Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-06
Tales of the
Friendly Forest

In the story before this I promised
to tell you what Billy Bunny wrote
to his friend, the Circus Elephant
You remember the little rabbit had
Just received letter from him. So
the Old Red Rooster. who was now
a postman for Uncle Samuel and
Aunt Columbia, sat down on a stone
and waited.
And wasn't II nice OF Uncle Lucky
TO give Billy Bunny his fountain
pen? Well, I Just guess II was, and
by and by, not 40 very long, and not
SO very many ink blotA, either, the
letter was finished, and then the
little rabbit handed II to the old Red
Rooster. who tucked II away IN his
bag, and then
with n cocka -doodle-do,
Away the Postman flew.
With lots Of letters In his sack
And an old gray overcoat on his
back,
And his number think was twenty
" two
Cocka- doodle -doolde-dool
"He makes a better Postman than
he does n furnace man" said Uncle
Lucky. "He always was pretty lazy.
but just now with no coal in our
public buildings furnace man can
be even lazier than he wants to be-"
and then the old gentleman rabbit
blew the automobile horn with his
blue polka-dot handkerchief, and
away went tho Sladmobile so fast
that the rear runners could hardly
keep up with the front ones.
Well, by and by. not 70 very far,
Uncle Lucky stopped the Sledmobile
In front OF little green house. And
then he threw the big buffalo robe
over the front OF the Luckysnowblle
so IL wouldn't get a cold, and after
that he hoped up to the front door
and knocked three times and a half.
And in less than five hundred short
seconds Old Grandmother Goose ap-
pcared. And. oh, dear me! She had
the plumbago from eating too many
plums and was dreadfully Worried
about herselG So dear, kind Uncle
Lucky sat down in her sitting room
md told her how he had been cured
of rheumatism. And while each one
was trying TO do all the talking there
suddenly sounded rifle shot, So the
old gentleman rabbit ran to the door
to SEQ what was the matter.
And, Oh dear me! l just hate 10
tell you what he saw. But | must.
inat the Aame, There was the Mill
er'a Boy running after BILLY Bunny
and shooting Off his gun Just as fast
as he could. but guess he couldn't
shoot as fast as the little rabbit
could hop. for by and by the Miuor's
BOY stopped shooting, but the little
rabbit didn't stop hopping, No,
sirceman, He kept right on, for
maybe he thought he might catch
cold IL he stood still. And pretty
soon. before Tuesday morning, he
reached the Old Briar Patch, And
then the first thing he did was to
call up Old Grandmother Goose to
find out II dear Uncle Lucky was
safe and we'll. And wasn't he glad
to hear her say:
Hes Just as we'll ~ well can be.
Talking and drinking tea with me.
And after we've played a game OF
tricks
Now. Just ms | left off In the last
story Billy Bunny gave Squirrel Nut
cracker and ChattcrhoX each i love-
ly lemon lollypup. meant to tell
YOU that, only | had no more room,
30 | had to wait until today. And it
was a good thing the little Squirrels
didn't have to wait that long wasn't
Il? Well. after the lemon lollypops
were all gone. Billy Bunny went
upon his way, hippity hop. lippity
lop, until he saw Johnny Jay sitting
on the old Snake Fence.
Now you know that Johnny Jay is
a very misChievous little bird. Yes,
sir he certainly loves to tease. Now
Ola Mother Magpie is mischievous.
too. but she's no worse than little
Johnny jay. She does harm by her