Show DADDYS EVENING FA I 1 RY TALE k mary graham bonner RUNNER RABBITS AD VENTURE at the edge ot of tile tho woods lived runner and aul tits his fu nilly lie ile had been well lia named nied for lie was waa one of the fastest runners the lie rabbit family had licul ever known that Is saying saving it good deal too for the rabbits have hau always been famed for their powers or of running runner rabbit was it very ely beamut beautiful black rabbit his eyes yero wore aluk mid and lie he stuck hla 1119 oars enra way up ill lu in the lie air whenever lip lie was interested ill anything which was pretty nearly nem jy all the time thile lor for runner was very glad lie be was alive and lie e chiq ninny friends briend 4 nud and cle biting nd ventures mrs Iliin nor rabbit wrt wils white with only two black spots anil and tim the children were tike like both their mother und and daddy they were old enough now for runner to think they were worth noticing ot leing though when 1 hen they were little bables lie might lime have enten them up lip you sep see daddy ean can never that tin the little bits of crea area tures that the mothers mot liera tire nrc paying so KO much attention to will grow pa up to fr bu be fine willil abild so kilell they aro are very the gotlie r leep 1 the fiddles daddies out of tile the way one day rabbit was vaa awald a walk its it a fine day lt lie said to n 4 song sparrow tie lie saw perched on oil a i treed tree nearby the song sparrow trilled a 11 little 1 tp song ganti gand chirped teat tat lie ho agreed with man llin nonsense said runner rabbit teim im not afraid ncr rabbit that it was nn an extremely nice day but where are you you going ile he naked asked over to the th vegetable garden arden hack back of the alie home you twe atte yonder kald runner there tire are carrots over there and runner rabbits pink eyes looked very verb bright anti and happy over the prospect of having carrots for supper 1 I dont advise you to go there said the song sparrow tor for thoy keep a big dog nonsense sald said runner rabbit rabbi t im not afraid besides Beside i ive never heard him ba bark rk dogs always hark you know 1 I know that but 1 I know one la Is there suld said lie song sparrow sadly as lie saw it iner rabbit go on but later 0 lie he saw him coming coining running bick back for nil lie wits worth find dush the far armors dog chasing liliu runner reached tile the brier atell ali just t in ill thile and aind tile the dog who get bet through the rough bust bushes les turned home hoille im so glad I 1 bunyun can run printed panted runner and mrs runner rabbit staid said so mil I 1 but don dongo go looking for trouble ill t runner rabbit promised mrs runner were very fine and they were glad to havethe lr dad dy safe and sound but their mother they loved best she had cared tor for thein when they were little she had watched wat clied over them ind end taught glit them thela to stay quite still in their nest of leaves cheli alie went out olt for food she covered chent over with long iong grass und and warned choul that they move for the lie woods were full of dangers they still new not nothing hing about slie she taught them shfot how flow to stay perfectly still ill itle ille e statues when nil an animal appeared and liow how to give tile 1 stony stare which Is one of the tricks of the HK wood wod creatures they copied mrs runner its as she showed them inn how to brush their eira with their claws cl aws title taug taught ht thecil tilt in how to flou lill pit on ahe ground which lg Is the lie rabbits way ot of ral u or telephoning to cacti other that tha dai tanger igor Is near or blat 9 goods thine to vat fat tire sire close at hand slie taught klicin liow how to drink dow dew wate rund water tit at ha not become dirty and she lau taught lit them how to know one ond kind 4 af pf of signal front from the other then when all these lessons were learned she rubbed her whiskers agali ench each one in fit tu tun 11 land said they wore were really well schooled rabbits now then they had met their daddy |