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See - https://archive.org/details/runawaybunny00smit - - - - - -THE RUNAWAY BUNNY - - - * * * * * * - -Books by LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - - - Bear and Bunny Book, The - Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear - Bunny Bright Eyes - Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior - Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The - Children’s Favorite Stories - Circus Book, The - Circus Cotton-Tails, The - Cotton-Tail First Reader, The - Cotton-Tail Primer, The - Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The - Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days - Games and Plays - Hawk-Eye, An Indian Story Reader - Language Lessons from Every Land - Little Bear - Little Eskimo - Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The - Mother Goose Stories - Primary Song Book - Roly-Poly Book, The - Runaway Bunny, The - Seventeen Little Bears - Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes - Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The - Three Little Cotton-Tails - - Published by - A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - CHICAGO - - * * * * * * - - -THE RUNAWAY BUNNY - -by - -LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH - -Illustrated by Dorothy Dulin - - - - - - -1923 -A. Flanagan Company -Chicago - -Copyright, 1923, by A. Flanagan Company. - -Printed in the United States of America - - - - - CONTENTS - - -Chapter I - -TIME TO RUN AWAY 7 - - -Chapter II - -THE HUNGRY RABBIT 20 - - -Chapter III - -A LOAD OF EASTER EGGS 35 - - -Chapter IV - -MOTHER BUN’S VISITORS 48 - - -Chapter V - -THE ANIMALS’ FOURTH OF JULY 58 - - -Chapter VI - -THE COUNTY FAIR 66 - - -Chapter VII - -THE BUNNY SCHOOL 77 - - -Chapter VIII - -THE TELL-THE-TIME RABBIT 88 - - -Chapter IX - -THE THANKSGIVING DINNER 101 - - -Chapter X - -CHRISTMAS AT MOTHER BUN’S 112 - - - - -[Illustration: “A very old Rabbit peeped out” (Page 35)] - - - - - Chapter I - TIME TO RUN AWAY - - - The Runaway Rabbit has formed the habit - Of running away, I see. - Oh, Runaway Rabbit, please form the habit - Of staying awhile with me. - - -The Runaway Rabbit sat on the doorstep of his own little house, saying, -“By my cottontail, it is time for me to run away!” - -He took out his little brown traveling bag and packed it full. - -[Illustration: “Packed it full”] - -He was in such a hurry to run away that he did not even stop to clear -off his breakfast table. He did not even stop to wind his clock or lock -his front door! - -Hippety-hop, lippety-lop, he went down the path, carrying his little -brown traveling bag. - -“Where are you going?” asked the Whistling Wind. - -“Where are you going?” asked the Smiling Sun. - -To them both, the Runaway Bunny replied: - - “Oho! I’m happy to have such fun; - It’s such a pleasure to run and run!” - -He did not tell anyone where he was going. Many years ago he had made up -his mind that some day he would run away and visit his grandparents. - -Now wasn’t it funny? At this very minute Old Mother Bun was saying: - - “My old legs get so stiff; it’s funny! - I wish I had a little Bunny!” - -She wanted a little Bunny to travel up and down the cellar stairs for -her. - -At this very minute Old Father Bun was saying: - - “I would pay a mint of money - If I had a visiting Bunny!” - -He wanted a little Rabbit to bring in wood and water. - -[Illustration: “Took out her field glasses”] - -Suddenly, without any warning whatever, Old Mother Bun took out her -field glasses. And as she looked out of the window she remarked, “I -think I see a little figure away over in the field coming this way very -fast!” - -Old Father Bun put his long ears close to the window to listen. - -He had wonderful hearing, and he said, “I think I hear the far-off -patter, patter, patter of little feet. Some one is coming. He should be -here in five minutes.” - -[Illustration: “Father Bun took out his watch”] - -Father Bun took out his watch and kept looking at it, while he went -outdoors to wait. He had not long to wait, for the Runaway Bunny soon -came in sight. He cried: - - “I’m the Runaway Bunny. I’ve come all the way - To say, ‘How do you do?’ and wish you good day.” - -He set down his traveling bag and kissed his grandparents. - -Old Mother Bun said, “You are our own dear grandson.” - -Father Bun said, “Come right inside, my dear.” - -The Runaway Bunny was glad to sit down by the kitchen stove and eat -cookies as fast as Old Mother Bun took them out of the oven. - -Now he had heard the old Rabbits wishing before he had entered the -house. So he went pitter, patter, clitter, clatter, down to the cellar -and brought up a great green cabbage. He put it into a chopping bowl and -chopped it up for dinner. - -Then he went pitter, patter, clitter, clatter, down to the cellar and -brought up many other good things. - -Old Mother Bun said: - - “You are such a little treasure, - To keep you here will be a pleasure.” - -[Illustration: “The Runaway Bunny winked one eye”] - -At this the Runaway Bunny winked one eye; for he never stayed anywhere -very long. - -He had formed the habit of running away. - -He next went with a hop and a skip and a bound, and brought in wood and -water. - -Old Father Bun was delighted. He said: - - “I swear, by my long and floppy ears, - I will keep you here for years and years!” - -[Illustration: “Opened his traveling bag”] - -The Runaway Bunny looked cross-eyed; but he had a merry time all day. - -He said, “Grandmother Bun, what a fine pantry you have!” and -“Grandfather Bun, what a fine garden you have! Will you take me riding -in your wheelbarrow?” - -When evening came he and his grandparents popped corn. And when it was -bedtime the Runaway Bunny opened his traveling bag and brought out a -brand new nightcap for Old Mother Bun and a brand new pipe for Old -Father Bun. - -They said: - - “We love you so, we’ll keep you, honey. - Please say you’ll live with us, little Bunny.” - -The Runaway Bunny coughed politely and took his little brown traveling -bag and went pitter, patter, clitter, clatter, upstairs. - -He put on his little white nightcap and night robe. - -[Illustration: “Tucked him up snug and warm”] - -Old Mother Bun tucked him up snug and warm in bed, and Old Father Bun -sang: - - “Tra, la, la, la! To sing’s a habit. - Pleasant dreams, dear little Rabbit!” - -When the little fellow was asleep, Old Mother Bun said: - - “I hope he will stay a year and a day, - I think he forgot about running away.” - -Old Father Bun remarked: - - “If he stays through one night, all will be well, - But in Rabbit Land you never can tell.” - -In the morning the Runaway Bunny was gone! - -He left his little brown traveling bag, so it looked as though he -intended to come back some time. He also left a polite note to thank his -grandparents for their kindness. - - * * * * * - - Now if you really want to know - Where the Runaway Bunny will go, - Just take this book and read and read; - You’ll have a lively time, indeed! - -[Illustration: The Bunny] - - - - - Chapter II - THE HUNGRY RABBIT - - - The Runaway Bunny went hippety-hop; - He was hungry as could be. - Oh, Runaway Bunny, will you stop - And take a bite with me? - - -The Runaway Bunny took out his little toy watch and looked at it. And, -though he could not tell time, he said, “My fur and cottontail! It seems -to be time for something to eat.” - -He decided to ask the first animal he met for some breakfast. - -He went hopping and skipping along until he met Pit-A-Pat, the Cat. He -told her how very hungry he was. - -[Illustration: “Told her how very hungry he was”] - -She said, “Come home with me and I’ll give you a saucer of milk.” - -The Runaway Bunny replied: - - “I don’t drink milk, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -Then he whispered to Pit-A-Pat that he wished he had stopped for Old -Mother Bun’s breakfast, and he went hopping down the path. - -Pit-A-Pat remarked, “I ought to have asked who Mother Bun is. I might -want to know some day.” - -My, how hungry the Runaway Bunny was! By and by he met Rough Coat, the -old tramp dog, and asked him for a tiny bite of breakfast. - -[Illustration: “By and by he met Rough Coat”] - -Rough Coat said, “If you come with me I will give you a fine bone I -buried last week.” - -The Runaway Bunny bowed politely and said: - - “I can’t eat bones, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -“What are you running away for?” asked Rough Coat. - -But the little fellow was in too much of a hurry to stop to answer him. -He could not forget how hungry he was. - -He sang: - - “The Runaway Bunny is sad, you see, - For he is hungry as he can be.” - -A wise old owl in the tree overhead, who said his name was Who-Who, -offered the Rabbit a juicy bat. - -But the Runaway Bunny replied: - - “I can’t eat bats, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -He went on hippety-hop, hippety-hop, until he met Old Brother Bear, who -offered him a taste of honey. - -Now Old Brother Bear loved honey. So he was relieved when the Runaway -Bunny replied: - - “I can’t eat honey, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -He went on his way, singing about Old Mother Bun’s coffee and rolls and -doughnuts. - -He sang: - - “Oh, the best things to eat for a Bunny on the run - Are the rolls and the doughnuts of our Grandmother Bun.” - -Next he met Foxy-Lox, that sly old fellow! The Runaway Bunny fairly -shouted: - - “My fur and whiskers! I have to shout, - I’m so hungry I don’t know what I’m about.” - -Foxy-Lox crept up very, very close and whispered in the Runaway Bunny’s -right ear: - - “Hungry for carrots and everything nice, - I can supply you in just a trice.” - -Then Foxy-Lox, that crafty old fellow, crept up and whispered in the -Runaway Bunny’s left ear: - - “Hungry for cabbage and vegetables green, - You’re the hungriest Bunny I’ve ever seen.” - -No wonder the Runaway Bunny was hungry. No breakfast, no dinner, no -supper! - -Foxy-Lox said: - - “Come with me into my den, - My children are little gentlemen.” - -The Runaway Bunny followed him, muttering: - - “At the home of good Old Mother Bun, - There are plenty of meals for everyone.” - -They went along until they came to the den. - -There was a table set with carrots and cabbage and tender green -spring-flower shoots and everything else, in fact, that a hungry Bunny -would like to eat. - -[Illustration: “Waiting their turn to be served”] - -Sure enough, the six little Foxy-Loxies sat like little gentlemen round -the table, waiting their turn to be served. - -Old Foxy-Lox invited the Runaway Bunny to eat a good square meal. - -Nodding his head in the direction of the visitor, he whispered to his -little Foxes: - - “You will make a meal, ’tis true, - Then we’ll make a meal of you!” - -The Runaway Bunny had sharp ears. He began to twitch them nervously to -and fro. - -He could not hear what Old Foxy-Lox was whispering about. But he thought -the old fellow was up to some mischief. So he said: - - “I won’t eat cabbage, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -Then he looked at the carrots and said: - - “I won’t eat carrots, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -Then he waved his paw toward the table of tempting things. - -And he shouted: - - “I won’t eat at all, though you think it funny; - I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.” - -Then he gave one bound and was out of the den before Foxy-Lox could wink -an eyelash. - -His talkative little ticking Watch made this remark: - - “We don’t care how hard the climb; - Friend Bunny, you got out just in time!” - -The Runaway Bunny was thinking hard again, “No breakfast, no dinner, no -supper!” He sat down on a log to think. - -Pitter, patter, clitter, clatter, came the sound of two little feet. And -another Bunny stood in the path before him. - -This new friend now said: - - “I went to the side show and took in money, - So you may call me a wee Circus Bunny.” - -[Illustration: “Then he stood on his head”] - -Then he stood on his head and did several circus tricks, as cunning as -could be. At any other time the Runaway Bunny would have laughed. But he -only said mournfully: - - “The world is large, the world is wide, - And I am empty quite—inside!” - -The Circus Bunny said: - - “We’re very near a garden plot, - We shall find a good meal, like as not.” - -[Illustration: “They had a fine meal”] - -They went hippety-hop until they came to the garden. Here they ate the -tops of some early spring flowers and some bits of tender lettuce. They -had a fine meal before they were through with it. The Circus Bunny said: - - “Let’s live in the garden a night and a day. - There’s plenty of lettuce; come, what do you say?” - - But the Runaway Bunny was off with a hop, - With his ears and his tail going flippety-flop. - The surprised Circus Bunny remarked, “That is funny! - That rabbit is surely the Runaway Bunny.” - - - - - Chapter III - A LOAD OF EASTER EGGS - - -As the Runaway Bunny hopped along, it began to rain very hard. - -He heard a voice singing: - - “I like the thunderstorm and rain; - Just why I do I can’t explain.” - -The voice came from a wee house in the woods. The Runaway Bunny stopped -and knocked politely at the door. - -His little heart went thump, for he did not know what he should find -inside. - -The door opened a little and a very old Rabbit peeped out and said: - - “I am Old Mother Give-Away; - And now, sir, what have you to say?” - -The Runaway Bunny hung his head, for he had never been generous enough -to give away anything in all his life. But as the rain was falling fast, -he wanted to go in and dry his fur and whiskers. - -So he said: - - “May I do any errands for you today? - I like to travel away, away.” - -In answer to this, the door was opened wide and he hopped inside. - -My, what a wonderful sight he saw! - -There were Easter eggs on the table and Easter eggs on the floor, Easter -eggs on the window-sill and Easter eggs in baskets! They were painted in -gay colors—red, blue, and gold. - -Old Mother Give-Away said: - - “A messenger I thought I’d borrow; - You may help me take the eggs to-morrow.” - -[Illustration: “Painting piles and piles of Easter eggs”] - -Then she told him how she and Father Give-Away had spent many days -painting piles and piles of Easter eggs. - -She said she wanted every Rabbit in the world to have an Easter egg on -Easter morning. She wanted the eggs well hidden, so it would be fun to -hunt for them. - -[Illustration: “Splashing the colors upon them”] - -She went on painting the eggs, dashing and splashing the colors upon -them. The Runaway Bunny planned where he would hide the Easter eggs in -every wee house he visited. - -He thought he would put them back of books and in vases and back of -clocks and in cups and bowls and baskets. There are so many good places -to hide wee Easter eggs. - -By and by the two Bunnies curled up on the rug and fell asleep. - -Very early next day the Runaway Bunny woke up. - -He said: - - “May I start with the Easter eggs today? - Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.” - -To his surprise Old Mother Give-Away answered, as though she were half -asleep: - - “Speak to the Rubbers on the floor; - They’ve heard that question asked before.” - -The Runaway Bunny laughed and slipped four little Rubbers on his four -little feet to keep them dry, this misty, moisty morning. - -Then he asked again: - - “May I start with the Easter eggs to-day? - Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.” - -Then the Rubbers piped up to answer him: - - “Ask the Umbrella in the hall; - It may not answer you at all.” - -[Illustration: “The Umbrella was in a very good humor”] - -The Umbrella was in a very good humor and, as the Runaway Bunny opened -it, said: - - “Ask the Raincoat what he will say - About going out on a rainy day!” - -The Runaway Bunny chuckled as he slipped on the Raincoat that hung on a -nail. - -He asked as before: - - “May I start with the Easter eggs to-day? - Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.” - -The Raincoat replied: - - “Ask the Rain Cap; perhaps he’ll explain - Why we’re happy when we hear the rain.” - -The Runaway Bunny knew they were happy to get out in the rain. But he -asked again: - - “May I start with the Easter eggs to-day? - Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.” - -The Rain Cap replied: - - “Ask the Wheelbarrow, for he knows - The home into which each Easter egg goes.” - -Then the Runaway Bunny ran out into the yard and said to the -Wheelbarrow: - - “Let’s start with the Easter eggs to-day; - Come, Mr. Wheelbarrow, what do you say?” - -And the Wheelbarrow said, “I am ready to start this very minute.” - -[Illustration: “About 246 Easter eggs in the Wheelbarrow”] - -Then Mother Give-Away came out and helped the Runaway Bunny pile about -246 Easter eggs in the Wheelbarrow. She covered them well to keep them -dry. - -The Runaway Bunny remarked: - - “Now I should call this perfect fun, - If I’d had breakfast with Grandmother Bun.” - -“Who is Grandmother Bun?” asked Old Mother Give-Away. - -The wind whistled so hard that the Runaway Bunny did not hear the -question. But he went rolling the Wheelbarrow merrily along, singing: - - “Perhaps you may think it very funny - That I should be called an Easter Bunny.” - -[Illustration: “He left eggs at every Rabbit