The Detroit times., 1915-12-17
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
Peter Learns Many Things
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
tCopyright. 1913. BY >. a.. Lloyd,

Copyright. 1915. by }. a.. lloyd,
Hardly had Peter Rabbit loft
Whitefoot tha Woodmouse when he
discovered some new tracks In the
SNOW, and night away he was all
curiosity.
Now whole can these be. won
iei ?" thought he.
They NereGuite different from the
lny tracks o. Whitefoot. In the
first place tlny were ever SO much
larger. Thei, too, they we're quite
lar apart IN little groups of four.
wo little roipd ones and two quite
Song ones.
"Of colirsei said Peter TO himself,
the little n"S are the prints Of
ront Ger. ami ;he long ones are the
bIi1ts of hinl feet They are just
little like ny own prints, only not
80 big ! sues I'll follow them and
see where thy lead to-"
So Peter started of lipperty-lipper-
3y.lip. for these tracks were very
asy To follot lie had followed
hon quite a distance glthout dis
fovering anylpdy when he happened
o look back 4 his own tracks. Then
he stopped abruptly and sat up.
First he looked at his own tracks
fni then he looked NJ the other
racks and a very foolish look crcpt
bver his face. lie had noticed what
pc had quite forgotten. and this was
hat IN hopping he puts his hind
feet down in font OF his fore feet
10 that any one who didn't know
hat would think from his tracks
hat he WAS pdng I'm just the OPP
eosite tirect TN from what hr WAS
lo looked q little closer AZ the
racks he had oeeu following and
how he could see the marks of'toe-
halls. Whoevec had made those
racks d,d Just a. be did put the
ind feet down IN front ot the fore
Ct, ana here ne had been follow
|nc thcm IN the wronp diee"tion No
Wonder he didn't catch W with any
me Ny. how foolish Peter did
IceI lie looked this way and that
Say 10 make sure thar NO one had
een what b. had hccn doing and
hen he turned a1out and started
ack thu way he had come as fast
& hc could 30
When Nc reached he place whore
pc had first begun 10 follow the
raoks h" Kept right on. Presently
o came 70 a place where someone
ad dug down through he snow.
Hight beside the llttlo hole was an
Empty nutshell. Peter stopped and
light away he lost all interest.
Pooh" he exclaimed, 1T'm not go
ng 20 waste my time following those
|racks any farther The! we're made
Fy Happy Jack Squirrel; and he's at
Pome In bod now. Funny I didn't
pink OF him before. Next time
e. his tracks I'll know them. 80
ernnrs my time hasn't been wholly
kasted."
With his Peter once more went
f'Cking for tracks. and he didn't
nvc far 20 look. This tune they
fcre iis round tracks IN n single
|ow. Petor took one good look at
hem and that was enough.
"Reddy Fox" he exclai1med under
is breath. "This IL no place for me
hc 10 about. There is on. good
ping. and that is they head ava,
rom where have b~en. ! hope he
ont take II into his head 10 come
ver tIis way"
Making the longest jumps he tnew
Eov. Peter hurried off to another
art ~ The Green Forest. and there
Presently he forgot ell abou. Rsddy
OK IN IFS interest IN anoilsr sci OF
PACKS TheHe were IN double row,
nd " was very plain 10 Peter that
hoover made them was In no greet
nrry lie followed them. and pres
ntly came 10 sntold stump with