New Britain herald., 1922-12-20

They all gathered about Jimmy Rab. bit and began to ask him one ques- tion after another so fast that he hardly knew which one to answer first. It was very plain that Aunt Nancy's children took after their mother.
 Now, Jimmy Rabbit had travelled from the edge of the woods, where he lived, all the way over the ridge and across Cedar Swamp, to Aunt Nancys house. So it was no wonder he was hungry. But nobody said word about dinner. And at last he man. aged to ask question of his own.
 What time do you dine?'' he in quired.
 When Pa gets here" said Aunt Nancy's eldest daughter. Where's your mother?" Jimmy asked her.
 She's in the. kitchen" said the eld-
 est daughter.
 "Ah! Getting the dinner ready?
 Jimmy exclaimed And he wriggled
 his nose bit. to try to discover what they were going to- have on the table
 ''No! She's eating" said the eldest
 daughter. She always eats alone when we're going to have company
 "Ah!. So she can wait on the table!' said Jimmy.
 No! She'll sit right down with the rest of us," said the eldest daughter, Jimmy Rabbit thought that was queer But he asked no more ques- tions, because Aunt Nancy's husband Uncle Joe, came in at that moment He said nothing to anybody, but sal 1 down at the head of the long table
 and began to pound upon it in a way that nobody could have misunder.
 stood. He was hungry and he wanted his dinner. He was a silent person
 He never spoke--not even to answer I one of his wife's questions. In a jiffy everybody was seated Aunt Nancy had run into the room with a great dish full of cabbage And tho whole family fell upon thf
 meal and began to devour it. Thai | is, all but Aunt Nancy. She fixed Jimmy Rabbit with her eye and said l to him, What's your mother doine today?" When he had told her sht
 asked him another question: What, your father up to?" And after Jim. i my had explained that MT. Rabbit was looking for a snug home to move
 into when the weather turned cold l Aunt Nancy fired another query al him: What's your mother knitting now?"
 /! Of course Jimmy Rabbit had to re- I ply to every one of these questions
 as we'll as to dozens of others. Hl' 1 mother had tried to teach him to be polite. But she had never. taught him
 how to talk and eat at the same time | To his distress he saw that the cab.
 bage was fast disappearing. And he hadn't had a single mouthful of it At last he pretended not to heal
 one of Aunt Nancy's questions. He
 had raised cabbage leaf half way tc his mouth. And then Aunt Nancy Nancy shot another question at him | in so loud tone that. he dropped the | leaf on the floor.
 Are you growing deaf?' she de. l manded.
 | He shook his head, No, ma'am!" "Is your fathers hearing good?" + | your mothers? How old is youi
 mother? Does your father stay out
 late at night?"
 By this time Jimmy Rabbit gave l, up all hope of getting anything to eat I And when the meal was over and thu family rose from the table he said ht
 would have to go right home because his mother might have something fol him to do.
 That's a good child!" Aunt Nancl
 said approvingly What do you thinl
 she'll want you to do?"
 ''I'l have to let you know tomor
 row." Jimmy told her. Goodbye
 everybody I've had delightful
 time" You can see how very polit, | he was.
 ! Well. when he reached home hi
 mother had peck of peas waiting fo | him upon the table.
 "I knew you'd be hungry" she re
 marked as he fell upon them. '
 dined at Aunt Nancys house once"
 What did you have for dinner th, time you went?" Jimmy asked.
 "Questions" said his mother. "Ant
 plenty of them!"
 Copyright 1922 by Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) | tao.~oo,f,,t .f ,jv,auor ju f,ir,