house”] - -He left eggs at every Rabbit house he passed, and by and by the -Wheel-barrow was empty. - -He left it in the road and went hippety-hop along, singing: - - “I wish you all a glad Easter Day. - I’m running away! I’m running away!” - - - - - Chapter IV - MOTHER BUN’S VISITORS - - - Said Mother Bun, “You may think it funny, - But I miss my little Runaway Bunny.” - -Old Father Bun thought a long time before speaking. - - Then said Father Bun, “Would it be wise, - In all the papers to advertise?” - -Old Father and Mother Bun talked on about the Runaway Bunny, saying: - - “In every newspaper in the wood - We’ll advertise. It may do good.” - -So Old Father Bun sat down by a table and said: - - “By my stubby tail, I shall have to think - How to use paper and pen and ink.” - -He was not used to doing much writing. - -“Click, click, click,” went Old Mother Bun’s knitting needles. - -“Puff, puff, puff,” went Old Father Bun’s pipe. - -By and by he wrote the following: - - “Rabbit lost, Rabbit lost! - Get him back at any cost. - He runs away o’er hill and dale, - He has long ears and stubby tail.” - -Old Mother Bun said: - - “I would nail that on a tree, - Where every animal can see.” - -Old Father Bun did not agree with her. He knew it paid to advertise in -newspapers. So he put on his old felt hat, took his walking stick, and -started out to a real newspaper office. He took his notice to -Chatterbox, the Monkey newspaper man. So all the animals soon read in -their newspapers about the Runaway Bunny. - -[Illustration: “He took his notice to Chatterbox”] - -When Pit-A-Pat read the notice, she smacked her lips and said: - - “Here is a chance to have some fun, - I’ll make a call on Old Mother Bun.” - -So by and by it happened that Old Father Bun said, “I hear the patter, -patter of little feet.” - -Old Mother Bun said, “Do look out and tell me who is coming.” - -Pit-A-Pat came to the door and bowed politely, saying: - - “I long for milk. May I have a drink? - I can help you find the Rabbit, I think.” - -[Illustration: “Gave her a saucer of warm milk”] - -They gladly let Pit-A-Pat in and gave her a saucer of warm milk in their -best blue-rimmed saucer. - -While she was licking her chops, Old Father Bun said: - - “To inquire of you seems rather funny, - But did you meet our Runaway Bunny?” - -Old Mother Bun said: - - “To call him Bunny we’ve formed the habit, - He is also known as the Runaway Rabbit.” - -“Did he have long ears?” asked Pit-A-Pat, winking slyly. “Did he have a -tiny stubby tail?” - -“Yes, yes,” shouted Father and Mother Bun eagerly. - -“Did he have a habit of running away?” asked Pit-A-Pat, looking narrowly -out of her green eyes. - -“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Father and Mother Bun again together. - -Then the most astonishing thing happened! - -Pit-A-Pat got up slowly, humped her back, and without another word -walked out of the open window! - -Old Mother Bun remarked: - - “No use to cry for spilled milk, I see: - Pit-A-Pat played a trick on me.” - -Old Father Bun said: - - “I think her actions are very funny. - She must have met our Runaway Bunny.” - -“Rap-a-tap-tap,” sounded on the door. - -And in walked Rough Coat, saying politely: - - “I’m a lonesome fellow; I live alone. - Could you give me as much as a chicken bone?” - -As luck would have it, they had a whole plate full of chicken bones in -the house. So Rough Coat had a wonderful meal. - -Old Father Bun said, “Did you meet our Runaway Bunny?” - -Rough Coat said, “Did he run as though he would never stop?” - -“Yes, yes,” cried Father Bun excitedly. - -“Did he sometimes say, ‘My fur and whiskers’?” asked Rough Coat. - -“Yes, yes,” cried Father and Mother Bun together. - -Rough Coat gave himself a great shake, remarking: - - “I enjoyed my lunch, I do declare; - Ask your questions of Brother Bear.” - -[Illustration: “Whisk! with a bound he was gone!”] - -Whisk! with a bound he was gone! - -Father Bun said: - - “We’ll have other visitors some fine day, - No telling, though, what our guests will say.” - -At this very minute the Runaway Bunny read in the newspaper about -himself. - -He read, “‘Bunny lost.’ That must be I.” - -He twitched his long ears to and fro and turned to look back at his -little stubby tail. - -He did not want to go back and visit his grandparents yet. So he started -on, saying: - - “I won’t stay still for a purse of money, - I am such a funny Runaway Bunny!” - - - - - Chapter V - THE ANIMALS’ FOURTH OF JULY - - - “We’ll have fun and frolic by and by, - For soon will come the Fourth of July.” - -So sang all the wild animals in the woods. - -The Runaway Bunny ran on and on until he could run no longer. Then he -set up a shout, for he had been traveling in a circle, and here he was -back at his own little house in the woods! - -There was his wee spinning wheel in the corner. There were his dishes on -the table as he had left them. - -[Illustration: “Then he began to spin furiously”] - -He hopped into his wee bed and slept a week and a day. Then he went down -cellar and got a cabbage to eat. He felt very happy. He wanted to work. -Then he began to spin furiously, singing: - - “I can spin quite well if I only try, - I will buy a flag for the Fourth of July.” - -“Rap-a-tap,” sounded on his door and in walked Pit-A-Pat, big as life -and twice as natural! She told the story about her little kittens who -had lost their mittens. The Runaway Bunny listened earnestly, for he had -known what it was to be cold. - - “When I sell the goods I spin,” said Bunny, - “For mittens I’ll give you a pile of money.” - -Pit-A-Pat bowed her thanks and the Runaway Bunny began to spin again in -real earnest, saying: - - “I can spin quite well if I only try, - “I’ll buy firecrackers for the Fourth of July.” - -“Bowwow,” sounded outside the window. - -[Illustration: “There stood Rough Coat, growling”] - -There stood Rough Coat, growling, “I need a new collar. I want one with -my name and address upon it, so if I get lost some one can lead me -home.” - -The Runaway Bunny knew how hard it was to want things. So he whistled, -and sang: - - “When I sell the goods I spin to-morrow, - I shall have money for all to borrow.” - -Rough Coat went away happy. - -“Whir, whir, whir,” went the cunning little spinning wheel. - -All day long the Runaway Bunny kept on spinning and telling what he -wanted to buy for himself with the money, after his goods were sold. - -All day long the animals came and begged him for money. - -At last he ran to the store and sold the cloth he had spun. When he had -given the animals the money they wanted, he said: - - “I’m a Runaway Bunny and here I sigh, - I’ve nothing left for the Fourth of July.” - -“No flag, no firecrackers, no fireworks,” called Old Who-Who, the Owl. - -The Runaway Bunny dried his eyes, for he was so disappointed he had shed -a few tears. And he said: - - “As long as I can make a rhyme, - I’ll run away and have a good time.” - -[Illustration: “Pit-A-Pat came with a large flag”] - -He was just starting to run away when there was a great noise and -Pit-A-Pat came with a large flag as a present, and Rough Coat brought -firecrackers. Soon all the animals gathered together for a surprise -party and they set off fireworks and drank red lemonade. - -They all had a happy Fourth of July. - -The Three Little Kittens wore their new mittens and Rough Coat wore a -new collar. All the animals hugged and kissed the Runaway Bunny and -begged him to stay with them in the woods. - -Suddenly, without any warning whatever, he took his flag and, singing a -song to himself, went hippety-hop down the road. - -He sang: - - “The Fourth of July is a holiday; - And I’m running away, I’m running away!” - -All the animals clapped their paws and cried: - - “Please stay with us and forget the habit - Of running away, dear Runaway Rabbit!” - - - - - Chapter VI - THE COUNTY FAIR - - -The Runaway Bunny went hopping along, singing: - - “When I am lonesome I’m always singing - Of a jolly old kite that used to fly - At the end of the string I was often swinging, - And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’” - -“Good-bye, good-bye,” called a merry voice; and there in the path before -the Runaway Bunny stood the Circus Bunny. - -The Circus Bunny said: - - “I’ll run along with you, if you don’t care; - I’m off for a trip to the county fair.” - -“To whom were you saying good-bye?” asked the Runaway Bunny. - -“I will answer that question when you tell me about the wonderful ride -you had with the kite,” answered the Circus Bunny. - -But the Runaway Bunny had already forgotten about the kite and could -think of nothing but the fair. He was delighted to have company on the -way; and he remarked: - - “What shall we do when we get to the fair - And find all the animals gathered there?” - -The Circus Bunny replied: - - “Your question to me seems rather funny; - We shall hire a tent and make some money.” - -What a fine trip they had! - -Everyone was going to the fair. Some of the animals were going on foot -and some were going on horseback. Some of them rode in state in cars. -Some of the animals traveled alone and others took the whole family. - -The Runaway Bunny said to everyone he passed: - - “I’m off to the fair. Good day, good day! - I’m running away, I’m running away.” - -The Circus Bunny kept saying a little rhyme over and over: - - “Will you spend a penny and form the habit - Of calling to see the Circus Rabbit?” - -They arrived at the fair. But just as they were going to set up a wee -tent of their own and make money for themselves, some one picked them up -by their long ears and put them in a wire cage. - -[Illustration: “Picked them up by their long ears”] - -The Circus Bunny whispered: - - “Well, this is a pretty how-do-you-do! - I don’t know how to get out. Do you?” - -The Runaway Bunny answered: - - “I really haven’t a word to say, - This may cure me of running away!” - -By and by a man came and called out: - - “Performing Rabbits! Step this way! - Hear what the Bunnies have to say; - Their tricks are funny, and each small Bunny - Is well worth all your admission money.” - -Now crowds and crowds gathered around the cage. The Circus Bunny stood -on his head and turned somersaults and said: - - “Will you spend a penny and form the habit - Of calling to see the Circus Rabbit?” - -All the animals in the crowd cheered and clapped, and cried, “Do it -again! Do it again!” - -By and by the Circus Bunny grew tired of performing his tricks, and it -was the Runaway Bunny’s turn to entertain the crowd. - -He had never done a trick in all his life and was wondering what to do, -when the Circus Bunny reminded him: - - “You were singing a very comical song, - As I was coming along, along.” - -So the Runaway Bunny sang: - - “When I am lonesome I’m always singing - Of a jolly old kite that used to fly - At the end of the string I was often swinging, - And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’” - -[Illustration: “Up, up, up he began to sail”] - -At this very minute the most surprising thing happened! - -The Runaway Bunny was so little that he squeezed out through the wires -in the cage door! He took hold of the string of a kite that was near, -and up, up, up he began to sail, higher and higher, until he soon looked -like a speck in the sky. - -“Well,” remarked the Circus Bunny, “it was certainly fortunate that the -jolly old kite was waiting for him. That is a new way he has found of -running away. I believe I will squeeze out of this cage, too.” - -So while the crowd was watching the Runaway Bunny, he tried to get out -of the cage. But he stuck halfway, until kind-hearted Old Mother Bun -pulled him out and tucked him safely in her market basket. - -Old Father Bun said, “What is in your basket?” - -Old Mother Bun said, “I will tell you when we get home.” - -Up, up, up sailed the Runaway Bunny. - -When he had sailed up a week and a day, down, down sailed the kite and -he arrived in his own little back yard, at home. - -He said, “I shall have a fine kite story to tell my -great-great-grand-children some day. That was a fine ride I had!” - -Then he repeated in a singsong way: - - “When I am lonesome I’m always singing - Of a jolly old kite that used to fly - At the end of the string I was often swinging, - And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’” - -He made himself a nice little supper and for once was contented to sit -in his wee house. But that night he dreamed that he was running away, -singing: - - “For a county fair I do not care, - I can run away from anywhere, - Wherever I go this thing I say, - ‘I’m running away! I’m running away!’” - - - - - Chapter VII - THE BUNNY SCHOOL - - -The summer had passed and September had come. All the school bells were -ringing. - -The Runaway Bunny said: - - “There is one thing I can remember, - School begins in glad September.” - -[Illustration: “Went hippety-hop down the path”] - -He packed his neat little dinner pail and went hippety-hop down the -path, singing happy little songs like this: - - The Runaway Bunny, as a rule, - Likes to run away, - The Runaway Bunny said, “To school - I go this September day. - “I don’t know the words, - I don’t know the tune. - I’m the Runaway Bunny; - I’ll get to school soon.” - -“Don’t be so sure of that,” called Pit-A-Pat. - -“Don’t be so sure you’ll get there soon,” said Rough Coat. - -“You may not get there until afternoon,” growled Old Brother Bear. - - “I never before have made a rhyme, - But I think you’ll not get there on time!” - -whispered Old Foxy-Lox, peering at the Runaway Bunny from his hiding -place. - -The school bells all sang: - - “Come to school. Ding, dong! - Don’t be late. Run along!” - -At this very minute the Runaway Bunny thought of something he had -forgotten. - -He stopped short in the path, saying: - - “I’ll hide my dinner pail in the wood - And get me a pencil as a rabbit should!” - -He put his dinner pail down by a log and went hurrying home to get a -lead pencil. Soon he came back hippety-hop with his pencil in his -overalls pocket. - -He stopped to look for his dinner pail. It was gone! - -He shouted to Pit-A-Pat, who had gone on ahead: - - “To get to school I will not fail, - But where, oh where is my dinner pail?” - -Pit-A-Pat said she knew nothing about the lost dinner pail. - -Soon the Runaway Bunny caught up with Rough Coat and said: - - “It makes me shake my stubby tail - To think I lost my dinner pail.” - -[Illustration: “Brother Bear came up and whispered softly”] - -Then Brother Bear came up and whispered softly: - - “Ask Foxy-Lox down in his den, - And his little gentlemen!” - -The Runaway Bunny was very angry to think Foxy-Lox would take his dinner -pail. He wanted to go to Foxy-Lox’s house and get it back. - -But Old Brother Bear said: - - “I’d rather lose a pail or two - Than have him make a meal of you!” - -The Runaway Bunny saw that Brother Bear was right. It would never do to -go to Foxy-Lox’s house for his dinner pail. Besides, that sly fox would -never give it back. - -So the Runaway Bunny ran on to school and got there just two minutes -late. - -[Illustration: “All the Bunnies were in their seats”] - -All the Bunnies were in their seats, ready for work. The Runaway Bunny -took his seat and began to learn a rhyme the rest were studying. - -He said it over to himself: - - “September’s here to visit us, - In gold and russet gown; - And we’ve been busy Bunnies since - September’s come to town.” - -The Runaway Bunny was a smart little fellow. He liked to learn his -ABC’s. - -He learned to read very well and he went to school sixteen days in -September. - -Then one bright afternoon he heard the birds singing: - - “Good-bye, good-bye! To the South we go; - Autumn is coming, and winter with snow.” - -He wished he could fly like his feathered friends. - -Suddenly he remembered how fast he could run. - -He did not wait for the close of school but went hippety-hop out of the -window, singing: - - “Long ago I formed the habit - Of running away. I’m the Runaway Rabbit.” - -He stayed in the woods all the rest of September. - -[Illustration: “Learned the names of the flowers”] - -From Old Brother Bear he learned the names of all the fall fruits and -flowers. - -Suddenly he decided to go to town; and he left the wild woods, singing: - - “The Runaway Bunny was made for play, - I’m running away! I’m running away! - Soon comes November, but still I’ll remember - The things I have learned in happy September.” - -The Runaway Bunny was running away toward town. - -[Illustration: The Bunny.] - - - - - Chapter VIII - THE TELL-THE-TIME RABBIT - - - The Runaway Bunny could talk in rhyme, - But for years and years he couldn’t tell time. - -One day the Runaway Bunny woke up in his own little house and sang: - - “It is such a pleasant autumn day, - I’m really thinking of running away.” - -He put on his Wrist Watch for company, though he could not tell time to -save his little stubby tail! - -He was going hippety-hop along when he met Old Brother Bear. The Bear -passed the time of day, but seemed to be in a terrible hurry and -growled: - - “What is the real time? I fear I’m late, - But I must get there, at any rate!” - -“Where are you going?” inquired the Runaway Bunny. - -But Old Brother Bear only hurried on. - -Next Foxy-Lox came along and chattered: - - “What is the real time? I cannot wait, - But I must get there, at any rate!” - -“Where are you