Hope, Laura Lee / 2008-11-18 00:00:00
"Oh, yes, we have had things happen here," said the Grasshopper. "Of
course they are not as exciting as those you have told me about. But we
rather like them. Do you want to----"
But just then something began running through the tall grass a short
distance away from where the Monkey sat on a hummock. At first the
Monkey thought it was Carlo, the dog, coming back, but in another moment
he saw a pink nose and two long, flapping ears.
He knew then it was not Carlo, but he thought it was another friend of
his, so the Monkey called:
"I say! Hold on there a minute! I want to talk to you, my friend! Wait,
can't you?"
"Who is it?" asked the Grasshopper, stretching out one long hind leg.
"Who do you see?"
"My friend, the Candy Rabbit," was the answer. "He just ran through the
grass."
"That isn't a Candy Rabbit," said the Grasshopper.
"Who is it, then?" asked the Monkey, in surprise.
"That's Jack Hare, a real, live rabbit who lives in the meadow here,"
was the reply. "He wouldn't like it if you called him a Candy Rabbit."
The grass waved to and fro, and a moment later a big, white rabbit came
jumping through, and sat down on his hind legs near the big leaf on
which the Grasshopper was perched.
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