 CHAPTER 1 OF LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND CHIPPY-CHIPPYMUNK LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND CHIPPY-CHIPPYMUNK Lollipop syrup One day as little Jack Rabbit was hopping home to the old bramble patch, he came across something sweet. And what do you suppose it was? Why a big tin pail, half full of lollipop juice, standing under a little spout that was driven into a yellow lollipop tree. My, but it tastes good, he said, holding his mouth under the spout to let the sap drip onto his little red tongue. I wish I had some buckwheat cakes with me. But he didn't, so he took a little glass bottle out of his knapsack and filled it with the sweet juice. But, oh dear me, just then he heard a deep growl. Oh dear, and oh dear, cried a little Jack Rabbit, giving a hop to one side to hide behind an old stump. And then the deep growling voice said again, quick as a wink, Oh, it's stealing my lollipop sap. Nobody answered the little rabbit, peeking out from behind the old stump. And then, would you believe it, he hopped out all the way, for there stood the big brown bear. I'll excuse you this time, said the friendly old bear with a grin. Come to my cave, and see all the lollipops I've made from the sap of the lollipop tree. Well, there certainly were lots and lots of little lollipops piled on the shelves. Do you make buckwheat cakes, asked the little rabbit. Every morning, answered the big brown bear. And I just drown him in lollipop syrup. The little rabbit smacked his lips. If you'll spend the night, I'll give you buckwheat cakes for breakfast, said the big brown bear. And little Jack Rabbit did, innate so many cakes the next morning that he couldn't button up his jacket until the afternoon, when he set out once more for the old bramble patch. Well, as he was hopping along, all of a sudden, just like that, he heard someone singing. Little Jack Rabbit goes clippity-clop, little Billy Bunny goes lippity-lop. Little Chip Chipmunk goes jumpity-jump over the hollow, moss-covered stump. Why, hello, chippy-chipmunk, cried the little Jack Rabbit, sitting on his hind legs. What are you doing out here? Is it time for you to come out of your nice warm burrow? I guess so, answered the little chipmunk. Old Mr. Groundhog says so, and he ought to know. Come over here, said the little rabbit, taking the bottle of syrup out of his pocket. Do you want to taste something you'd suppose was lollipop juice? Open your mouth and shut your eyes, and I'll give you the sweetest kind of surprise. But, oh dear me, little Jack Rabbit dropped the cork by mistake in the little chipmunk's mouth. Did you ever try to get a cork out of a bottle after it has slipped way down inside? Well, then, just think what a time we'll have with this little chipmunk. End of Chapter 1 Chapter 2 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Brian Fink. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey. Dr. Herron. What was that? asked the little chipmunk as he swallowed the cork. But, goodness me, little Jack Rabbit was too frightened to answer. He let the glass bottle drop to the ground, smashing it all to smithereens. The maple syrup was fine, went on Chippy Chipmunk, but what was that hard little lump I swallowed? Oh, please don't swell up and burst, begged the little rabbit. Mother says if you swallow a cork it will swell and swell inside you until you can't stand it any longer. What's that? asked the chipmunk. Did I swallow a cork? Yes, you did, sobbed little Jack Rabbit. And it's all my fault. I let it drop into your mouth by mistake. Of course, you didn't see it. How could you, with your eyes shut? Chippy Chipmunk was now thoroughly frightened. You've murdered me, that's what you've done, little Jack Rabbit. Oh, what shall I do? Just then, who should come along but Dr. Herron? He had very long legs and a very long bill. All doctors have very long bills, otherwise it wouldn't pay to be a doctor. What's the trouble? he asked, opening his little black bag. Anybody sick? I'm going to be, cried Chippy Chipmunk. Oh, dear Dr. Herron, don't let me die, please don't. Stuff a nonsense, don't talk like that, said the big bird doctor. Put out your tongue. Can you see the cork? asked little Jack Rabbit. The little chipmunk was just going to ask the same question, but Dr. Herron had hold of his tongue, so he couldn't. See what? asked the doctor. What are you talking about? Chippy Chipmunk swallowed a cork, said little Jack Rabbit, until swell up and burst in just a few minutes. Oh, dear, oh, dear, it's all my fault. Well, I do see something, said Dr. Herron, squinting down the little chipmunk's throat. My, but it's a long way down. And Dr. Herron looked very serious. Very serious indeed. Now, sit still and don't you sneeze. Open wider, if you please. Maybe I can pull it out. If you do not cry or pout. Then he pushed down his long, thin bill, and pulled out the cork. Oh, joy! cried Chippy Chipmunk as soon as Dr. Herron let go of his tongue. I usually charge ten little fishes for an operation like this, but seeing it's you, and I didn't have to come all the way over to your house. I'll ask only five, said the kind bird doctor. When little Jack Rabbit heard this he winked his tail and wagged his nose at the chipmunk, and the first thing you know, away they went, leaving the doctor's bill unpaid, which wasn't a very nice thing to do. No indeed. When we are well the doctor's bill is never even thought of, till old Mr. Malady comes by with trembling hand and tearful eye. We always should be square and true, and pay our bills when they are due. Perhaps then Mr. Malady will never bother you and me. Chapter 2 Chapter number 3 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Lola Janey. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey. The Song of Promise At your time you'll soon be going, with your cold winds blowing, blowing, and your grey clouds snowing, snowing. Soon the warm south wind will sing, and the blue bells sweetly ring, then we'll know it's really spring. Mr. Mary's son was up bright and early, and from his blue sky shone down with cheerful warmth. From his little room in the old bramble patch, Little Jack Rabbit awoke with a sweet song ringing in his ear. What was it? It sounded so sweet and clear that the Little Rabbit opened his window to listen. There it came again, across the sunny meadow like a song of promise. Somehow it made the Little Rabbit happy, and jumping out of bed, he ate his breakfast in a hurry and then hopped over to the old rail fence. Tira Lou, Tira Lou, sounded the music of a bird. It was a beautiful whistle, clear as a silver bell, and the Little Rabbit took a hop, skip, and jump, for somehow he felt happier than he had for a long, long time. At first he thought it might be Jimmy J who was whistling, but then he never whistled so sweetly as this. So the Little Rabbit hopped along over the dry sodden grass, which all winter had been pressed down tight by the heavy snowdrifts. Past the big chestnut tree, where Chippy Chipmunk used to gather nuts until by and by, not so very far, he saw a bluebird. Yes, sir, he saw the Little Messenger of Spring. There he sat on top of the old rail fence, singing away as if his heart were full of sunshine. And I guess it was, for how could he have sung so sweetly if it hadn't been? Spring is here, spring is here, I'm the bearer of good cheer. Listen to my tale of joy, little white furred bunny boy. Soon Miss Southwind will be here, and the violet will appear. Pussy willow by the brook, you will find if you but look. Tira-loo, Tira-loo, I'm the little bird of blue. And as the Little Rabbit looked over the sunny meadow, it seemed as if under the warm rays of Mr. Mary's son that the brown grass turned a tender green, and the trees began to murmur in the wind the half-forgotten song of summer. Hooray, hooray! cried the Little Rabbit. And he hopped away to the old duck pond to see if Grand Daddy Bullfrog had come out of his hiding place way down in the muddy bottom. But no, sirree, ma'am, old Grand Daddy Bullfrog wasn't going to catch his death of cold by coming out too soon. Neither was Teddy Turtle. They knew better, for the ice was still floating in great places on the surface of the water, and the old mill-wheel hadn't yet begun to turn around. End of Chapter 3 Chapter number 4 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Lola Janey of Alexandria, Virginia. