Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
Ho,U the Rain and
Wind and Sno,v
n e7ped

llo" NOlu II Is Sdiu i lily IldlS
as he sat near the edge Of the Woo
one day
Goodnight, Tiny Hare" calle'
many of the insects that had sun.
night and day all the Long Warn
Time
+ ''Where art you going?" asked Tin!
Hare.
'To bed" said the little creatures
1--WE shall sleep in the earth or undel
the bark till the Long Warm Time
comes again. We have to go to bee
first, because we are the wee ones"
| Next day the bats flew past, anc
many little furry animals of the woot
ran by Tiny Hare as he played in the
field.
where are you going?" called Tiny
Hare; and they cried, I'VE are going
into caves and hollow trees to take
the long nap"
ooh, dear!" sighed Tiny Hare, mo
/ body will be left
Next day dear, wee. baby Tiny Hare
hiding in the bushes, saw the bears
making their beds, and the beavers in
! the streams p]astering their mud
, houses.
What are you doing?" cried Tiny
Hare
. Eve are making the beds for our
long Sleep they said drowsiy, and
soon wood and field grew very quiet.
ooh, dear, dear, dear cried Tiny
Hare. chow lonely it isl" and he ran
to his home of sticks and leaves in
the briar patch.
"Pm cold and sleepy" said Tiny
Hare.
Eat your supper. and lie by me all
the dark. dark Dark" said kind
Mamma Hare.
mo; you will wake me when the
light time comes. wish to sleep all
the Long Cold Time
who ever heard Of such thing
for hare?" said Mamma Hare.
to sleep in a tree
"a hare cannot climb a tree. Come
eat your supper and sleep in my warm
fur" said Mamma Hare.
"No,' said Tiny Hare, ~ wish to
sleep weeks and weeks, and will find
tree that can climb" and that dear
wee, naughty baby Tiny Hare ran
away into the wods al acne.
He tried to climb tree, but he
could not. He looked and looked for n
tree with a hollow near the ground,
but he did not find one. BY and by
Dark came How cold it was!
"Ill sleep here" said Tiny Hare,
and he ran into snug hole in the
ground.
Good! wish rabbit for tea"
said the old weasel who lived there,
and he Dut out his sharp claws.
How Tiny Hare did run! How afraid
he was! The dark, dark Dark hal
come. and he could not see his paw
before his face; but he ran and he
ran, till the old weasel lost him in
the bushes.
Here's my bed at last" cried Tiny
Hare, as he came to a hole under
rock. The Moon was rising, and oh,
she was sad for baby hare!
"I'll help him." said the n ION, and
she shone brightly into the hole.
There lay snake with bright eyes.
ooh, oh, oh!' cried Tiny Hare in
fear, and he ran away through the
woods. l,.|
BY and by he found a tree trunk
that slanted from the ground, Tiny
Hare ran up the long trunk and
jumped into snug round nest lined
with the warmest, softest fur and
milkweed silk.
"This is my bed 1t must be-" he
said, and Struggled down to sleep.
Home came the flying squirrel
whose bed it was.
WELL" said he, "get out Of my bed
at once J...
"This is my bed" said Tiny Hare.
Then the flying squirrel became so
angry that he flew from tree to tree,
all the time.
Wish to sleep In this furry bed all
the long cold time said Tiny Hare,
sitting up.
well, you can't" said Flying SPUR
rel. Hurry now, and fly down to the
ground"
"I can't fly" said Tiny Hare.
IF you can't fly, you have no bust
ness in tree" said Flying Squirrel;
and he pushed and he pulled Tiny
Hare out of that snug nest, till he
stood on the branches high above the
earth. How Tiny Hare did feel!
"Now learn to fly" said Flying
Squirrel, and he pushed dear, wee,
baby Tiny Hare, who couldn't fly at
all. right off the tree!
Wind in the tree-tops heard it all.
"Ill help him." said kind Wind and
he blew so quickly and so hard that
Tiny Hare sailed down like a ball OF
fluff. and wasn't hurt at all.
Then-what do you suppose? Along |
ran Fox. He saw Tiny Hare.
"Ah." barked he. -
How Tiny Hare did run and run
through the bushes, and after him
IAN Fox. laughing.
LET him run" he said, 81 shall |
catch him at last"
Snow lay in the clouds that Wind
lad blown over the Moon
II will help him. said Snow. and
she fell in big flakes that lay white on
he ground, and SLY Fox lost the trail |
If Tiny Hare in the bushes.
How tired Tiny Hare felt when he
Knew that he was safe