Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 36

Al BEDTIME STORIE Lightfoot Thanks Peter. " TThanks cost little, but mean much; Don't forget the need of such. —Old Mother Nature. Lightfoot the Deer long ago learned that his life often depended on prompt action on his part. So the instant he heard Peter Rabbit's danger signal he bounded to his feet and was away without walting to see what the danger ‘was. It was enough for him that there was danger. Yes, sir, it was enough for him that there was danger. The thing to do was to get away from it and to find out about it afterward. He didn't even know that Peter had intended that I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU, PETER | RABBIT,” SAID LIGHTFOOT. signal for him. But he acted just as if he had known that. ‘When he bounded out of that thicket | he ran a short distance upwind. His nose told him that there was no danger in that direction. Had there been any enemy in that direction the scent would have come to him. But after he had gone far enough to be sure that he was safe from any enemy that might have been approaching the thicket where he had been lying he began to circle. Do You know why he was doing this? It was 80 that he might get around back of any one who was coming from be- hind him and so get their scent. i [ Lan BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Lightfoot the Deer can move with surprising quietness when he wants to. He did now. His big ears were forward and very wide, to catch e little sound. He made quite a wide circle, so that finally he was some distance back of that thicket he had so recently left. Then once more he began to move upwind toward that thicket. And now his delicate nose was testing every bit of air. Suddenly he stopped and stood very still. *Buster Bear!” he exclaimed under his breath. “I smell him! He is in that thicket now. He must have been stealing up on me when Peter thumped. So that's it! Well, he didn’t get me, thanks to Peter Rabbit. I won- der where Peter is.” ’ Now that the danger was over, Light- foot was no longer frightened. He knew that there was no chance for Buster Bear to catch him that day and he knew that Buster knew it. He knew that Buster would go off about other business. So Lightfoot began to wander about aimlessly. Later he would return to that thicket and resume his inter- rupted rest. Presently a little brown form with a white tail came bobbing down the Crooked Little Path. Light- foot whistled. The little brown form stopped bobbing and abruptly sat up. “T was looking for you, Peter Rabbit,” sald Lightfoot. “That's nothing,” repifed Peter. “I ;:s {’munx for you. Did you see Buster ar?” “No,” replied Lightfoot, “but I smelled him and that -was enough. I am ever so much obliged to you, Peter.” “What are you obliged to me for?” Peter asked, pretending that he didn't understand. “For giving me that warning as you did,” replied Lightfoot. “It came justin the nick of time. I don't know whether you did it purposely or not or whether you were thumping because you were frightened yourself. But that makes no difference. That warning saved my life just the same.” “I—I—hoped it would,” stammered Peter. “I didn’t know what else to do. You see, I was on my way to visit you there in the thicket and discovered Buster Bear. I guess it was a good thing that I started over to see you this ‘morning.” “I don't guess anything about it declared Lightfoot; “I know it was.” (Copyright, 1929.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) . . Turkish title. . Historical conqueror of England. . Relict. . Weight of piledriver. . Musical play. . Positive pole. . Greek letter. . A native salt, . Lay bare. . Pointed end of crescent. . Character in Greene’s “Menaphon.” . To declaim loudly, . Variety of goose. . Decoction. . Indian shelter. . Spurred. . Dry. . Soldier's meal. . European kingdom. . Exist. . Otherwise. . Conjunction. . Utilize. . More evil. . 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