Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-03
Tales of the
Friendly Forest

"A miss Is Just us good ns a mile"
Said Mrs. Bunny with smile.
As EiIIy Bunny locked the door
when the M,lIcr's Dog Kuock,d on 1t
with his paw.
IL you read the story that goes be-
fore this
lol'Il see that an Inch is - good As
u miss
GRACIOUS me" SAID billy Bunny.
after he got his breath. THAT
dreadful Millsr'H bog has pulled of
half my powder puff tail,' ana he
looked IN his mothers ChtYll glass.
And, sure enough, there was very
httlo tai! whore a tail ought 70 be.
You must be more careful next
time" said Mrs. Buuny, and then she
got out 4 lUilypUp and gave !, 90 her
it'ls bunny boy, and after that she
called up Uncle Lucky 10 tell him
what a dreadful thing had happened
10 his little nephew.
And wasn't tho old gentleman rab-
bit angry. Wei, you JUS, bet he was.
And he said over IN" wire, "IN
cal up the Policeman Dog and have
that old Daddy Fox put in jail!'
And after that. maybe fy" nun
dred short seconds. the old gentle
man rabbit Mr.. Lucky L"ithindfoot.
drove up IN his sledmOtiIe, ana as
soon as ne hOnked the big sic,ghbell
| Billy Hunny unlocked the door and
came out of the house.
Get on your overcoat" said dear
! Uncle Lucky. "Well take a spin
| And while the little rabbit. was get
| ling ready, the old gentleman bunny
tied hts blue silk polkahut handkcr-
chief over his Old wedding stuvopipc
! hat and under his chin 90 that Willie
! wind couldn't blow 1t OF and after
| that he wound his gold watch and
| chain and put on his gOggIss and
! honked the slodmobile boil, and hy
that time the little rabbit was tucked
In the front seat, so away they went.
Well. after they had gone for
| maybe a mile. who should they see
but the old Red Rooster. And what
do you suppose he was doing why,
he was carrying letters for Aunt Co
lumbia. Yes, stree. He had on a
gray uniform ana a big bag fun OF
letters, and when he saw Billy Bun
ny he set down the bag and looked II
over. and 10y and By, after he had
wiped his spectacIcs three or two
times. he handed "A letter TO the little
rabbit.
IT'S from my dear friend. the
Circus ELEPHANT" exclaimed the
little rabbit, and ne gave three hops
to the left and two skips To the right
and half A hop backward.
"K cad It to me-" said Uncle Lucky
SO BILLY Bunny began:
Dear friend Bllly Bunny.
Now don't you think IL funny
That | am taking things so easy,
For soon I'll swing on high trapeezy
or go rolling on a barrel
While I sing a ChriRtmas carol.
Now this is all. so | will end
Write soon to your
Elephant Friend
And in the next story I'll tell yoL
what Billy Bunny wrote.
Il In the last story we left the tive
little rabbits, Mr.. Lucky LcfthindfOO
and his small nephew, Billy Bunny
hopping away through the Friendl!
Forest. You remember they hat
Just met Sammy skunk who haC
laughed at them because they pu
their hind feet in front OF their fore
feet when they hoped very fast.
Well, after little ways. not 81
very far, they came to the Fores
Pond But or course, 1t was al
frozen over with a thick coating o
ice. only tho top OF lister uskrat'
house could be seen, and in the up
, per bedroom high and dry Miste
Muskrat was sleeping SO the tw
little rabbits hoped out on the ice