Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Bunny Comes to the Rescue.

Santa Claus was very much wor-
ried. You see he was acting man
ager OF the Sky during the Man in
the Moons absence and several dif-
ficult propositions had come before
him. He regarded the letter in his
hand gravely and a tiny trown
creased his forehead. why does
Fairyland have to have Zoo?" he
muttered. And why do they want
our Bears?" He took another letter
from the table and tore it into tiny
bits. 1t could be plainly seen that
he was very angry, Il wish that
the Moonbeam Curio company was
in the Milky Way. And that re-
minds me, l mustn't forget to SO
after that milk for Mrs. Santa Claus"
He clapped his hands thrice, ind
in the twinkling of an eye tiny
elf with a pad and pencil in its
hand, appeared.
Take some letters" snapped Santa
and the elf fairly jumped, so fierce
was the tone. "Take this to the
Moonbeam Curio company"
II will not sell the Diamond Dip
per for any amount of money. What
would the Stars do when they wanted
drink from the Milky Way? What
would the people do without the
Dipper to look at?
"Now take this one to the Fairy
land Zoo:
II would not sell my Bears for
any amount of money. Who would
guard the Diamond Dipper and the
Stars?"
The elf dispatched the letters and
Santa mounted his latest mode of
travel, a bicycle, and pedaled in the
direction of the Milky Way. 1t lay
there, shimmering in the sunlight
and far, far below lay a handsome
castle, the home of the Easter Bun
| ny.
Santa was SO much interested in
watching the tiny Cottontails lay the
colored eggs on the roof to dry that
he neglected to watch his step, and
ventured too near the edge
Splash! Santa's foot slipped and
in he went. Down, down and down
he went, until he cleared the Milky
Way and struck pure air. The tiny
rabbits saw him coming and fastened
to find something to break his fall.
They were too late, however, for
Santa hit the skylight and went on
down. Directly below was the huge
caldron which contained the egg col
oring. my goodness" shouted
Santa, somebody help" But no one
heard and Santa hit the kettle with
a splash and a yell. 49,,
! Hearing the commotion, the Easter
Bunny and his helpers rushed to hi.
aid. They helped him from his un-
comfortable position, but he was d
sorry sight His beautiful red coat
was stained with the purple dye, and
even his face was dyed.
"Oh, what shall l do?" he groaned
what will my wife say?"
| The Easter Bunny laughed, for he
had heard of Santa's domestic life
"She will never know" he said
come with me-"
He took Santa out into his garden
| "HClC tiCiC was d HidSlS lCuiitdHi
| You see, such accidents we're always
happening to the rabbits who worked
in the factory, and the Magic Foun.
tain always removed every particle O.
stain.
i In a few minutes Santa looked
the same as usual, except that hi;
face was trifle pale. Thanks evel
so MUCH" said Santa, "but how
will | ever get homer"
/ "The Fairy Queen just made m,
present of a Magic Carpet anc
you are welcome to use it."
/ Santa was soon at home, thank!
to Magic Carpet, but his errand Il
the Milky Way had completed,
slipped his mind, until his wife de
manded the milk. He flushed ant
his hand sought his coat pocket un
easily. But to his amazement /;
bottle of milk came in contact witt
his hand
He drew it forth and handed i
to Mrs. Santa Claus. at the sam,
time thanking Providence that tn,
Easter Bunny had been so thought
ful.--Helen Parker, Brownville, Neb