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Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF BUNNY COTTON-TAIL *** - -[Illustration: - - When little Bunny was quite small, - He read by candle-light; - But now that he has grown up tall, - He goes to bed at night!] - - - THE TALE - _of_ - Bunny Cotton-Tail - - _By_ LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - - [Illustration] - - A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - CHICAGO AND NEW YORK - - - - - COPYRIGHT 1904 - BY - A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - - - - -THE TALE OF - -BUNNY COTTON-TAIL - - - - -CHAPTER I - - -If little Bunny Cotton-Tail had not read by candle-light, this story -might never have been written. - -One evening Bunny Cotton-Tail read very late, and he was so excited -over the story he was reading that he waved one paw too near the -candle, and burned it sadly. Poor Bunny cried so loud that all the -neighbors heard him, and came running in to see what was the matter. -Have you ever cried so loud that you could be heard next door? - -Mother Cotton-Tail tied up the burned paw in a cabbage leaf and sent -Bunny to bed. And what do you suppose that comical Bunny did? He liked -the smell of the cabbage so well, that he ate the leaf all up, and his -poor paw began to hurt worse than ever. - -This time he did not cry, for he was afraid he would be scolded for -eating the cabbage leaf. He crept out of bed and ran out of the house. - -Mother Cotton-Tail never allowed little Bunny to go out late at night, -so now everything seemed very strange to him. He looked at the big -moon, and he was afraid. He ran on for some time and he came to a -beautiful garden. - -Here he saw more cabbages than he had ever dreamed of! There were big -cabbages, little cabbages, and middle-sized cabbages. He was just going -to have a nice meal when he looked up and saw a very tall creature -waving its arms at him. - -Poor little Bunny was sadly frightened. He did not know that this big -thing was only a scare-crow. He had never seen a scare-crow before, in -all his life. But he had seen men, and his mother had told him that men -did not like rabbits. Bunny thought the scare-crow was a man, and he -quickly crept close to a big cabbage, to hide, and lay quite still for -a while. - -Every now and then Bunny peeped out from among the cabbage leaves, and -there that awful creature and the moon were, always staring at him! - -By and by, he decided to run home, and he started off as fast as his -little legs would carry him. But the moonlight made him dizzy, and he -took the wrong road. - -When daylight came, poor little Bunny Cotton-Tail was far from home, -and soon a hunter came that way, and caught him. The hunter put Bunny -in his bag and took him home for his little boy to play with. The -little boy’s name was Harold. When his papa came in with Bunny, Harold -clapped his hands for joy. Then the whole family gathered around and -made remarks about poor Bunny. - -“Why are his ears so long?” Harold asked. - -“To keep the flies off,” answered Uncle Jack. - -“He must have left his tail at home,” said big brother. - -“He looks scared. We must build him a house,” said papa. - -So they all went to work and made a nice house for Bunny, and big -brother brought him a large leaf of cabbage to eat. - -Two big tears rolled down poor Bunny’s face, for the cabbage made him -think of his fright in the garden, and his sore paw, and how he had -left home. - -Then Harold took Bunny in his arms and hugged him, and that made the -poor little rabbit feel better, and he fell asleep. - -When Harold put Bunny back in his box, he forgot to shut the door. He -never thought that in the morning his new pet might be gone. - -[Illustration: - - When Bunny runs away to roam, - Some one is sure to bring him home. - So Bunny should be good, I say, - And not go out and run away.] - - - - -CHAPTER II - - -Late that night Bunny Cotton-Tail made up his mind to run away. So he -crept out of his little house, and through a hole in the back fence, -and was off. The great moon was staring down at him, and he was very -much afraid of the moon, but he could not go very fast, for his paw -still hurt him and he limped sadly. - -After a while he sat down on a log to rest, and whom did he see coming -down the road with a wheel-barrow but Mother Cotton-Tail? She had been -searching all night and all day for Bunny. - -When Bunny saw his mother he clapped his paws together so hard that he -hurt his sore one, and he cried: “Oh, ma, oh, ma!” - -Mother Cotton-Tail did not waste any words, for Mr. Fox is out in the -woods at night. She just tumbled Bunny into that old wheel-barrow, and -whisk! they went down the road; while the big moon laughed and made a -face at them. - -When they got home all the rabbits in the neighborhood stood around the -front gate, and they all cried: “Hurrah! welcome home, Bunny!” - -Bunny was so ashamed that he hung his head and waved his sore paw -feebly. Then his mother took him into the house and put him to bed. - -Poor Bunny was so shaken up by the ride in that wheel-barrow that he -did not sleep very well, and next day he had to stay at home with his -mother while all the other rabbits went to a pic-nic. - -After supper, when he was sitting up in a big arm-chair by the window, -whom should he see coming slowly up the road but his dear friend Susan -Cotton-Tail? Susan Cotton-Tail walked slowly because she was very -tired. The rabbits had tramped miles and miles on that pic-nic. - -Susan Cotton-Tail carried something on her arm. At first Bunny thought -it was a bag, and then he saw it was a basket. What do you suppose -Susan Cotton-Tail had in that basket? She had some nice things that she -had saved for Bunny, from the pic-nic. - -When Susan saw Bunny sitting by the window, she did not stop to go -around to the front door, as her mother had trained her to do. She -jumped right in through the window, and took a seat on the arm of -Bunny’s chair. - -Have you ever had to stay at home from a pic-nic when all the other -children went? And did you have a dear friend who brought you some of -the good things to eat? If so, you know just how Bunny felt. - -Susan Cotton-Tail had sandwiches in that basket, and cabbage leaves and -radishes, and little cookies cut in the shape of a rabbit. (One of the -mother rabbits had made these for a joke.) - -After a nice visit Susan said she must go home. - -Susan wanted to go and pick berries next day. Bunny asked his mother if -he might go too, and she said he might, if he would try to be a good -little rabbit after this. Bunny promised, and then he went with Susan -to the gate. - -[Illustration: - - As Mr. Bunny Cotton-Tail - Went walking down the street, - It was his great good fortune - Susan Cotton-Tail to meet. - - Said Susan, “My dear Bunny, - If you would only try - To open wide your parasol, - Your fur would keep quite dry!”] - - - - -CHAPTER III - - -The next day, when Bunny Cotton-Tail woke up, he heard the rain -pattering against the window panes. He cried so loud, and his tears -fell so fast, that his little brother thought the roof was leaking! - -Mother Cotton-Tail said it would do no good to cry about the rain, and -she went to the closet and brought out a beautiful new silk umbrella. -She had bought it for a birthday present for Bunny, but she hated to -see Bunny unhappy, so she said he might go out in the rain so as to use -it. - -Now, Bunny was not a very careful little rabbit, so he did not wait -to learn how to open it, but ran out of the house and down the road -with the umbrella in his paw. That is the reason you see him so in the -picture. He ran fast, because he wanted to show Susan his new present. - -Now, wasn’t it odd that on that very same morning Susan Cotton-Tail -cried when she saw the rain, and that her mother gave her a beautiful -new umbrella? But Susan was a careful rabbit, and learned how to open -and use the umbrella before she went out. - -Susan had left her basket at Bunny’s house the night before, so her -mother said she might go after it. That is the way the two rabbits -happened to meet. - -Bunny was delighted when Susan showed him how to open his umbrella, -and they stood there some time, talking in the rain. Of course it was -too wet to go for berries, but they wanted to have some fun, so they -decided to go to Bunny’s house and blow soap-bubbles. - -On the way home they passed a nice garden. Farmer Jones was out working -in it that morning. Bunny wished very much for a bite of cabbage, so he -begged Susan to come and hide behind the raspberry bushes, so that they -could nibble something while Farmer Jones was not looking. Now Susan -was a good little rabbit, and she knew that to steal is very wrong, so -she said, “No.” - -Then Susan and Bunny went on to Bunny’s house, and here they blew -soap-bubbles all the morning. - -[Illustration: - - Little Bunny Cotton-Tail - Should not try to roam - In Farmer Jones’s cabbage-patch; - He ought to stay at home.] - - - - -CHAPTER IV - - -Next day, Bunny went over to Susan’s house and found Susan’s mother -crying, and what do you suppose had happened? Why, Susan Cotton-Tail -had not come home, and her mother was afraid she might be lost. - -When Bunny heard the news, he cried into a little red handkerchief that -he had wrapped around his sore paw, and he said he wished to die if -Susan Cotton-Tail could not be found! - -Now Bunny knew that old Farmer Jones hated the sight of even his little -stubby tail, so he thought the quickest way for him to die would be to -run over into the farmer’s garden. - -He told Susan’s mother good-by, waved his sore paw feebly, and set -out for the garden. He thought that if he must die he would eat some -cabbage first, and he was nibbling away when he heard some one whisper -his name very softly. - -At first he thought it was Marie, Farmer Jones’s little girl, so he -curled right up close beside a cabbage, and did