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Show WHlBlJNNIErBRINGTHEEASTEEGGS, &M There wns ones n muchly rtunnle, ... . .L ,"'io wns Blwois lielni fuiinv." And kept tho land about htm In a cm slant tnto of awe ills failier nnd his mother . .. Inesn pranks would try to cover To keep him out of prl4on and thtt clutches of tho law. On one morning brlcht nnd early, .. . . . . "lieu thn cops were getting surly. He started to dlicovcr what sad in Ischlet he could do. boon ho saw a blackhlrd'i net, '..... t .. , iAl!a ' ould not eat or leu i Until he'd dyed tho eggs therein a lovely dirk sca-bluo, lie was o pleased it his Joking . ,. . 1 hat be sulci ' I ll'icund go poking And ask my little liunnje friends to help m githrr more." Bo tli.j stole birds' eggs galnro .. .. t Anl put them Ii) In store. Till all the nests wero empty and the birds wero threatening gort Then n birly tl mnle "copper ' Pild In lu'ekiy put a stopper To such dire deiircdati ins us were never heard before. Ho, inueli rnther than get cuught 'these bold robbers strlnluwny sought A man who took tho eggs to town and sold them In u store. Now. this raised an awful clatter. All their klu began to clatter, And said to sttnl such pretty rugs a great nn I mighty sin. Hut the bandits mado It seem , There vv I money In the scheme Ca for wealth nnd sordid prollt all rabbits now Join In. P nil this explalis the habit vV h) egiM are brought by n rabbit And given little I oy and slrls nn l.astei every year, And the le6ou reemi to show. It wnt all a case of 'dough " Vet eggs and llttlo llunnleu while havo fuund their proper sphero |