Pretty Bunny put her paw up to her ear to listen.
Healthy Bunny cried, “Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, I hear the “click, click, click,” of horses’ feet, and they sound as though they were coming nearer every minute.”
Sure enough, a horse was coming down the road, and, sure enough, it stopped, and in a few minutes a Bunny was rapping, tapping on the door. He carried a very sleepy Bunny and he bowed low and said,
“I’m starting on a short vacation;
My name is Uncle Education.
Polly Pick-It-Up, you see,
Naturally came along with me;
I am tired beyond a doubt,
For I teach year in, year out;
Long ago I think we met,