Evening star., 1936-05-23
Rushing Business Done
During Week Donating
Wee Rabbits to Friends
Only Seven Left Now in the Old Homestead
Including the Original Group.
Summer Plans Made

Of rabbits must be reduced by fair
means or foul-the children could sell
them, give them away, anything Just
so they departed my premises.
y X y y
OF COURSE, was promptly re-
~ ferred to my own article, written
in tender mood some time ago, where.
in I made the rash statement that
parents should not allow children to
have pets unless they were willing to
assume their upkeep for life. My re-
versal of policy was little difhcult to
explain to the young owners-as
matter of fact, I was too desperate to
even feel ashamed about it, and cut
all explanations pretty short. 1t made
no difference what I had said before.
some Of the rabbits had to 60. and
permit us to return to the comparative
sanity of catering only to the Swiftys,
BENJAMIN and FlopSy.
Noices were posted on the bulletin
boards in two schools, and the cars
commenced arriving. Rabbits to be
given away" proved an irresistible lure.
in spite of the cries and means OF
anguished parents. Il am afraid to
walk alone on the street now for fear
some crazed mother or father will at
tempt revengeo
The cleanup business was, appar-
entity, a complicated one. In each
case. the departing rabbit was tender
Jx, %,,r .oJ IN re Urith
minute instructions as to how to care
for it, and what to feed it. Selection
was long -drawn-out problem, and the
air was rent with the battle cries Of
those who wanted the same bunny.
(And they always did want the same
one, somehow
T WAS resigned, for the ultimate good,
to the afternoon invasions of my
back yard-but when it came to hav-
ing to send both of my children all
over town to look over the site each
bunny was to occupy drew the line.
and insisted that that little detail be
passed over.
AS the week draws to a close. things
really look brighter. At this writing
we have only seven rabbits left; these
survivors are F1opsy. Benjamin. Ben
jamin's son, Skip-it, Mr.. and Mrs.
Swiftly and two of their children, Dun
can and Oklahoma. We hear dread
full rumors about two Swiftys that were
given away early in the game; their
owners are going to Europe and de-
cline to take rabbits for the grand
tour :. it is hinted that they are to
be returned to our fold. But perhaps
destiny will intervene, in some way
and we will be spared
A council Of war has been held ir
our house, and the Summer plans fol
the rabbits have been made. (They're
going to have far more elegant
Summer than ID The Swiftys will
depart. with their children, about
June 1, via railroad, to spend the
Summer in Massachusetts, with their
small owner, as they did last year
My son maintains that they can
not stand the heat, so must &c
North for the hot months. Benjamin
and family will remain here until
their owner goes to camp-then we
hope to send them to a nice boarding
house in the country nearby. Topsy
may spend some time at the Zoo,
learning to get along with everybody
she is inclined to be resentful and bite
the hand that feeds her.
BY the time they all retu- ire the
Autumn, sunburned and / thy, ]
trust the back yard will have been
restored to a more normal state, and
I will have been able to pay of some
of the carpenters, markets and feed
stores that are clamoring on the
doorstep!
try resolutely not to think about
next Winter.