The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-13
BURGESS BED-
 TIME STORY
PETEH Is FOUND
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

If folks do wrong 1t serves them
 right
 When they're obliged to suffer
 fright.
 Farmer Browns Boy.
 Wound up in the old fish net which had covered the strawberry bed in Farmer Browns garden to protect the berries from the birds, Peter Rab- bit saw jolly. round, bright MT. Sun start his daily climb up in the blue. blue sky. Higher and higher MT. Sun climbed while Peter lay there help less. He had passed dreadful night. It had been such a dreadful night that he didn't much care what hap pened now. He felt that the day couldn't possibly be any more dread ful than the night had been.
 It was about the middle of the morning when Peter heard heavy footsteps. He couldn't see who was coming, but he knew by the sound that it must be Farmer Brown or Farmer Browns Boy Peter hardly knew whether to be glad or fearful For a long time he had looked on Farmer Browns Boy as friend. But then, he had been free and able to tdhe to nlS lOnB nceiS IL He become frightened. Now he was helpless. It Is a most dreadful feel ing to be helpless.
 Nearer and nearer came the foot steps. They stopped. There was a long drawn whistle. It was a whistle of surprise. It came from the lettuce bed, which was very near the straw berry bed. For goodness sake, what has been going on here?' exclaimed a voice. It was the voice of Farmer Browns Boy. He has discovered the damage Peter Rabbit had done in that lettuce bed.
 From the. looks of things I should say that Peger Rabbit or Johnny Chuck had been up here" continued Farmer Browns Boy. T don't be- lieve 1t was Johnny Chuck, because I don't think he would travel so far from home. Ha,fthere is a footprint. It was made by that scamp Peter Rabbit. I shall have to do some thing to teach the little rascal that he must keep away From this garden. Two or three more visits like this one would make an end of all my lettuce. I wonder what other mischief he has been getting into. I'll have to look around a bit"
 Farmer Browns Boy turned and SldTtcu tO pass the dWDcITy Dtu Happening to glance down. he saw that the net which had covered it had been disturbed. Then he noticed a little brown bundle, all wrapped in the net in the very middle of the bed. It was perfectly motionless. At firs- he~couldn't make out whatit was at all. so of course he went straight over to look at 1t. Then he saw brown fur through the holes in the net. and his surprise was greater than ever.
 "Hellow he exclaimed. Somebody has been getting into trouble. Some- body has become entangIed In this net and it has made him prisoner. As I live, 1t is Peter Rabbit Well. well, well! So you have paid for that lettuce you stole, after all, you rascal. It serves you right. It cen tainly serves you right"
 He stopped over and gently picked up Peter and the net. Then he be- gan to try to get the net off. But Peter was in dreadful tangle. Farmer Browns Boy worked and worked. Finally he lookout his knife and cut that net. AT the time he could feel Peter trembling. He guessed that Peter was frightened almost to death. And Peter was. Copyright. 1922, by T. W. Burgess)
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