Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19
The Two Little Rabbits.

Once there was a good little boy who went
out TO his uncle's in the country TO spend the
day, and when he came home his uncle gave
him two beautiful little rabbits, one white
and one gray. The boy, feeling as happy as
a little king, brought them home, and when
he saw his mamma at the door watching for
him he called out
"Oh, mamma See my two beautiful
rabbits F."
And his mamma said, Why, what pretty
creatures they are Put them out in the
yard and let them run around in the green
grass"
So the boy put them down in the grassy
yard. 1t was a great, big splendid yard
bigger than Judge Cooks. And the two
little rabbits ran up and down, all around,
till by-and-by they came TO clover bank
over in one corner and they thought that
would be just the place 10 build their houses.
So they went TO work and dug and dug
away down into the ground till they had
made their houses, with little round holes
for DOORS opening out in the clover bank,
one house for the gray rabbit and one house
for the white rabbit. There they could sleep
nights, and there they could run if ANYBODY
frightened them, or if dog chased them.
SO II any strange person went out to the
clover bank to see the two little rabbits, and
they were afraid of him, they would run so
fast that all he could see would be a short.
white tail going down one hole and a short
gray tail going down the other. But if he
wanted TO see them very much, he could go
and sit down on a bench under the apple
tree and keep very still, not saying one word,
nor moving, only peeping around once in a
while, and then, by-and-by, he would see a
white head coming up out of one hole and a
gray head out of the other, and in q minute
more there would be the two little rabbits,
jumping about among the clover blossoms,
with their long ears standingrigh straightup
But they were never afraid when the boy
came. lie would pick cabbage leaves and
lettuce leaves till his hands were full, and
then he would go out and call Bunny,
Bunny, Bunny Bun, Bun, Bunny" Aud
then the two little rabbits would run as fast
as they could, and reach up to the boys
hands, and eat the cabbage leaves and lettuce
leaves till they ate them all up.
But one day the white rabbit thought he
would like some green currant leaves.
There was n nice currant bush full of ten
der, green leaves, away over in the furthest
corner Of the yard, and there he went and be-
gan TO nibble lie was having a beautiful
time, when all OF a sudden a great yellow
cat jumped over the fence from the next
yard. The moment the cat reached the
ground she smelt there was rabbit some
where around, and oh, how she wanted to
catch him She pricked up her ears, but
she couldn't hear anything for the poor lit
tie rabbit kept just as still as he could and
then she looked all around, but she couldn't
see anything, for the rabbit was hid behind
the thick green currant bush. So then she
began to smell with her nose, and / don't
know but that she would have found him,
only just then girl came 10 the door Of the
house where the cat lived. She had saucer
of milk in her hand, and she called out in O
loud voice
kitty Kitty, Kitty, Kit, Kit, Kitty -
come and get your milk"
so then the cat jumped right over the
fence again, and ran into the house 10 get
her milk. And the white rabbit came out
all of tremble from under the green cur.
rant bush, and ran back to his hole in the
clover bank as fast as ever he could and
the gray rabbit was pery glad to see him
coming home safe. This is all Of the story
about the two rabbits.