Pretty Bunny threw the flowers out and washed the vase neatly, then the pillows on the old couch said,
“Pick us up before you go to bed.”
The Bunnies gave them a great straightening and the furniture began to sigh,
“Chairs in the corners, chairs in a row,
In the proper place each chair should go.”
My, how easily the chairs were put where they belonged and the Bunnies then discovered the crumbs on the floor and used a carpet sweeper, before another word could be said. Then Aunt Etiquette smiled but said, “We are so late I will let you help get breakfast and then I will read you a real ‘Pick-Up Story’.”
After breakfast Aunt Etiquette began the story of “Polly Pick-It-Up.”
She began,
“Once upon a time Polly wanted to go on a visit.”