September 5, 2025 • 36 mins
Drift off with the whimsical summer adventure of the Bunnikins Bunny family as they reluctantly leave their comfortable home for a mountain camping trip. The story follows dandy Mr. Bunnikins, the most fashionable rabbit in Rabbitsville, known for his feathered hats, fine coats, and impeccable taste that's admired throughout the Cottontail Club.
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Welcome to Dreamful Podcast Bedtime stories for
slumber.
I would like to start off thisepisode by thanking our newest
supporters Emma Clements, deniseLaVista, erica Schaefer and
Laura.
Thank you all so much, and Ihope you have the sweetest
(00:41):
dreams.
If you'd like to support theshow and gain access to
subscriber-only episodes whilereceiving a shout-out, visit
dreamfellstoriescom and, on thesupport page, find a link to
become a Buzzsprout supporter orsubscribe via Supercast.
If you listen on Spotify, youcan also subscribe on Apple
Podcasts, but I can't see yourname, so there will not be a
(01:03):
shout-out if you subscribe onApple Podcasts, but I can't see
your name, so there will not bea shout out if you subscribe on
Apple.
I still really appreciate yoursupport, though, because it
helps me to keep this podcastgoing, so thank you all.
As summer comes to a close, Iwanted to do one last summary
story, so I'll be reading theBunnikins' Bunnies in camp.
(01:25):
So snuggle up in your blanketsand have sweet dreams.
(02:05):
Mr Bobtail, fitzherbertBunnigan's Bunny was a very
great dandy, for not only had hehis own beautiful white fur
coat, but he wore the finest ofother clothes besides His
feathered hats.
His fine coats, his lovelyneckties and his gay silk socks
(02:29):
were admired and copied by allthe young members of the
Cottontail Club in Rabbitsville,where Mr Bunnigan's bunny lived
.
He fell in love with a charminglittle rabbit, miss Primrose
Featherball, and after a shortcourtship and a very fine
(02:54):
wedding they settled down in abeautiful cozy nest in a hollow
tree.
When Mr and Mrs Bunnigan'sbunny had been married about two
years, they decided, for thesake of Mr Bunnigan's health, to
spend the summer camping out inthe mountains.
They had two nice little bunnychildren.
(03:15):
The elder was named Bobtail,like his father, and the younger
, a dear, soft mite of a thing,was called Rosamund.
She was a good little bunny andbehaved like a small lady,
(03:36):
while Bobtail was a bunch ofmischief.
From morning till night he wasalways getting into trouble of
some kind until his motherthought she should be obliged to
either send him to boardingschool or else to keep him
chained to a tree.
However, he had promised to bevery, very good if his father
(03:56):
would take him camping, and fora week he had been on his best
behavior.
He had been on his bestbehavior.
Mr and Mrs Bunnikin's Bunny hadinvited their great friends, mr
and Mrs Grace Goral and theirtwo children, ruddy and Chippy,
(04:19):
to spend the summer with them,and one beautiful morning they
started off bright and early forthe mountains.
They had a cart drawn by Nettie, a nice fat donkey which the
gray squirrels and thebunnigan's bunnies had loaded
(04:39):
with all sorts of things whichthey would need and many others
which they would never want butwhich Mr Bennigan's bunny had
insisted on stuffing in.
At the last moment he broughtout a large feather bed, for
which he felt sure he would needif he had rheumatism, and a
(05:02):
footbath for Rosamund in caseshe had the croup or whooping
cough.
Mrs Benekins, however, refusedquite sternly to put another
single thing in the cart, whichwas already top-heavy and might
tip over or else break down.
Tip over or else break down.
(05:30):
Besides, neddy was veryparticular and he might lie down
on the way if he thought theload too big.
Since his marriage, mr Benekenshad become not only more
particular than ever about hisbeautiful clothes but also very
fussy about himself and wasconstantly imagining that he had
some new complaint.
(05:51):
He had brought a fine silkhammock to sleep in when the
nights were warm and a soft,woolly sleeping bag if it were
cold.
As for socks, hats and fancywaistcoats, he would have
brought dozens and not MrsBunnikins limited him to half a
(06:12):
dozen of each.
Having had a cold in one of hislong ears, he had tied his grey
felt hat with its greenfeathers tightly down under his
chin, its green feathers tightlydown under his chin.
On his feet he wore green andwhite striped socks, because he
said they looked spring-like,and his coat was green and white
(06:33):
striped linen to match.
He carried a green parasol toprotect his eyes from the sun,
and on his back was strapped acunning little knapsack.
In it he carried a bottle of DrPossum's Ready Relief, a
hairbrush, a small bottle ofcayenne pepper which by making
(06:55):
you sneeze would cure a cold, anextra pair of socks, a smelling
bottle, some toothpicks asmelling bottle, some toothpicks
half a dozen acorns for lunch,a pair of rubber shoes to keep
his toes dry if it rained, apiece of maple sugar for his
little rosamund, a couple ofcabbage leaves to put on his
(07:18):
head if the sun was too hot andlastly a tiny folding umbrella,
and lastly a tiny foldingumbrella.
