Williams news., 1915-04-22
JACK RABBITS OWN LESSON.
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.abbit had learned the lesson of not pretending to be other than what he was. Mister Fox had waited a long lime for the coming of Jack Rabbit md at length, thinking that perhaps le might be ill, he said to himself: ''I will go to the burrow and see if there s anything the matter
 The sun was pretty warm as Mister Fox ran along and his tongue hung put of his mouth as he felt the heat more and more. "I don't know as I blame Jack Rabbit for not wanting to get out in the hot sum-" he said, "and guess I would have been wiser if myself had stayed in the cool depths of my cave" But he was so anxious ibout Jack Rabbits welfare that he kept on.
 Just as he came in sight of the rabbits home he was surprised to see Jack Rabbit lying at full length in l the sun without attempting to pro tect himself in the least from the heat
 That's queer" said the fox. "I wonder why he does not rest under one of the great trees, where 1t is cool and comfortable?"
 | Just as he said this he was sur prised to see Jack Rabbit get up and run down to the edge of a nearby brook, where he went through the most curious proceedings that Mister Fox had ever witnessed. The rabbit, when he reached the water, turned his back to it and then walked slowly backward until his hind legs and the hind part of his body was in the wa ter, and then having thoroughly wet this portion of himself, he went back and lay down in the sun again Mister Fox watched Jack Rabbit while he repeated this performance three or four times, and he could not make out whether the rabbit was crazy or what he was trying to, ac- complish by this alternate wetting and drying himself.
 At last he could stand it no longer, and, going up to the rabbit, who had just lain down again in the sun, he said: Good morning, Jack Rabbit; and why are you not at my house as you are supposed to be, and not ly- ing in this hot sun when the tree of fers such cool shade? Do you expect to get wisdom by getting sum- stroke?"
 Jack Rabbit was somewhat taken aback by the appearance of MT. Fox, | particularly when he remembered how much Mr. Fox was annoyed at being kept waiting when he was late on a previous visit.
 At length he recovered himself enough to say Good morning." and then added: 'I should have been at your house early this morning had I not made most wonderful discovery which I am applying to myself and which is going to make me the most wonderful animal in all the world" "I am much interested" said the fox. Pray tell me what 1t is that you have discovered and what you expect to accomplish with yourself that is so wonderful"
 | "Well,'' said Jack Rabbit" last night while I was sitting outside the house of Farmer Windom heard him say to his good wife this wisdom: Good wife, if you would make any, thing grow you must give 1t plenty of water and sunshine,' and immediately I know that had made great dis covery."
 And how was that?'' asked the fox.
 "You see," said the rabbit, "that 1t has been the sorrow of my life that had nothing but little insignificant stub for tail, and untif heard Farm CT Windom I never knew the way to make it grow. Now I know that all 1t needs is plenty of water and sum- shine, and after I have given it these two things, why, shall have a long tail and be the most wonderful animal in all the world"
 "So, that is what you were doing while was watching you from behind the rock" said the fox.
 "Yes," said the rabbit, "and I am sure it has grown quite a little this morning. I wet it in the brook and then dry 1t in the sun and then wet it wet 1t already twenty times and-ker- choo-kerchoo"
 Yes, indeed" said the fox, "ker- choo is the way 1t will end, for bad cold is all you will get with the al ternate wetting and drying of part of your body If you were a vegetable this application of water and sun might increase you, but rabbit with long tail would be sad sight. You had better get into your burrow and take good dose of peppermint tea if you wish to avoid having something worse that cold, and your silly ac. tions ought to teach you the wisdom which I have wasted a whole fore noon to bring to you, that neither rab
 bits nor people should seek for them