Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-30
JACK RABBIT HELPS MISTER FOX

his throat, although never hlmSe1
having had such an accident he
scarcely appreciated the pain that
Mister Fox YVES suffering. He went
to Farmer Wilson's house and tried
to get the tongs. but the family were
all about, and he saw no way to do it.
What shall l do?" he said to him
self, and then he thought. IF / was
suffering / really think that Mister
Fox would be willing to run consid-
cradle risk to help me, and / ought
to be willing to do as much for him.
II can only get the people out of
the house l could go in and get the
tongs."
But how to get the people out of
the house he did not know. All at
once he said to himself: 81 suppose
that if they thought they could catch
me they would come out, because they
would think what nice stew / would
make" And thinking this, he said
to himself: Il will go out where they
can see me, make believe l am lame,
and then they will try to catch me-"
So Jack Rabbit, dragging one leg
behind him, as if it had been in
jured, stepped boldly out into the
yard He had been there only min
ute before Mrs. Wilson, looking out
of the window, saw him. Come,
children" she called, "and see the
rabbit out in the yard. wish your
father was here, for he could shoot
it and then we would nave rabbit
stew"
And, look, he is lame" said one of
the children. Perhaps we could
catch him. l do not believe he could
run very fast" And with that Mrs.
Wilson and all the children came run
ming out into the yard Jack Rabbit,
when he saw them coming, started to
move away, but, dragging his leg after
him, he ran only as fast as needed
to keep out of their way, and make
them think that in minute or two
they would be able to catch him. But
all the time he was running away
| from the house and Mrs. Wilson and
the children were getting farther and
farther away from the open door into
the kitchen. For ten minutes or so
he let them chase him down the dus-
! ty road.
Now said Jack Rabbit to him
self, sit is about time for me to get
over being lame and. with long
!. jump, he leaped over the ditch at the
side of the road, went under the
fence, and turning, ran, as fast as a
rabbit can run, back toward the
house.
That rabbit got over the lameness
mighty quick" said Mrs. Wilson, as
she saw Jack taking long jumps back
over the field. Il wonder if he was
| playing a joke on us?" But both she
and the children were too tired to
hurry on the way back, and when
Jack Rabbit got to the house he found
he had plenty of time to go in and
get the tongs without any danger OF
getting caught.
And when he got back to Mr. FoX's
house, Mr.. Fox was, indeed, very glad
to see him. The next question was
how was Jack Rabbit, who was much
smaller than Mr.. Fox, going to reach
down his throat and get the bone, But
Jack Rabbit suggested that if Mr.. Fox
would lie down on the ground and
open his mouth he would be able tC
see where the bone was and get al
it. So Mister Fox went up to the
top of the hill and lay down so that
when he opened his mouth the sur
would shine down his throat, anC
Jack Rabbit, tongs in hand, got where
he could look straight down Mister
Fox's throat
1T certainly looks very sore," sale
Jack Rabbit, "but / cane see the enc
of the bone, and if youswill only keel
still l am sure can get it." Mister
Fox kept as still as he could ant
Jack Rabbit got hold of the end o.
the bone in minute, and with {
quick pull out 1t came.
you are certainly fine surgeon,
said Mister Fox, holding on to hi;
throat. Il think you can hurt you
patients just as much as any of them
But l thank you very much, even i
you did hurt me, because KNOW yol
did it for my good And that leads
me to say that there are very man!
animals and very many boys and girl,
who cry about things which are done
for their good and which if they were
not done would result in much more
suffering. There is one little girl tina
know that cries every time her hal
is combed. but just think what he
head would look like when she grew
up if her mother never combed it.
And know boy who whines ant
complains because his mother makes
him brush his teeth, but if he didn'
do it by and by they would ache al
the time and he would really hav,
something to cry about. / will tel
you some time about a young fox
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