going?” asked the Runaway Bunny. - -But Foxy-Lox had no time to answer him, and went hurrying down the path -without even a backward glance. - -The Runaway Bunny said to himself: - - “To tell the time’s a convenient habit, - For even a funny Runaway Rabbit.” - -“Tick, tick, tick,” went the little Wrist Watch and it sang: - - “To talk a little is my turn, - I’ll teach the time, if you want to learn.” - -[Illustration: “The Runaway Bunny was surprised”] - -The Runaway Bunny was surprised, you may be sure, and put his ear down -close to the little watch to listen. - -The little Wrist Watch continued: - - “To learn some things is in your power, - The short hand tells us all the hour.” - -The Runaway Bunny skipped this way and that way, and sang: - - “’Tis more fun making a simple rhyme, - With a little Wrist Watch to tell the time.” - -The little Wrist Watch continued: - - “Let’s run a race. Come, who will win it? - My long hand tells you of each minute.” - -Then the Runaway Bunny ran on faster than ever and the tiny hands of the -Wrist Watch ran round its face. Before he could believe it, the Runaway -Bunny was learning to tell time. - -He shouted: - - “A quarter of eight! I won’t be late; - I’ve learned a little, at any rate.” - -He learned half past and a quarter past and a quarter of the hours. - -He sang merrily: - - “Over this garden fence I’ll climb; - I know it is my breakfast time.” - -He sat down and began to eat cabbage leaves. My! how fresh and crisp -they were! - -He began to wonder about the animals he had met. He wondered where they -could be going. Don’t you wonder, too? - -All this time Old Brother Bear was on his way to the home of Father and -Mother Bun. When he came in, those two old Bunnies were sitting by the -fire. - -[Illustration: “Sitting by the fire”] - -He took off his cap politely and said: - - “May I come in and warm my paws? - Its freezing cold until it thaws.” - -[Illustration: “Gave him a plate of cakes”] - -Seeing that Old Brother Bear was friendly, Old Father Bun allowed him to -sit in a rocking chair by the fire. Old Mother Bun gave him a plate of -cakes, smoking hot, with honey on them. Old Mother Bun said: - - “I hope, kind sir, that you like honey; - It makes me think of our Runaway Bunny.” - -“Did he have long ears and a tiny tail?” asked Old Brother Bear. - -“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Mother Bun. - -“Did he carry a little Wrist Watch?” asked Old Brother Bear. - -“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Father Bun. - -Then Old Brother Bear, who was something of a joker, smacked his lips -and said: - - “Such fine cakes are worth much money, - I also thank you for the honey.” - -So saying, he bowed politely and walked out of the door. - -Old Mother Bun remarked: - - “I really think it very funny, - He would not talk of the Runaway Bunny.” - -Old Father Bun’s head went nid-nid-nodding. - -[Illustration: “Up walked Old Foxy-Lox”] - -Up walked Old Foxy-Lox, tapping on the window pane. - -Foxy-Lox asked for cookies and honey, but Old Mother Bun would not let -him in. - -He went off, shouting: - - “I saw the Runaway Rabbit to-day, - And as usual he was running away.” - -“Call him back! Call him back!” called Old Father Bun, who had waked up -in time to hear Foxy-Lox shout. - -Mother Bun shook her head as she counted her silver spoons, saying: - - “Though it may seem to you absurd, - He sometimes robs good folk, I’ve heard.” - -Old Father Bun said: - - “Alackaday! What shall I say? - Will the Runaway Bunny come back some day?” - -While all this was going on, the Runaway Bunny continued to eat as much -cabbage as he wanted. - -The little Wrist Watch said to him: - - “To tell the time is a useful habit; - Let’s see you do it, you cunning Rabbit!” - -The Runaway Bunny had really learned to tell the time. But he wanted to -tease, so he said: - - “It is bedtime, bedtime, - O’er all the world in every clime.” - -Then he curled up in a hole in a hollow tree and went to sleep. - -All the time, his little Wrist Watch ticked busily on. - -For all who wanted to hear, it sang: - - “For hours and hours I tick away, - A-telling time by night and day. - - “My long hand always points the minute; - And how much good can you do in it? - - “My short hand always points the hour; - To learn it is within your power. - - “For telling time’s an easy trick - If you have learned arithmetic.” - -That night the Runaway Rabbit cried out in his sleep: - - “It is warm in a hollow tree, I declare; - It is dream time, dream time everywhere!” - - - - - Chapter IX - THE THANKSGIVING DINNER - - -[Illustration: “The Market Basket cried out”] - -One day late in November, the Runaway Rabbit sang: - - “To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away, - To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.” - -He had gone hippety-hop only a little way when he sat down on a stone to -think. - -To his surprise, the Market Basket he carried cried out: - - “Will you buy a turkey while on your way, - For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?” - -“Dear me! My fur and whiskers, I never thought about that!” he cried. -“Of course I will—now that you suggest it!” - -He rattled the pennies in his little bead purse. He rattled the dimes -and quarters. - -He went hippety-hop to the market and said: - - “Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds? - How very grand that order sounds!” - -[Illustration: “Surprised the butcher”] - -To see such a little fellow with so much money surprised the butcher. -But he weighed the turkey and it quite filled the Market Basket. - -The Runaway Bunny was starting merrily down the road, when the Basket -cried: - - “Each Thanksgiving people sigh - For rich and spicy pumpkin pie.” - -The Runaway Bunny saw a nice yellow pumpkin in a field and he managed to -tuck it under his arm. - -He arrived home and began to make a pumpkin pie. He measured this, -weighed that, and cut up and cooked the pumpkin. - -He baked a wonderful pumpkin pie and was about ready to set out again, -when the Basket cried: - - “Fine potatoes are a treat - On Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.” - -The Runaway Bunny threw his little red cap up in the air, shouting, -“Sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes!” - -[Illustration: “He pared them and cut them up”] - -So, leaving his turkey and pie, he ran hippety-hop to the grocer’s and -bought sweet potatoes and took them home. He pared them and cut them up. -He pared some carrots, too. Then he put them all on to cook. - -He sang: - - “I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme; - It is lucky I started out on time.” - -The basket spoke again and said: - - “I don’t believe I have heard you say - If you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.” - -The Runaway Bunny ran quickly for cranberries. - -He was back in less than no time, and began to pack his Basket to take -with him to spend the day with Old Mother Bun. - -At this very minute “Rap-a-tap!” was heard on the door; and in walked -his old friends, Pit-A-Pat, Rough Coat, Old Brother Bear, and Foxy-Lox. - - Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way, - If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?” - -Pit-A-Pat began to lick her chops as she smelled the gravy. For the -Runaway Bunny had the dinner all cooked to take with him, of course. - -Rough Coat thought of the turkey legs. Old Brother Bear smelled the -sweet potatoes. - -Old Foxy-Lox had a long head on him. - -So he said: - - “Let’s set the table here just to see - How fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.” - -The Runaway Bunny switched his ears to and fro. But he let the animals -help him set the table with turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries, -and pumpkin pie. And every minute he grew more and more hungry himself. - -[Illustration: “He grew more and more hungry”] - -Foxy-Lox said: - - “Though we do not intend to be impolite, - Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.” - -The Runaway Bunny enjoyed a joke as well as anyone. - -So he said: - - “I am really amused at what you say; - Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!” - -Then they all had a fine feast. - -The visitors felt a little guilty and whispered among themselves: - - “We think our conduct is rather shocking, - But we will fill his Christmas stocking.” - -The Runaway Bunny excused himself, saying he wanted some exercise. - -And he sang: - - “I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit; - I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.” - -He ran off through the woods away, away, away! Would he never stop? - -[Illustration: The Bunny.] - - - - - Chapter X - CHRISTMAS AT MOTHER BUN’S - - -Old Mother Bun was very busy making Christmas presents and Old Father -Bun was very busy wrapping them up and putting the animals’ names upon -them. - -Every once in awhile, Old Mother Bun would say, “Did you remember Old -Father Chipmunk?” - -Then Old Father Bun would say, “Did you remember Old Grandfather -Weasel?” - -“Click, click, click,” went Old Mother Bun’s knitting needles, as she -knitted scarfs and sweaters and caps for the animals. - -One evening Old Father Bun said: - - “Are the stockings ready to hang? Because - It is almost time for Santa Claus.” - -[Illustration: “There were three stockings”] - -Old Mother Bun got out a big stocking, a little stocking, and a -middle-sized stocking, saying: - - “We’ll hang up three, though it seems so funny; - We’ll put one up for the Runaway Bunny.” - -So there were three stockings hanging by the fireplace. And every hour -it grew nearer and nearer Christmas Eve. - -Now wasn’t it odd? At this very minute the Runaway Bunny was saying: - - “By my stubby tail, at least I remember - That Santa Claus comes late in December!” - -He looked down the path that led to the woods toward Old Mother Bun’s -home, singing: - - “Ha, ha! I must be off to-day. - I’m running away! I’m running away!” - -He ran on happily. - -Suddenly he stopped and remembered he had no presents for Old Mother Bun -and Old Father Bun. So back he went hippety-hop, hippety-hop, to his -little house; and up he went into the attic and looked in an old trunk. - -[Illustration: “Looked in an old trunk”] - - “Ha, ha!” he cried. “I call this fun; - Here is a pipe for Grandfather Bun.” - -Sure enough, there was a brand new pipe in a red velvet case. He looked -down deeper in the trunk and found something else. - - “Ha, ha!” he cried. “Presents for everyone! - Here are spectacles for Grandmother Bun.” - -He put his presents in a little bag and went off hippety-hop, singing: - - “I hope I shall get there by break of day; - I’m running away! I’m running away!” - -Sometimes he stopped to rest and cried: - - “My fur and whiskers! It’s cold as ice! - I forgot my mittens, so warm and nice.” - -His little sweater did not keep him warm enough. - -[Illustration: “He was getting colder every minute”] - -His little paws were very cold! His long ears were even colder! He was -getting colder every minute as he went hippety-hop across the snow! - -The next minute he jumped into such a deep snowdrift that only his long -ears stuck out. The snow got into his nose and eyes until he could -scarcely breathe. He tried to wriggle out, but the drift held him fast. - -Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle went some sleigh bells. And a funny old man, -dressed in fur from top to toe and carrying a big pack on his back, came -riding along. - -He was singing: - - “I carry presents, as is my habit, - Aha! I think I see a rabbit.” - -He got out of his sleigh and waded into the snowdrift from which the -Bunny’s ears stuck out. - -[Illustration: “Pulled the Runaway Bunny out”] - -Then he pulled the Runaway Bunny out by the ears. - -The Runaway Bunny shook the snow from his fur and looked at the funny -old man. - -“Why, it’s Santa Claus!” shouted that surprised Bunny. “Hurrah!” - -“Tut, tut! This is no time of night for little Bunnies to be out in the -cold!” cried Santa Claus. “Come with me and you shall ride in my pack, -where you will be warm and dry.” - -So the Runaway Bunny jumped into Santa’s pack and almost buried himself -among the toys. Then he rode away, singing: - - “It’s fun to go in Santa’s sleigh, - I’m riding away! I’m riding away!” - -They slid down many chimneys and climbed over many roofs. Then away they -rode until by and by they came to the home of Father and Mother Bun. -They peeped in at the window. There sat old Father and Mother Bun fast -asleep in their armchairs. - -[Illustration: “Crept down the chimney”] - -As Santa Claus crept down the chimney, he whispered to the Runaway -Bunny, “You may help me, little Bunny. You may trim the stockings with -holly.” - -So he took a bunch of holly from his pack and the Runaway Bunny fastened -sprays of it on the stockings. - -Then Santa whispered: - - “Curl up in a stocking and go to sleep; - Be still as a mouse, and don’t you peep!” - -So the Runaway Bunny took off his little sweater, so that he would not -be too hot in the warm stocking. Then Santa tucked him into Old Mother -Bun’s stocking. He put her presents on the floor. Then he filled Old -Father Bun’s stocking from top to toe. - -He left a card on the table. He wrote on the card: - - “Santa was here to pay a call; - A merry Christmas to one and all!” - -Did they have a merry Christmas? Well, I should think they did! - -Early Christmas morning, Old Mother Bun awoke and cried: - - “I don’t see well, but it seems funny— - Those look like the ears of the Runaway Bunny!” - -Next Old Father Bun awoke and said: - - “I see very well—I have formed the habit; - Those look like the ears of the Runaway Rabbit.” - -Then Father Bun took hold of one ear and Mother Bun took hold of the -other ear, and they pulled the Runaway Bunny out of the stocking. - -[Illustration: “Pulled Bunny out by the ears”] - -They all cried, “Merry Christmas!” - -Then the Runaway Bunny gave Mother Bun her spectacles and Father Bun his -pipe. And they had a merry time with the presents Santa Claus had -brought them. - -Old Mother Bun gave the Runaway Bunny a new cap and sweater, and Old -Father Bun gave him a new sled. Then the pair kissed him on both cheeks -and begged him to live with them always. He said he would. - -Then the Runaway Bunny put on his new cap and sweater and went coasting -downhill on his new sled. - -[Illustration: “Went coasting downhill”] - - The very last words that I heard him say - Were, “With Grandpa and Grandma Bun I’ll stay, - And if I live a year and a day, - I’m entirely cured of running away!” - -I wonder if he ever ran away after that. I forgot to ask him! - - If I were a Bunny, I do declare, - I’d hang up a stocking with greatest care; - And I’d always be very good because - I’d hope for a visit from Santa Claus. - And every winter I’d have the fun - Of spending Christmas with Grandma Bun. - - Who’ll fill our stockings from top to toe? - Jolly Old Santa Claus! - Who’ll laugh at the stockings all in a row? - Jolly Old Santa Claus! - And all the children and bunnies cry, - “Hurrah! hurrah! he is riding by!” - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RUNAWAY BUNNY*** - - -******* This file should be named 65568-0.txt or 65568-0.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/5/5/6/65568 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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- clear: both; } - </style> -</head> -<body> -<h1 class="pgx" title="">The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Runaway Bunny, by Laura Rountree Smith, -Illustrated by Dorothy Dulin</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States -and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no -restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it -under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this -eBook or online at <a -href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you are not -located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this ebook.</p> -<p>Title: The Runaway Bunny</p> -<p>Author: Laura Rountree Smith</p> -<p>Release Date: June 8, 2021 [eBook #65568]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: UTF-8</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RUNAWAY BUNNY***</p> -<h4 class="pgx" title="">E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, David King,<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (https://www.pgdp.net)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (https://archive.org)</h4> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> -<table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> - <tr> - <td valign="top"> - Note: - </td> - <td> - Images of the original pages are available through - Internet Archive. See - https://archive.org/details/runawaybunny00smit - </td> - </tr> -</table> -<p> </p> -<hr class="pgx" /> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/cover.