The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07

from that other pile" said Esther.
thoughtfuily, and make little
throne beside this one, go tho lady
In waiting may sit near, but not be-
side, the queen
She picked up great armful OF
grass from tho mkldle pile-and
what do you suppose she saw?
Snuggod down on the ground, half
covered still by the grass esther had
not disturbed. were four tiny, Tiny
white rabbits! II thooe little crea-
tures had Jumped up and danced a
ring around rosy about her. Esther
could not have been more amazed
+ Rabbits, four Of them, lying In her
pile OF grass
For a second the little creatures
/ blinked at the bright, hot sunshine,
then they hurrowed their tiny pink
noses In the grass. Bright sunshine,
little girls and the big world around
were too much for them.
Esther stood for "a oment looking
/ dazcdlv at them. and then she did
the very best thing she could do
/ she dyuppcd the pile Of grass she
I had picked up and covered them
/ tight.
81 wouldn't think they would want
to stay under all that stuff" she
| said to herself, but IL they do IN
/ let them Now | wonder where
thcir mother IS. and how they got
/ there" Dolls and queens and
/ thrones were forgotten. Esther knew
/ the rabbits couldn't have been there
/ long, for the gardener had put the
piles Of grass there only that early
morning. where did the rabbits
u, long and how did they get there ?
it
From across the garden came a
voice saying "Esthcrl Esther Bob
/ by's coming over 10 see II you can
holp him find his rabbits. They've
run away"
Hohry was the little hoy who lived
next door.
They're here" shouted Esther in
=. reply. they're all here! I'm keep
' ing m for him, am"
B.bbv and his big sister who had
called. came running in a jIffy and
the gardener who heard what Es-
thor had said camc too. When they
were all I'm front ~ the pile, Esther
bent over and picked uu tho grass
she lad lifted before for the throne,
There they are she said proud
ly.
Rut nothing was there Tho grass
was warm and rounded over wher,
the soft little bodies had bcon-but
not a rabbit was to be seen.
"Why-why," began Esther. they
were there Just a minute ago"
h "Thcy must have been" agreed tn,
gardener, because the grass ls still
warm. They are not far away. Wen
look
lie laid down his hoe and rake and
with his hands so as not to hurt any
creature. he picked away the grass
"BObhy, he said. as he work. d
you and your sister stand over there
on the other side and catch EN- II
they start to rum
But he needn't have worried
Those tiny\rabhits were too fr ght-
encd to run. He pulled away grass
and more grass TIL he got into the
very center OF the great pile and
there. suugglcd down tightly togeth-
tT--Su tight they seemed like one
lit,lc round BAH OF whitcness were
the four missing rabbits. Very ten
derby the gardener picked them vi
and handed them to Bobby, one at a
time
"I can't carry EN- all" exclaimed
Bobby, Get Esther help"
So together the children carried
the little runawavs back to the SAT,
4 shelter Of the rahN II house.
. AnH just then the dinner bell rang
no more time for dolls and
queens today" said Esther ~ sh,
took a guutlW look at her little new
acGuaiutanccs, but anyway, rab-
bits are fun ana m glad Yours rar
away so we could bring them home
guess they'll Ike their home and
their dinner better than the iusid,
of a throne
And the way those rabbits started
nihbunE at the fresh carrot top.
: ~c. mod To- mean. "I~drad We do"