Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox

<h2><SPAN name="THE_SNOW_FLAKE_BROTHERS" id="THE_SNOW_FLAKE_BROTHERS"></SPAN>THE SNOW FLAKE BROTHERS</h2> <p class="noi">“<span class="smcap">Hurrah!</span>” cried the little Snow Flakes as they hurried along on Billy Breeze after the two little rabbits, “Let’s cover Mother Nature with a big white comforter!”</p> <p>Down from the gray skies they came on their white wings, covering up the shivering grasses in the Sunny Meadow and the trembling bushes by the wayside.</p> <p>Bobbie Redvest as he hopped about picking up crumbs from the Kind Farmer’s doorstep, thought they looked like the white petals that blossomed in the orchard in the sweet springtime.</p> <p>Professor Jim Crow looked out from his<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_98" id="Page_98">98</SPAN></span> safe retreat in the Shady Forest to tell the little bunny brothers that the Old Clothes Man in the cornfield would soon be a snowman!</p> <div class="block-centre"> <div class="block"> <div class="verse"> <div class="line indent5">“Haw, haw!</div> <div class="line">Snowman or Scarecrow,</div> <div class="line indent6">I don’t care;</div> <div class="line">I’d know a Scarecrow</div> <div class="line indent6">Anywhere,</div> <div class="line indent6">Caw, caw!”</div> </div></div> </div> <p>And he flapped his wings, shaking off the snowflakes that had sifted through the branches, and laughed again, “Caw, caw, haw, haw, caw, caw!”</p> <p>Mr. Blue Jay stopped pecking at an acorn to listen. Then he gave a laugh that sounded very much like Professor Jim Crow’s “Caw!”</p> <div class="figcenter width500"> <ANTIMG src="images/p098.jpg" width-obs="500" height-obs="765" alt="" /> <div class="caption">They Stuffed the Scarecrow With Snow.</div> <p class="right mt0 mb0"><em>Page</em> 99</p> <p class="noi mt0"><small><em>Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox.</em></small></p> </div> <p>“Let’s make the Old Clothes Man into a<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_99" id="Page_99">99</SPAN></span> regular Snowman,” said Little Jack Rabbit. So they set to work, he and Brother Bobby Tail, and pretty soon they had stuffed out the empty pantaloons with snow. Then they filled the sleeves of the old coat and rounded out the vest. After that they made a nice snowball head on which they placed the old silk hat.</p> <p>The Scarecrow now stood straight and cheerful. His arms and legs no longer dangled in the wind.</p> <p>“Perhaps we can fool Professor Jim Crow,” said Brother Bobby Tail, and off they both hopped to find the old professor bird.</p> <p>Billy Breeze tried his best to blow off the old silk hat, but the Scarecrow Snowman wouldn’t let him. I guess he was afraid he’d catch a cold in the head, although he<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_100" id="Page_100">100</SPAN></span> didn’t seem to mind the snowflakes dancing on the top until they slipped off, filling the brim with a white drift that almost hid the old frayed ribbon.</p> <div class="block-centre"> <div class="block"> <div class="verse"> <div class="line">Oh, Billy Breeze, Billy Breeze,</div> <div class="line">You will make the Snowman sneeze.</div> <div class="line">If you blow his stovepipe off</div> <div class="line">He might get a dreadful cough.</div> </div> <div class="verse"> <div class="line">See how hard the poor man tries</div> <div class="line">With his hand to shield his eyes.</div> <div class="line">Billy Breeze, you’re not polite&mdash;</div> <div class="line">Leave the hat on him to-night.</div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="divider" /> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_101" id="Page_101">101</SPAN></span> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />