Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-06
copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure News
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| copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper S~yndicate)
Mr.. and Mrs. Rabbit and their three
children. Bunny. Stubby and Pinkey,
lived in the woods. Mrs. Rabbit Kept
he house clean and neat and knitted
all the socks and mittens for her fam
fly. In the long winter evenings. but in
the summer she was busy with her gar
den and Mr.. Rabbit was also busy with
his garden. for he prided himself on
having the very finest vegetables that
were grown anywhere around. Now,
not far from the Rabbit family. in the
hollow of a tree. lived Mr.. Crow and
three children. Mr.. Crow was q wild
over. having lost his wife early in the
season. and MIR. Grow had a hard time
to provide for the whole family. Mrs.
Rabbit was a k%ind-hearted soul. and
she often sent nice things to the Crow
family from her table.
One day. after eating some Of Mrs.
Rabbit's delicious vegetables. Mr.. Grow
thought that Rabbit family have a
very nice garden and it is quite handy
to this tree. | will not go so far to-
night in search of food, but will AXE
a look at Mr.. Rabbits garden" OF
course. that WAS a very wrong thought
Tor Mr.. Grow to have. but you know
h crows are not conscientious crea-
lures and do not hesitate to take any
thing they want if there is no one
looking. The little Crows began to get
up. and Mrs. Rabbit remarked soon at
ter that she was glad to see that the
Crow children looked more like birds
n scarecrows. for" said she. that
is what they have looked like ever since
their mother was taken away"
we will 500 have some nice corn"
said Mr.. Rabbit. one morning. II think
my dear. o had better plan to have
our neighbor Rabbits in for dinner the
last OF the week and we will show them
what good corr is like" So Mrs. Rab-
bit put on her bonnet and went to her
neighbours. Mrs. Gray Rabbit. and in
vited her and her family to dine with
her on Saturday night. On Saturday
morning. when Nh. Rabbit went to his
garden to look at the corn, he threw
up his hands and gave a loud scream
n when Mrs. Rabbit ran to him, Won
derlng what could have happened. there
ne STOOD. holding mis- hands to his head.
What has happened?" she asked: "is
1T a woodchuck or a serpent"
Neither. my dear" answered Mr..
Rabbit. after a while. but look. the
corn is all gone. What shall we do?
We nave invited the Gray Rabbits to
dinner and we shall nave no corn to
g gise the n There vas plenty of it last
worry aboueL ehe Gray Rabbits; a
make a nut Soup that will make them
forget all about the corn. 1 have some
IN Jars that 1 did up last fall. and there
Is plenty of vegetables. too. What we
have to bother about is where the corn
went and who has it. for it could not
get away unless someone carried it,"
Then Mrs. Rabbit went into the house
and put some biscuits. that were left
over from breakfast. and a nice pat of
butter. into a basket. and putting on
her bonnet. she started for the home
OF the Crow family. Mr.. Crow was not
at home. but the little Crows were. and
they came running to the door when
they heard the knock. II have brought
you some nice biscuits and a pat of
fresh BUTTER" she told them. II ex-
pected that u corn would be ready
to pick this morning. but you shall have
some just as soon as it is ripe ooh.
we had corn for breakfast this morn