New Britain herald., 1927-10-10

Peter Rabbit was up in the Old Pasture. It wasn't the first time he had been in the Old Pasture. My goodness, no. He had visited the Old Pasture many times. It was up there, long ago, that he first met little Mrs. Peter, who was then Miss Fuzzytail, and induced her to be- come Mrs. Peter and live in the dear Old Briar- patch. But all Pc ter's visits had been temporary wis it's. Now he had come to the Old Pasture to live.
 It was a long time since Peter had been there and he found some changes. You know bushes have q way of growing very fast. So some places that had been quite open the last time he was there were now filled with little bushes. But the old cowpaths were about the same, and so were the bramble-taneles
 T wonder,' said he to himself, 'it Old Jed Thumper is still living here I wonder if he is living here and if he is a bad-tempored as he used 10 be"
 Old Jed Thumper was little Mrs. Peters father. big. gray, old Rabbit. and more than once he had tried t0 drive Peter out Of the Old Pasture. But Peter was so big and strong now that he wasn't afraid of Old Jed Thumper.
 ''He is getting old now" continued Peter, talking to himself as he hoped along. 'Perhaps he would like company. I should think he would. Whether he does or not makes no difference; l guess tho old Pasture is big enough for both of us. I'll cut some new paths in some Of these bramhle-fangles and keep away from Old Jed Thrmpor, unless he is better tempered than he was the last time ] saw him. The first thing 10. do is to look around and find out just where l want to make my home"
 So Peter leisurcly hoped along the winding and twisting old cow paths and carefully looked over each hramblo-tangle as he cam" 10 i'. ThoGCh some Of them were Nr1y good Rabbit paths and l." knew tlnt old Jed ThumUor lad made tbDsr- Some tangl,s had no paths through them at all, and in somo tanrlos there had been pafhs hut hriars lad now grown m in 'hesr. IIn meant 10 look thn " vholr ot t.. old Pasture over before h, settled on what part hc would live in.
 "Of course" said To'.r .- Ir talked 10 himself. "Eo1ly aui Granny Fox live I'D hnrc and don't want to he too near ffmm. \nI I'm almost e1ro that uH Nau Coy ote and Mrs. Coyote arc living ru here: if won't do 10 br top mrar them Tha trouble is T don't hroN .u~' where th, Coyotes live. Hn" "- ever. I WiH not borrow trouble 'H.- til I come 10 it. You -or. fl might bo that thc Coyotes don't IiE" uu here. r they do I'll find oHt soou enough and do my worrying rheu"
 This is p#it. li&n P.''r. Nou know, hos a ppv-eu-ucEv sort of httl" fellow. H. takes things as rhoy come. IEa is a little foo much that way, in fact. A great many snapns he has been in h. roult ha,o avoid cd by doing 3 little fhiuEine
 A little twia suappo1. Y ~a4 Fl very tiny snap. You wouldn't lau. heard it. wouldn't havr heard .t. But Peters long ears heard it. H." knew somebody WAS behind hm Ne didn't know who i' was. hut Inc knew that it probably was no friend He didn't stop to find ont what 't was. I1o took to his long hoo's and away ho raced. Hppcr'v-lpn"r'r- lip. He had got 10 get 10 a hram- bIe-tanelo, & Eood thick hramhlr- tanglc, that he could get into, but