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey. Chapter number 4. Spring is here. When you first hear welcome news, you can hardly keep your shoes from running off with both your feet and telling everyone you meet. This is just the way Little Jack Rabbit felt on seeing Bluebird, the sweet voice messenger of Spring. To know that Spring had come after the long, hard winter made the Little Rabbit almost as happy as if it were Christmas morning. There comes Professor Jim Crow, exclaimed the Little Rabbit, looking out from the old bramble patch, and then over the sunny meadow fluttered Red Wing and Song Sparrow. All the birds will soon be here, laughed a little bunny, hopping out to the sunny meadow to look about him. Pretty soon he heard the merry whistle of Mr. Meadow Lark. Goodbye, Little Jack Rabbit, cried snowbunting, I'm going farther north. It will soon be too warm for me. And then Mr. Meadow Lark whistled, I'm here, I'm here. And his yellow brush shone in the sunlight as bright as a new Lincoln penny. After that, the Little Rabbit hopped over to the bubbling brook. And would you believe it, the ice was gone and the sparkling water was flowing swiftly onward to the deep blue sea. Oh, how fast the snow was melting. Only along the old rail fence or in the hollows were patches of dingy whiteness. Up at the old farm, the feathered folks strutted about in the warm sunshine. Even the weather cock seemed more lively as he turned this way and that in the gentle breeze. Spring is coming, spring is here. Soon the meadow will be clear of its snowy coat of white. And the grass will sparkle bright with the dandelion and all the yellow cow slip band. I must tell all my friends that spring is here, cried the Little Rabbit. He just couldn't wait you see for them to find out. He thought he must be a little four-footed messenger boy bunny and spread the glad tidings. So away he hopped, clippity-clip, lippity-lip past the barnyard where cocky Doodle was singing his cockadoodle doo song and Henny Penny was cackling over her new laid egg. Ducky Waddle's too was happy as could be. In a few days he would be swimming in the old duck pond and standing on his head to gobble up the little fish that came too near his great big yellow bill. Goodbye, I'm off to tell the glad news and away went the Little Rabbit. Pretty soon, not so very far, he saw at the edge of the shady forest on his favorite tree Professor Jim Crow in his glistening suit of black feathers. End of Chapter 4 Little Messenger Boy Bunny The gentle south wind in the trees is turning buds to tender leaves and down the crystal-bubbling brook the pussy willows nod and look to see if or the meadow-green the dandelions can be seen. Soon all the flowers will be here and chilly winter disappear. Little Jack Rabbit hopped up to the big hollow tree where Peter Possum and Mrs. Possum had slept all winter with their little baby Possums. Come out, come out, spring is here. What's that? asked Peter Possum sleepily. Who's calling? It's me, laughed Little Jack Rabbit. Mr. Mary's son is bright and warm and the pussy willows are playing with the cattails by the bubbling brook. And away he hopped, for he couldn't wait another minute. He was so anxious to spread the good news. Pretty soon he reached Woody Chuck's front door and called through the keyhole. Spring is here. Wake up, wake up. Woody Chuck yawned and stretched his legs and pretty soon he opened the door, but the little rabbit wasn't there. No, sirree, he was far away waking up Billy Badger. And after that he hopped over to stir up Chippy Chipmuck and Billy Coon. Dear me, that little rabbit was busy, let me tell you. He just couldn't let anybody find out the good news for himself. He wanted to be the spring's little messenger boy. All the while the little balmy breezes had been dancing here and there, ringing the blue bells, blowing on the little horn-shaped flowers and whispering to the grasses and ferns. And Mr. Mary's son, how he did smile up in his big blue sky. Mr. Northwind, on his whistling snow-horses, had gone up to the North Pole to tell Santa Claus that everybody had forgotten all about Christmas trees and that Bobby Redvest was building a nest in the old apple tree behind the big red barn. And goodness me, I almost forgot to mention that the weathercock had a new suit of gold paint. Yes, sir. The kind farmer had climbed up on a ladder with a little bottle of gold paint and a brush to make the weathercock as bright as a new gold dollar. Down at the old bramble patch Mrs. Rabbit was house cleaning. The old red rooster had taken down the storm door and stored it away in the barn. He had unwound the straw wrappers from the rose bushes and cleared away the dry leaves from the cellar door. Yes, sir. He was as busy as could be. For Mrs. Rabbit kept one eye on him all the time and he never even had a chance to crow except at two o'clock in the morning. End of Chapter 5 Chapter 6 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org Recording by Jennifer McEwen Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey Chapter 6 Granddaddy Bullfrog Now round and round the mill wheel turns but all the winter through it was tightly bound with icy chains till mistress's south wind blew then off it started one bright morn to grind the farmer's yellow corn. Granddaddy Bullfrog seated himself again on the old log to catch a fly for breakfast all through the cold weather he had slept in the soft mud at the bottom of the old duck pond but now that Mr. Mary Sun was shining down so warm and bright from the big blue sky the old gentleman frog had kicked out his long legs and swam up to sit once more in his accustomed place but goodness me how thin he was why his white waistcoat was all wrinkled and his pantaloons begged dreadfully yes sir they were much too big for his long thin legs and Granddaddy Bullfrog at once set to work to catch a million flies so as to grow nice and fat and jolly by good old summertime Teddy Turtle too had come up from the soft mud he knew it was time to be about for gentle spring has a way of telling all the little people of the shady forest and the sunny meadow just when it's time to wake up and get out in the warm sunshine and while Granddaddy Bullfrog quietly caught a dozen flies and Teddy Turtle crawled up on the bank the little rabbit shouted hello hello there isn't much snow anywhere to be seen and the meadow is green say Granddaddy Frog out there on your log are you glad it is spring tingling tingling there you've gone and made me lose a fly said the old gentleman frog but never mind I'm glad to see you little rabbit and Granddaddy Bullfrog went gr-dunk gr-dunk and wiped his spectacles with a pink silk handkerchief just then from a little pool close to the old duck pond came the sound of voices what's that? thought the little rabbit and he hopped over the marshy ground to look into the little pool and what do you think he saw? a lot of dark spots on the water each one singing a tune and oh dear me the little bunny was so surprised that he leaned way over the water when all of a sudden the little dark spots disappeared and all he could see were funny little forms swimming away under the water ha ha laughed Granddaddy Bullfrog they are little singing toads Mr. Tree Toads' grandchildren the little rabbit was so surprised that he said nothing neither did Granddaddy Bullfrog until the next story End of Chapter 6 Recording by Jennifer McEwen Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmuck by David Corey Chapter 7 Ratatat Well, well, well thought the little rabbit as he hopped away from the old duck pond Granddaddy Bullfrog is a wise old frog and I guess the little rabbit was right for everybody doesn't know that those little funny singing toads I told you about in the last story are called hylas so everybody knows that some candies are but it isn't spelt the same way oh dear me no but I don't believe Granddaddy Bullfrog knew that and while the little rabbit was hopping along towards the shady forest he heard a noise like the beating of a drum so he stopped to listen there it came again Ratatat Ratatat yes sir those sounds certainly came from the old orchard so the little rabbit turned and hopped along the old rail fence until he came to an old apple tree just behind the big red barn where the weather cock lived Ratatat Ratatat who can it be? thought the little rabbit and he looked all around and then all of a sudden he saw redhead the woodpecker building a new home for himself in the old apple tree chip chop back and forth when the woodpecker sharp bill cutting out the chips from the old apple bow my but it was hard work the miller's boy always grumbled when his father told him to chop the wood but redhead kept right along happy as could be you see the little people of the wood don't grumble if they have to work and let me tell you in the spring they have lots to do everyone is busy making his home some are digging holes in the ground and some are making nest in the trees but everybody is happy as the day is long and the birds sing as they work for a song helps the work along helps you do your very best whether it's a hole or nest sing away and never fret worry won't keep out the wet sing and work until the sun tells you that the day is done oh dear there goes my typewriter making up poetry well let me see where I was before my typewriter became a poet oh yes redhead the woodpecker was chopping out a little home for himself in the old apple tree and little jack rabbit had just discovered who it was who was making that queer chip chop noise haven't got any time to talk said the busy little woodpecker I must get this house