New Britain herald., 1927-10-29
Peter Loses His Head

By ihorutun W, Burgess The onc whose conlnOnSeusc has
 fled
 Is 'ery apt 10 lose his head,
 Old Mother Nature
 You know what it means to lose your head, It means to do things without thinking. It means to rush about as if you were crazy. This is g.st exactly what Peter Rabbit was "oing. In the mud on the edge Of the pond Of Paddy be Beaver, deep m the Green Forest, Peter had dis covered the footprints Of two rab- hits. One set Of footprints was just about the size Of hls own. The other footprints were a little smaller. The instant lie saw them he was sur" that these footprints were those of the strange young rabbit he had heard about and of little Mrs. Pc ter. He Was sure that they had been over here together. and he was fill d with jealous rage,
 Peter went over to 'thcs~ foot IiAlilo u!lI Nftl'l ti!iN SllIA,itNt tl them. There was just a faint scent in the larger footsteps. The scent Was that Of a stranger. But the scent in inc smaller footprints was so iaint that Peter couldn't be sure Of it. He had expected familiar scent there. but somehow this wasn't familiar. IL puzzled him But it wasn't strong enough for him to be sure. You see, those footprints had been made for some time and 'here was little scent left on this ac- count. When Peter tried 10 follow lind it at all.
 There was nothing 10 do but To resume his search and this Peter id. He started off just as fast as 0is legs could take him, needless Of 'ang"r. Already he had hc,n to many Of the hiding places he knew about, SO hc now began tt search around the pond Of Paddy the Rcav- er and Of tho rocky lodges where -omr'im"s lfustcr Pear spent the winter. He knew that there Were .aHcs in those lefeas, in one Of which Youlr" the Boncat lived. But ratrr Was reckless He just didn't care what happened 10 him. lle had lest his head completely
 Once Old Man Coyote jumped ogl rom behind a rock and all but caught him. T. was just rat'e's good
 ck, and nothing else. that there N3s hole under an old stump close .y H. d.EeI into this haadtjr-J and Old Man Coyo,e ~as so rlo~, that when his jaws snapped. lse pulled -otne Lair from rst.~'s tntl That naYnr would ia. happened had rr '.r h'aa on his guard T. hun,u,1 ccaUse aa iH.l lost ul, u.aa
 EU' o',H 'N1- o-n,rj,us. 'HugN- ina po'hlug. No sooner lad oJ Nia1 roso'- In t'au T..r v.. "4t Q rtn# 0lta and on his vtr ..e.irs for Ms. I'.'~r HuH tI. -fran2rt Tine fact Hat A." n1uld ttn1 Hp rar, of either Of tNym H.r}ul 'a mos, hla more angry, layug ..an those soo'pnats os.r hl the pond oG Paddy t'.~ Beaver. uot1rc .nn}9 mr- made l'-trr N,lo., that rln malsars or those footprints were .nyvI.re but thor. IT rn- Grpa Forest
 puc- mors Ia, n."t li4 cousin. Jumper the Hare. ''Why didn't you Ill me that Mrs pe,rr was over here in the Green Forcst?" denand- .d Peter and his voice shook w'h anger,
 Is she" inquired Jumper look ing mildly surprised.
 You know shr is," cried Peter You know she is You saw Ear with that strange rabbit you sem SO fond of
 Is that so@' exclaimed Jumper. Tn histurn bogninu nw.an-ErGPfats in hi. turn beginning To get ln'. ,ry. 'ls that so@ Vel, f ! d.d ] didn't know il. If you E"oN 70 r'uch about i'. what are you coming end asking me questions for2 think you arc little bit crazy. Peter