Show A O ri l FA tIT Pf t JACK RABBITS RABBIT'S OWN LESSON I S S I wonder where Jack Rabbit isS is said the fox a few days after the two bad had watched old Doctor Duck and the rabbit had learned the lesson of not pretending to be other than what he heSS SS S I was Mister Fox had waited a long longtime longtime longtime time for the coming of Jack Rabbit i and at length thinking that perhaps 1 he might be ill he said to himself I will go to the burrow and see if there thereS S is anything the matter t The sun was pretty warm as Mister SS 1 Fox ran along and his tongue hung r out of his mouth as he felt feIt the heat more and more I dont don't know as I blame Jack Rabbit for not wanting to F g get t out in the hot sun he said and andI i I guess I would have been wiser If I IiI Ir iI r 5 myself had bad stayed in the cool depths 3 t of Df my cave But he was so anxious about Jack Rabbits Rabbit's welfare that he S kept on Just as he came in fn sight of the r rabbits rabbit's home he was surprised to see Jack Rabbit lying at full length In Inthe She the sun without attempting to protect protect pro pro- himself in the least from the beat rt f. f queer said the fox I Iwonder I j wonder why h he does oes not rest under one of the great trees where It is t cool and comfortable 11 Just he said this as he was surprised sur sur- t. t ed to see Jack Rabbit g get t up and ang run un uI d down wn to the edge of a a. nearby i brook brook where he went through the most t curious proceedings that Mister Fox had ever witnessed The rabbit t when he reached the water turned his back to It and then walked slowly backward u until til his hind legs and the i. i hind part of his body was In the Water water water wa wa- ter and then having thoroughly wet this portion of himself he went back and lay down In the sun again 7 Mister Fox watched Jack Rabbit while he repeated this performance rr three or four times and he could not make out whether the rabbit was crazy crazy or what he was trying to ac- ac by this alternate wetting and drying himself I At last he could stand It no longer S and going up to the rabbit who had just lain Iain down again in the sun he said Good morning Jack Rabbit and why are you not at my house as 5 5 you you ou are supposed to be and nd not lying lying ly ly- ing in this hot sun when the tree offers offers of of- I fers fern such cool shade Do you expect to to get wisdom by getting a sunstroke sun sun- stroke f J f Jack Rabbit was somewhat taken aback by the appearance of Mr Fox particularly when he remembered how much Mr Fox was annoyed at being kept waiting when he was late lateon lateon on a previous visit S At length he recovered himself enough to say Good morning and then added I should have been at your house early this morning had I Inot Inot not made a most wonderful discovery which I am applying to myself and which is going to make me the most wonderful animal in all aU the world I am much interested said the fox tox Pray tell teU me what It is that you have discovered and what you expect to accomplish with yourself that Is so wonderful I. I Well said Jack Rabbit last S. S night while I was sitting outside the house of Farmer Windom I 1 him say ay to his good wife this wisdom Good wife if you would make anything anything any any- thing grow you must give It plenty of ot S water ater and sunshine and immediately I I know that I I had bad made a great disc dis dis- dis c covery And how was that asked the fox Y You u see said the rabbit that t it t r- r has been the sorrow sorrow of my life that I had bad nothing but a little insignificant stub for a tail tall and until I heard Farmer Farm Farm- er Windom I never knew the way to tomake tomake tomake make it grow Now I know that all It needs is plenty of water and sunshine sunshine sun sun- shine and after I have given ghen It the these e J tw two b things why I 1 shall have a long longtail 5 tail tall and be the most wonderful animal V In all the world S So that Is what you were doing i while I was watching you from behind the rock rack said the fox Y Yes s said the rabbit and I am sure it has grown quite a little this morning I wet It in the brook and i then dry it in the sun and then wet it itIn In n the brook again and so on I have wet it already twenty times and and ker ker- ker shoo choo I Yes ind indeed ed said the fox foa ker choo is the Way It will end for a bad cold is all you will get with the alternate al al- alternate i ternate wetting and drying of a part f i of ot your body If If you were a vegetable this application of water and sun might Increase you but a rabbit with witha a long tail would be a sad sight You had better get Into your burrow and andr r- r take a good dose of peppermint tea if N you wish to avoid having something aS- aS worse that a cold and your silly actions actions ac ac- ought to teach you the wisdom which I have wasted a whole forenoon forenoon forenoon fore fore- noon to bring to you that neither rabbits rabbits rabbits rab rab- bits nor people should seek for themselves themselves them them- s selves things which are unattainable land end and which even If att attained would be bejOt beti ti pf jOt no use use se |