ready for mrs redhead she says she won't wait another another day and he started to chop again so the little rabbit hopped over to the sunny meadow where mrs cow was eating the fresh young grass every now and then she would ring the bell on her collar and then her little calf would run up and ask her what she wanted and mrs cow would rub her nose over the little calf's ear and whisper I only wanted to keep you from going away too far End of Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmuck This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Recording by Elizabeth Holland Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmuck by David Corey Chapter 8 Busy People The little balmy breezes shook the pussy willows by the brook until they all began to mew just like real pussy kittens do And this made mrs cow laugh who in the story before this you remember had tickled the little bell she carried on a leather collar around her neck to caution her little calf not to run too far away Well, just then Little Jack Rabbit came along to tell mrs cow what red head the woodpecker was doing up in the old orchard Yes, he's making a nice little home for mrs redhead said the little rabbit Everybody is working but me I'm just hopping around doing nothing And he gave a great big sigh and scratched his left ear with his right hind foot You're the first person I ever met who longed for work laughed mrs cow Up at the farm the men are grumbling because they must get up with mr Mary son and work all day Just then Jimmy J flew by in his beautiful blue coat and white waistcoat Now Jimmy J is a dreadful tease He's the biggest tease in all the shady forest And when he saw the little bunny he stopped to ask a question Why don't you build a house for yourself on the sunny meadow I don't need one answer the little rabbit old bramble patch USA is where I live But everybody is building a home went on Jimmy J Why don't you get to work And the mischievous little bird picked off a hard round bud and threw it at the little rabbit Then off he flew singing at the top of his voice Some folks are so lazy they never do a thing but bother everybody who's busy in the spring I wonder if he means me thought the little rabbit Oh dear me I wonder if he means me And this time the little rabbit spoke out loud for he felt so badly he just couldn't keep it to himself If he does he isn't telling the truth said Bobby Redvest He's a mischief maker cried another voice and there stood Timmy Meadowmouse Don't let him worry you little rabbit After that the little bunny felt ever so much better For what is nicer than to have your friends stick up for you in this world I should like to know And he hopped off home to help his mother and was busy beating the carpets and putting up the curtains in camphor for the summer And after he had polished the front door knob and fed the canary she gave him five carrot scents and told him he might go down to the three in one cent store to buy raspberry lollipop End of Chapter 8 Chapter 9 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmum This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmum by David Corey Chapter 9 Mother Nature Well I shall be so glad when the leaves are on the trees and bushes and the sunny meadow is covered with grass at Little Jack Rabbit One lovely morning You see in the dear old summertime places, but in the winter and early spring everything is bare I'm sure I don't know how this little bunny all winter would have escaped the eager eyes of hungry hawk Mr. Wicket Weasel and Danny Fox if his fur overcoat hadn't been white For of course, you haven't forgotten that his coat turns white in the wintertime and that this is one way that loving Mother Nature looks after the welfare of her little rabbit children For when the snow is on the ground Little Jack Rabbit in his white fur overcoat looks like a snowball and at the first sign of danger he sits perfectly still making it mighty hard for even hungry hawk's bright eyes to see him Now don't be wishing for something that's coming as surely as you're a foot high said Mrs. Rabbit and if you're wishing for something you're not sure it's going to happen stop wishing and go out and get it the little rabbit on the cheek and went back to her ironing board as soon as he had brought in the wood and polished the front door knob he set off for the shady forest and by and by after maybe a mile he saw Jimmy Crow on the treetop and what do you suppose that little Crow was doing why he was building a nest for himself Yes sir, that's what he was about and why shouldn't he for he wasn't such a young Crow now when you come to think of it he was a year old and when a Crow gets to be a year old he knows how to build a nest let me tell you how long will it take you I'd like to know to build your nest Mr. Jimmy Crow high up there in the tall pine tree where the sun is warm and the wind is free asked the little rabbit don't bother me just now answer Jimmy Crow can't you see I'm in an awful hurry and he laid some more sticks flew away after more things to finish his nest with so the little bunny hopped away and pretty soon he came to the cave where the big brown bear lived and as it was a bright warm morning Mr. Bear was sitting outside on his doorstep sunning himself for it had been a dreadfully cold winter and Mr. Bear at one time had no coal at all and his cave got so cold that the water pipes froze and he couldn't take a bath for a week how do you do this beautiful spring morning asked the little rabbit I'll tell you in the next story answer the big brown bear now I wonder how he knew there's no more room in this one end of chapter 9 chapter 10 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey chapter 10 The Whistling Stove well as I explained to you in the last story the big brown bear would have answered the little bunny only there was no more room in the story for him to say even howdy so we had to wait until we turned over the page yes it's a beautiful spring morning but do you know my fur overcoat needs pressing and I'm afraid my caps not at all in style never mind reply the little rabbit down at the three in one cent store they have some lovely caps why don't you go buy yourself a new spring style I will said the bear come along with me so off they started and by and by not so very far they came to the store and right there in the window were lots and lots of nice looking caps pretty soon Mr. Bear picked out one the one he liked best and after he had paid for it he and the little rabbit went outside when all of a sudden who should come by but a man with a little peanut wagon and one end was a stove that whistled the funniest kind of a song and if I'm not mistaken the words went something like this roasted peanuts fresh and fine here's a lovely way to dine crisp and brown and fresh and sweet there are nicer things to eat Ting-a-ling-a-ling-a-loo won't you come and buy a few don't they smell nice said the big brown bear and he put his right paw way down in his left coat pocket but oh dear me the only thing he found was a cigar coupon and wasn't he disappointed well I guess he was so the little rabbit opened his knapsack and took out a handful of carrot pennies and two bags of peanuts pretty soon after the big brown bear had eaten his he said well I must be going back to my cave in a way he went so the little rabbit looked around to see what he would do next but there wasn't anything to do for all he could see so way he hopped and by and by he came to a big billboard on which was pasted a colored poster of a Mayday party of little bunnies and underneath the words inquire at rabbit bill gazette without waiting to read the other side of the billboard he hopped down turnip street till he came to the newspaper office when he hopped upstairs to see the advertising man a little field mouse but oh dear me the tickets were a dollar a piece so little jack rabbit said I'll give a Mayday party of my own end of chapter 10 chapter 11 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a labor box recording all labor box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit laborbox.org little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 11 messenger boys 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 grand daddy 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 croak 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 20 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 row 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 rabbits 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 chipmunks house he was in and he promised to come then off 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 rabbits may day party as 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 I'll come cried Henning penny and I'll bring my sister Jenny 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 wattles also said I'll come if I'm not sick and bad end of chapter 11 chapter 12 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a Libra box recording all Libra