Show st MISS BUNNY'S WHITE COAT Miss Bunny Rabbit was was wa very young so so young that she was proud of her new white fur co coat t. t Of course if she had been older she would not have been so foolish about that neV new white coat but she was what you call caU stuck up the first time she appeared out with It on It did not matter at all aU to Miss Bunny Bunny Bunny Bun Bun- ny that others had white f fur r coats for Miss Bunny Rabbit had pretty pink ears eais and the d delicate pink tint looked very charming with that white fur coat So Miss Bunny held up her head I and looked at all the other bunnies as if she did not see them at all She looked right through them or over them and stepped along with an air that plainly said she knew sh she bhe was beautiful Miss 1 Bunny had never heard that pride sometimes takes a fall and if she had very likely she would have held her head just as high But alas I and alack for tor Miss Bunny She stepped on a piece of Ice covered with snow and down she went right into a mud puddle Serves her right said Jack Rabbit who had watched her stuck up up air she will be wiser next winter any any- way You cant can't wear that coat all summer you know he told Miss 1 Bunny as she stood by the puddle tryIng tryIng trying try- try Ing to rub her white coat r I 1 shall shaU said Miss Bunny I do donot donot donot I not care if it ft is too warm I Intend to toI wear white always after this it It is much more becoming to me than that I horrid yellow But you cant can't you know said Jack JackRabbit JackRabbit I Rabbit you have to eha change ge your coat oat In the spring and summer Didn't you I know that Why should I if I do not wish to 7 I said Miss Bunny with a toss of her herI I head bead Who will make me I should like to know I In the first place said Jack your life will not be worth a beet top with that coat on The hunters and Mr Dog can see you a mile mUe away and in inthe th the next place you just have to change your coat in the summer it is na na- na- na ture I can stay in the house then the hunters and Mr Dog will not see me said Miss 1 Bunny I dont don't like summer summer summer sum sum- mer anyway as w well ll as the winter soI soI so I will sleep the way Mr Bear does and come out in the fall But you will starve if you try stayIng staying staying stay stay- ing in the house all summer and as asI asI asI I told you before it wont won't make any difference you difference you cant can't wear that white coat all summer said Jack Rabbit Miss Bunny had clea cleaned ed her fur coat by that time so she walked away but she made up her mind to wear that white coat all aU summer in spite of anything anything anything any any- thing Jack Tack Rabbit had said He doesn't know everything I guess said Miss Bunny So when the spring days came Miss Bunny Bonny stayed in the house she closed the shutters and at ate only a nibble of ot the green things she had in inthe inthe the pantry so they would last One night she awoke and was so hungry she co could d not sleep p thinking of all the good things in Mr Mans Man's garden I could run up there and ba back bak k Inthe in inthe inthe the dark thought Miss Bunn Bunny then Mr Man or Mr Dog will not see me They are not out so late at night jam I am sure Why have v I not th thought of this before I wonder So out of ot the house went Vent Miss Bunny It was bright moonlight and she was thinking it was too bad no one one could see her for she was sure her white coat would be very becoming Inthe in inthe inthe the moonlight when she happened to glance at her front paws Poor Miss Bunny She almost fainted for what did she see but that horrid yellow yellow- brown coat She had it on after all her trouble and had missed all the I green gree things too Miss Bunny went out the next day and Jack Rabbit happened to see her Got on your old yellow brown coat ceat I r see h he said Yes said Miss Bunny I r have put away my white fur tur coat in camphor to keep leep th the moths out I was afraid I 1 I might wear Veal it out If I wore it all sum sum- mer I know all about it Miss 1 Bunny laughed Jack Rabbit mine is put away too But dont don't worry you'll get it back next winter It is always delivered delivered de de- livered on time Copyright 1918 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News- News paper Syndicate New York City |