not say a word. He -peeped around the cabbage, and he could see Farmer Jones’s blue shirt, -and once in a while he could hear him whistle. - -Then he heard a soft little voice say: “Bunny, Bunny, Bunny.” He -looked over by the raspberry bushes, and what do you suppose he saw? -There was Susan Cotton-Tail, caught in a trap! - -When Bunny saw Susan he forgot all about Farmer Jones, and he gave a -loud squeal, just the same kind of a squeal he gave when he burned his -paw. Farmer Jones came running, and cried: “Ah, ha! I have caught the -rabbit at last!” - -Bunny had just time to jump into a flower pot, and Farmer Jones found -poor Susan in the trap. - -“Now,” said Farmer Jones, “I have caught the naughty rabbit that eats -my cabbages, and I have a great mind to kill it!” - -But he did not kill Susan--oh, my, no--for she just blinked her eyes -and smiled at him. She was not the least bit afraid; and why should she -have been, when she had never stolen anything from Farmer Jones in her -life? - -Just then Marie came running out into the garden, and Farmer Jones said: - -“See, Marie, I have caught the naughty rabbit that has been eating my -cabbages, and she looks as though she had never done anything wrong in -her life.” - -“Oh, the sweet little thing!” cried Marie. “Let me have her for a pet, -and I will put a pretty blue ribbon around her neck.” - -So Marie took Susan up in her little apron and carried her, very gently -and carefully, into the house. She made room for the little rabbit in -her doll’s bed, and there Susan fell asleep. - -[Illustration: - - Little Bunny Cotton-Tail, - Is running home, you see, - And Miss Susan Cotton-Tail - Keeps him company.] - - - - -CHAPTER V - - -What did Bunny Cotton-Tail do then, do you suppose? He felt so sorry -about Susan that he cried nearly all day, and he was so afraid of -Farmer Jones now, that he did not dare to come out of the flower pot! -The flower pot had rolled over on one side, so he was quite hidden. - -Now it happened that Marie had a nice flower-bed in front of the house, -and a friend had given her a new plant to set out. So she began to look -for a flower pot to cover it. Of course, you can guess what happened. -Marie found Bunny Cotton-Tail, the flower pot and all! “Oh, papa, here -is another bunny! They must be twins,” she cried. - -Farmer Jones came up, and when he saw how scared poor little Bunny -looked, he laughed. He said if they put the two rabbits together, they -could soon tell whether they knew each other or not. So Marie carried -Bunny into the house. - -Susan Cotton-Tail had fallen asleep in the doll’s bed, so Marie slipped -Bunny in beside her, and he pretended to go to sleep, too. Farmer -Jones said this proved that they knew each other; for if they had been -strange rabbits, they would have fought. - -Night came on, and the big clock in the hall struck twelve, and Susan -woke up. She was so delighted to find Bunny beside her, that she almost -screamed for joy, but Bunny put one little soft paw over her mouth, for -he was afraid she would waken some one, and he was already planning how -they could get away from Farmer Jones’s house. - -He told Susan that he had heard the cook say she would leave the pantry -window open to keep her preserves cool, so, if they could only find the -pantry, they might escape. - -Susan listened so eagerly that her ears flopped on the side of the -doll’s bed as though she were keeping time to a tune. - -Bunny stole out of bed, and began to search for the pantry. He told -Susan to wait until he came back for her. - -The moon was not shining, and it was very dark. Bunny felt his way -along carefully, till he came to the sitting-room. Here he saw a big -black box, beside a window, and it looked to him as though the window -were open. Up he jumped on the box, to make sure, and crash! he fell -on something that played a tune! The quicker he ran up and down, the -louder the tune was, and the louder the tune was, the more scared Bunny -was, and the more he ran up and down. - -Farmer Jones waked up and could not think what all the noise meant. -He jumped out of bed and ran down stairs two steps at a time, with a -candle in his hand. He found Bunny dancing about on the piano keys, and -he laughed till he cried. - -Then he called the whole family down stairs to see the strange sight. -Everybody laughed and petted Bunny, and the more they laughed, the more -scared he was, until he saw Susan peeping around a curtain at him. - -Then he gave one bound for the open window. Susan followed him, quick -as a flash, and whisk! the two frightened little rabbits were racing -away down the road before one of the family could say, “Jack Robinson.” - -What Farmer Jones and the family thought about it I cannot say, but I -can tell you that Susan and Bunny were very careful never to go into -his garden again. - -[Illustration: - - Little Bunny Cotton-Tail - Should have gone to school to-day. - He cried so hard he could not see, - And went the