. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . himself if he liton it. It so happened that my road took me by Bro-ther Bears house every day — right by the frontgate. Sometimes Mrs. Bear would be hangingout clothes on the fence, sometimes she would besweeping off the front porch, and sometimes shewould be working in the garden; but no matterwhat she was doing I d cough and catch her eye,and then I d bow just as polite as you please. What were you doing all that for ? askedBuster John. Well, I 11 tell you, Mr. Rabbit replied. «Ihad a grudge against Br
. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . himself if he liton it. It so happened that my road took me by Bro-ther Bears house every day — right by the frontgate. Sometimes Mrs. Bear would be hangingout clothes on the fence, sometimes she would besweeping off the front porch, and sometimes shewould be working in the garden; but no matterwhat she was doing I d cough and catch her eye,and then I d bow just as polite as you please. What were you doing all that for ? askedBuster John. Well, I 11 tell you, Mr. Rabbit replied. «Ihad a grudge against Brother Bear, and I wantedto work a little scheme. Along at first I justwent on by the back of Brother Bears house,and around through the woods home, but in afew days I d pass by the house and then get overthe fence and creep back to hear what Mrs. Bearhad to say. One morning I heard her talking*She was out in the yard fixing to do her weekswashing while Brother Bear was in the housedozing. I could hear what Mrs. Bear said, but I o was too far off to hear what answer Brother MRS. BEAR HANGING OUT CLOTHES PI &¥ BROTHER BEARS HAIR COMBED. 135 ** Mrs. Bear says, says she : Honey, you aintasleep, are you? Brother Rabbit has just gonealong by the gate dressed to kill. A grum-bling sound came from the house. Mrs, Bearsays, says she, I wonder where he goes everyday, with his hair combed so slick ? Grumblein the house. You d better wish you lookedhalf as nice, says Mrs. Bear. Grumble in thehouse, Well, I dont care if he is a grandrascal, he looks nice and clean, and that smore than anybody can say about you, saysMrs. Bear. Growl in the house. Mrs. Bear says,says she, Oh, you can rip and rear, but BrotherRabbit goes about with his head combed, and he o * looks lots better that way than them that goabout with rat nests in their hair — lots better. Here Brother Rabbit chuckled again. Ithought to myself, thinks I, that I d better begetting on toward home, and so I crept back
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