box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to hear please visit Libra box dot org little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 12 of rude interruption now you remember in the last story how the little balmy breezes were asking everybody in the shady forest and on the sunny meadows to come to little jack rabbits may day party well there were one or two and maybe three who weren't invited and if you haven't time I'll tell you old dany fox was one and mr. wicked weasel was two and let me see who was number three let me see who was number three why yes of course old hungry hawk nobody wanted these three robbers so they weren't invited but that isn't saying they didn't come but you must wait and let me tell you the story I nearly said something about that for the last well it was almost the middle of the day by the time the little balmy breezes had told everybody about the may day party you see they had to go here and there and everywhere and the old brown horse lived a long way off and so did the yellow dog tramp and Billy the goat who ran the ferry boat over the river I ho come to my party let us be merry my little jack hearty blow on spring for its spring lovely spring tingling tingling well pretty soon mrs. cow came across the sunny meadow with her little bell tinkling at her neck and after her came cocky doodle and henny penny side by side then ducky waddles on his big flat yellow feet and turkey tim with his big wide spreading tail and right behind them came goosey loosey I almost forgot her for she was so long and curling her hair that the other started off without her and then from the shady forest came the squirrel brothers and chippy chip monk and professor Jim crow with his little black book and the J bird in his flying machine and oh dear me so many more I have it room to tell wait for me wait for me cried a voice and over the old rail fence jumped the brown horse and after him came the yellow dog tramp and the billy goat ferryman and when they were all there the photographer crane from rabbit fell got ready to take a picture he set up his camera and put his head under the black cloth and after he had turned a little brass knob he said in a solemn voice don't you move and don't you smile hold your breath a little while keep your eyes just where they are twinkle twinkle little star but good gracious me just then something dreadful happened and it just spoiled that lovely picture for through the fence jumped Danny Fox and Mr. Wicked Weasel and there was nobody left on the sunny meadow except the crane photographer and maybe he won't be there on the next page end of chapter 12 chapter 13 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a labor box recording labor box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit laborbox.org little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 13 photographer crane now wasn't it too bad that Danny Fox and Mr. Wicked Weasel broke up the May party you remember they were all having their pictures taken by the crane photographer who had just pushed his head under the big black cloth and was telling them all to look pleasant and not to giggle when that dreadful Fox and that cruel Weasel jumped through the old rail fence well of course the crane photographer at first didn't know why everybody was running away but when he pulled his head out from under the big black cloth he knew oh my guess when he saw Danny Fox and Mr. Wicked Weasel he didn't have to ask a single question now you can take our pictures they said and if you don't we'll eat you up so the poor crane photographer stuck his head under the cloth but oh dear me he was so frightened that his great long fox knocked together and spoiled the picture look here Mr. Crane growl Danny Fox you take a good picture or you'll never take another and that Wicked Old Fox grinned and showed all his long white teeth oh please don't bite me Danny Fox I'll make a picture with my box and have it framed in plush and gold so let me live till I am old right answered the two bad robbers Danny Fox and Mr. Wicked Weasel and as soon as the poor crane had taken their pictures he folded up his camera and started back for Robert Phil when will those pictures be finished asked Mr. Wicked Weasel and he crept up behind that poor frightened crane and tickled his bare knee just as soon as I can get them done he answered and he tripped over a stone and dropped his camera box well after that Danny Fox went back to his den on the hillside and Mr. Wicked Weasel went home but of course the May party was all over nobody wanted to come back that day oh dear me said little Jack Rabbit I wish the millers boy would shoot Danny Fox and Mr. Wicked Weasel don't say such things said Mrs. Rabbit your ears and eyes open and be ever on the lookout for these two bad robbers but you mustn't wish that somebody will kill them and the good lady rabbit bustled about and pretty soon she took out of the oven some nice hot cookies and gave two or three and maybe four to the little rabbit and after that the little canary bird in her cage began to sing I'm safe from every harm in my golden house that cannot catch me like a little mouse end of chapter 13 chapter 14 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey chapter 14 Dr. Quack Yes, Bobby Redvess sang to me just now a little song which, if you'll wait I will relate for it's not very long he told me that the apple tree is pink and white with flowers and that the bees are buzzing there all through the sunny hours and do you know I don't think there's anything so lovely as an apple tree in bloom for when I was a little boy I loved to lie on the grass and look up into the tree where the blossoms pink and white made it seem just like a big nose gay of flowers tell me little Robin I said are you never worried about anything and the little red breasted bird said no I'm as happy as the day is long and then he flew off to the orchard to sing to Mrs. Robin so I closed the window and went outside to see what Grand Daddy Bullfrog was doing for I had just heard him go honk, honk, honk honk like an auto horn well sure enough there was old gentle manfrog and who do you suppose was after him you'd never guess so I might as well tell you right away why it was Dr. Quack the wise old duck doctor he was on his way to see little Jack Rabbit who had the whooping cough and of course his mother the dear old lady Rabbit was dreadfully worried and soon Dr. Quack stopped at the old bramble patch and with his little black bag went inside to see the little sick bunny boy and of course Mrs. Rabbit was dreadfully upset she couldn't think of anything but her little bunny boy and the tea kettle had burned a great hole in its bottom and she couldn't make a cup of tea for the doctor although he was very fond of carrot coffee let me see your tongue Dr. Quack so the little rabbit put out his tongue and then the wise duck doctor took out some little pills and three little white powders and told Mrs. Rabbit to give them to her little bunny every other minute and even off dinner if he kept on coughing and then Dr. Quack said goodbye and went over to the old barnyard to see Henny Penny who had the chicken pox and three and a half pills the little rabbit fell perfectly well wasn't that wonderful medicine the old duck doctor gave him well I just guess it was and if you ever get the whooping cough you call him up on the telephone oh oh oh come quick duck fill and he'll cure you in less than 500 short minutes End of Chapter 14 Chapter 15 of Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk this is a LibriFox recording all LibriFox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriFox.org Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by David Corey Chapter 15 by the bubbling brook up at the old farmyard there was a great bustle yes Surrey Bus and the reason was that Henny Penny had a brood of fluffy little chickens cockadoodle hardly knew what to make of them you see he was so used to big chickens that when he came to look at these fluffy balls of yellow down he didn't know what to do so he just stood on his tiptoes and crowed cockadoodle do and the big farmer thought the reason at all come my dears said henny penny to her little chicks let us take a walk in the sunny meadow so all the little chickens followed after her and by and by they came to the bubbling brook where swarms of flies darted over the water and every time a fly came anywhere near henny penny she snapped it up and divided him among the brood well pretty soon along came little jack rabbit snap sack on his shoulder and his striped candy cane in his right paw for it was a lovely day in may and the little rabbit was as happy as two sticks and maybe three or four just then teddy turtle crawled by with his little shell house on his back and although it was the first of may teddy turtle wasn't going to move out of his house no Surrey Bus but his house was moving with him but that's another matter you see wherever I go my house goes to and I never pay any rent my