other way!] - - - - -CHAPTER VI - - -When Susan’s mother saw Susan, she laughed and she cried. Then she put -Susan to bed, and there the poor little rabbit stayed for a week, and -then it was time for school to begin. - -When Bunny’s mother saw him, she switched him with a little maple -switch, and sat him up in the corner until he told the whole story. - -Bunny ran away so much, you see, that his mother was quite used to it, -while Susan was a good rabbit and had never before run away from home. - -The week passed, and then Bunny’s mother said Bunny must go to school. -For rabbits have to go to school if they want to learn anything, of -course! - -So she put up a nice little lunch for Bunny, and gave his coat an extra -brush. She brushed him so hard that he cried a little, and went down -the road with his dinner pail on his arm, brushing the tears away with -his sore paw! - -Bunny never did like to go to school very well, so when he stopped -crying, and found that he had taken the wrong road and was going into -the woods, he was not sorry at all. - -He went on a little way and saw some squirrels. They seemed to be -having a very good time, and Bunny sat down to watch them at their -play. Then he opened his basket and began to eat his lunch, for he was -always hungry. - -He was so tired then, after his long tramp, that he fell asleep, and he -never opened his eyes until he heard a soft “tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.” -He opened his eyes, and there stood Susan Cotton-Tail, smiling at him. - -Bunny did not know where he was, at first, but he rubbed his eyes -hard, and then he asked Susan where she had got the dear little bell -that hung around her neck. Susan said it was a reward given her by her -teacher for good behavior. Then Bunny was sorry that he had not gone -to school, for he liked the “tinkle, tinkle” of that bell. - -Susan said that all the rabbits were out looking for Bunny, and that -they thought him very naughty. - -When Bunny got home, he said that he would go to school now every day -if Susan might stop for him. It worked well for a week, then that -naughty Bunny got up early and went down to watch the little fishes -swimming in the brook. All the rabbits went out to look for him and -found him and took him home, as before. - -That night Mother Cotton-Tail sat by the fire a long time, thinking. -Presently, she crept softly out of the house, shutting the door behind -her. - -[Illustration: - - Mother Bunny Cotton-Tail - Seeks Mr. Owl, you see, - And little Bunny Cotton-Tail - Is scared as scared can be.] - - - - -CHAPTER VII - - -Now, what do you suppose Mother Bunny was going to do? She was going to -find Mr. Owl, who is the wisest creature in the woods. And why was she -going to find Mr. Owl? Because she wanted to ask him how to stop Bunny -Cotton-Tail from running away. - -Mr. Owl was at home, as usual, sitting on a branch of an old pine-tree. -When Mother Cotton-Tail told her story, he blinked his round eyes and -turned his head all the way around to hide a smile. He had heard of -Bunny Cotton-Tail before. - -Mr. Owl did not talk very much; wise people never do. So he answered -Mother Cotton-Tail with two words: “Mr. Fox.” - -Mother Cotton-Tail did not see what that meant, but Mr. Owl had no more -to say, so she started slowly homeward. - -On the way home she passed Mr. Fox’s den. There she saw an old overcoat -of his out on the line. Then, whisk! jump! as quick as a wink she had -that overcoat down from the line, and was off, carrying it over her -shoulder. - -When she was safely away from Mr. Fox’s den, she crept into the coat, -though it was much too big, and doubled her ears up neatly inside his -cap. - -She looked ahead of her, and what did she see, coming down the road, -but a little rabbit--a naughty, run-away little rabbit? She knew at -once that it was her own Bunny. - -Mother Cotton-Tail stood very still in the shadow of a tree, and when -Bunny came by, she whisked out, and took him in her arms and started -straight for Mr. Fox’s den. - -Bunny Cotton-Tail was so scared that he did not say a word, but he -thought he felt his hair turning gray, and that was a pity for one so -young! - -When they got near the den, Mother Cotton-Tail stopped. Everything was -very still. - -“Now, Bunny,” she said, “you shall go in there, and we will eat you -up, unless you promise never to run away any more.” - -Did Bunny promise? Well, indeed he did, in a hurry! And Mother -Cotton-Tail told him that all the foxes knew about it and would catch -him if he ever ran away again. - -Then she gave him a big hug, which scared him nearly to death. Think -of his being scared when his own mother hugged him! But you see, he -thought she was Mr. Fox. Then she let Bunny go, and he ran straight -home. - -Mother Cotton-Tail put Mr. Fox’s coat back on the line and went home, -too, very happy. - -Bunny Cotton-Tail never ran away from home any more. 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