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c000' /> -</div> -<div> - <a id='Page_i'></a> - <h1 class='c001'>THE RUNAWAY BUNNY</h1> -</div> -<p class='c002'><a id='Page_ii'></a>Books by LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH</p> -<div class='lg-container-l c003'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Bear and Bunny Book, The</div> - <div class='line'>Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear</div> - <div class='line'>Bunny Bright Eyes</div> - <div class='line'>Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior</div> - <div class='line'>Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The</div> - <div class='line'>Children’s Favorite Stories</div> - <div class='line'>Circus Book, The</div> - <div class='line'>Circus Cotton-Tails, The</div> - <div class='line'>Cotton-Tail First Reader, The</div> - <div class='line'>Cotton-Tail Primer, The</div> - <div class='line'>Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The</div> - <div class='line'>Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days</div> - <div class='line'>Games and Plays</div> - <div class='line'>Hawk-Eye, An Indian Story Reader</div> - <div class='line'>Language Lessons from Every Land</div> - <div class='line'>Little Bear</div> - <div class='line'>Little Eskimo</div> - <div class='line'>Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The</div> - <div class='line'>Mother Goose Stories</div> - <div class='line'>Primary Song Book</div> - <div class='line'>Roly-Poly Book, The</div> - <div class='line'>Runaway Bunny, The</div> - <div class='line'>Seventeen Little Bears</div> - <div class='line'>Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes</div> - <div class='line'>Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The</div> - <div class='line'>Three Little Cotton-Tails</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Published by</div> - <div class='line'>A. FLANAGAN COMPANY</div> - <div class='line'>CHICAGO</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c004'> - <div><a id='Page_iii'></a><span class='xxlarge'><b>THE RUNAWAY BUNNY</b></span></div> - <div class='c000'><span class='large'><b>By</b></span></div> - <div class='c000'><span class='xxlarge'><b>Laura Rountree Smith</b></span></div> - <div class='c000'><span class='large'><b>Illustrated by</b></span></div> - <div><span class='xlarge'><b>Dorothy Dulin</b></span></div> - <div class='c000'>1923</div> - <div>A. FLANAGAN COMPANY</div> - <div>Chicago</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c004'> - <div><a id='Page_iv'></a>COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY.</div> - <div class='c000'><i>Printed in the United States of America</i></div> - <div class='c000'>SEP 10 ’23</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_v'></a> - <h2 class='c005'>CONTENTS</h2> -</div> -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap1'>Chapter I</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>TIME TO RUN AWAY 7</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap2'>Chapter II</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE HUNGRY RABBIT 20</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap3'>Chapter III</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>A LOAD OF EASTER EGGS 35</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap4'>Chapter IV</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>MOTHER BUN’S VISITORS 48</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap5'>Chapter V</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE ANIMALS’ FOURTH OF JULY 58</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap6'>Chapter VI</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE COUNTY FAIR 66</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap7'>Chapter VII</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE BUNNY SCHOOL 77</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap8'>Chapter VIII</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE TELL-THE-TIME RABBIT 88</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap9'>Chapter IX</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>THE THANKSGIVING DINNER 101</p> - -<p class='c006'><a href='#chap10'>Chapter X</a></p> - -<p class='c007'>CHRISTMAS AT MOTHER BUN’S 112</p> -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<a id='Page_vi'></a><img src='images/fig01.jpg' alt='“A very old Rabbit peeped out” (Page 35)' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“A very old Rabbit peeped out” (Page 35).</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_vii'></a> - <h2 id='chap1' class='c005'>Chapter I <br /> TIME TO RUN AWAY</h2> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c008'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The Runaway Rabbit has formed the habit</div> - <div class='line in2'>Of running away, I see.</div> - <div class='line'>Oh, Runaway Rabbit, please form the habit</div> - <div class='line in2'>Of staying awhile with me.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c006'>The Runaway Rabbit sat on the -doorstep of his own little house, saying, -“By my cottontail, it is time for -me to run away!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>He took out his little brown traveling -bag and packed it full.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig02.jpg' alt='“Packed it full”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Packed it full”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>He was in such a hurry to run away -that he did not even stop to clear off -<a id='Page_viii'></a>his breakfast table. He did not even -stop to wind his clock or lock his -front door!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Hippety-hop, lippety-lop, he went -down the path, carrying his little -brown traveling bag.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Where are you going?” asked the -Whistling Wind.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Where are you going?” asked the -Smiling Sun.</p> - -<p class='c007'>To them both, the Runaway Bunny -replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_ix'></a>“Oho! I’m happy to have such fun;</div> - <div class='line'>It’s such a pleasure to run and run!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He did not tell anyone where he was -going. Many years ago he had made -up his mind that some day he would -<a id='Page_x'></a>run away and visit his grandparents.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Now wasn’t it funny? At this very -minute Old Mother Bun was saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“My old legs get so stiff; it’s funny!</div> - <div class='line'>I wish I had a little Bunny!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>She wanted a little Bunny to travel -up and down the cellar stairs for her.</p> - -<p class='c007'>At this very minute Old Father Bun -was saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I would pay a mint of money</div> - <div class='line'>If I had a visiting Bunny!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He wanted a little Rabbit to bring -in wood and water.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig03.jpg' alt='“Took out her field glasses”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Took out her field glasses”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Suddenly, without any warning -whatever, Old Mother Bun took out -her field glasses. And as she looked -out of the window she remarked, “I -think I see a little figure away over in -<a id='Page_xi'></a>the field coming this way very fast!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Father Bun put his long ears -close to the window to listen.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He had wonderful hearing, and he -said, “I think I hear the far-off patter, -patter, patter of little feet. Some one -is coming. He should be here in five -minutes.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<a id='Page_xii'></a><img src='images/fig04.jpg' alt='“Father Bun took out his watch”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Father Bun took out his watch”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Father Bun took out his watch and -kept looking at it, while he went outdoors -to wait. He had not long to wait, -for the Runaway Bunny soon came in -sight. He cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I’m the Runaway Bunny. I’ve come all the way</div> - <div class='line'>To say, ‘How do you do?’ and wish you good day.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He set down his traveling bag and -kissed his grandparents.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun said, “You are our -own dear grandson.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Father Bun said, “Come right inside, -my dear.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny was glad to -sit down by the kitchen stove and eat -cookies as fast as Old Mother Bun took -them out of the oven.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xiii'></a>Now he had heard the old Rabbits -wishing before he had entered the -house. So he went pitter, patter, clitter, -clatter, down to the cellar and -brought up a great green cabbage. -He put it into a chopping bowl and -chopped it up for dinner.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then he went pitter, patter, clitter, -clatter, down to the cellar and -<a id='Page_xiv'></a>brought up many other good things.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“You are such a little treasure,</div> - <div class='line'>To keep you here will be a pleasure.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig05.jpg' alt='“The Runaway Bunny winked one eye”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“The Runaway Bunny winked one eye”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>At this the Runaway Bunny winked -one eye; for he never stayed anywhere -very long.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He had formed the habit of running -away.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He next went with a hop and a skip -and a bound, and brought in wood -and water.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Father Bun was delighted. He -said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I swear, by my long and floppy ears,</div> - <div class='line'>I will keep you here for years and years!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<a id='Page_xv'></a><img src='images/fig06.jpg' alt='“Opened his traveling bag”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Opened his traveling bag”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xvi'></a>The Runaway Bunny looked cross-eyed; -but he had a merry time all day.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He said, “Grandmother Bun, what -a fine pantry you have!” and “Grandfather -Bun, what a fine garden you -have! Will you take me riding in your -wheelbarrow?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>When evening came he and his -grandparents popped corn. And when -it was bedtime the Runaway Bunny -opened his traveling bag and brought -out a brand new nightcap for Old -Mother Bun and a brand new pipe for -Old Father Bun.</p> - -<p class='c007'>They said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“We love you so, we’ll keep you, honey.</div> - <div class='line'>Please say you’ll live with us, little Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xvii'></a>The Runaway Bunny coughed politely -and took his little brown traveling -bag and went pitter, patter, clitter, -clatter, upstairs.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He put on his little white nightcap -and night robe.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<a id='Page_xviii'></a><img src='images/fig07.jpg' alt='“Tucked him up snug and warm”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Tucked him up snug and warm”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun tucked him up -snug and warm in bed, and Old Father -Bun sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Tra, la, la, la! To sing’s a habit.</div> - <div class='line'>Pleasant dreams, dear little Rabbit!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>When the little fellow was asleep, -Old Mother Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I hope he will stay a year and a day,</div> - <div class='line'>I think he forgot about running away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father Bun remarked:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“If he stays through one night, all will be well,</div> - <div class='line'>But in Rabbit Land you never can tell.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>In the morning the Runaway Bunny -was gone!</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xix'></a>He left his little brown traveling -bag, so it looked as though he intended -to come back some time. He also left -a polite note to thank his grandparents -for their kindness.</p> - -<hr class='c011' /> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Now if you really want to know</div> - <div class='line'>Where the Runaway Bunny will go,</div> - <div class='line'>Just take this book and read and read;</div> - <div class='line'>You’ll have a lively time, indeed!</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<img src='images/fig08.jpg' alt='The Bunny' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>The Bunny</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_xx'></a> - <h2 id='chap2' class='c005'>Chapter II <br /> THE HUNGRY RABBIT</h2> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c008'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The Runaway Bunny went hippety-hop;</div> - <div class='line in2'>He was hungry as could be.</div> - <div class='line'>Oh, Runaway Bunny, will you stop</div> - <div class='line in2'>And take a bite with me?</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c006'>The Runaway Bunny took out his -little toy watch and looked at it. And, -though he could not tell time, he said, -“My fur and cottontail! It seems to -be time for something to eat.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>He decided to ask the first animal -he met for some breakfast.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He went hopping and skipping -along until he met Pit-A-Pat, the Cat. -He told her how very hungry he was.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<a id='Page_xxi'></a><img src='images/fig09.jpg' alt='“Told her how very hungry he was”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Told her how very hungry he was”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>She said, “Come home with me and -I’ll give you a saucer of milk.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxii'></a>“I don’t drink milk, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then he whispered to Pit-A-Pat that -he wished he had stopped for Old -Mother Bun’s breakfast, and he went -hopping down the path.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Pit-A-Pat remarked, “I ought to -have asked who Mother Bun is. I -might want to know some day.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>My, how hungry the Runaway -Bunny was! By and by he met Rough -Coat, the old tramp dog, and asked -him for a tiny bite of breakfast.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig10.jpg' alt='“By and by he met Rough Coat”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“By and by he met Rough Coat”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Rough Coat said, “If you come with -me I will give you a fine bone I buried -last week.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny bowed politely -and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxiii'></a>“I can’t eat bones, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“What are you running away for?” -asked Rough Coat.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xxiv'></a>But the little fellow was in too much -of a hurry to stop to answer him. He -could not forget how hungry he was.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“The Runaway Bunny is sad, you see,</div> - <div class='line'>For he is hungry as he can be.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>A wise old owl in the tree overhead, -who said his name was Who-Who, offered -the Rabbit a juicy bat.</p> - -<p class='c007'>But the Runaway Bunny replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I can’t eat bats, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He went on hippety-hop, hippety-hop, -until he met Old Brother Bear, -who offered him a taste of honey.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xxv'></a>Now Old Brother Bear loved honey. -So he was relieved when the Runaway -Bunny replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I can’t eat honey, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He went on his way, singing about -Old Mother Bun’s coffee and rolls and -doughnuts.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Oh, the best things to eat for a Bunny on the run</div> - <div class='line'>Are the rolls and the doughnuts of our Grandmother Bun.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Next he met Foxy-Lox, that sly old -fellow! The Runaway Bunny fairly -shouted:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxvi'></a>“My fur and whiskers! I have to shout,</div> - <div class='line'>I’m so hungry I don’t know what I’m about.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Foxy-Lox crept up very, very close -and whispered in the Runaway Bunny’s -right ear:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Hungry for carrots and everything nice,</div> - <div class='line'>I can supply you in just a trice.