Show hIr 7 y WHY RABBITS HAVE SHORT TAILS TAILS Part Part I Bunny Rabbit was sitting in his yard one day thinking very hard when his grandfather came camo along Why are you so quiet and sober grandson ho he inquired I am wondering grandfather i said eaid Bunny why we have such long J Jears ears and so short a tall tail I 1 should think it would be much better If Ie it I were just the other ther way about J I Of ot course of ot course said Grandfather Grand Grand- Grand 1 father Rabbit bobbing his ears cars b back ck j i jand and forth We all think we wo could i have made a better Rabbit If it we wo had been consulted But let me tell you you'd why your tall tail is short and your our ears cars are arc long and then you ou will well learn you 1 are better off now than was o r I great grandfathers s great-grandfather great I Iwho who had a long tall tail and short ears ears' ears j I It did not take Bunny Dunny Rabbit long longto I to find a nice soft seat for his grandfather grandfather grandfather grand- grand father and to sit close and very still I with his his' ears sticking sUcking up to listen for tor ho he dearly loved the tho stores his I j grandfather told Once upon a time began Grandfather Grandfather Grandfather Grand- Grand I father Rabbit just as all grandfathers begin a story a n a long long time ago there lived in some woods a Rabbit He had a long tail tall and short ears just as all the rabbits in those days had One day he ho ran over the hill hili to the garden where Mr Man lived lIe He should have been very careful but he wasn't and when he was crawling under the tho rail rall fence around the garden garden garden gar gar- den didn't Mr l Dog see seo him and begin to bark and chase Short Ears as he was called Short ShoTt Ears was a good runner I and it was lucky he was at oz there would be bo an end to this story right here Through the garden he ran under cover cover of ot the vegetable leaves and when he got out he was a good bit ahead of ot Mr Dog Over the tho field they ran and under the stone wall went Short Ears and andover andover andover over it went Mr Dog Down the road they ran split and into his house houle ran Short Ears just as Mr 11 Dog came into the tho yard Short Ears had no time to lose I Ican Ican Ican can tell you lIe He slammed the door and what do you suppose happened Bunny Rabbit was so Interested in his Ills grandfathers grandfather's story he only stared and did not answer at all So his grandfather went on Why Short Ears slammed that door right on his long tall tail and there I he ho was held fast with his tall tail hanging outside I Oh Oh Oh cried Bunny Rabbit feeling of ot his stubby stubby little little tan tall to be sure it was safe behind him What did poor Short Ears do then he ho asked lIe He could not do a thing fore for there was Mr Dog right in the yard and running straight ht for tor the door said Grandfather Rabbit Tomorrow I will win tell you what happened but don worry for tor Mr Dog did not get Short Ears This much I will tell yo so you can go to sleep Continued tomorrow Copyright 1919 by the J Newspaper News s paper Syndicate New York City |