The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

z was the day before Christmas and Mrs.
Rabbit was just wondering how she couid
buy something to put in each of the STOCK
ings of all the little Rabbits and also enough
things at the market to furnish large an
ner for the family. She sat at the table with
a pencil and paper, trying to count up Just
how much everything would be, and to
figure how she would ever make the little
money she had do for all the things she had
to buy. Just then in came Mr.. Rabbit wear
ing a new fur coat and carrying brand
new cane 'There, now! It's just a perfect
shame." said Mrs Rabbit.
"Of course it is, i" said Mr.. Rabbit; here
came home after working hard all day,
expecting to find dinner all ready, and what
do / see? l find you figuring out more ways
to spend money. | should say it was
shame! Mrs. Rabbit said she didn't mean
that at all. She meant that II was perfect
shame that she could not buy Christmas
presents for all the children and big
Christmas dinner, too, while Mr. Rabbit
could get new fur coats and canes, as if he
didn't have any family to look after. Then
EIr. Rabbit said that it was just like
woman. and that he could make the money
go far enough to get everything necessary.
Mrs Rabbit said that. in that case, she
would Just like to see him do it, that was all;
so he took the money and off he went.
When he reached the market Mr.. Rabbit
found lot of the other animals there buy
ing things for Christmas dinners. They
bought so much and such delicious things
that he was ashamed to buy the very few
things that he planned to get while they
were there. Mr.. Bear, Mr.. Dog, Mr.. Fox,
MI Grow and the others acted as if they
could each buy out the whole market if they
wanted to, so Mr.. Rabbit Sneaked off to the
toy stores to get the playthingS for his chill
dren. Just as he had bought almost as many
Bear, Mr.. Fox Mr. Dog and all the rest to
buy playthings for their children. They
began TO purchase right and left and buy
the most beautiful toys while the things
Mr.. Rabbit had bought looked very mean
beside them. Then Mr.. Dog asked Mr.. Rab-
bit how ne expected to ever make those few
toys 90 around among all Of his children.
Mr.. Rabbit was so ashamed that he did not
know what TO do, but he said he was not
through buying yet, and then he went ahead
and spent for toys all the money he should
have saved to buy the Christmas dinner
At last he did not have a cent left, but he
had just as many nice presents for his chill
dren as the other animals had for theirs.
When Mrs. Rabbit found he had spent all
of his money for toys and had not bought
anything for the Christmas dinner she was
as angry as she could possibly be, and she
told Mr.. Rabbit that he had to 90 right
out and get something for the Christmas
dinner somehow, and that was all there was
about it, Mr.. Rabbit took his hat and went
out, feeling very badly, indeed, and trying
TO think of some way in which he could get
a dinner for his family. He thought of the
fne things the other animals had bought,
and that only made him feel worse.
As he was walking past Mr.. Crows house
Mr. Rabbit saw the little crows skating on
a small pond behind the house. Suddenly
the ice broke and one of them fell into the
water The rest all shouted as loud as they
could. and Mr. and Mrs. Grow ran out OF the
hack door toward the pond just as fast as
ever they could run. Mr., Rabbit opened the
front door and went in the house to wait
until they came back, so he could see if they
wanted him to go for the doctor. He saw
bio basketful of things from the market sit
ting on tbe table The basket was so full
of nice things, and they all looked so good
that Mr. Rabbit felt worse than ever, He
+boupht of all his large family at home with
NOT single thing for their Christmas din
nor and he felt so bad that he almost burst
out crying.