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Show r-IMIpl ill ill ; - w : ' ; ; . : THE LISTENERS 0i: ,.,.. x;..icr's moririiu', when the Mi..w bad I ecu oil llie iiroiiii'l ill ihc woods so !,,:u ibat nil the wood f,,l;s were (.'.(! in ; .ivtly liun;r.v. Ill-tie Ill-tie Funny Rabbit and bis brother. Nib-bly. Nib-bly. ran "ill td' their house ilrcseil in Ibcir v, ami tar cunts. '1 he sun w as arm .ml Ibey ili.l not mind me smew I'.e-.M.'s. they had ,.;,lcii 11 L'ood breaM'ast of slewed 1 turnips and other ibin-s tbal irudeiit j Mrs. Rabbit bad canned for the w in-i' in-i' ler days. !; "I.rl's run over to old Mr. Fox's !. house and listen to what lie and his j; wife are tnlkini; aboul," said Funny. X::JX ? i Two Frirjlitened Little Rabbits Hopped j Away Under Bushes. "They nre sure lo he saying something they will mil wanl us lo hear. And j then we will liiii.eh some (lay when we see Ihem and call out what we have boa nl I hem saying." "lint some day they misbt cntch us," said Nihbly. "1'hat wouldn't he I very funny if they did." "Oh, llioy wouhl not hurt us," said Bunny. "They'd rather have chicken and duck for dinner than anything else." Now, it happened that Xlr. Fox and his wife wore very hungry lhat niorii-in' niorii-in' and were ri t i n yr Hie very last of some, turkey Ihcy had had Ihe niylit ! before tor dinner. "1 can't get out of the woods luilay to i;o nny poultry, " Xlr. Fo was ti'llini; his vif0 ((, l'.unny nn I Nibbly crept up lo . door to lision. "Well, there is soinelliinj r'u)lt Ihc woods we could eat," replied I ox. "I'd nil her have tui k,.v chicken but when I am hungry 1 ,i miml rabbit stow." "Rabbit slew 1" exclaimed Jr ( "'I'l.at is t be cry 1INI1 for a cu!, like Ibis, and I am sure I cnn f., lew onions w hen I I'm 1 1 a juiir 0( , rabbits." "We can have fried rabbit, said .Mrs. Fox. "And a h:ik,., would nol j;ii badly. I do 1,,,., could eat one this minute had it." "So could I," said Mr. Fo,, soon as 1 finish ealini; this t;.: lione I'll run around and Ket twn rabbits I know about ; perhaps n but two anyway." "Funny and Nibbly wouhl hp : in a slew," said Mrs. Fox, "ami put Ihe pot ri.uht on this niiimt,. have il ready when you brim 1 hack. I do hope Ibey have cm, lot Ibis wilder so that Ihey nice and plump." All Ibis lime Ihe hum ears ( listeners were slick in,;; ri:;li striM.lil and Iheir eyes were .M blc; nnd fri.alileiied lookinir, wliil,.. noses treuibled so (hey couh I,,, brealbe. I'.y the time Xirs. Fox set 0111 pot two fri.L'hlonod llllle iai hopped away under bushes iin, thinji' thai would hide lln'in iiih , (heir way borne lo loll what t hev heard. "1 Kimss (hey will keei nwuj : bore for a while," binhe, Mr. as ho anil bis wife peeked mil 11,,. (low at the living Utile rabbits. "1 will learn a lesson, loo. Hint list, never hear any riood of tlieaisolvi. "If I had nut happened to si'd we nilt;hl have been talking t somelhin we would not want Uik. hear." "That is right," said Mr. Fox. ' we won't have rabbit stew for di: after all, for this niinule I am oe those you Hosiers nre hidden . back in their home lhat it wmilil a week lo dig them out. We'll turkey soup out of the hones left' breakfast." OS- !' McCMure N-'W.-.p;. ;,"r Sj' Ii,Ur:,. |