little shell house goes ever with me no matter how far I am sent laugh the little rabbit your lucky fellow and then henny penny clucked to her little brood and said look at teddy turtle with his house on his back isn't he lucky after a while mrs. cow with her tinkling bell came by singing a song oh the grass is nice and green and in the bubbling brook I see a very nice kind face most every time I look and then she rang her little bell over and over again just to make a noise I guess and after that the little rabbit hopped down to the old duck pond to talk to grand daddy bullfrog now grand daddy bullfrog was a wise old gentle man frog he knew lots and lots of things but like a good many wise people he never said much he was usually too busy catching flies but when he saw the little rabbit he took off his yellow rimmed spectacles and said how are you this lovely spring day little rabbit and then he swallowed a fly that came to near him and after that he blinked his eyes and then he closed them to fool some other foolish fly who might happen but of course he didn't close them tight shut for then he wouldn't be able to see anything you know and after that the little rabbit said I'm very well thank you grand daddy bullfrog I managed to keep very well and hop up with the rising bell my appetite is very keen because I never eat between my meals and that's the reason why I can digest green apple pie and ice cream cones and lollipops and tootsie woodsy chocolate drops now if you're hungry hurry on but don't make a mistake you'll find a bag of peanuts on page number 88 end of chapter 15 chapter number 16 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Lola Janie of Virginia little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 16 happy days well you remember in the last story little jack rabbit was making a call on grand daddy bullfrog at the old duck pond and I guess the little rabbit might have stayed until half past 13 o'clock if all of a sudden old sickum the farmer's dog hadn't come along now of course old sickum was too old to run very fast but just the same the little bunny wasn't going to give him a chance to catch him so off he went clippity clip hippity hip and by and by he came to the shady forest where all the little four-footed folk and the feather people were busy making homes for the summer old squirrel nutcracker sat outside his doorstep while Mrs. Nutcracker hung out the rugs and beat the sofa cushions and chippy chipmunk chatted on the top of the old rail fence at Bobby Redvest who had flown over from the orchard to stretch his wings tra la la tra la la where's the little twinkle star Mr. Mary's son's on high in the meadows of the sky and the dandelions wink all along the river's brink you see Bobby Redvest love to sing all sorts of songs and that's just why all the little people of the shady forest loved him so for we all love to hear a song if it's not too slow and long cockadoodle doodle do clouds are white and skies are blue and the little bugs and flies are at dinner that we prize sang cockadoodle for he wasn't going to have Bobby Redvest be the only one who could sing a song let me tell you and just then old professor Jim Crow flew by with his little black book under his wings and as soon as he saw the little bunny he perched himself on a stump and turned to page 43 when you're young it's time to learn when you're older you must earn and the old gentleman crow took off his spectacles and said do you hear that and then he caught three times and a half and put his spectacles back into the case and closed his little black book yes sir answered the little rabbit every day I learned something only this morning I found out that my last summer straw hat won't do for this summer and then he hopped away as fast as he could but he knew that professor crow would think it was very extravagant not to wear last year's hat no matter how shabby it was clean your last year's Panama wear your last year's suit don't replace a single thing except a worn out boot now who do you suppose saying that little verse you'll never guess so I'll tell you right away grandmother magpie I'm sorry I can't wait said the little rabbit and off he hopped for the old bramble patch to ask his mother if she were going to clean her last year's Panama bonnet end of chapter 16 chapter number 17 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a liver vox recording all liver vox recording are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit liver vox dot org recording by lola janey of virginia little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry the house in the wood I wonder where I'm going to stay tonight said little jack rabbit to himself one late afternoon after traveling all day with his knapsack on his back and his striped candy cane in his right paw and just then he came inside of a little wooden house so he stopped and tapped on the door right a tat tat very softly you know and when the door open a little monkey dressed in a red cap and a green coat said what do you want I beg your pardon answered the little rabbit but you see it's getting late and I'm looking for a place to sleep well come right in said the little monkey and after little jack rabbit had hung his knapsack and striped candy cane on the hat rack in the hall he followed the monkey into the sitting room well after a little while he told the monkey all about the old bramble patch and danny fox and mr. wicked weasel and lots of other things too which I haven't room in this story to mention and when he had finished the monkey said he had once belonged to a man who owned a hand orchid and went about the country playing music for pennies and sometimes for nothing but that was long ago said the little monkey for one day my master beat me so cruelly that I ran away to the wood and by and by I built this little house where I've lived ever since just then a knock came at the door and who do you suppose was outside right the yellow dog Trent the little rabbit's friend you remember come in said the little monkey for the yellow dog tramp had stopped at his house lots of times you know goodness me said the yellow dog tram after he had hung up his old tattered hat in the hall I was nearly arrested today by a policeman cat they don't allow tramping anymore everybody must work so I stopped in to see if you didn't want a handyman about the place and this made the little monkey laugh like everything and pretty soon the yellow dog tramp got dreadfully sulky he dropped his ears and hung his tail and then began to whine now just because I've been a tramp through sunshine and through fog you needn't laugh nor joke in chair because now I want a job for Uncle Sam says each man now that the war is over each do your part with willing heart and we shall be in clover that's the way shouted little jack rabbit and on the next page you shall hear what happened after that end of chapter 17 chapter number 18 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a Libra box recording all Libra box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit Libra box.org recording by Lola Janie of Alexandria, Virginia little jack rapid and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter number 18 the yellow dog tramp well after the monkey learned that the yellow dog tramp wanted to go to work to help Uncle Sam and Art Columbia as I mentioned in the story before this you can whitewash the back fence if you want to it may take you a week or take your month for I don't know how fast you can work well I'll start right in said the yellow dog tramp bravely and he stood up on his hind legs and wagged his tail you better wait until tomorrow morning said the monkey it's too late now and you couldn't see in the dark could whitewash in the dark said the dog tramp but just as you say and he went over to the kitchen stove and laid down on the little rag rug and went sound asleep for he was very tired because he had tramp all day long let him sleep said the little monkey in the whisper he looks tired out and after that monkey got the supper ready and when everything was nice and hot on the table the yellow dog tramp opened his eyes and yawned and pretty soon he was wide awake enough to sit down and eat well by and by it was time to go to bed so they all went to sleep and just about midnight a big owl looked in through the window and saw by the light of the silvery moon little jack rabbit and the monkey sound asleep on the bed haha said the big owl to himself I must get that little bunny so he perched himself on the roof and pondered how to get inside the little house well by and by after he had flown around and peeked through all the windows he looked down the chimney and then he carefully stepped over the edge and spreading out his wings jumped right down to the bottom but goodness me when he rolled from the hearth onto the sitting room he looked just like a crow he was covered with soot he would have taken the gold dust twins 23 days and one night to clean him was dead noise barked the yellow dog tramp