Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-12
Children's Evening Story
HIDING THE EASTER EGGS,

HIDING The EASTER EGGS.
What lot of Easter eggs there
were! Pm sure if you tried to count
all that Sammie and Susie Littletai
and Papa and Mamma Littletail, to
say nothing of Uncle Wiggily Long
ears and Nurse Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy had
colored, ready for Easter, you never
could do 1t, never, never, never! Oh
course, Uncle Wiggily couldn't get SC
very many of the eggs ready for the
rhematism, but then Jane Fuzzy-Wuz
|zy hurried so, that long before Easter
Sunday morning, or Easter Monday
morning, whenever you children hunt
for eggs, they were all ready.
You see, the rabbits have to hide all
the Easter eggs that you children hunt
for. OF course. I don't mean those
in the store windows; the pretty ones
made Of candy, and with little win
dows that you look through to see
beautiful scenes. Oh, no, not those
but the ones you find at home. Those
in the window are put there by differ.
ent kinds Of rabbits.
Well. all the Easter eggs were ready
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mamma. Uncle Wlggily Longears and
Nurse Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy, set out to
hide them. There were many colors.
think have told you about them,
but I'll just mention few again.
There were red ones, blue ones, green
ones, pink ones, Alice blue ones, John
ME red ones, Froggie green ones,
strawberry color and then that new
shade. skillikimink, which is very fine
indeed. and which turned Sammie sky
blue pink.
So the rabbits started of with their
baskets of colored eggs on their paws.
Nov, be careful, Sammie," called
his mamma. Don't fall down and
break any Of those eggs"
mo, mamma" answered Sammie,
who was still colored slsy-blue-pink,
for it hadn't worn off yet. "Ill be
very CAREFUL
so will /. mamma" called Susie.
So they walked on through the
woods to visit Newark and all the
places around where children want
Easter eggs. OF course, II you had
gone out in the woods on top Of Or
ange Mountain you could not have
seen those rabbits, because they were
invisible. That is, you couldn't see
them, because Mrs. CluckCluck. the
fairy hen. had given them all cloaks
spun out of cobwebs. just like the
Emperor of China once had, and this
made 1t so no one could see them. For
1t would never do, you know, to have
the rabbits spied upon when they
were hiding the eggs. 1t wouldn't be
fair, any more than it would be right
to peek when you're 1T" in playing
blind mans bun.
Well pretty soon, after while, as
they all walked through the woods,
Sammie kept going slower and slower.
because his basket was quite heavy,
until he was long way In back Of his
papa and mamma and Susie. But he
didn't mind that, for he knew he had
plenty of time, when all at once what
should come running out Of the bushes
but great big dog. At first Sammie
was frightened, but then when he
looked again he knew the dog was not
a rabbit dog. No, what is worse, he
was an egg-dog Now an egg-dog Is
dog that eats eggs. and they are one
Of the very worst kinds of dogs there
are. So the dog saw Sammie and
knew what the little rabbit boy had
in his basket But he asked him. max
ing believe he didn't know: What
have you in that basket, my little
chap" You see, he called him little
chap" so as to pretend he was a
friendly egg-dog.
There are Easter eggs in the bas-
ket," said Sammie politely.
And what. pray are Easter eggs. If
may be so bold as to ask" inquired
he dog. licking his teeth with his long
red tongue. and blinking his eyes, as
Il he didn't care
Easter eggs,'' replied Sammie, ARE
eggs for children for Easter, and they
are very prettily colored"
"Oh. ho!" exclaimed the dog, just
ike that, and he shifted the air
Please excuse me. But would you
kindly be SO good as to let me see
those eggs? never saw any colored
ones."
We'll" answered Sammie. II am
in hurry, but you may have one
peep
So he opened the top Of the basket
and there, sure enough. were the eggs,
he green, the blue, the pink, the John