The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-31
BURGESS BED-
 TIME STORIES
PETER REMEMBERS JERRY
 aEuraIK ID an-
By THORNTON W. BURGESS

MUSKRAT
 Who to my signs gives careful heed
 Win be prepared for every need.
 ~-old Mother Nature. < Peter Rabbit sat just Inside one of Johnny Chucl's back halls and wait ed for Reddy Fox to go away. Peter was in no hurry. He had just as soon sit there for while as any ! where else, He was quite safe and knew 1t. The only way Reddy Fox could set In would be by digging that back hall larger, and he felt sure Reddy wouldn't waste any time doing that.
 He was quite right. Reddy had snarled angrlly when Peter had dumped a warning to Johnny Chuck and Johnny had shown Reddy pair side his house. Then Reddy lad ! rushed for Peter, who. just in the nick of time, lodged into this back hall of Johnny Chuck's.
 ( "IlI dig you out" snarled Reddy' poking his nose in at the doorway.
 Come on." retorted Peter. Tt IS fine weather for digging"
 Reddy started to dig as If he really \ intended to do just what he had said he would do. Peter chuckled. Tt is good to see some one so willing to work" said ne.
 Reddy stopped digging. He knew that Peter knew he was only blut- * fing. Anyway, one of these days Il make you pay for cheating me out of a fine dinner of fat Chuck. 1 warn you, Peter Rabbit. you Il pay for lh's one of these days" snarled Reddy
 Thank you for the warning. I'll keep it in mind" chuckled Peter. Reddy made a lot of dreadful threats of what he would do to l'eter when he should catch him, and thSh went away. Peter remained r1sht where he was for long time anu having nothing else to, do he fell to i thinking of Johnny Chuck and how positive Johnny was that the com ink of winter would be long hard and cold
 <. tI wonder if he is right?" thought Peter. T don't see how he can know But he thinks he knows He mas ' made his house deeper than ever pe- fore. and never since I have known him. and I have known him all ms life. has he been as fat as he IS now And he says it is all because we are going to have a long, hard, coia . winter He is sure of 1t, yet ne can |, tell how he Is sure; says it + just a feeling Huh I don't put much faith in feelings of that kind. l won der if anybody else has that feeling I don't believe anybody does"
 Right then Peter remembered |! something he had quite forgotten. lie remembered how, very early one 1all' Jerry Muskrat had gone to work on his house, making the walls tnlchei than usual, and when he had been asked why he was doing it had saio because the winter was going to De cold. He remembered now he and most of the other little peopie had laughed at Jerry and mace run of him for thinking that ne cousu tell what the winter was to be hKe' IIa ramembered. too, how when the winter had come it had been just as |iJerry said 1t would be, the coldest' hardest winter for years.
 Peter scratched g. long ear with u long hind foot. Then he scratchea the other long ear with the other long hind foot, and on his face was d |. puzzled look. Perhaps there was st mething in that feeling after aii. q .woa, der.if Jerry has got it-thls- year.n said he, talking to himsei1' q don't see why he shouldn't nave fa,.s Johnny Chuck has it. I'll run over and find out It's all nonsense oi course. Still, I would like to Nho" |, what Jerry thinks about 1t. yS peter poked his head out for a looh around. The way was clear Reou9 Tox was nowhere to be seen. Peter started for the Smiling Pool, lip- perty-l -lipperty lip. - Copyright. 1921, by T. W. Burgess3 Ire next story: Jerry Muskrae Also Has the Feeling