter wls very much plz-
lied, very much puzzled. indeed. Why
wasn't the pond covered with snow
when everything else was! There it
smooth and hard and slippery,
with not a flake of snow on it. Could
it be that Paddy the Beaver had
found a way to clear the snow off
He did such wonderful things that
Peter. would. not have been in the
least surprised to have found him
clearing his pond Of snow. But Pad
DIV wasn't to he seen, and there wasn't
any sign that he was or had been any
where about. Then Peter relnenl-
bered.
oh. you stupid" said he, talking
aloud to himself. of course Paddy
didn't clear the snow from his pond,
because there hasn't been any for
him to clear away. 1t showed before
the pond froze cver. MS. how clear
the ice ia! 7 can sec right to the bot
tom Of the pond. | wonder if I a
get over to Eaddy's house without
falling down and humping my nose!
Here goes"
With that Peter made a long jump
u on. the smooth. slippery ice. slid