Little Bunny Cotton-Tail,
Is running home, you see,
And Miss Susan Cotton-Tail
Keeps him company.
CHAPTER V
What did Bunny Cotton-Tail do then, do you suppose? He felt so sorry about Susan that he cried nearly all day, and he was so afraid of Farmer Jones now, that he did not dare to come out of the flower pot! The flower pot had rolled over on one side, so he was quite hidden.
Now it happened that Marie had a nice flower-bed in front of the house, and a friend had given her a new plant to set out. So she began to look for a flower pot to cover it. Of course, you can guess what happened. Marie found Bunny Cotton-Tail, the flower pot and all! “Oh, papa, here is another bunny! They must be twins,” she cried.
Farmer Jones came up, and when he saw how scared poor little Bunny looked, he laughed. He said if they put the two rabbits together, they could soon tell whether they knew each other or not. So Marie carried Bunny into the house.
Susan Cotton-Tail had fallen asleep in the doll’s bed, so Marie slipped Bunny in beside her, and he pretended to go to sleep, too. Farmer Jones said this proved that they knew each other; for if they had been strange rabbits, they would have fought.
Night came on, and the big clock in the hall struck twelve, and Susan woke up. She was so delighted to find Bunny beside her, that she almost screamed for joy, but Bunny put one little soft paw over her mouth, for he was afraid she would waken some one, and he was already planning how they could get away from Farmer Jones’s house.