The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
THESE RABBITS
i MUCH TOO SMART
And Not 10 Be Shot Even when the
Law Was Up on Both Sides
Of the State Lima.

didn't wait . minute, although thers was
not q thing To indicate necessity for hAsts
any moro than thsre was b. suggest his
subisCt. but staring straight at Farmer
Do Witt JOlllsr urssn ~ Jolly Farm he
said. mildly, It must bs confessed. D'Ii
| positively:
Take the rabbit, now. just our common
little COttontAil rabbit. swift ~ the wind
and ttmid as IL 10 swift. How smart IL Isl
How much Il knowsl-
The man held his head ON one SIDE and
smiled bSOsRUsnily On Farmsr Groen who
didn't Ike Il. and bristlsd up aud said
BAH IL don't know a dumiiEgered
darn thing. the rabbit don't. II hain't got
any more brains than a tAdpole, the rAb-
bit hain'tl-
-Ahi' said the man. turning Ia. head
over On the other eide and broadening the
smile he favored Farmer Green with
Perhaps not over here the rabbit hash :;
Over here, with Middletown only seven
mice away and uBobstricted oommuni-
cation with that place by trolley Over
here where yOu don't talk anything but
hos~. lou couldn't expect rabbit 10
know much with such environment and
example. Ne DOESN'T noed tn.
but take him down Our Way' lake
him on that favored haili~icl. where 'hc
leisure waters ~ the Drowned Lands sigh
20 lan ann lave the granite hases u old
Mount Adam and Mount Eve. where the
great boon ~ cuntiguity to New Jersey
h vonchaafed Co all, and vou'Il fni him
up Ca %nun' He knows a lot over there
He has to.
4
would he doIeful u he didn't get his share
Of it. We're all smart over in that sweet
vale! u you, don't believe IL cOme over
among III some day ant swan hosses
with u.s.
The man looked straight al Farmer
Grssn. still smiling. bat with q strange
confidence In what he NAs saying speak
ing plainly IN his smile. Farmer Green
started. PoDdered a moment. and eN-
claimed
Go over and swap HOSES with '.m.
Me- Why. he takes me Tor Farmer Isill
i.eonard. % down opposite Gou-s Pond
Mounta in saw -
The man waved his hand and interrupted
Framer Green.
Pardon me Satd he i was speaking
generally and metaphoricaliy 49, II were
Don't csane over and swap ho--e- with IL
n Won o,o,'t want To No, apvh,dy .l..
from this environment.
just lee that pass A 10 the rahhit
being smart. ! $50 yoH didn believe II
Then lel me tell you something
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