Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
How They Helped
Tiny Hare

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Hare.
ITO bed" said the little creatures.
1--WE shall sleep in the earth or under
the bark till the long warm time comes
again. We have to go to bed first, be-
cause we are the wee ones
Next day the bats flew past, and
many little furry animals of the wood
ran by Tiny Hare as he played in the
field.
, Where are you going?" called Tiny
Hare; and they cried, 1--WE are going
into caves and hollow trees to take the
long nap"
"Oh, dear!" sighed Tiny Hare. "No-
body will be left.
( Next day, dear, wee baby Tiny Hare,
hiding in the bushes. saw the bears
making their beds, and the beavers
in the streams plastering their mud
houses.
What are you doing?" cried Tiny
Hare.
1--WE are making the beds for our
long Sleep they said drowsily, and
soon wood and field grew very quiet.
! ooh, dear, dear!" cried Tiny Hare.
How lonely it isl" and he ran to his
home of sticks and leaves in the brier
patch.
I'm cold and sleepy" said Tiny
Hare.
Eat your supper and lie by me all
| the dark, dark, dark" said kind Moth
er Hare.
40; you will wake me when the
! light time comes. l wish to sleep all
the long cold time
"Who ever heard of such a thing for
| a hare?" said Mother Hare.
"a hare cannot climb a tree. Come,
eat your supper and sleep in my warm
fur" said Mother Hare.
mo-" said Tiny Hare. Il wish to
sleep weeks and weeks, and will find
| tree that can climb" and that dear,
wee, naughty baby Tiny Hare, ran
away into the woods all alone.
He tried to climb a tree, but he
could not. He looked and looked for
tree with hollow near the ground,
but he did not find one. BY and by
the dark came. How cold it was!
"1'll sleep here" said Tiny Hare,
and he ran into a snug hole in the
ground. g.. ....
Good! I wish rabbit for tea"
said the old weasel who lived there,
and he put out his sharp claws.
How Tiny Hare did run! How afraid
he was! The dark, dark, dark had
come, and he could not see his paw
before his face, but he ran and he ran
till the old weasel lost him in the
bushes.
Here's my bed at last" cried Tiny
Hare, as he came to hole under a
rock The moon was rising, and on,
she was sad for baby hare!
"I'll help him." said the moon, aud
she shone brightly into the hole.
There lay snake with bright eyes.
ooh, oh, OH" cried Tiny Hare, in
fear, and he ran away through the
woods. -......
BY and by he found tree trunk
that slanted from the ground. Tiny
Hare ran up the long trunk, and jump
ed into a snug, round nest, lined with
the warmest. softest fur and milkweed
silk.
'This is my bed. 1t must be-" he
said and Struggled down to sleep.
whose bed it was.
"Well,' said he, "get out of my bed
at once"
"This is my bed said Tiny Hare.
Then the flying squirrel became so
angry that he flew from tree to tree,
scolding all the time.
II wish to sleep in this furry bed
all the Long Cold Time" said Tiny
Hare" sitting up.
swell, you can't" said Flying SPUR
rel Hurry now and fly down to the
ground" ,..
II can't fly said Tiny Hare.
.If you can't fly you have no bust
ness in a tree" said Flying Squirrel
and he pushed and he pulled Tiny
Hare out of that snug nest TILL he
stood on the branches high above the
earth. How Tiny did feel!
"Now learn to fly said Flying
Squirrel, and he pushed dear, wee
baby Tiny Hare, who couldn't fly at
ALL right off the tree!
Wind in the treetops heard it all.
It'll help him. said kind Wind, and
he blew so quickly and so hard that
Tiny Hare sailed down like ball of
fluff. and wasn't hurt at all.
Then-what do you suppose? Along
ran Fox He saw Tiny Hare.
"Aha" tarked he.
How Tiny Hare did run and run
through the bushes and after him
Fox, laughing! Let him rum" he said.
81 shall catch him at last"
Snow lay up in the clouds that Wind
had blown over the moon.
81 will help him. said Snow, and
she fell in big flakes that lay white on
the ground, and SLY Fox lost the trail
of Tiny Hare in the bushes.
How tired Tiny Hare felt when he
knew that he was safe!
81 wish to be in my home" he said
and he crept. oh, so slowly, to his
home where Mother Hare and Father
Hare were fast asleep.
! He crept into Mother Hares soft
. fur.
Il will be good!' he said, and she
bit his ear for love. Soon how safe
and warm he felt, and he slept and ne
slept and he slept all through tho