CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[Flop Ear Hears a Noise]7
II[Flop Ear Finds Something]16
III[Flop Ear is Lost]26
IV[Flop Ear in the Hay]36
V[Flop Ear and the Boy]44
VI[Flop Ear Learns Tricks]54
VII[Flop Ear Gets Away]64
VIII[Flop Ear Meets Slicko]73
IX[Flop Ear Meets Dido]82
X[Flop Ear Helps Some Mice]91
XI[Flop Ear and the Monkey]100
XII[Flop Ear Gets Home Again]109

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[“I am Flop Ear, the funny rabbit”]Frontispiece
[“And we really didn’t mean to laugh at you,” said Flop Ear]23
[“Little bird, do you know where my home is?”]41
[The rabbit saw that the easiest way to get the sweet carrot was to jump through the hoop]61
[“Have you a nest up there?” asked Flop Ear]79
[Flop Ear saw a mother mouse and five little mice]99
[“My, you certainly had quite a time,” said Mappo]113

FLOP EAR,
THE FUNNY RABBIT

CHAPTER I
FLOP EAR HEARS A NOISE

Once upon a time, not so very many years ago, a family of rabbits lived in the woods near the top of a mountain. There were six in the family, counting Flop Ear, the funny rabbit, and I speak of him first because this story is going to be mostly about him and his adventures, or what happened to Flop Ear.