Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-08

When you don't know just what to do. why,
1t may not save you, but you ii ma the chances
it Will.
+ Peter Rabbit.
Peter Rabbit had been sitting still a
! long time. He had sat without NOV
ing ever since he had hidden there
among the rushes after seeing Hooty
the Owl. He was sure that Hooty
hadn't seen him at all. He knew that
Hooty had been intent on catching
Jerry Muskrat. He knew that Jerry
hadn't been caught because he had
heard the splash Jerry had made when
he dived into the water when he, Peter,
had thumped that warning. He felt
sure that Hooty had gone elsewhere to
hunt.
still for a long time. 1t was the
wisest thing to do. Peter knows that
safety first is the law of life for him
as well as for all the little people of
the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows He doesn't mind sitting
still. 1t is the easiest thing in the
world for lazy person to sit still, and
YOU know Peter is inclined to be lazy
So he was quite content to sit still
But all the time he kept those long
ears of his busy catching every little
sound and trying to discover if any of
them meant danger.
But though he heard many little
sounds, the Little Night Breezes steal
ing through the PUSHES, the gurgling
laughter of the Laughing Brook, the
deep voice of Grandfather Frog, the
humming of tiny insects, not one SO
much as limited of danger. At last he
made up his mind that 1T would be
quite safe to move. He would go back
to see If Jerry Muskrat had returned
| to work on that little landing he had
been building when Hooty had APP
peared.
He was just about to hop out of his
hiding place when suddenly there was
a loud splash. Peter understood 1t
perfectly. He knew that Jerry Musk
rat had made it, and that it meant
danger. 1t was Jerry's warning signal.
Peter just kept right on sitting still
He didn't dare do anything else.
What could this new danger be?
Perhaps Hooty the Owl had returned,
but somehow Peter doubted that Peter
strained his ears for some little sound
that might warn him where and what
this danger might be. Then from far
away in the Green Forest he heard the
hunting call of Hooty: That settled
the matter so far as Hooty the owl
was concerned; Jerry Muskrat had dis
covered some other danger.
Il know from the sound that Jerry
was out in the Smiling Pool" thought
Peter. II don't know of anything he
would be afraid of out there. 1t
must be that he saw something on
| land and meant that warning for me.
Now, what can that danger be? And
| where is 1t? What shall L do? Which
way shall L rum
| The more he thought about it the
more it seemed to Peter that he must,
he simply must get away from there.
| There wasn't a shadow of doubt in
his mind that an enemy was very
| near. Was it Reddy Fox? Was it
| Granny Fox? Was it Old Man Coyote?
| Was it Shadow the Weasel? Was it
Billy Mink? Peter listened with all
! his might for the rustic of leaf to
tell him just where the danger was,
| but not a sound could he hear.
| 1t was dreadful. That is just what
| 1t was, dreadful. If only he could
| run. But, not knowing just where
| that enemy was, he might run right
| into him. Peter didn't know what
! to do. He didn't know what to do
| and so he did nothing. That is. he
| didn't move. He sat right where he
IVES and didn't move 50 mucn as Il