Evening star., 1918-07-10
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By THORNTON ". BURaASo.
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Peter Resolves Never to
Boast Again.
Pray do not boast; It doesn't pay;
It's bound to trip you up some day.

Pray do not boast; It doesn't pay;
It's bound to trip you up some day.
Peter Rabbit was beginning to feel
uneasy in his mind. Yes. sir. he was
growing positively uneasy. He didn't
like the look on the faces Of Danny
Meadow House and Old Mr.. Toad and
Johnny Chuck. He didn't like the msr.
rment Of the Merry Little Breeses. All
| Of them were too eager for him to jump
against Nimbieheels, the pretty httla
cousin Of Danny Meadow Mouse. Peter
began to b suspicious II was quite
clear to Peter that thsysknsw Nimhie-
heels and all about him. He v4shsd hs
hadn't allowed his tongue b Sua - ia
IDLE boastins Il how hs could Jump
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wits were slow, Ind do what he would
he couldn't think Of . single excuse
that his friends would accept They
began to hint that he was afraid to
Jump against Nimblsheels and that his
Just then Sammy Jay happened along
and. Of course. he stopped to ind out
what vas going on. As soon a. he
| heard that Peter had boasted that he
wasn't f,aid to Jump aEaepst any mem
had offered to jump against Nimbls-
heels but now was trying to back out he
bon't let them Jump yeti" h. cried.
pss. let ss. them uEp y:s ~. Sa
shame for Pster,s friends not 10 sss
what . wonderful Jumper he il. Wait
on on Z; fey .,s Sammy ,7a1ay,,I Jay te spr:.d sas
Peter made mp his mind that Il hS must
do It the sooner It was over the better.
fore Sammy jay returned. 30 Peter an
nounced that he was ready.
mo, mol" cried Johnny Chuck. walt
until Sammy Jay returns"
But Peter insisted that he was ready
to jump then, that he must get back to
| the dear Old Brier Patch. and that he
would wait no longer. Then It was dis
to be found. He is very timid and
bashful, you know. and 30 he had stolen
away.
You can't imagine how relieved Peter
was. At once he was all smiles. Il
than to jump "a against M me. s as dss;t didn't
want to he laughed at and 20 hs stole
away while We were talking. a little
fellow like that wouldn't have . chance
IN the world against me-"
Now wasn't that rust like Pster3 Here
he was noasttns .sain: But thse Z E.s
heels was no longer there. ~ least,
that II the way i heemed to Pster. and
he continued TO let his tongue wag. He
pooh-poohed at the idea that Nimbls-
heels was much Of q jumper, and said
that the proof Of 1t was the fact that he
hadn't dared stay for that Jumping
match. Peter actually pretended to feel
badly that there could be no match. All
the time down inside he was joyous.
That's what he was-1oyous. He was
Joyous because he WIS SO clAyerIy ret.
ting out Of that scrape into which his
tongue had led him, Of thought he was,
at least.
Right in the midst oe his boastsne .
sQueelky little voics broke in.
IT that's the way you feel about it,
Peter Rabbit, ! win jupp with you
after ALL" cried the sQueaN AStio voice
indignaAtIxs and Nimbaeheels poked his
head out from q bunch Of Grass under
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right than and thszo that pOkaP resolved
that never again would ho boast