The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-23

IL was the day before ,ihrlst,rs,
Mrs, Rabbit was Just wonderins bo,, Nv
could buy something to nut IN eacb NJ ~,
stockliss uf OIL the little uahl1,. -
also enough things at the m,rk,, a.
furnish a large dinner for the fo,n,,,
she sat at the table with nencIt o,,,
paper, trying to count M Just how ,,na,,
everything would bc, and 10 nsne, bo,1
sue "oulu ever make the tittlp ,nnr,,.
cue hau DO Tor all the things she bod
" ouE' Just then in came Mr.. Rabblt
"uu''ns new fur coat ana carrying a
oi"nu new cane. There, nowl MS inst
PERFECT shamel' said Mrs Rabbit
| ,,h,, "ulSe' II Is, said Mir nnbb.t.
al Icr re- ! came home after working bari
| aua M VNpecuhs 10 mud dinner all ready,
ouI more ways to spend money. sbbadt,,1i5
| ~ II was Shamei Mrs Robutt Vti
s9hhee, alun.t mean that at an. Sic mean
maj II was a perfect shame thnt sbc
tpmd not buy Christmas presents far nii
tne children and big Christmas ii,,p,r
c cUo, Whlle Mr.. Rabbit could get new nm
family TO look after Then Mr. '"I Wai uGu}y
Maiu mat II was just like Il woman, AMI
nm eaau ne could make the money 70 lar
R"i,iETH. NO get everything necessary Mrs.
! huuuti shld that Id that case She woili
| just IKE TO see him do it, that v,s iii,
so Sole he took the money ana OF he went
Al men seh ne reached the markct Mr.. Rab.
KY ky iiuu'!H q IPl or the other animals there
! nuught SO much and such delicious tbugs
tnul ne was ashamed to buy the very
! NV tnlnss that he. planned to gct While
tney were there Mr. Bear. Mr.. Dog NJ,
| ron, Mr., Crow and the others acted as IL
| tney could each buy cut the whole mar-
het h tney wanted TO-, so Mr. Rabbit
! plnythngs for his childrcn Inst ~, ~ E
| nAu bought almost as many presents M
! ne could afford IN cnmc Mr. Rear Mr.
ION, Mr.. Dog and all the rest 10 buy play
| lungs Tor their children. They began Ia
| purchase right and left and buy the most
beautiful toys, while the things Sir Rab.
| ~ mad bought. looked very mean beside
| mem. Then MIR. Dog asked Mr. Rabbit
| how he expected 10 ever mako those few
| TOYS go around among all OF his children
! Mf. Rabbit was SO ashamed that he did
| not know what TO do, but he said no was
| not through buying yet, and then he went
ahead and spent for toys all the money
| he should have saved Ia buy the Christ
mas dinner. At last he I'D not have a
| cent left, but he had just MS many nice
| presents for his children as the other ami.
mails had for theirs.
When Mrs. Rabbit found he had spent MI
| Of his money for TOYS ana had not houpht
anything for the Christmas dinner She
! was MS angry MS she could possibly be-
and She told Mi. Rabbit that he had to
20 right out ana get something for The
| Chris tmas dinner somehow, and that WITS
all there was about H. Mr. Rabbit took his
hat and went out feeling very badly. In
decd. aud trying to think Of some way
in which he could get dinner for his fam
| ily. lie thought Of the tine things the
other auimas had bought, ana that only
made him feel worse.
As he was walking past Mr.. Crows
house Mr.. Rabbit saw the little cruW,
| skating on Il small pond behind the house,
suddenly the Ice broke. and one of them
fell into the water The rest AL shouted
as loud as they could, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Crow ran out OF the back door toward
the pond just MS fast as ever they could
run. Mr.. RABBIT opened the front do0r
and went in the house to wait until they
came back. SO he could see # they wanted
him to 70 for the doctor He saw big
hnSkctful Of things from the market ST.
ting on the table The basket was 3?
full of nice things. and they all looked
so good that Mr. Rabbit felt worse than
! ever lie thought Of all his large family
at home with not single thing Tor tlet
Christmas dinner, ANA he TIT so bad that
| he almost burst out crying.
Let me see" he said TO himself. "L
think remember something anout Mtr
Crows tgrandtaiher sjeaI,HE a coy.
from my grcatgrandfathcr. Yes, am
sure he ala, or II he lid not he should
| have, any way. / think ! Will just tahe
this basket Of things and call it square
across the road, and hid 10 IN the BUSHES.
| Then he went back and was just souE
| IN the front door when ne saw MF; qua
| Mrs. Grow coming In the back door bring
out Of tho water.
"IIow are YOU Mr.. Crow said Mr. Rap-
bit. ~ hope Mrs. Crow that your, s"Cet
fallen in the watcrT
Where is my basket Of things? on,
whore is NIL my beautiful Christmas ai n.
ncr?" cried Mi Grow. for he saw the
basket was not whore he had left 1t,
| J'Nir Fox took IT, said Mr. Rabbit.
ana Mrs Grow ran out Of the back door
hnu hf
haskct and ran down the road"
ION. the horld thlng" exclaimed Mrs
'""WEha-oycr win we do for our CHRIST,
Come with me, and perhaps We can
get ii ba,s said Mr. Rabbit. 1--WE w,a
go TO Mir. Dogs house and get him TO h''p
aust the thlng9' said Mr.. Crow, and
So they started of Mr.. Dog was per,
lGsty GROW wilma dnS he to we aS9 Win IN them S'
FoX'S house When Mr.. Fox saw them
coming he was terribly frightened tor
once he had STOLEN lot Of MR. M4 moS
had come about them; so he slipped our
the back door and ran away 80, .u,,,
'aThere he goes There he goes. cTiel
Mr. Rabbit, and Mr.. Crow and Mr.; Dog
ran after him MS hard as they cou,o o XII
Mr. Rabbit went in Mr. FoN's house am
there on the dining room table ne saw
~ basketful of things thar Mr. roN n"'
oo ,.Ii seems ar Gu" 70 me me- said Mr.. Rabbit,
chat | remember something about NJ.
Fox's father-u.law's grcatuncle NUM- NJ
niece of land from my stepslsier M.
brothers. greataunt, and never pnGsii.uaTf
for IT. / think I viii Just take TINS uaSAe'
of things and call II square
He took the basket, and, running w
the roqd a.little way. hid i in some hn sh,
es, Then he ran back 10 MI. Dog nous
ms fast as he could and went IN Wy
| Kitchen 10 warm his hands at the nre M
wait for Mr.. Dog and Mr.. Grow TO '"lu'
hack from chasing Mr. Fox. .,,
Inst as Nh Rabbit got his hahIs Nn ,,I.s
no saw very large baskcltul OF lnluss
Mr.. Dog had bought At The ma ,re ,ir Vp
and better than those in the baskets 90
ooItber Mr.. Fox or Mr.. Grow ana W.
moro AIR Rabbit looked at H. the mure
! re- thought he would like to have those
| things. 80, .. bi,,soir 81
be1ieve / remember something about Mt
! ndS,s father chasing my father twenty
! seven miles once and making him s SHY n
! = boie for three DAYS with nothing "
! cat That was perfectly SGandal0ns, 1a ~
| AR Dog deserves TO go without anytuIns
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