Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-11

or trouble he has paved the way
Peter Rabbit
NOT all OF those six children of
Peter Rabbit were alike. Goodness
no: Did you ever in your life 500 civ
Gh1ldren just alike? OF coursa Mt
Iney~ looked very much alike. thoueb
some grew a little faster than 9th
eIs put each was different from, the
others. One was very tirlid Anntha.
was much too bold. One had All of
refers curiosity. Dne was fu1l of
mischief and another was yerv nu;et
And one was willful
"A Wiilful person is one who insists
on DONG as Re pleases-.hayine his
own way. He will not listen to adv;ca
or. II he listens, doas not heed il He
thinks he knows best and no one can
tell him anything. Such a person is
bound to get into trouble and to make
II ouble for others.
1t was just this way with that will
full young Rabbit. He was disobedient
He did whatever he wanted to do and
shouldn't do at all. He worried little
Mrs. Peter more than all the Others
together. Punishment seemed to do
him no good at ALL He wanted hiS
own way and he would have it. Time
and again he was warned that if he
persisted he would come to bad
end. but this had no effect at all. He
just kept right along on doing as he
pleased and thinking that he knew
all there was to know.
Now, one of the rules of the Old
Briar Patch was that mono of those
BunnieS was to go outside unless
Peter or Mrs. Peter was along The
wiilful young Rabbit thought this a
foolish rule. and every chance he got
he would slip to the nearest patch OF
sweet clover. Because as yer he never
had seen a single thing to Gear he had
decided in his own mind that there
was nothing to be afraid of. SO he
got in the habit of wandering farther
and farther from the dear Old Briar
Patch on these secret trips.
Just at dusk one evening while the
rest of the family We're in another
part of the Old Briar Patch this will
| full young Rabbit stole out to the near
est patch of sweet clover. At first he
didn't intend to go beyond that. But
as he sat nibbling clover leaves he
remembered that he had heard Peter
tell of certain big patch of sweet
clover away out on the Green Mead
ows Right away he wanted to visit
that patch of clover. He was sure it
must be Swecter clover than that ne
was eating.
He sat up and looked about hastily.
He wasn't looking for danger. He
didn't believe in danger. He was look
ing to be sure that neither Peter nor
Mrs Peter was watching him.
"All this talk about danger is just
TO scare us $and keep us at home
muttered this willful young Rabbit.
"It is all foolishness. If there should
be any danger / guess l can trust to
my legs to get me away from II. L m
not afraid How is a fellow ever to
learn anything about the Great world
if he never goes out in it? I'm gong
to find that big patch of sweet clover
That's what Pm going to do. m SICK
of being kept in that Old Briar
Patch"
With another hasty look. not IN
front of him, but behind him, that
willful young Rabbit took to ms
heels and scampered lipperty-hp-
perty-lip straight out on the Green
Meadows He hadn't the least ldea
how far it was to that big patch OF
sweet clover. He didn't even know
lust where it was. But he hadnt
doubt that he could find it. So ne hur-
rled on. He didn't even stop every
few Jumps to sit up and look ana
listen for danger as wise happit
will always do, but then he WASH d
wise Rabbit. He was just a 1oollsh'
willful young Rabbit.
Copyright. 1920, by IT. W. Bnrgess.)