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then Foxy-Lox, that crafty old fellow, -crept up and whispered in the -Runaway Bunny’s left ear:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Hungry for cabbage and vegetables green,</div> - <div class='line'>You’re the hungriest Bunny I’ve ever seen.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xxvii'></a>No wonder the Runaway Bunny -was hungry. No breakfast, no dinner, -no supper!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Foxy-Lox said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxviii'></a>“Come with me into my den,</div> - <div class='line'>My children are little gentlemen.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny followed him, -muttering:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“At the home of good Old Mother Bun,</div> - <div class='line'>There are plenty of meals for everyone.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>They went along until they came to -the den.</p> - -<p class='c007'>There was a table set with carrots -and cabbage and tender green spring-flower -shoots and everything else, in -fact, that a hungry Bunny would like -to eat.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig11.jpg' alt='“Waiting their turn to be served”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Waiting their turn to be served”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Sure enough, the six little Foxy-Loxies -sat like little gentlemen round -the table, waiting their turn to be -served.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xxix'></a>Old Foxy-Lox invited the Runaway -Bunny to eat a good square meal.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Nodding his head in the direction of -the visitor, he whispered to his little -Foxes:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“You will make a meal, ’tis true,</div> - <div class='line'>Then we’ll make a meal of you!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny had sharp -ears. He began to twitch them nervously -to and fro.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He could not hear what Old Foxy-Lox -was whispering about. But he -thought the old fellow was up to some -mischief. So he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I won’t eat cabbage, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xxx'></a>Then he looked at the carrots and -said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I won’t eat carrots, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then he waved his paw toward the -table of tempting things.</p> - -<p class='c007'>And he shouted:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I won’t eat at all, though you think it funny;</div> - <div class='line'>I am a peculiar Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then he gave one bound and was -out of the den before Foxy-Lox could -wink an eyelash.</p> - -<p class='c007'>His talkative little ticking Watch -made this remark:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxxi'></a>“We don’t care how hard the climb;</div> - <div class='line'>Friend Bunny, you got out just in time!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xxxii'></a>The Runaway Bunny was thinking -hard again, “No breakfast, no dinner, -no supper!” He sat down on a log to -think.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Pitter, patter, clitter, clatter, came -the sound of two little feet. And another -Bunny stood in the path before -him.</p> - -<p class='c007'>This new friend now said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I went to the side show and took in money,</div> - <div class='line'>So you may call me a wee Circus Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig12.jpg' alt='“Then he stood on his head”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Then he stood on his head”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then he stood on his head and did -several circus tricks, as cunning as -could be. At any other time the Runaway -Bunny would have laughed. But -he only said mournfully:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxxiii'></a>“The world is large, the world is wide,</div> - <div class='line'>And I am empty quite—inside!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Circus Bunny said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“We’re very near a garden plot,</div> - <div class='line'>We shall find a good meal, like as not.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<a id='Page_xxxiv'></a><img src='images/fig13.jpg' alt='“They had a fine meal”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“They had a fine meal”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>They went hippety-hop until they -came to the garden. Here they ate the -tops of some early spring flowers and -some bits of tender lettuce. They had -a fine meal before they were through -with it. The Circus Bunny said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Let’s live in the garden a night and a day.</div> - <div class='line'>There’s plenty of lettuce; come, what do you say?”</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>But the Runaway Bunny was off with a hop,</div> - <div class='line'>With his ears and his tail going flippety-flop.</div> - <div class='line'>The surprised Circus Bunny remarked, “That is funny!</div> - <div class='line'>That rabbit is surely the Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_xxxv'></a> - <h2 id='chap3' class='c005'>Chapter III <br /> A LOAD OF EASTER EGGS</h2> -</div> -<p class='c006'>As the Runaway Bunny hopped -along, it began to rain very hard.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He heard a voice singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I like the thunderstorm and rain;</div> - <div class='line'>Just why I do I can’t explain.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The voice came from a wee house -in the woods. The Runaway Bunny -stopped and knocked politely at the -door.</p> - -<p class='c007'>His little heart went thump, for -he did not know what he should find -inside.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The door opened a little and a -very old Rabbit peeped out and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xxxvi'></a>“I am Old Mother Give-Away;</div> - <div class='line'>And now, sir, what have you to say?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny hung his -head, for he had never been generous -enough to give away anything in all -his life. But as the rain was falling -fast, he wanted to go in and dry his -fur and whiskers.</p> - -<p class='c007'>So he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“May I do any errands for you today?</div> - <div class='line'>I like to travel away, away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>In answer to this, the door was -opened wide and he hopped inside.</p> - -<p class='c007'>My, what a wonderful sight he saw!</p> - -<p class='c007'>There were Easter eggs on the table -and Easter eggs on the floor, Easter -eggs on the window-sill and Easter -<a id='Page_xxxvii'></a>eggs in baskets! They were painted -in gay colors—red, blue, and gold.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Give-Away said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“A messenger I thought I’d borrow;</div> - <div class='line'>You may help me take the eggs to-morrow.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig14.jpg' alt='“Painting piles and piles of Easter eggs”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Painting piles and piles of Easter eggs”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then she told him how she and -<a id='Page_xxxviii'></a>Father Give-Away had spent many -days painting piles and piles of Easter -eggs.</p> - -<p class='c007'>She said she wanted every Rabbit -in the world to have an Easter egg on -Easter morning. She wanted the eggs -well hidden, so it would be fun to hunt -for them.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig15.jpg' alt='“Splashing the colors upon them”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Splashing the colors upon them”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>She went on painting the eggs, -dashing and splashing the colors upon -them. The Runaway Bunny planned -where he would hide the Easter eggs -in every wee house he visited.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He thought he would put them back -of books and in vases and back of -clocks and in cups and bowls and -baskets. There are so many good -places to hide wee Easter eggs.</p> - -<p class='c007'>By and by the two Bunnies curled -up on the rug and fell asleep.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xl'></a>Very early next day the Runaway -Bunny woke up.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“May I start with the Easter eggs today?</div> - <div class='line'>Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>To his surprise Old Mother Give-Away -answered, as though she were -half asleep:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Speak to the Rubbers on the floor;</div> - <div class='line'>They’ve heard that question asked before.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny laughed and -slipped four little Rubbers on his four -little feet to keep them dry, this misty, -moisty morning.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then he asked again:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xlii'></a>“May I start with the Easter eggs to-day?</div> - <div class='line'>Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then the Rubbers piped up to answer -him:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ask the Umbrella in the hall;</div> - <div class='line'>It may not answer you at all.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id007'> -<img src='images/fig16.jpg' alt='“The Umbrella was in a very good humor”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“The Umbrella was in a very good humor”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Umbrella was in a very good -humor and, as the Runaway Bunny -opened it, said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ask the Raincoat what he will say</div> - <div class='line'>About going out on a rainy day!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny chuckled as -he slipped on the Raincoat that hung -on a nail.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He asked as before:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xliii'></a>“May I start with the Easter eggs to-day?</div> - <div class='line'>Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Raincoat replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ask the Rain Cap; perhaps he’ll explain</div> - <div class='line'>Why we’re happy when we hear the rain.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny knew they -were happy to get out in the rain. But -he asked again:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“May I start with the Easter eggs to-day?</div> - <div class='line'>Please let me go, Mother Give-Away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Rain Cap replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xliv'></a>“Ask the Wheelbarrow, for he knows</div> - <div class='line'>The home into which each Easter egg goes.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then the Runaway Bunny ran out -<a id='Page_xlv'></a>into the yard and said to the Wheelbarrow:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Let’s start with the Easter eggs to-day;</div> - <div class='line'>Come, Mr. Wheelbarrow, what do you say?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>And the Wheelbarrow said, “I am -ready to start this very minute.”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig17.jpg' alt='“About 246 Easter eggs in the Wheelbarrow”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“About 246 Easter eggs in the Wheelbarrow”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Then Mother Give-Away came out -and helped the Runaway Bunny pile -about 246 Easter eggs in the Wheelbarrow. -She covered them well to keep -them dry.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny remarked:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Now I should call this perfect fun,</div> - <div class='line'>If I’d had breakfast with Grandmother Bun.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xlvii'></a>“Who is Grandmother Bun?” asked -Old Mother Give-Away.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The wind whistled so hard that the -Runaway Bunny did not hear the -question. But he went rolling the -Wheelbarrow merrily along, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Perhaps you may think it very funny</div> - <div class='line'>That I should be called an Easter Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig18.jpg' alt='“He left eggs at every Rabbit house”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“He left eggs at every Rabbit house”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He left eggs at every Rabbit house -he passed, and by and by the Wheel-barrow -was empty.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He left it in the road and went -hippety-hop along, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I wish you all a glad Easter Day.</div> - <div class='line'>I’m running away! I’m running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_xlviii'></a> - <h2 id='chap4' class='c005'>Chapter IV <br /> MOTHER BUN’S VISITORS</h2> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c008'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Said Mother Bun, “You may think it funny,</div> - <div class='line'>But I miss my little Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father Bun thought a long time -before speaking.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Then said Father Bun, “Would it be wise,</div> - <div class='line'>In all the papers to advertise?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father and Mother Bun talked -on about the Runaway Bunny, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“In every newspaper in the wood</div> - <div class='line'>We’ll advertise. It may do good.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xlix'></a>So Old Father Bun sat down by a -table and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“By my stubby tail, I shall have to think</div> - <div class='line'>How to use paper and pen and ink.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He was not used to doing much -writing.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Click, click, click,” went Old -Mother Bun’s knitting needles.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Puff, puff, puff,” went Old Father -Bun’s pipe.</p> - -<p class='c007'>By and by he wrote the following:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Rabbit lost, Rabbit lost!</div> - <div class='line'>Get him back at any cost.</div> - <div class='line'>He runs away o’er hill and dale,</div> - <div class='line'>He has long ears and stubby tail.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Mother Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_l'></a>“I would nail that on a tree,</div> - <div class='line'>Where every animal can see.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father Bun did not agree with -her. He knew it paid to advertise in -newspapers. So he put on his old -felt hat, took his walking stick, and -started out to a real newspaper office. -He took his notice to Chatterbox, the -<a id='Page_li'></a>Monkey newspaper man. So all the -animals soon read in their newspapers -about the Runaway Bunny.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig19.jpg' alt='“He took his notice to Chatterbox”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“He took his notice to Chatterbox”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>When Pit-A-Pat read the notice, she -smacked her lips and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Here is a chance to have some fun,</div> - <div class='line'>I’ll make a call on Old Mother Bun.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So by and by it happened that Old -Father Bun said, “I hear the patter, -patter of little feet.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun said, “Do look out -and tell me who is coming.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Pit-A-Pat came to the door and -bowed politely, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I long for milk. May I have a drink?</div> - <div class='line'>I can help you find the Rabbit, I think.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<a id='Page_lii'></a><img src='images/fig20.jpg' alt='“Gave her a saucer of warm milk”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Gave her a saucer of warm milk”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>They gladly let Pit-A-Pat in and -gave her a saucer of warm milk in their -best blue-rimmed saucer.</p> - -<p class='c007'>While she was licking her chops, -Old Father Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To inquire of you seems rather funny,</div> - <div class='line'>But did you meet our Runaway Bunny?