Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09

OF GUARD.
that his children should not have
their nereves ruined while they were
ened by noise he made sure
whether or not it was real danger
before Weakening the others. He
knew that if he should waken them
several times for nothing that their
nerves would get So jumpy that they
wouldn't be able to sleep at all well.
and good sleep is very important,
you know. So that first night that
they all slept out in the grass OF
the Green Meadows it happened that
each time he waited, and each time
he found that there was no real dan
ger. So Mrs. Bob and the fifteen
little Bobs slept peacefully.
Now. no one knew just where the
Bob Whites had gone to bed for the
night. least of all Peter Rabbit. In
fact, Peter didn't care. He had other
things on his mind. You know Peter
dearly loves to be out at night. On
this particular night he had taken it
ture after having spent some hours
in the Green Forest, and because he
was in a hurry he took the shortest.
if not the safest way there. which
was across the Green Meadows. Be
cause it was not the safest way Peter
ran as hard as ever he could. lipperty-
lipperty-1ip.
Of course it was just chance that
the Bob Whites had gone to bed
right in the course Peter was taking
perty- lip. liperty -dlipperty-lipra ran Peter
with just one thought in his head-to
get to the Old Pasture before Hooty
the Owl should discover him. Suddenly
there was roar right under his very
nose. It was almost like the roar OF
the terrible gun of Farmer Browns
Boy Never in all his life had Peter
been more frightened. He tried to
stop short, but he was going so fast
that he actually tumbled over his own
feet, back the way he had come. and he
ran even faster than he had run be-
fore. Very. very much scared was
Peter Rabbit, so scared that he was
sure his heart was right up in his
throat.
When he was half way to the dear
Old Brier Patch he stopped to listen.
There was no sound of any one fol-
lowing him. Then he heard soft
whistle and presently from all direc-
lions answering whistles. very soft
One he knew to be the whistle Of
Bob. White calling his family together
and the others were the answers of
the fifteen little Bobs Now / wonder
too" muttered Peter to himself as. he
hurried home to the dear Old Brier
Patch. 81 must ask Bob tomorrow"
Meanwhile Bob White was oath
ering his frightened family about
him. TT was nothing" said he. only
with one more jump that stupid Peter
Rabbit would have landed right on
you. I heard him coming, and I knew
who 1t was. wouldn't have given the
alarm but that I saw he was going to
jump right into the middle of you. He's
a terribly needless fellow. He's old
enough to have learned to look where
he is going. / am sorry you have had
this fright, but I am glad to see that
you know what to do. Now you see
why it is that your mother taught
you to sleep in circle, each facing
out. You didn't get in the way of
each other. and if it had been Reddy
Fox instead of Peter Robbit he
wouldn't have known which one to
try to catch. Nobody but the Bob
Whites has ever thought of such a
simple and safe plan to escape in the
night" Bob said this rather proudly.
Now, my dears. you can go to sleep
again. / don't think you will get
another fright tonight"