He told Susan that he had heard the cook say she would leave the pantry window open to keep her preserves cool, so, if they could only find the pantry, they might escape.
Susan listened so eagerly that her ears flopped on the side of the doll’s bed as though she were keeping time to a tune.
Bunny stole out of bed, and began to search for the pantry. He told Susan to wait until he came back for her.
The moon was not shining, and it was very dark. Bunny felt his way along carefully, till he came to the sitting-room. Here he saw a big black box, beside a window, and it looked to him as though the window were open. Up he jumped on the box, to make sure, and crash! he fell on something that played a tune! The quicker he ran up and down, the louder the tune was, and the louder the tune was, the more scared Bunny was, and the more he ran up and down.
Farmer Jones waked up and could not think what all the noise meant. He jumped out of bed and ran down stairs two steps at a time, with a candle in his hand. He found Bunny dancing about on the piano keys, and he laughed till he cried.
Then he called the whole family down stairs to see the strange sight. Everybody laughed and petted Bunny, and the more they laughed, the more scared he was, until he saw Susan peeping around a curtain at him.
Then he gave one bound for the open window. Susan followed him, quick as a flash, and whisk! the two frightened little rabbits were racing away down the road before one of the family could say, “Jack Robinson.”
What Farmer Jones and the family thought about it I cannot say, but I can tell you that Susan and Bunny were very careful never to go into his garden again.
Little Bunny Cotton-Tail