The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-30
JACK RABBIT HELPS MISTER FOX

! JACK Rabbit was rather worried
about Mister Fox with the bone in
his throat, although never himself
having had such an accident he
scarcely appreciated the pain that
Mister Fox was 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 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.
If | can only get the people out OF
the house 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 a nice stew would
make" And, thinking this, he said
to himself: 81 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 II 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, land see the
rabbit out in the yard. wish your
father was here, for he could shoot
it and then we would have a rabbit
stew"
And, look. he is lame" said one of
the children Perhaps we could
catch him. 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 we're 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, 1T 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. II 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 3
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
Ill he hn nh k,
see where the bone was and get at
it. So Mister Fox went up to the
top of the hill and lay down so that
when he opened his mouth the sun
would shine down his throat, and
Jack Rabbit, tongs In hand got where
he could look straight down Mister
Fox's throat.
1T certainly looks very sore" said
Jack Rabbit, "but can see the end
of the bone, and If you will only keep
still am sure can get It," Mister
Fox kept as still as he could and
Jack Rabbit got hold of the end Of
the bone In minute, and with a
quick pull out it came.
tUu uIc CCftdluiy Hu6 SURGEON,
said Mister Fox. holding on to his
throat q think you can hurt your
patients just as much as any of them.
But thank you very much, even IL
you did hurt me, because know you
did 1t for my good. And that leads
me to say that there are very many
animals and very many boys and girls
who cry about things which are done
for their good and. which if they we're
not done would result In much more
suffering. There Is one little girl that
/ know that cries every time her hair
is combed, but just think what her
hec would look like when she grew
up IL her, mother never combed II.
And | know boy who whlnes and
complains because his mother makes
him brush his teeth. but IL he didn't
do It by and by they would ache all
fha time and he would raaflv have