Evening star., 1914-04-25
The News Reaches Peter
Rabbit.

1t isn't often that Peter Rabbit doesa
know what is gong ell III INC Green o.
est and on the Green Meadows btt once
In a great while it Eanpers. That vas
the case the time that eve ynody was
looking for the stoi iehouse o. Busy Bee
so as 10 make a friend of susie: Bear.
who is very fond OF hone. Ii happens
that Pete had been staying Very close
to the dear O;d Byiar Patcn III the day
time. visiting the Green Forest only at
night Vow o. coIrsa. 10 one looked
for the s;orehorse % Busy Bee at night.
and so Pete didn't know anything about
it for some time When lie did hear
about il. he was Very much put out BE-
cause hc had not known about it be-
fore Peter is one OF those people. who
want to be the first to know what is go
ing OH.
Now. Peter was quite as much afraid
of Buster Bear as were any OF his
friends. In fact. it was because of Buster
that he had gwen up going TO the Greer
Forest as much Us he used to OF WoulG
have lil:ed 1os SO when ne heard thaZ
every one Vas looking 70. honey 70:
Buster Bear. he was flied with . great
wish tnat he. 700. might hunt for the
honey Ec night. he just might. find it
And ir he I'D. WIZ he and Buster Bea"
aud tiat would be pc fcctly splendid. The
more ne thought about it as he sat i'll
the dear ord Briar Patcii the more splen-
did ii seemed. and lie began to wish and
wish that he could climb trees like Chat
terer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack
the ay Squirrel, or else that he could
fly. He thought flying would be even
better
couldn't quite see how he had the least
chance in the world to find the honey
which would make Buster Bear his
friend. He sat in the dear Old Briar
Patch and thought ard thought. Jimmy
Skunk came along and noticed that Peter
was studying over something.
"Hello." he exclaimed. Got something
on your mind. Peter Rabbit?"
Now. Peter didn't like to admit that he
wished he could find the honey of Busy
my's question. Hello. Jimmy Skunk!'
he exclaimed. as if he had lust discov-
cred Jimmy's D. essence. How are you?''
Fine" replied Jimmy "I'm glad TO
see that you haven't gone crazy like ev-
erybody else
What do you mean?" asked Peter
why everybody in the Green Forest
is running around with their heads tip
ped back until they look as if they Ger
tainly would break their necks. They're
all looking for honey. and to see them
You would think that they expected it
was going to drop right down on their
noses never 0fQ see such fOOliShneSS.
and all just to try to please Buster Bear.
Some day one of them will walk right
into his clutches. for you can't look up
and watch where you are going at the
same time. If 1 wanted to find that
honey l wouldn't go about breaking my
neck to do it. No. sir. not much"'
What would YOU do?" asked Peter SO
eagerly that Jimmy looked at him
sharply.
I'D ask some one who knows. or else
Id watch Busy Bee and find out where
she goes to- replied Jimmy
Peter didn't say anything more. but he
did a great deal of thinking, and he did
wish that Jimmy Skunk would hurry
plan. He had thought of sonre one. a
friend of his who ought to know all
about Busy Bee and her honey, and he
was ANXIOUS to go hunt him up. So for
once Peter didn't want to talk. and after
a little Jimmy Skunk went on his wav to
hunt for fat beetles.