and he ran in from the kitchen and looked all around at first he didn't see the owl but he was so black with soot you know but what that yellow dog tramp said when he did see that bad owl I'll tell you in the next story unless the gold dust twins with a scrubbing brush should scour sooty owl and threw the night until he was bright and clean as a snow white fowl end of chapter 18 chapter number 19 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org reading by Lola Janey of Virginia little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter number 19 prickly thorns what kind of black bird are you asked the yellow dog tramp when he saw the bad owl who had flown down the chimney of the little monkey's house as I mentioned in the last story I'm not any kind of bird I am an owl answered this dreadful old bird who took himself to the sit flew all over the room and some of it got in the yellow dog tramp's eyes and made him blink and of course all this noise woke up the little monkey and little jack rabbit who were sleeping upstairs I wonder what's going on whispered the little monkey and he leaned over the banisters and just then the yellow dog tramp said well you get out of here and he took hold of that owl and threw him tail first out the door and then he threw a milk bottle after him when the little rabbit and the little monkey heard what had happened they were very grateful to the yellow dog tramp and told him he could sleep all next day in the sun instead of white washing the back fence well after a while after breakfast you know the little bunny set off again on his travels and by and by not so very far he came to a place where so many wild roses grew that it looked like a lovely garden now here's a nice place to rest he thought and he sat down and opened his knapsack and he took out a lollipop and was just going to bite off the lemon top when somebody took it right out of his paw ah ah oh oh laughed a trumpety kind of a voice and when the little bunny looked around he saw his old friend the circus elephant with a bouquet of roses in his long trunk here's your lollipop said the elephant and he dropped a bunch of roses for he only meant to tease the little rabbit for a minute you know and then he came over and sat down but oh dear me he jumped up in an awful hurry for he had sat on a bunch of roses oh dear and oh dear again he cried why do lovely roses have thorns and he wiped a tear from his eye with the end of his ear and then he sang this song oh why should roses red have thorns and pairs have prickly prickles and mr. dill his glass jar filled with sour little pickles and after that my typewriter says you must wait a little while to hear what happened next because the circus elephant took so long to finish this beautiful pickle song the clock struck 12 before he was through the old red rooster woke up and blew twice six times on his big tin horn and nearly deafened the ears of corn end of chapter 19 chapter 20 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a libra vox recording all libra vox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libravox.org recording by lola janey little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry bags of peanuts well as soon as the circus elephant had finished the song in the last story he took a silk handkerchief out of his trunk and wiped his eyes and then he said do you suppose if i kneel down you can hop up on my back i'll try answered the little rabbit so the big circus animal squatted down on the ground till with a hop skip and jump the clever little bunny landed right in the middle of his back now hold on tight said ellie for that was the circus elephant's name and off he went and by and by he came to a place where many peanut vines well this is lucky said the elephant we can take them to chippy chipmunk i'll dig the vines and you can pick out the peanuts and fill your napsack so the elephant started in and in less than 13 minutes he had plowed up the whole field of peanuts and in less than 13 seconds the little rabbit had his napsack full but then he didn't know what to do with all the rest of the peanuts and while he was looking around to find a bag or a box who should come by but the old dog with his stagecoach and team of billy goats plenty of peanuts said the old dog driver jumping down from his high seat and walking over to the old rail fence his old pipe back in his mouth and puffed out a cloud of smoke blow it up your stagecoach said the circus elephant and we'll take them to chippy chipmunk all right answered the dog and he went back and brought over 14 empty mail bags and when they were brim full he put them back in the stagecoach and then the elephant and billy bunny got on top and away went the billy goat team over the hills and through the delts till the peanuts rattled inside their shells and by and by pretty soon not very long they came to the old chestnut tree where the little chipmunk lived now you'll keep these peanuts till the circus comes said little jack rabbit then all the little people in the shady forest can have all they want maybe by that time I can get lolly pop aid from the big brown bear the big brown bear made lolly pop aid from the fruit of the lolly pop tree in the glade sometimes it was yellow and often bright pink but never the color of purple green ink perhaps some fine day when out walking with me we may happen to come to this lolly pop tree in that case my dear little friends no excuse shall keep us from this lolly pop juice end of chapter 20 chapter 21 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Lola Jane little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry the musical alarm clock chippy chipmunk sat on the old rail fence his little eyes shining like bright glass beads looking over the old bramble patch chippy chipmunk felt very fine this particular morning Mr. Mary's son shone down on the little chipmunk's back with this beautiful smooth shining stripes of reddish brown and black over which his little tail was thrown like a ruffle hello hello he shouted for I guess the little jack rabbit had over slept himself that morning hello hello here I am answered the little bunny hopping up to the old rail fence what do you want oh nothing in particular answered chippy chipmunk only I was wondering why you weren't around that's all I guess I'm late you see my alarm clock didn't wake up either and the little rabbit laughed and just then they heard it ring gling gling gling gling and then it began to sing the dew is shining on the grass tis time to be awake the morning glory on her vine the lily on the lake have lifted up a dewy head so hurry up tumble out of bed come on chippy chipmunk said the little rabbit when the alarm clock stopped singing let's go for a walk up the shady forest trail so off they started together and after a while not so very far they came to the tree where squirrel nutcracker lived with his family but old squire nutcracker wasn't at home and neither was mrs. nutcracker and of course the two squirrel brothers were away so the little rabbit and the little chipmunk went along until they came to the forest pond in the middle of which on a little island stood the big chestnut tree where old barney owl had his home he sleeps all day laughed a little bunny so he's at home but how are we to get over to the island? asked chippy chipmunk but the little rabbit didn't answer he was too busy pushing a log into the water get aboard he said to the little chipmunk and then with a shove he hopped on and pretty soon they reached the island when they hopped off and up to the big chestnut tree to knock on old barney owl's front door oh mr. owl pray do not scowl because we've called on you it's just a surprise so open your eyes please mr. barney do now of course little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk knew that old barney owl couldn't see in the daytime otherwise they wouldn't have called on him for mr. barney owl loved to eat little rabbits and chipmunks end of chapter 21 chapter 22 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Jennifer McEwen little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 22 more adventures now when old barney owl heard little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk knock on his front door he winked and blinked but he didn't open it for the light hurt his eyes you know and all day long he kept the shades pulled down who are you and what do you want he asked in a sleepy voice it's me and little jack rabbit answered the little chipmunk come around this evening replied the wise old owl no thank you laughed little jack rabbit we don't make calls in the evening and he and the little chipmunk hurried away for they thought maybe or perhaps old barney owl might open the front door and catch them he said chippy chipmunk he asked us to call this evening did he not if my name is chip and dale chipmunk well after they had called on mrs. water rat who lived nearby in a lovely garden of water lilies they hopped on board the log and after a shove away it went