New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
Mrs. Peter Has Her Turn Ry ThOFntOn M. RUrRf1sS

Ky Thornton W. Burgess
 Who waits and watchful patience
 chooses,
 Will find he very seldom loses.
 Mrs. Peter Rabbit
 Peter Rabbit does foolish things. All of us do foolish things at times. Now that he was hack in the dear old Briar-patch after his feast up in Farmer Browns barn. he would have remained there If he had lis tened to common sense. But he didn't remain there. He went over to the Green Forest. Yes. sir. he did just that thing. He went over 10 the Green Forest and he went in broad daylight He had caught glimpse of Reddy Fox disappearing up in the Old Pasture. He could sec all over the Green Meadows apn the way was clear. So away he had gone. perty-lipperty-lip. He wanted to tell his big cousin. Jump e1 the Hare, about the good things in Farmer Browns barn and how he had found way at get to them. He planned to go back to Farmer Browns barn that very night.
 Timid little Mrs Peter was quit, iisconsolate. She thought vistfu1ly of all those good things that Peter had had to eat while she had only bark and tender twigs.
 T don't care" said she 10 her self. my life is more important than a full stomach. ! am safe here in the dear Old Briar- patch and I can get along after fashion ' don't believe in taking unnecessary chances and that is just what Peter does every time he leaves the Ola Driar- patch"
 So little Mrs. Peter gnawed lit tie bark from one young tree ana chewed some young t"igs from some bushes and then sampled the bark from another young tree. It Gidn't taste very good any of i' But it did give her stomach some thing 10 do and il did take the odg" off that almost constant hunger. By and hv she settled herself for q nap and presently was dreaming or All the good things potor had dc sCrihed.
 She was awakened hy noise Sn" HWoke with start. Her heart Non- pt-d-pa' pit-r-pat with fright. There was som" ono on tIoo other sile Of the -ln1r uld Hriar- patch. Very cautiously. little Mrs. Peter hopp"d 10 where sh" could peep out She sHW right away that II was Farmer Browns Roy and that Non sr", sh' had conc 10 know hat Farmer Browns Boy WAS q friend. Just what ho Has doing. she .ouldn quit so'. H. seemed 10 b. working. H. was busy for quite q ig" minutes. Then. whlsting, he taft"i back toward nome. He was .ragging d sled Ms. psrcr sat and H"t"Ned hjH siuti he had turned n at the Long I.aur. Then she ''rrl"d o."r 10 soe "bat he hH ] nton doing in tte dear old Briar- Ilich. l' didn't take her long to find out. in q place hat was some what sheltered hy hramblcs an l young trees. h. had cleared away the snow and or this cleared place he had spread q feast. To begin with. there was a bundle Of sweet clover hay. There was enough Of il 10 last so'1e time. Then there Was some cabbage leaves. There wcre 4pNeral small turuIps and some car rOts. Also. there were some apples. tnd, last but no least. there vas q iittlc pie of oats.
 How the eyes Of little Mrs. Peter did sparkle. She sat herself right down 10 enjoy such a feast ,s sh. had not had that winter Shc atr ? li'tla Of t1;is ~nd rithl.d a l;.', of that. She couldn't have told Nnu which tasted best. sNo, sir, shc