Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
FIRST PRIZE
EEO H! Mr.. OWL" cried he fright
ened mother, "have you seen
" my little Bobbie?"

brood is he?"
"Oh, OH" sobbed Mrs. Rabbit. over
come with grief, "the incest one of
them all, the brown and white one
"They all looked like that TO me"
said the owl, but l saw one rabbit go
by here about fifteen minutes ago, af-
ter one of Madame Ground Squirrels
children
Away hurried Mamma Rabbit without
even thanking the bird of night, who
murmured something about impolite
people, and then went on too-whooing.
The old rabbit ran along up hill and
down till at last going down towards
the swamp she stepped forward and
fell.
Down and down she went till at
last she struck ground and then rolled
. over and over down a steep Incline
and at last landed splash" in pool
of ice cold water.
Quickly scrambling out she came
upon something furry which was sob
bng and moaning pitifully
Alas it was her own Bobbie.
son! SON. How did you get here?"
cried the fond mother. And then she
drew out of a bag which she had on her
arm, turpentne and cloths and began
to doctor the shivering bunny.
As soon as Bobbie recovered he be-
gan pouring out his tale.
II was playin' out in front of the
burrow when long come Johnny
Ground Squirrel. You know he don't
like me cause one day I licked him.
And he just made a turrible face at
me- And l started to chase him. And
he jumped over this hole and I fell
in And he laughed at me and said
he'd teach me to lick him. He said
he'd send RattleSnake in here after
me-"
Goodness" cried Mrs. Rabbit 'if
Rattlesnake catches us in here he will
eat us up. Let's try to dig out.
So they dug and dug till finally they
could hear the hiss of the snake COM
ing down.
All of a sudden they dug right into
the Ground Squirrel home That fam
lily hurried with Bobbe and his mother
to their burrow as it was not safe to
stav where the snake was.
Going towards the Rabbit home they
met Johnny. who was beginning to be
repentant. Bobbie readily forgave him
and they went on together.
There was merry gathering at the
Rabbit home that night, with pop
corn and roasted applies, and all slept
sounudly till the next morning.
PERRY BYERLY.
Grade 7 Completely, age 13. 1S0
Alta Vista drive, Riverside.
Mrs. Rabbit pricked up her long.
now sadly dropping ears and said to
her nearest neighbor. 81 wonder what s
the trouble with the owl? Can it be
possible that he knows anything of
Bobbie's whereabouts? Surely not"
But just then another cry rang out
Mamma help mel The weasePs got
mel" 1t was Bobbie Rabbits squeaky
voice
"Oh. my baby! Do let us go to him.
cried his distressed mother. So sew
eral of the searching party followed
her in the direction of the little rab-
bits cry AS they hurried along they
met the owl, who was no longer
sleepy and indolent. but the most
wide-awake of them all.
I'm going to fly after the weasel.
who's got Bobbie and is running off
to his home with him. | thought Ia
tell you before l went" hurriedly ex-
planned the owl, then flew swiftly
away and was lost in the darkness.
The searchers decided to retire and
wait results, so Mrs. Rabbit, relieved,
but still anxious, departed for her
burrow in company with Mrs. Squirrel
and a few other friends.
In the meantime Mr. Owl flew along
in pursuit of the weasel, whom he
could see was having a pretty hard
time dragging the plump little rabbit
and trying to keep in the shade of the
trees. for the weasel knew that If he
kept out of the moonlight the OWL
could not see him so easily.
The weasel must have had an odd
nature. altogether different from most
of his kind; otherwise why should he
attack and carry away a rabbit, even
though it was a very young one? Why
shouldn't he cut it's throat and suck its
blood, as he did most of his victims? :?
No one ever knew.
He was having n hard time at any
rate, for Bobbie Rabbit was strug-
Cling with all his tiny strength. When
the owl reached him this solemn bird
made short work of the rascal and
took Bobbie to his anxious mother.
PEARL CHURCHILL.
I'll Ceres avenue, Ninth Street school,
grade AS, completed.
1t suddenly occurred to Mrs. Rabbit
and her friends that Mr.. Owl might
know something about Bobbie. So they
hurried over to Mr.. Owl and asked him
if he knew anything of Bobbie's where
abouts. The owl said that he saw him