Then she said,
“Aunt Etiquette, what is the matter?
I don’t hear your Bunny ‘pitter, patter’.”
Now, Aunt Etiquette had beautiful manners, but when she did not want to answer a question she pretended she did not hear, so she often made an odd reply. Now she said,
“We will go up stairs, never fear,
And unpack your suit-case, dear.”
Up the mysterious stair-case they went, and each board creaked after them, for the house was very old, and Pretty Bunny did think she heard some one else beside Aunt Etiquette behind her, but as she turned she saw no other Bunny.
Pretty Bunny unlocked the suit case and took out the first garment. It was such a suit as Healthy Bunny would wear. As they kept on unpacking it grew worse and worse; there was not a thing for a Bunny Girl to wear.
Pretty Bunny sat down and cried.