MARCH 11; .1952

By Thornton W. Burgess

PETEIVS ESCAPE

The moment that is opportune you may not have repeated soon. --Old Mother Nature.

Peter Rabbit had done a lot of useless wishing, and useless wishing is foolish wisliing. He had been trapped in the undetground house of Prickly Porky tiie Porcupine oicr in the Green Forest. 1-footy ihf! big Owl that lives over there had chased him into that house. Peter hadn't known who lived there until he got inside. Then he had discovered that Prickly Porky was at home down in his bedroom. It was then that Peter had done some useless wishing. He wished that he had stayed at home in the dear Old Eriar-patch. as he should

have done, and as Mrs. Peter so often tried to make him do. Peter knew that Hooty was waiting out- side. and he knew that if Prickly Porky should take a notion to want to go out. he, Peter, would be in a. dreadful fix

That very thing happened. It sharpened Peter's wits. He looked for a. back hall and back door. and he found them. The back door was closed with dirt and leaves, because it had not been used for a long time. l-lurriedly. Peter dug it open. He poked his head outside. looking carefully all around for Hooty the Owl. He caught a glimpse of Hooty flying back toward the lonesome

n". poked iii: head tside.

he would very likely stay for I day or two.

Peter took to his long heels and away. he went lipperty lip, iipper- ty lip. llpperty lip. Now and then he rolled his eyes back so as to look behind him and see if he was being followed. He expected every minute to have Hooty the Owl af- ter him. You see. he didn't know that I-footy the Owl was in trou- ble. that when Prickly Porky had come outside. I-footy had mistaken him for Peter, and before he had discovered his mistake had brushed one foot against Prickly Porky with the result that two of Prick-

piace where Mrs. 1-footy was sit- ting on eggs in their nest. Prickly Porky. grunting and whining. -was

shuffling toward a tree in which thought pet” "No ah. I." never

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ly Porky's little spears had entered that foot. making it very sure. "I'll never come over here again.”

come over to this part of the Green Forest again. Anyway. I found out what I wanted to know."

Peter was well on his way to the edge of the Green Forest when he met his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. Jumper was dressed all in white, as he always is in winter. "It is so!" cried Peter, as soon as he was near enough.

"What is so?" asked Jumper.

"Mrs. Hooty is sitting on eggs!" icriod Peter .

”l' heard that some time ago." renlied Jumper.

"But you didn't know it was so." cried Peter. "you said so yourself"

"No," agreed Jumper. "I didn't know it. What is more. I didn't care whether it is so or not."

Peter was a little disappointed. He dearlv loves to carry news. and it was disappointing not to have cousin interested in that news. He. didn”t even ask how Peter .;had found out that it was true that Mrs. Hooty was really sitting on emzs. Of course.Peter had to tell hi

m.

"I saw M . Booty came back from ii hunt rig trip and settle down on her nest the way all birds do when they have eggs under them." said Peter.

"You were lucky that she didn't see you. If you had any sciise at all. you would keep away from that part of the Green Forest as I do." renliev-l Jumper.

"I will from now on." said Pet" "Believe me. I never want to go over there agaln.".

"But you will." replied Jumper. 'You'il get curious about what's going on over there. and you'll go to see for yourself."

"No. I won't" said Peter. ff won't do anything of the kind." Peter really meant it when he said it but later when at last he was safely home in the dear old 'Briar-

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three diamonds.

It is obvious. however. that quite apart from his own faulty respond- ing, East failed to appreciate the significance of the bidding around the table. specifically he overlook- ed the significance of West's pass over one heart! It was inconceivable that West was making a trap pass. because. with Soutii bidding only one heart. West could not reason- ably expect. the enemy to get up any higher Tliiis. the pass over one hr-art. must have meant simply that West too weak to bid. and if that was so. how could two hearts be beaten?

Perhaps it is anti-climactic to say that the doubled two-heart contract was not beaten! In fact. South made an extra trick.

how Mrs. Hooty would keep the babies warm on the cold days and nights that were sure to follow. Already he had forgotten the nar- row escape he had had over there.

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