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Mother Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To call him Bunny we’ve formed the habit,</div> - <div class='line'>He is also known as the Runaway Rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Did he have long ears?” asked Pit-A-Pat, -winking slyly. “Did he have a -tiny stubby tail?”</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_liii'></a>“Yes, yes,” shouted Father and -Mother Bun eagerly.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Did he have a habit of running -away?” asked Pit-A-Pat, looking narrowly -out of her green eyes.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Father and -Mother Bun again together.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_liv'></a>Then the most astonishing thing -happened!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Pit-A-Pat got up slowly, humped -her back, and without another word -walked out of the open window!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun remarked:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“No use to cry for spilled milk, I see:</div> - <div class='line'>Pit-A-Pat played a trick on me.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I think her actions are very funny.</div> - <div class='line'>She must have met our Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Rap-a-tap-tap,” sounded on the -door.</p> - -<p class='c007'>And in walked Rough Coat, saying -politely:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lv'></a>“I’m a lonesome fellow; I live alone.</div> - <div class='line'>Could you give me as much as a chicken bone?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>As luck would have it, they had a -<a id='Page_lvi'></a>whole plate full of chicken bones in the -house. So Rough Coat had a wonderful -meal.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Father Bun said, “Did you meet -our Runaway Bunny?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Rough Coat said, “Did he run as -though he would never stop?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Yes, yes,” cried Father Bun excitedly.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Did he sometimes say, ‘My fur and -whiskers’?” asked Rough Coat.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Yes, yes,” cried Father and Mother -Bun together.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Rough Coat gave himself a great -shake, remarking:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I enjoyed my lunch, I do declare;</div> - <div class='line'>Ask your questions of Brother Bear.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig21.jpg' alt='“Whisk! with a bound he was gone!”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Whisk! with a bound he was gone!”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Whisk! with a bound he was gone!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Father Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lvii'></a>“We’ll have other visitors some fine day,</div> - <div class='line'>No telling, though, what our guests will say.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>At this very minute the Runaway -Bunny read in the newspaper about -himself.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He read, “‘Bunny lost.’ That must -be I.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>He twitched his long ears to and -fro and turned to look back at his little -stubby tail.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He did not want to go back and -visit his grandparents yet. So he -started on, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I won’t stay still for a purse of money,</div> - <div class='line'>I am such a funny Runaway Bunny!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_lviii'></a> - <h2 id='chap5' class='c005'>Chapter V <br /> THE ANIMALS’ FOURTH OF JULY</h2> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c008'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“We’ll have fun and frolic by and by,</div> - <div class='line'>For soon will come the Fourth of July.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So sang all the wild animals in the -woods.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny ran on and on -until he could run no longer. Then -he set up a shout, for he had been -traveling in a circle, and here he was -back at his own little house in the -woods!</p> - -<p class='c007'>There was his wee spinning wheel -in the corner. There were his dishes -on the table as he had left them.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<img src='images/fig22.jpg' alt='“Then he began to spin furiously”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Then he began to spin furiously”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>He hopped into his wee bed and -slept a week and a day. Then he went -<a id='Page_lix'></a>down cellar and got a cabbage to eat. -He felt very happy. He wanted to -work. Then he began to spin furiously, -singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I can spin quite well if I only try,</div> - <div class='line'>I will buy a flag for the Fourth of July.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Rap-a-tap,” sounded on his door -and in walked Pit-A-Pat, big as life -and twice as natural! She told the -<a id='Page_lx'></a>story about her little kittens who had -lost their mittens. The Runaway -Bunny listened earnestly, for he had -known what it was to be cold.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“When I sell the goods I spin,” said Bunny,</div> - <div class='line'>“For mittens I’ll give you a pile of money.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Pit-A-Pat bowed her thanks and the -Runaway Bunny began to spin again -in real earnest, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I can spin quite well if I only try,</div> - <div class='line'>“I’ll buy firecrackers for the Fourth of July.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Bowwow,” sounded outside the -window.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<a id='Page_lxi'></a><img src='images/fig23.jpg' alt='“There stood Rough Coat, growling”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“There stood Rough Coat, growling”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>There stood Rough Coat, growling, -“I need a new collar. I want one with -my name and address upon it, so if I -get lost some one can lead me home.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny knew how -hard it was to want things. So he -whistled, and sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“When I sell the goods I spin to-morrow,</div> - <div class='line'>I shall have money for all to borrow.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Rough Coat went away happy.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxii'></a>“Whir, whir, whir,” went the cunning -little spinning wheel.</p> - -<p class='c007'>All day long the Runaway Bunny -kept on spinning and telling what he -wanted to buy for himself with the -money, after his goods were sold.</p> - -<p class='c007'>All day long the animals came and -begged him for money.</p> - -<p class='c007'>At last he ran to the store and sold -the cloth he had spun. When he had -given the animals the money they -wanted, he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I’m a Runaway Bunny and here I sigh,</div> - <div class='line'>I’ve nothing left for the Fourth of July.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“No flag, no firecrackers, no fireworks,” -called Old Who-Who, the Owl.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxiii'></a>The Runaway Bunny dried his eyes, -for he was so disappointed he had -shed a few tears. And he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxiv'></a>“As long as I can make a rhyme,</div> - <div class='line'>I’ll run away and have a good time.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig24.jpg' alt='“Pit-A-Pat came with a large flag”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Pit-A-Pat came with a large flag”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He was just starting to run away -when there was a great noise and Pit-A-Pat -came with a large flag as a present, -and Rough Coat brought firecrackers. -Soon all the animals gathered -together for a surprise party and -they set off fireworks and drank red -lemonade.</p> - -<p class='c007'>They all had a happy Fourth of -July.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Three Little Kittens wore their -new mittens and Rough Coat wore a -new collar. All the animals hugged -and kissed the Runaway Bunny and -begged him to stay with them in the -woods.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Suddenly, without any warning -<a id='Page_lxv'></a>whatever, he took his flag and, singing -a song to himself, went hippety-hop -down the road.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“The Fourth of July is a holiday;</div> - <div class='line'>And I’m running away, I’m running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>All the animals clapped their paws -and cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Please stay with us and forget the habit</div> - <div class='line'>Of running away, dear Runaway Rabbit!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_lxvi'></a> - <h2 id='chap6' class='c005'>Chapter VI <br /> THE COUNTY FAIR</h2> -</div> -<p class='c006'>The Runaway Bunny went hopping -along, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“When I am lonesome I’m always singing</div> - <div class='line'>Of a jolly old kite that used to fly</div> - <div class='line'>At the end of the string I was often swinging,</div> - <div class='line'>And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Good-bye, good-bye,” called a -merry voice; and there in the path before -the Runaway Bunny stood the -Circus Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Circus Bunny said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxvii'></a>“I’ll run along with you, if you don’t care;</div> - <div class='line'>I’m off for a trip to the county fair.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“To whom were you saying good-bye?” -asked the Runaway Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“I will answer that question when -you tell me about the wonderful ride -you had with the kite,” answered the -Circus Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>But the Runaway Bunny had already -forgotten about the kite and -could think of nothing but the fair. He -was delighted to have company on -the way; and he remarked:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“What shall we do when we get to the fair</div> - <div class='line'>And find all the animals gathered there?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_lxviii'></a>The Circus Bunny replied:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Your question to me seems rather funny;</div> - <div class='line'>We shall hire a tent and make some money.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>What a fine trip they had!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Everyone was going to the fair. -Some of the animals were going on -foot and some were going on horseback. -Some of them rode in state in -cars. Some of the animals traveled -alone and others took the whole -family.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny said to everyone -he passed:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I’m off to the fair. Good day, good day!</div> - <div class='line'>I’m running away, I’m running away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_lxx'></a>The Circus Bunny kept saying a -little rhyme over and over:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Will you spend a penny and form the habit</div> - <div class='line'>Of calling to see the Circus Rabbit?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>They arrived at the fair. But just -as they were going to set up a wee -tent of their own and make money -for themselves, some one picked them -up by their long ears and put them in -a wire cage.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig25.jpg' alt='“Picked them up by their long ears”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Picked them up by their long ears”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>The Circus Bunny whispered:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Well, this is a pretty how-do-you-do!</div> - <div class='line'>I don’t know how to get out. Do you?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny answered:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxxi'></a>“I really haven’t a word to say,</div> - <div class='line'>This may cure me of running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>By and by a man came and called -out:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Performing Rabbits! Step this way!</div> - <div class='line'>Hear what the Bunnies have to say;</div> - <div class='line'>Their tricks are funny, and each small Bunny</div> - <div class='line'>Is well worth all your admission money.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Now crowds and crowds gathered -around the cage. The Circus Bunny -stood on his head and turned somersaults -and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Will you spend a penny and form the habit</div> - <div class='line'>Of calling to see the Circus Rabbit?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_lxxii'></a>All the animals in the crowd -cheered and clapped, and cried, “Do -it again! Do it again!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>By and by the Circus Bunny grew -tired of performing his tricks, and it -was the Runaway Bunny’s turn to entertain -the crowd.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He had never done a trick in all his -life and was wondering what to do, -when the Circus Bunny reminded him:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“You were singing a very comical song,</div> - <div class='line'>As I was coming along, along.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So the Runaway Bunny sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“When I am lonesome I’m always singing</div> - <div class='line'>Of a jolly old kite that used to fly</div> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxxiv'></a>At the end of the string I was often swinging,</div> - <div class='line'>And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig26.jpg' alt='“Up, up, up he began to sail”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Up, up, up he began to sail”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>At this very minute the most surprising -thing happened!</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny was so little -that he squeezed out through the wires -in the cage door! He took hold of the -string of a kite that was near, and up, -up, up he began to sail, higher and -higher, until he soon looked like a -speck in the sky.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Well,” remarked the Circus Bunny, -“it was certainly fortunate that the -jolly old kite was waiting for him. -That is a new way he has found of -running away. I believe I will squeeze -out of this cage, too.”</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxxv'></a>So while the crowd was watching -the Runaway Bunny, he tried to get -out of the cage. But he stuck halfway, -until kind-hearted Old Mother Bun -pulled him out and tucked him safely -in her market basket.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Father Bun said, “What is in -your basket?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun said, “I will tell -you when we get home.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Up, up, up sailed the Runaway -Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>When he had sailed up a week and -a day, down, down sailed the kite and -he arrived in his own little back yard, -at home.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He said, “I shall have a fine kite -story to tell my great-great-grand-children -some day. That was a fine -ride I had!”</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxxvi'></a>Then he repeated in a singsong way:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“When I am lonesome I’m always singing</div> - <div class='line'>Of a jolly old kite that used to fly</div> - <div class='line'>At the end of the string I was often swinging,</div> - <div class='line'>And I said to old earth, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He made himself a nice little supper -and for once was contented to sit in -his wee house. But that night he -dreamed that he was running away, -singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“For a county fair I do not care,</div> - <div class='line'>I can run away from anywhere,</div> - <div class='line'>Wherever I go this thing I say,</div> - <div class='line'>‘I’m running away! I’m running away!’”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_lxxvii'></a> - <h2 id='chap7' class='c005'>Chapter VII <br /> THE BUNNY SCHOOL</h2> -</div> -<p class='c006'>The summer had passed and September -had come. All the school bells -were ringing.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“There is one thing I can remember,</div> - <div class='line'>School begins in glad September.