over the water to the other bank where these two little four-footed sailors hopped off all of a sudden just like that a voice said don't you go another inch or your noses i will pinch who said that inquired the frightened little rabbit who are you and then teddy turtle crawled out from behind some bulrushes and began to laugh and the little rabbit and the little chipmunk would have been frightened if it hadn't been teddy turtle let me tell you for some turtles are dreadful snappers you know end of chapter 22 recording by jennifer mcqueen chapter number 23 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a libra vox recording all libra vox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libravox.org recording by lola janey little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry at the farm across the sunny meadow grass the little breezes love to pass they tickle all the cattails till they almost fall into the real and every now and then they tell old miss cow to ring her bell now before i go on with this story i'll explain right away that the real is the bubbling brook and the only reason i use real is because it rhymes with till laughed little jack rabbit as mrs. cow shook her head till the bell on her collar made so much noise that her little calf came running toward her i heard what the little breezes said and then mrs. cow gave a long moon which meant something i'm sure for after that the little rabbit hopped away and by and by he came to the barnyard where cocky doodle every morning sang his cockadoodle doosong to wake up mr. mary's son who goes to sleep in the west and gets up every morning in the east i wonder how he does it don't you i guess you and i would feel very funny if some morning after having gone to sleep in our own bed we should wake up in another hello said henny penny as the little rabbit hopped through the old rail fence where have you been all this time oh lots of places he replied chippy chipmunk and i have been sight seeing and the old red rooster has sprained his left leg and the old brown horse has a new collar and grandmother magpie has gone away to visit in birdville usa just then ducky wattles came wildling by after a swim in the old duck pond where granddaddy bullfrog lived i saw a teddy turtle a minute ago said the little duck he was very proud because mrs. turtle has just laid some eggs in a hole in the ground and covered them with dirt he says pretty soon they'll hatch into little turtles laughed the little rabbit don't tell that to pewter possum he just loves turtle eggs so ducky wattles promised he wouldn't and after that the little rabbit hopped away although the weathercock on the old red barn had asked him to stay a little longer no i can't replied the little bunny i'm afraid old sickum might chase me but even if that old dog had the little rabbit could have slipped away for old sickum had the rheumatism and could hardly run well after a while not so very long the little rabbit saw professor jim crow wait a minute said the good professor i want to read you something so the old gentleman crow turned to page 23 of his little black book after putting on his spectacles of course for he couldn't see to read without them and then he cleared up and said kaka two or four times and looked at the little rabbit but what he read out of his little black book i'll tell you in the next story end of chapter 23 chapter 24 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Jay Salem Las Vegas, Nevada little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 24 well since the old crow has opened his little black book in the story before this i'll tell you now what he read on page 23 little brown rabbits have all the same habits haha laughed the little bunny you're a very wise bird professor crow and he hopped away until he came to the wooded hill where dany fox had his den now it was a long time since the little rabbit had seen the old robber fox and he was a bit curious to learn what was the trouble for trouble there must have been otherwise dany fox would have been around to steal a chicken now and then the old barnyard so the little rabbit hopped along very carefully and by and by he came to a big tree quite close to the pile of rocks under which the fox family had their den dany fox and mrs. fox bushy tail and sly boots their two little sons i don't see anyone around said the little rabbit to himself and he hopped over to another tree and peeped out and then oh my how his heart went pitter pat for right in front of him not 40 hops away set dany fox on a three-legged stool smoking a corn cob pipe oh dear thought the little rabbit i didn't mean to get so close but when he saw that dany fox his left foot was bandaged up in a piece of white cloth with a big red cross stamped on it he knew the old robber couldn't run very well and maybe not at all so he called out hello dany fox what's the matter with your foot don't bother me grumble the old robber fox not even looking around maybe he didn't want to see a nice fat little rabbit when he couldn't catch him for supper just then peter possum shouted from his treehouse old man robber dany fox caught his foot in a steel trap box keep quiet will ya snapped dany fox angrily ho ho ha ha laughed the little rabbit so you got caught for all your slowness which made the old fox so angry that he jumped up and ran at him on three legs who's laughing now cried dany fox as the little rabbit hopped away and peter possum climbed a tree you're very brave when you're out of danger and the old robber limped back to his stool and snapped his wounded foot and while he was doing this grandmother magpie came by and as she was poking into other people's business she asked what was the matter if I told you snapped dany fox everybody in the shady forest and the signing matter wouldn't know it in a few minutes you old tattletail gracious me exclaimed the mischievous old blackbird she flew away after little jack rabbit but before she caught up to him he hopped into the old bramble patch for the night whine the clock it's time for bed dreams are waiting sleepy head through the window bright and far shines the silver twinkle star oh how soft the pillow lies cuddled down dear sleepy eyes underneath the counter pain till the robin in the lane sings its morning round delay and it's time again for play end of chapter 24 chapter number 25 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Lola Janie little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chippy chipmunks store chippy chipmunks stood outside his store waiting for little jack rabbit to come along he had promised if the little bunny would call after business hours to help him get a little store of his own Mr. Chippy Chipmunk looked very nice and well to do in his clean striped jacket as he sat on the wooden bench just under the big sign pretty soon he stood up to look at it again he had done this very same thing many times that day he was so proud of it chippy chipmunk all kinds of nuts wholesale and retail a mighty nice sign he said aloud as he sat down again on the wooden bench all of a sudden the thumpity thump of little feet made him look up good evening said chippy chipmunk I was afraid I'd be late answered little jack rabbit you see I had to wait until mother got home sit down said chippy chipmunk wait till I read the sign over again answered the little bunny wouldn't I be proud if I had a little store I don't know what I'd sell but that doesn't make so much difference it's having your own name over the door that makes you feel like a millionaire come in and see the nuts said the little chipmunk after a while a long hollow log carefully split in two made a very nice counter indeed it served also for a showcase for in the hollow the nuts were arranged in separate piles I made all the tags myself said chippy chipmunk proudly pointing to small squares of cardboard on which were printed chestnut, hickory nuts walnuts, beach nuts are these your scales asked little jack rabbit admiringly yes I sell by the pound then nobody gets cheated answered the little chipmunk cracking a nut with his sharp teeth you ought to have a store at the edge of the old bramble patch with a sign painted in red and green letters jack rabbit cabbages and turnips do you think I know enough about vegetables asked the little rabbit anxiously just as much as I do about nuts replied chippy chipmunk but oh dear me if they had known what was going to happen I guess they would never have talked so long about the nuts and vegetable business end of Chapter 25 Chapter 26 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Elizabeth Holland little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey Chapter 26 Naughty Featherhead yes sir if little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk had known what was going on outside the store I guess they never would have talked so long about the nut and vegetable business for oh dear me as the little rabbit should pause up once more to admire the sign above the door it wasn't there no