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Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk

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<h2>MESSENGER BOYS</h2> The little Balmy Breezes were very busy. Indeed they were. They were busier than messenger boys, for Little Jack Rabbit had asked them to tell all his friends in the Shady Forest and the Sunny Meadow to come to his May party. So the little Balmy Breezes had plenty to do, for the little rabbit had lots and lots of friends, let me tell you. Well, no sooner had the little Balmy Breezes started off than they came to Granddaddy Bullfrog on his log in the Old Duck Pond. "You are invited to Little Jack Rabbit's May party." "All right, ker dunk, I'll come, ker plunk!" croaked the old gentleman frog, and he swallowed a big green fly that came too near, and then he closed his left eye and waited for another, for that hungry old bullfrog could eat more than twenty flies for breakfast. And then, pretty soon the little Balmy Breezes came to the Tall Pine Tree where Professor Jim Crow had his nest. "Oh, I'll come," he said, "never fear. And I'll bring my little black book with me, too, and read some verses to the guests," and then that old black crow put on his spectacles and opened his book, but the little breezes didn't wait, for they had no time just then to hear anything. "There goes Squirrel Nutcracker! Come to Little Jack Rabbit's May Day Party," they cried before the old squirrel could run up to the top of the chestnut tree. "Oh, I'll be there, don't worry," he said. "And I'll bring the Squirrel Brothers and Mrs. Nutcracker with me." "Thank you," said the little Balmy Breezes, and off they went until they came to Chippy Chipmunk's house. He was in, and he promised to come. Then off went the little breezes again and by and by they came to the Forest Pond where Busy Beaver and Mr. Muskrat lived. "Won't you come to Little Jack Rabbit's May Day Party?" asked the little Balmy Breezes, and of course the beaver and the muskrat answered yes. Well, the next place the little breezes came to was the Old Farm Yard. "Little Jack Rabbit wants you all to come to his May Party," they whispered, for Black Cat was standing in the kitchen doorway, and they didn't want him to come, you see, for fear he might spoil the fun. <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> "I'll come," cried Henny Penny, "And I'll bring my sister Jenny." "I'll come," said Timmy Turkey, And he looked quite fierce and perky. And Mrs. Cow said she'd come too, And so did Cocky Doodle-do. And Ducky Waddles also said, "I'll come if I'm not sick in bed." </div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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