The Nursery Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...almost upright on his hind legs, would crack it with his sharp teeth. After eating it, he wpuld look at Edwin with his large, bright, black eyes; and then give a little chirp, as much as to say, " Little boy, little boy, I am waiting for another nut." When Bunny had eaten enough, he would carry the rest in his mouth up the tree, and hide it in a hole, so that he could have it when the cold winter weather came. The squirrels used to run up a vine which grew along the side of the house in which Edwin lived; and they would play about on the balcony. Bunny was so tame that he would run into the nursery, through the window, and make Edwin a visit. One morning, when Edwin woke, he saw something at the head of his bed. You will laugh when I tell you what it was. It was Bunny Yes: there sat Bunny, upright on his hind legs, looking as full of fun as he could, and just as if he wanted to say, " Wake up, wake up, lazy boy I want my breakfast." Kind little Edwin jumped up, and gave him some nuts. After that, Bunny came in at the window every morning before Edwin was up; and always sat on his pillow, in that same funny way, waiting for the little boy to wake and feed him. After a while, something sad, oh, quite sad happened to poor Bunny. He was fond of leaping across the staging which the men used in building the Public Library. One day, as he was running across the narrow plank, his foot slipped, and down poor little Bunny fell; oh, so far down, down to the side-walk. He lay quite still; for his leg was broken, and he could not move. His mother, or one of his brothers or sisters, who may have been on the tree, probably saw him fall, or heard his cries; for, almost at once, there came some squirrels running across the mall, to see...