nothing was there but the bare boards with mouth and eyes wide open he stood staring at the spot where the sign had hung only a few minutes before what's the chippy chipmunk didn't finish after he had looked up there wasn't any use in asking little jack rabbit what was the matter the answer was right before him poor chippy chipmunk who could have taken my sign he asked at last in a trembling voice but of course the little rabbit didn't know who could have taken the sign chippy chipmunk repeated mechanically then he looked up again as if expecting the sign to shine forth in the old familiar way chippy chipmunk all kinds of nuts wholesale and retail they hadn't heard featherhead the naughty son of squirrel nutcracker take down the sign very softly one at a time he had loosened the screws and then carried it off and thrown it in a deep hole it was certainly a very mean thing to do but then you must remember featherhead was not a nice sort of a squirrel just then who should come by but featherhead himself what's the matter he asked just as though he didn't know wasn't that deceitful of him little jack rabbit did an answer somehow he didn't quite like the little squirrel's tone of voice it didn't ring true and when featherhead turned his back showing a long streak of white paint across his shoulder the little rabbit didn't wait a minute but quicker than a wink caught the frightened squirrel and shook him till his teeth rattled what did you do with chippy chipmunk sign I threw it in a deep hole near the tall pine tree mumbled featherhead now thoroughly frightened you come with us and get it scream chippy chipmunk mad as a dozen hornets and they marched the naughty squirrel over to the tall pine tree when the sign was once more over the door chippy chipmunk said to his little rabbit friend you got my sign back for me tomorrow I'll help you build your store end of chapter 26 chapter 27 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Elizabeth Haaland little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by David Corey chapter 27 little jack rabbit store in a few days little jack rabbit store was finished and all the little people of the shady forest and sunny meadow were coming to the grand opening it stood just at the edge of the old brimble patch on the corner of the shady forest trail and the old cow path a nicely painted post had been set in the ground on which was fastened a sign printed in large letters jack rabbit cabbages and turnips in the doorway between barrels of cabbages and turnips stood little jack rabbit a smile on his face and a clean white apron over his little khaki trousers his kind mother had made two of these nice aprons so that he would always have one to wear while the other was in the wash you may be sure he felt very proud as he stood bowing and smiling to his friends who had come to wish him success in his new business too young to run a store snapped grandmother magpie if he's as honest with his scales as truthful with his words answered granddaddy bullfrog looking at her through his yellow rimmed spectacles all his friends will buy here Mrs. Rabbit was tickled to death to think that her son at such an early age had started in business all by himself it meant to her that he would become a multi-millionaire in a few years chippy chipmunk had left his store in charge of his brother so as to be on hand and feather hand stood at a little distance enviously watching the friendly greetings everybody was there even old parson owl winking and blinking from a shady spot in the forest nodded pleasantly and wished the little rabbit good luck suddenly a sharp bark came down the shady forest trail and the next instant old sickum and the farmers boy jumped over the old rail fence into the old bramble patch went little jack rabbit and his mother while the forest folk either ran off or flew away what's this cried the farmers boy kicking over the cabbages and turnips that the poor little rabbit had so carefully placed in front of the store down fell the sign from the nicely painted post crack it went under the hill of the farmer boy's shoe why didn't you catch him sickum he asked crossley then he turned away and went whistling down the path i don't feel much like whistling said little jack rabbit my store has all gone to smithereens but mrs. rabbit didn't say anything i think she was even more disappointed than her little bunny boy and of chapter 27 chapter 28 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a libra vox recording all libra vox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libra vox.org recording by lola janey of virginia little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry chapter 28 billy breeze billy breeze billy breeze come and help me if you please if you only shake the tree there'll be lots of nuts for me this is what chippy chipmunk was saying one morning when he found out there were no more nuts on the ground of course he had a lot already stored away but he didn't want to use them now no indeed not until the cold weather came pretty soon he commenced to sing again billy breeze billy breeze come and help me if you please shake the nuts from off the tree do this favor please for me now everybody in the shady forest like chippy chipmunk in the first place he was such a good little worker then too he mined his own business and was never crossed so as soon as billy breeze heard him call he blew in from the sunny meadow and shook the tree down came the nuts peter patter all over the ground and one hit the little chipmunk right on the head ouch he cried phew did it hurt whistle billy breeze well i should say so answered chippy chipmunk wait till i hide before you shake again then billy breeze gave the big tree another shake peter patter peter patter went the nuts on the dry leaves i guess that's enough said billy breeze i must go now for what asked the little chipmunk to turn the weathercock and off went billy breeze across the sunny meadow to the old farmyard the weathercock on the big red barn saw him coming whirled around on his gilded toe and henny penny at once set to work to prune and oil her feathers she rubbed her bill over the little oil sack hidden among the feathers on her back and said to cocky doodle is going to rain for mr. weathercock is pointing to the east end of chapter 28 chapter number 29 of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk this is a libra vox recording all libra vox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libra vox.org recording by lola janey of alexandria virginia little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry chapter 29 peter patter as soon as billy breeze had turned the weathercock on the big red barn he hurried away to get the rain clouds he didn't even wait to say howdy to ducky wattles although he knew the little duck would be glad to know where he was going but billy breeze didn't have time no sir he had to get those rain clouds in a hurry it hadn't rained for so long that the roads were inches deep with dust the bubbling brook was almost dry and the old duck pond was so low that the mill wheel couldn't run the miller couldn't grind his corn and the miller's boy had so much spare time to tease granddaddy bullfrog that the poor old gentleman frog was nearly worried to death hurry up and get those rain clouds shouted granddaddy bullfrog as billy breeze hurried across the old duck pond i wish we'd have some rain said the rusty dusty miller coming to the door of the old mill it almost seemed as if he was speaking to billy breeze you'll get rain pretty soon he answered but i guess the miller didn't hear him for he turned around and went inside by and by the rain clouds came tumbling across the sky as billy breeze pushed them headlong over one another mr. mary's son saw them coming and hurried over to the west but it wasn't in use billy breeze drove them on so fast that in a little while mr. mary's son was shut in all together the bright blue sky grew gray and the leaves began to whisper it's going to rain it's going to rain and the grass rippled in the sunny meadow and murmured it's going to rain it's going to rain everybody seemed glad except perhaps mr. mary's son but i don't believe he minded it he must have known that rain is just as needful as sunshine pitter patter pitter patter yes the raindrops were falling chippy chipmunks scurried into his little house and granddaddy bullfrog chuckled as he crawled under a sheltering leaf little jack rabbit hopped swiftly over to the old bramble patch and the farmer's boy turned up his collar and ran out of the shady forest where he had been gathering nuts you're a good little boy to get home in time said mrs. rabbit as her little bunny hopped into the kitchen door and the little canary bird began to sing pitter patter goes the rain making music on the pain draw these shades and light the lamp never mind the evening damp wind the clock make fast the latch of the dear old bramble patch the end of chapter 29 end of little jack rabbit and chippy chipmunk by david quarry