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig27.jpg' alt='“Went hippety-hop down the path”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Went hippety-hop down the path”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He packed his neat little dinner pail -and went hippety-hop down the path, -singing happy little songs like this:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The Runaway Bunny, as a rule,</div> - <div class='line in2'>Likes to run away,</div> - <div class='line'>The Runaway Bunny said, “To school</div> - <div class='line in2'>I go this September day.</div> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxxviii'></a>“I don’t know the words,</div> - <div class='line in2'>I don’t know the tune.</div> - <div class='line'>I’m the Runaway Bunny;</div> - <div class='line in2'>I’ll get to school soon.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Don’t be so sure of that,” called -Pit-A-Pat.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Don’t be so sure you’ll get there -soon,” said Rough Coat.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxxix'></a>“You may not get there until afternoon,” -growled Old Brother Bear.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I never before have made a rhyme,</div> - <div class='line'>But I think you’ll not get there on time!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>whispered Old Foxy-Lox, peering at -the Runaway Bunny from his hiding -place.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The school bells all sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Come to school. Ding, dong!</div> - <div class='line'>Don’t be late. Run along!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>At this very minute the Runaway -Bunny thought of something he had -forgotten.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He stopped short in the path, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxxx'></a>“I’ll hide my dinner pail in the wood</div> - <div class='line'>And get me a pencil as a rabbit should!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He put his dinner pail down by a -log and went hurrying home to get -a lead pencil. Soon he came back hippety-hop -with his pencil in his overalls -pocket.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He stopped to look for his dinner -pail. It was gone!</p> - -<p class='c007'>He shouted to Pit-A-Pat, who had -gone on ahead:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To get to school I will not fail,</div> - <div class='line'>But where, oh where is my dinner pail?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Pit-A-Pat said she knew nothing -about the lost dinner pail.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_lxxxii'></a>Soon the Runaway Bunny caught -up with Rough Coat and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“It makes me shake my stubby tail</div> - <div class='line'>To think I lost my dinner pail.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig28.jpg' alt='“Brother Bear came up and whispered softly”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Brother Bear came up and whispered softly”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then Brother Bear came up and -whispered softly:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ask Foxy-Lox down in his den,</div> - <div class='line'>And his little gentlemen!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny was very -angry to think Foxy-Lox would take -his dinner pail. He wanted to go to -Foxy-Lox’s house and get it back.</p> - -<p class='c007'>But Old Brother Bear said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I’d rather lose a pail or two</div> - <div class='line'>Than have him make a meal of you!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_lxxxiv'></a>The Runaway Bunny saw that -Brother Bear was right. It would never -do to go to Foxy-Lox’s house for his -dinner pail. Besides, that sly fox -would never give it back.</p> - -<p class='c007'>So the Runaway Bunny ran on to -school and got there just two minutes -late.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig29.jpg' alt='“All the Bunnies were in their seats”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“All the Bunnies were in their seats”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>All the Bunnies were in their seats, -ready for work. The Runaway Bunny -took his seat and began to learn a -rhyme the rest were studying.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He said it over to himself:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“September’s here to visit us,</div> - <div class='line in2'>In gold and russet gown;</div> - <div class='line'>And we’ve been busy Bunnies since</div> - <div class='line in2'>September’s come to town.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny was a smart -<a id='Page_lxxxv'></a>little fellow. He liked to learn his -ABC’s.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He learned to read very well and -he went to school sixteen days in -September.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then one bright afternoon he heard -the birds singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Good-bye, good-bye! To the South we go;</div> - <div class='line'>Autumn is coming, and winter with snow.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He wished he could fly like his -feathered friends.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Suddenly he remembered how fast -he could run.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He did not wait for the close of -school but went hippety-hop out of the -window, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_lxxxvi'></a>“Long ago I formed the habit</div> - <div class='line'>Of running away. I’m the Runaway Rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He stayed in the woods all the rest -of September.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig30.jpg' alt='“Learned the names of the flowers”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Learned the names of the flowers”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>From Old Brother Bear he learned -<a id='Page_lxxxvii'></a>the names of all the fall fruits and -flowers.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Suddenly he decided to go to town; -and he left the wild woods, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“The Runaway Bunny was made for play,</div> - <div class='line'>I’m running away! I’m running away!</div> - <div class='line'>Soon comes November, but still I’ll remember</div> - <div class='line'>The things I have learned in happy September.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny was running -away toward town.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig31.jpg' alt='The Bunny.' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>The Bunny.</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_lxxxviii'></a> - <h2 id='chap8' class='c005'>Chapter VIII <br /> THE TELL-THE-TIME RABBIT</h2> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c008'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The Runaway Bunny could talk in rhyme,</div> - <div class='line'>But for years and years he couldn’t tell time.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>One day the Runaway Bunny woke -up in his own little house and sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“It is such a pleasant autumn day,</div> - <div class='line'>I’m really thinking of running away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He put on his Wrist Watch for company, -though he could not tell time -to save his little stubby tail!</p> - -<p class='c007'>He was going hippety-hop along -when he met Old Brother Bear. The -<a id='Page_lxxxix'></a>Bear passed the time of day, but -seemed to be in a terrible hurry and -growled:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“What is the real time? I fear I’m late,</div> - <div class='line'>But I must get there, at any rate!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Where are you going?” inquired -the Runaway Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>But Old Brother Bear only hurried -on.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Next Foxy-Lox came along and -chattered:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“What is the real time? I cannot wait,</div> - <div class='line'>But I must get there, at any rate!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Where are you going?” asked the -Runaway Bunny.</p> - -<p class='c007'>But Foxy-Lox had no time to answer -<a id='Page_xc'></a>him, and went hurrying down the -path without even a backward glance.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny said to himself:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To tell the time’s a convenient habit,</div> - <div class='line'>For even a funny Runaway Rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Tick, tick, tick,” went the little -Wrist Watch and it sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To talk a little is my turn,</div> - <div class='line'>I’ll teach the time, if you want to learn.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<img src='images/fig32.jpg' alt='“The Runaway Bunny was surprised”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“The Runaway Bunny was surprised”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny was surprised, -you may be sure, and put his -ear down close to the little watch to -listen.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The little Wrist Watch continued:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xci'></a>“To learn some things is in your power,</div> - <div class='line'>The short hand tells us all the hour.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny skipped this -way and that way, and sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“’Tis more fun making a simple rhyme,</div> - <div class='line'>With a little Wrist Watch to tell the time.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xcii'></a>The little Wrist Watch continued:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Let’s run a race. Come, who will win it?</div> - <div class='line'>My long hand tells you of each minute.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then the Runaway Bunny ran on -faster than ever and the tiny hands of -the Wrist Watch ran round its face. -Before he could believe it, the Runaway -Bunny was learning to tell time.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He shouted:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“A quarter of eight! I won’t be late;</div> - <div class='line'>I’ve learned a little, at any rate.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He learned half past and a quarter -past and a quarter of the hours.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He sang merrily:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xciii'></a>“Over this garden fence I’ll climb;</div> - <div class='line'>I know it is my breakfast time.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He sat down and began to eat cabbage -leaves. My! how fresh and crisp -they were!</p> - -<p class='c007'>He began to wonder about the animals -he had met. He wondered where -they could be going. Don’t you wonder, -too?</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_xciv'></a>All this time Old Brother Bear was -on his way to the home of Father and -Mother Bun. When he came in, those -two old Bunnies were sitting by the -fire.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig33.jpg' alt='“Sitting by the fire”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Sitting by the fire”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>He took off his cap politely and -said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“May I come in and warm my paws?</div> - <div class='line'>Its freezing cold until it thaws.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig34.jpg' alt='“Gave him a plate of cakes”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Gave him a plate of cakes”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Seeing that Old Brother Bear was -friendly, Old Father Bun allowed him -to sit in a rocking chair by the fire. -Old Mother Bun gave him a plate of -cakes, smoking hot, with honey on -them. Old Mother Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I hope, kind sir, that you like honey;</div> - <div class='line'>It makes me think of our Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xcvi'></a>“Did he have long ears and a tiny -tail?” asked Old Brother Bear.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Mother -Bun.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Did he carry a little Wrist Watch?” -asked Old Brother Bear.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Yes, yes,” shouted Old Father Bun.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then Old Brother Bear, who was -something of a joker, smacked his lips -and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Such fine cakes are worth much money,</div> - <div class='line'>I also thank you for the honey.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So saying, he bowed politely and -walked out of the door.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Old Mother Bun remarked:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I really think it very funny,</div> - <div class='line'>He would not talk of the Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_xcvii'></a>Old Father Bun’s head went nid-nid-nodding.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig35.jpg' alt='“Up walked Old Foxy-Lox”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Up walked Old Foxy-Lox”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Up walked Old Foxy-Lox, tapping -on the window pane.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Foxy-Lox asked for cookies and -honey, but Old Mother Bun would not -let him in.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He went off, shouting:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_xcviii'></a>“I saw the Runaway Rabbit to-day,</div> - <div class='line'>And as usual he was running away.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Call him back! Call him back!” -called Old Father Bun, who had waked -up in time to hear Foxy-Lox shout.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Mother Bun shook her head as she -counted her silver spoons, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Though it may seem to you absurd,</div> - <div class='line'>He sometimes robs good folk, I’ve heard.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Father Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Alackaday! What shall I say?</div> - <div class='line'>Will the Runaway Bunny come back some day?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>While all this was going on, the -<a id='Page_xcix'></a>Runaway Bunny continued to eat as -much cabbage as he wanted.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The little Wrist Watch said to him:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To tell the time is a useful habit;</div> - <div class='line'>Let’s see you do it, you cunning Rabbit!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny had really -learned to tell the time. But he -wanted to tease, so he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“It is bedtime, bedtime,</div> - <div class='line'>O’er all the world in every clime.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then he curled up in a hole in a -hollow tree and went to sleep.</p> - -<p class='c007'>All the time, his little Wrist Watch -ticked busily on.</p> - -<p class='c007'>For all who wanted to hear, it sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_c'></a>“For hours and hours I tick away,</div> - <div class='line'>A-telling time by night and day.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“My long hand always points the minute;</div> - <div class='line'>And how much good can you do in it?</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“My short hand always points the hour;</div> - <div class='line'>To learn it is within your power.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“For telling time’s an easy trick</div> - <div class='line'>If you have learned arithmetic.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>That night the Runaway Rabbit -cried out in his sleep:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“It is warm in a hollow tree, I declare;</div> - <div class='line'>It is dream time, dream time everywhere!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_ci'></a> - <h2 id='chap9' class='c005'>Chapter IX <br /> THE THANKSGIVING DINNER</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig36.jpg' alt='“The Market Basket cried out”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“The Market Basket cried out”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c006'>One day late in November, the Runaway -Rabbit sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away,</div> - <div class='line'>To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_cii'></a>He had gone hippety-hop only a -little way when he sat down on a stone -to think.