Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-07-09
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 we're
all about, and he saw no way to do 1t.
What shall l do?" he said to him
self. and then he thought. IF l was
suffering / really think that Mister
Fox would be willing to run consid-
cradle risk to help me, and l ought
to be willing to do as much for him.
If l 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 II 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: II 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 1t had been in
jured stepped boldly out into the
yard. He had been there only a min
ute before Mrs Wilson. looking out
of the window, saw him. Come,
children" she called. land see the
rabbit out in the yard. l 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. 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 a 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
he let them chase him down the dus-
ty road.
Now" said Jack Rabbit to him
J self, ut is about time for me to get
over being lame" and, with a long
Jump, he leaped over the ditch at the
side of the road, went under the
} fence and turning, ran, as fast as
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. 81 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
J 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
r house, Mr.. Fox was, indeed, very glad
! to see him. The next question was
: how was Jack Rabbit, who was much
Q smaller than Mr.. Fox, going to reach
: down his throat and get the bone. But
i Jack Rabbit suggested that if Mr.. Fox
:, would lie down on the ground and
o open his mouth he would be able to
r. see where the bone was and get at
b it, So Mister Fox went up to the
top of the hill and lay down so that
: when he opened his mouth the sun
d would shine down his throat, and
Jack Rabbit, tongs in hand got where
d he could look straight down Mister
Fox's throat.
'It certainly looks very Sore" sale
Jack Rabbit, but l cane see the enc
It of the bone, and if youswill only keel
b still am sure can get it," Mister
If Fox kept as still as he could ant
d Jack Rabbit got hold of the end o
D. the bone in a minute, and with ;
IT quick pull out 1t came.
% you are certainly a fine surgeon,
d. said Mister Fox, holding on to hi
le throat. 'T think you can hurt you
lie patients just as much as any of them
1t But thank you very much, even /
you did hurt me, because l know yol
did IL for my good. And that lead
me to say that there are very man.
* animals and very many boys and girl
OF who cry about things which are don
lg for their good and which if they wer
a not done would result in much NOR
suffering. There Is one little girl tina
Id | know that cries every time her hal
at is combed. but just think what he
head would look like when she grey
OF up if her mother never combed it.
And I know boy who whines an
complains because his mother make
him brush his teeth, but If he didn
-ui do it by and by they would ache a
NO the time and he would really hay
es' something to cry about. l will tie
er you some time about young fox
% knew who got burs on his tail an
all because 1t hurt to have them pulle
off he let them accumulate until h
foH uoo On baavu that ha QOu1d M