Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-21
Little Bedtime Stories
PETER RABBIT. GOES HUNTING.
(By Thornton w. Burgess)
Copyright, 1914. by j. G. Lloyd.)

(By Thornton w. Burgess0
Copyright, 1914. by j. G. Lloyd.)
Oh, Peter. Peter Rabbit.
You are so very queer!
The funny head Of yours is filled
With crazy thoughts I fear.
The idea of Peter Rabbit going
hunting! Did you ever hear of any,
thing more absurd? Yet that is just
what Peter was doing. Anyway, It Is
what he told anxious little Mrs Peter
that he was going to do as he started
from the dear, safe Old Brier Patch
for the Green Forest. Peter is often
hunted, but who ever heard of him
as hunter. And if you don't already
think Peter crazy you surely will when
1 tell you who it was that Peter was
starting out to hunt. 1t was the hun
ter with the terrible gun, the very one
who had been making life so hard for
Mrs. Grouse and Peter himself, and
others of the little forest and meadow
people! If little Mrs. Peter had known
that she would have been a hundred
times more anxious than she already
was.
But Peter didn't tell her. He waved
good-by and scampered across to the
Green Forest as fast as his legs would
take him, lipperty-lipperty-lip Jolly,
round, bright Mr.. Sun had just begun
his daily climb up in the blue, blue
sky as Peter reached the edge of the
Green Forest. Usually at this time
Of starting out. He drew q long
breath.
II feel right down inside Of me that
this is going to be very exciting
day." said Peter Rabbit. He squatted
down under a low-growing hemlock
tree to rest for a few minutes and
think his plans all over.
"The first thing to do is to find just
where Buster Bear is," thought he.
do hope he will be taking nap.
After 1 find him must hunt for that
hunter. 1t is going to be a fine day,
and I'm sure he will come hunting.
If he doesn't my plan will not work
at all. But if he does then we will
see what we will see, and I have an
idea that it will be worth seeing"
Peter looked this way and that way
to make sure that the way was clear.
1t was, and off he started to hunt for
Buster Bear. He knew that Buster
would probably be in the deepest,
darkest part of the Green Forest, and
so he headed straight for the place
where he had found Buster and made
him SO dreadfully angry only two
nights DeIOre. When ne got there he
moved very. very carefully. He didn't
want Buster to see him. 1t wouldn't
do at all to have Buster get SO much
as a glimpse of him. So he took the
greatest care to make no noise and to
keep behind trees and piles of brush
Peter was almost ready to give up
when he heard noise which made
him stop, prick up his long ears, and
listen with all his might. It came
from under a great pile Of fallen
trees which brought Brother North
Wind had torn up by the roots some
time when he had been angry and
wanted to know how strong he is.
Peter tiptoed over to it and peeped
under. There was Buster Bear taking
a nap on a fine bed of leaves, and once
in a while growing very deep down
in his throat. It was very plain that
Buster was dreaming.
Peter grinned. Then he took one
more look before he tiptoed away.
When he thought it safe to do SO he
ran. How he did run! He was going
now to hunt for that hunter with the
terrible gun. Yes, sir. that Is Just
who Peter was going to hunt for. And,
funny as it may seem, Peter hoped