4. Make your hole where mosses spring,
Underneath the tall oak's shadow,
Pretty, quiet, harmless thing,
Play about the sunny meadow;
Keep away from corn and house,
None will harm you, little mouse.
[Illustration]
THE RABBIT.
[Illustration: 'Oh, look at that one going into a hole.']
moth'-er
rab'-bits
dare'-say
friends
Sat'-ur-day
an'-i-mals
morn'-ing
beat'-ing
knock
fight
meant
dan'-ger
1. Harry and Dora were coming home with their mother from a long walk,
when they saw some rabbits playing about on the grass.
2. They wished to stay and watch them, and the three sat down on a log a
little way off.
'Oh, look at that one going into a hole!' said Dora. 'See his funny
tail. Why is he going into a hole?'
3. 'That is his house,' said their mother. 'I daresay he is sleepy and
wants to go to bed.'
'He goes early, then, like the birds?'
'Yes, about sunset. He gets up a little before sunrise.
4. 'There goes another! They will soon all be gone.'
'Then we can look at their houses?'
'Only at their front doors. If you were to sit quite still over there in
the day-time, you would see the rabbits popping in and out.
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