</p> - -<p class='c007'>To his surprise, the Market Basket -he carried cried out:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Will you buy a turkey while on your way,</div> - <div class='line'>For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>“Dear me! My fur and whiskers, I -never thought about that!” he cried. -“Of course I will—now that you suggest -it!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>He rattled the pennies in his little -bead purse. He rattled the dimes and -quarters.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He went hippety-hop to the market -and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_civ'></a>“Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds?</div> - <div class='line'>How very grand that order sounds!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig37.jpg' alt='“Surprised the butcher”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Surprised the butcher”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>To see such a little fellow with so -much money surprised the butcher. -But he weighed the turkey and it quite -filled the Market Basket.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny was starting -merrily down the road, when the Basket -cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Each Thanksgiving people sigh</div> - <div class='line'>For rich and spicy pumpkin pie.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny saw a nice -yellow pumpkin in a field and he managed -to tuck it under his arm.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He arrived home and began to -make a pumpkin pie. He measured -<a id='Page_cv'></a>this, weighed that, and cut up and -cooked the pumpkin.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He baked a wonderful pumpkin pie -and was about ready to set out again, -when the Basket cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Fine potatoes are a treat</div> - <div class='line'>On Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny threw his -little red cap up in the air, shouting, -“Sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes!”</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig38.jpg' alt='“He pared them and cut them up”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“He pared them and cut them up”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>So, leaving his turkey and pie, he -<a id='Page_cvi'></a>ran hippety-hop to the grocer’s and -bought sweet potatoes and took them -home. He pared them and cut them -up. He pared some carrots, too. Then -he put them all on to cook.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme;</div> - <div class='line'>It is lucky I started out on time.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The basket spoke again and said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I don’t believe I have heard you say</div> - <div class='line'>If you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny ran quickly -for cranberries.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He was back in less than no time, -<a id='Page_cvii'></a>and began to pack his Basket to -take with him to spend the day with -Old Mother Bun.</p> - -<p class='c007'>At this very minute “Rap-a-tap!” -was heard on the door; and in walked -his old friends, Pit-A-Pat, Rough Coat, -Old Brother Bear, and Foxy-Lox.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way,</div> - <div class='line'>If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Pit-A-Pat began to lick her chops -as she smelled the gravy. For the Runaway -Bunny had the dinner all cooked -to take with him, of course.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Rough Coat thought of the turkey -legs. Old Brother Bear smelled the -sweet potatoes.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_cviii'></a>Old Foxy-Lox had a long head on -him.</p> - -<p class='c007'>So he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Let’s set the table here just to see</div> - <div class='line'>How fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny switched his -ears to and fro. But he let the animals -help him set the table with turkey, -gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries, -and pumpkin pie. And every minute -he grew more and more hungry himself.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/fig39.jpg' alt='“He grew more and more hungry”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“He grew more and more hungry”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Foxy-Lox said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Though we do not intend to be impolite,</div> - <div class='line'>Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_cx'></a>The Runaway Bunny enjoyed a -joke as well as anyone.</p> - -<p class='c007'>So he said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I am really amused at what you say;</div> - <div class='line'>Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then they all had a fine feast.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The visitors felt a little guilty and -whispered among themselves:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“We think our conduct is rather shocking,</div> - <div class='line'>But we will fill his Christmas stocking.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>The Runaway Bunny excused himself, -saying he wanted some exercise.</p> - -<p class='c007'>And he sang:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_cxi'></a>“I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit;</div> - <div class='line'>I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He ran off through the woods away, -away, away! Would he never stop?</p> - -<div class='figcenter id005'> -<img src='images/fig40.jpg' alt='The Bunny.' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>The Bunny.</p> -</div> -</div> -<div class='chapter'> - <a id='Page_cxii'></a> - <h2 id='chap10' class='c005'>Chapter X <br /> CHRISTMAS AT MOTHER BUN’S</h2> -</div> -<p class='c006'>Old Mother Bun was very busy -making Christmas presents and Old -Father Bun was very busy wrapping -them up and putting the animals’ -names upon them.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Every once in awhile, Old Mother -<a id='Page_cxiii'></a>Bun would say, “Did you remember -Old Father Chipmunk?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then Old Father Bun would say, -“Did you remember Old Grandfather -Weasel?”</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Click, click, click,” went Old -Mother Bun’s knitting needles, as she -knitted scarfs and sweaters and caps -for the animals.</p> - -<p class='c007'>One evening Old Father Bun said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_cxiv'></a>“Are the stockings ready to hang? Because</div> - <div class='line'>It is almost time for Santa Claus.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig41.jpg' alt='“There were three stockings”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“There were three stockings”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Old Mother Bun got out a big stocking, -a little stocking, and a middle-sized -stocking, saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“We’ll hang up three, though it seems so funny;</div> - <div class='line'>We’ll put one up for the Runaway Bunny.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So there were three stockings hanging -by the fireplace. And every hour -it grew nearer and nearer Christmas -Eve.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Now wasn’t it odd? At this very -minute the Runaway Bunny was saying:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_cxv'></a>“By my stubby tail, at least I remember</div> - <div class='line'>That Santa Claus comes late in December!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He looked down the path that led -to the woods toward Old Mother Bun’s -home, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ha, ha! I must be off to-day.</div> - <div class='line'>I’m running away! I’m running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He ran on happily.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_cxvi'></a>Suddenly he stopped and remembered -he had no presents for Old -Mother Bun and Old Father Bun. So -back he went hippety-hop, hippety-hop, -to his little house; and up he went -into the attic and looked in an old -trunk.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig42.jpg' alt='“Looked in an old trunk”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Looked in an old trunk”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ha, ha!” he cried. “I call this fun;</div> - <div class='line'>Here is a pipe for Grandfather Bun.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Sure enough, there was a brand new -pipe in a red velvet case. He looked -down deeper in the trunk and found -something else.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Ha, ha!” he cried. “Presents for everyone!</div> - <div class='line'>Here are spectacles for Grandmother Bun.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_cxviii'></a>He put his presents in a little bag -and went off hippety-hop, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I hope I shall get there by break of day;</div> - <div class='line'>I’m running away! I’m running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Sometimes he stopped to rest and -cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“My fur and whiskers! It’s cold as ice!</div> - <div class='line'>I forgot my mittens, so warm and nice.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>His little sweater did not keep him -warm enough.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig43.jpg' alt='“He was getting colder every minute”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“He was getting colder every minute”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>His little paws were very cold! His -long ears were even colder! He was -getting colder every minute as he went -hippety-hop across the snow!</p> - -<p class='c007'>The next minute he jumped into -<a id='Page_cxix'></a>such a deep snowdrift that only his -long ears stuck out. The snow got into -his nose and eyes until he could -scarcely breathe. He tried to wriggle -out, but the drift held him fast.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle went some -<a id='Page_cxx'></a>sleigh bells. And a funny old man, -dressed in fur from top to toe and carrying -a big pack on his back, came -riding along.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He was singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I carry presents, as is my habit,</div> - <div class='line'>Aha! I think I see a rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>He got out of his sleigh and waded -into the snowdrift from which the Bunny’s -ears stuck out.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<img src='images/fig44.jpg' alt='“Pulled the Runaway Bunny out”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Pulled the Runaway Bunny out”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Then he pulled the Runaway Bunny -out by the ears.</p> - -<p class='c007'>The Runaway Bunny shook the -snow from his fur and looked at the -funny old man.</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Why, it’s Santa Claus!” shouted -that surprised Bunny. “Hurrah!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>“Tut, tut! This is no time of night -<a id='Page_cxxi'></a>for little Bunnies to be out in the cold!” -cried Santa Claus. “Come with me and -you shall ride in my pack, where you -will be warm and dry.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>So the Runaway Bunny jumped into -<a id='Page_cxxii'></a>Santa’s pack and almost buried himself -among the toys. Then he rode -away, singing:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“It’s fun to go in Santa’s sleigh,</div> - <div class='line'>I’m riding away! I’m riding away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>They slid down many chimneys and -climbed over many roofs. Then away -they rode until by and by they came -to the home of Father and Mother Bun. -They peeped in at the window. There -sat old Father and Mother Bun fast -asleep in their armchairs.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id003'> -<img src='images/fig45.jpg' alt='“Crept down the chimney”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Crept down the chimney”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>As Santa Claus crept down the -chimney, he whispered to the Runaway -Bunny, “You may help me, little -Bunny. You may trim the stockings -with holly.”</p> - -<p class='c007'>So he took a bunch of holly from -<a id='Page_cxxiii'></a>his pack and the Runaway Bunny fastened -sprays of it on the stockings.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then Santa whispered:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Curl up in a stocking and go to sleep;</div> - <div class='line'>Be still as a mouse, and don’t you peep!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>So the Runaway Bunny took off his -little sweater, so that he would not be -too hot in the warm stocking. Then -Santa tucked him into Old Mother -Bun’s stocking. He put her presents -on the floor. Then he filled Old Father -Bun’s stocking from top to toe.</p> - -<p class='c007'>He left a card on the table. He -wrote on the card:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“Santa was here to pay a call;</div> - <div class='line'>A merry Christmas to one and all!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'><a id='Page_cxxiv'></a>Did they have a merry Christmas? -Well, I should think they did!</p> - -<p class='c007'>Early Christmas morning, Old -Mother Bun awoke and cried:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I don’t see well, but it seems funny—</div> - <div class='line'>Those look like the ears of the Runaway Bunny!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Next Old Father Bun awoke and -said:</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>“I see very well—I have formed the habit;</div> - <div class='line'>Those look like the ears of the Runaway Rabbit.”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>Then Father Bun took hold of one -ear and Mother Bun took hold of the -other ear, and they pulled the Runaway -Bunny out of the stocking.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id006'> -<a id='Page_cxxv'></a><img src='images/fig46.jpg' alt='“Pulled Bunny out by the ears”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Pulled Bunny out by the ears”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>They all cried, “Merry Christmas!”</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then the Runaway Bunny gave -Mother Bun her spectacles and Father -Bun his pipe. And they had a merry -time with the presents Santa Claus -had brought them.</p> - -<p class='c007'><a id='Page_cxxvi'></a>Old Mother Bun gave the Runaway -Bunny a new cap and sweater, and -Old Father Bun gave him a new sled. -Then the pair kissed him on both -cheeks and begged him to live with -them always. He said he would.</p> - -<p class='c007'>Then the Runaway Bunny put on -<a id='Page_cxxvii'></a>his new cap and sweater and went -coasting downhill on his new sled.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id004'> -<img src='images/fig47.jpg' alt='“Went coasting downhill”' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic002'> -<p>“Went coasting downhill”</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>The very last words that I heard him say</div> - <div class='line'>Were, “With Grandpa and Grandma Bun I’ll stay,</div> - <div class='line'>And if I live a year and a day,</div> - <div class='line'>I’m entirely cured of running away!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c010'>I wonder if he ever ran away after -that. I forgot to ask him!</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b c009'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>If I were a Bunny, I do declare,</div> - <div class='line'>I’d hang up a stocking with greatest care;</div> - <div class='line'>And I’d always be very good because</div> - <div class='line'>I’d hope for a visit from Santa Claus.</div> - <div class='line'>And every winter I’d have the fun</div> - <div class='line'>Of spending Christmas with Grandma Bun.</div> - </div> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><a id='Page_cxxviii'></a>Who’ll fill our stockings from top to toe?</div> - <div class='line in2'>Jolly Old Santa Claus!</div> - <div class='line'>Who’ll laugh at the stockings all in a row?</div> - <div class='line in2'>Jolly Old Santa Claus!</div> - <div class='line'>And all the children and bunnies cry,</div> - <div class='line'>“Hurrah! hurrah! he is riding by!”</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p> </p> -<p> </p> -<hr class="pgx" /> -<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RUNAWAY BUNNY***</p> -<p>******* This file should be named 65568-h.htm or 65568-h.zip *******</p> -<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> -<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/5/5/6/65568">http://www.gutenberg.org/6/5/5/6/65568</a></p> -<p> -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed.</p> - -<p>Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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