Show JACK RABBIT AND MR TURTLE It had rained for days s. Oh how it I had rained poured right out of the sKy sly as if old Mr Sun was drawing the I water up from the ocean somewhere and then pouring It out in bucketfuls I all over the world Jack Rabbit sat on the top of a rock looking very forlorn and unhappy he had sat there all night and all the day before and besides being very tired and not daring to fall fan asleep for fear of tumbling off the rock into the water he was very hungry Johnnie Squirrel chatted to him from would his house gladly dt in s share a a tree e his ISa and nuts told with him him he if I there was any way of getting them to him and he would be glad to give rack lack JackRabbit Rabbit shelter if it he could climb a tree I wish Mr Fox would come along he is such a wise fellow said JackRabbit Jack JackRabbit Rabbit he would be sure to think of ofa ofa ofa a way to get me off this rock to a dry spot But Mr lr Fox did not come that way he was haying having all an he could do to find a place of safety for himself for I while he could swim and was tall tail enough to keep his head above water it was no easy matter for him to find a place to sleep where he could be safe from the dogs and guns So while Jack Rabbit wished for his friend Mr Fox was a long way off wondering if he would ever again have havea a home Why Vh dont don't you ask Mr 11 Owl He is i as wise as your friend Mr 1 Fox For said Mr 11 Squirrel perhaps he might help you out of your trouble I do not think I should care for his advice said Jack Rabbit besides there is no one that could help me but Mr Fox he would carry me to a dry place on his back I am sure Could I be of any assistance sir asked someone close beside Jack Rab flab bit Ja Jack k Rabbit looked around round and saw Mr Turtle slowly crawling up the side of the rock Oh dear you jou o cannot help me me said Jack Rabbit you rou are not large enough and I am sure you are having quite as much discomfort as any of us you are so short Why my dear Jack Rabbit you talk as though I never saw a flood nood before before- I am better able to take care of myself than any of you I 1 can swim you Know Swim said Jack Rabbit why you ou ou cannot run you walk along so slow and pokey through the woods I wonder you jou dont don't get stepped on Look out you'll fall off and be drowned But Jack Rabbits Rabbit's warning came too lat off late off tumbled Mr Turtle Into the water and Jack Rabbit expected he would be drowned before his eyes but to his surprise Mr Turtle paddled about with the greatest ease and came back to the rock That is rather a a. slippery place you are sitting on Jack Rabbit he said I shall feel safer here Ho Ito crawled on a stone that was partly covered with ith water sat down to rest Yes I have seen many floods he said this is nothing to the one I 1 saw about years ago I 1 was quite a Ii ayoung ayoung young fellow then thenA thenA thenA then A hundred years ago repeated Jack Tack Rabbit how old are you Mr JUr Turtle Oh about answered Mr Turtle Tur- Tur tle and as I was saying I saw a real flood nood a hundred years ago You would have been lost in that flood nood Jack Rabbit Rabbit Rab flab bit It came up over the rocks and even the trees looked short the water was as so deep Mr Fox would have haye been drowned In the flood nood wouldn't he asked Jack JackRabbit JackRabbit JackRabbit Rabbit beginning to think Mr Turtle must be very wise I if he was very old Yes Mr Fox would have been drowned and in fact everybody was drowned but the few I was able to save I saved an ancestor of yours on that day or you would not be here Jack Rabbit Did you said Jack Rabbit very meekly he Why Jack Rabbit of course said Mr Turtle I carried him and his family to dry land on my back and I that is Is' the wa way r you happen to be here I Perhaps you will be as kind to me Mr Turtle said Jack Rabbit in a aVEr avery avery very very- pleading tone and carry me to dry land too I have been sitting here all night and all day yesterday too I Iam Iam Iam am hungry too To be sure Ill I'll carry you said Mr Turtle I was ready to do that when I first came along In fact I was lookIng lookIng looking look- look Ing f for r yo you but you seemed to think I was so slow I could not be of any use and that your friend Mr l Fox was the only one who could have you now Jump on Mr Turtle came alongside the rock and Jack Rabbit very carefully crawled down to his back and sat on it very still his ears sticking up straight with fright You wont won't tip m me over will you Mr Turtle he said No n of course I wont Didn't I save your jour our ancestor You sit still and I will soon have you on dry land Here we are now Jump off said Mr 11 Turtle crawling up the side of a ahill ahill ahm hill hm and Jack Rabbit Jumped without being told a second time Ume Mr 11 Turtle he said I am sorry I 1 made fun of your slow way of getting getting getting get get- ting about bout I 1 owe my life Ufe to you and I will wm never forget It McClure Copyright 1916 1016 McClure Newspaper 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