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~ affairs Of other people Peter
wv Rabbit was spending more
time away from his home in
the dear Old Briar- r-patch
than little Mrs. Peter considered he had
any business to. She had family cares,
lively ones, and while they should have
been Peters cares as well, he didn't
seem to think so.
Peter was down by the. Laughing
Brook where Is enters the Smiling Pool
ard gurgles bit about 1t as If it were
too happy to keep still. He had dis
covered some secrets and failed to dis
cover great many more in his wander
| ings In the Green Forest and on the
Green Meadows and along the Laugh
Ing Brook and around the Smiling Pool,
and just now he was about to discover
another without in the least suspecting
1t. He was just about to hop forward
another step when an excited and
rather angry small person in feathers
dashed almost in his face.
why don't you look where you are
going, Peter Rabbit?" demanded this
small person, who was none other than
Mrs. Teeter the Spotted Sandpiper.
Peter had stopped abruptly. IT am
looking he replied Indignantly. What
Is the matter with you anyway"
He once more made as If to take an
other step and once llore Mrs. Teeter
dashed almost in his face. you're not!
You're not looking at all!' she sput-
tered. Just then she was Joined by
Teete himself. They looked so alike
that Peter never bothered to try to tell
them apart. Both were teetering on
their slim little legs as II they never
would quite get balanced.
What Is the trouble?" asked Teeter
anxiously.
This stupid fellow was Just going to
step on our eggs replied Mrs. Teeter.
mo such thing!" retorted Peter indig-
nantly. Il haven't even seen your eggs.
That is just it," cried Mrs. Teeter.
you don't look where you are going
so you trample right over other peoples
things
Peter stared at the ground Just in
| front OF him. II don't see any eggs, u
said he. Il don't see any nest. T.
He stopped abruptly. 1t wasn't much
OF a nest there just In front of him,
still 1t was nest, few grasses and
bits Of moss laid together In a little
depression among the pebbles, and in
1t were two eggs, rather large for the
size OF the one who had laid them,
one end much smaller than the other
white heavily spotted with dark brown
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'Well?" said Mrs. Teeter.
II beg your pardon" said Peter. 81
don't blame you for getting excited
You should know me well enough to
know that not for the world would ]
break your eggs. I am so glad YOU
stopped me in time. My, what pretty
eggs"
Mrs. Teeter was pleased. "They are
rather pretty I think myself" said
she. "At the same time they are not
SO easily seen as If they were all white
I don't care for all white eggs myself.
Neither do l." spoke up Teeter as
he bobbed back and forth. Now those
are eggs worth while" He spoke
proudly. He spoke as you might have
expected Mrs. Teeter to speak He
it into the nest. Il hope" said he in
an anxious tone that you won't tel
anybody about this"
"Of course not!" replied Peter. What
kind of fellow do you take me for?
I can keep a secret. You can trust me
not to tell anybody You won't mind II
call once in awhile, will you?"
To this Mrs. Teeter made no reply
1t was Teeter who answered. No." sale
he mot If you are careful not to lei
anybody see you and not to step or
the eggs If I do not happen to be al
home. You know 1 do have to go gel
food once in awhile"
Peter thought this a rather funny
reply, although at the time he wasnt
at all sure whether it was Teeter Oh
Mrs. Teeter who had spoken. You SET
he took it for granted that when one
was not sitting on those eggs, the othel
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