After a good many delays theyfinally started.
But when they had gone about awhile, mr Brennigan's bunny
(07:40):
suddenly stopped and insistedthat he had forgotten something
most important.
What it was, he refused to tell.
But back to the house he mustand would go.
Very well, said patient MrsBunnigan's bunny.
It is already so late that wemight as well have our lunch in
(08:01):
here by the time you come back.
We shall be ready.
Then Mrs Bunnicans and the GraySquirrels unloaded the baskets
and set the table for luncheon.
The table was a nice flat stoneand the table cover was made of
pretty ferns and flowers whichthe little bunnies and squirrels
(08:23):
picked.
Mr Nettie, the donkey, had hisdinner under a shady tree while
the others waited patiently forMr Bunnigan's bunny.
Pretty soon they saw him in thedistance, puffing and panting
along and dragging behind himsome large object.
(08:44):
Huffing and panting along anddragging behind him some large
object.
When he came near, his wife sawthat he was bringing a life
preserver.
My dear she called what can youwant that for?
For Bobtail, mr Brannigan'sshadowback.
If we should camp near a pondhe would surely fall in and then
(09:15):
, as he can't swim, he would bedrowned, unless we had a life
preserver.
But how can we carry it,protested his wife.
The cart is already so fullthat Nettie can scarcely pull it
.
Oh, I've thought it all out,replied Mr Bunnicans.
We will hang it around Nettie'sneck, where he can carry it
easily, and it will look quiteornamental.
(09:42):
They had soon finished theirluncheon of carrot and lettuce
salad and walnut pie and afterharnessing the donkey into the
cart and persuading him much,against his will, to let them
hang the life preserver aroundhis neck, they started off once
more.
(10:04):
Towards evening.
They came to a pretty littlegrove where they decided to
spend the night.
The small bunnies and squirrelsgathered sticks for campfire.
Mrs Grace Grewl and Mrs Bunnyprepared supper, while Mr
Bunnikin's bunny and Mr GraceGrewirrel gave Nettie his supper
(10:25):
and unpacked the cart, mr GraySquirrel doing most of the work
while Mr Bunny talked and madesuggestions.
There was a cunning littlewhite tent for the children and
their mothers, mr Gray Squirrelpreferring to sleep in a tree.
Their mothers, mr Gray Squirrel, preferring to sleep in a tree
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while Mr Bunnikin's bunnydecided to try his new hammock,
swung between two strong bushesnear the tent.
They were all so tired out thatsoon after supper they went to
bed.
Little bunnies and squirrelswere asleep in two minutes and
soon after Mr Gray Squirrel,warmly covered up with his broad
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tail, could be heard snoringaway up in his tree.
Mr Bunnikins climbed into hisfine silk hammock, stretched
himself out lazily and wasdrowsily thinking how
comfortable he was when suddenlyhe felt a sharp sting in one of
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his soft paws Mosquitoes.
He growled as he drew his legsup under him and made himself
into as small a bunch aspossible.
Poor Mr Bunnikins twisted andturned, trying to forget the
mosquitoes and to go to sleep,but it was of no use.
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When morning came and themosquitoes went, they left in
the hammock a very tired andcross gentleman rabbit.
He told Mrs Bunnikins that hehad had too much of camp life
and was going home as soon as hehad eaten his breakfast.
No, no, my dear, said hisgentle little wife, you must not
(12:21):
do that.
I have plenty of mosquitonetting and I can easily make
you more comfortable.
All day Mrs Bunnigan's bunnycut and sewed, and before
bedtime she had made her husbanda lovely pink mosquito netting
nightgown.
(12:41):
It covered him from the tips ofhis ears to the very ends of
his toes, and when he was in hishammock, mrs Bunnikins tied it
up like a bag below his paws sothat not a single mosquito ever
again had even a taste of him.
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They traveled on for severaldays up into the mountains and
finally they came to a lovelyglade Surrounded by shady trees,
with a pretty little brookclose by.
This is just the place to campout for the rest of the summer,
said Mr Bunnigan's Bunny.
See the nut trees and cloverblossoms.
This is just the place to campout for the rest of summer, said
Mr Bunnigan's bunny.
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See the nut trees and cloverblossoms, said Mr Gray Squirrel,
who was fond of good things toeat.
Mrs Bunnigan's and Mrs GraySquirrel were pleased to have
the brook so near where theycould wash both the children and
the clothes.
Not far away they found an olddeserted shed which made an
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excellent stable for Nettie, andin the hollow of a tree they
made a cozy nest for cold orrainy weather.
The hollow was so near theground that by making a little
ladder the bunny family couldeasily climb in.
The little bunnies and graysquirrels loved to play in the
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brook, and not far away theydiscovered a large pond.
There.
However, they were forbidden togo unless Neddy the donkey and
the life preserver went withthem.
(14:35):
One afternoon Mr Bunnikins wastaking a half a dozen winks in
his hammock when he was suddenlyawakened by the loud squealing
of Bobtail in the distance.
He sprang up wide awake in amoment, remembering that the
children had all gone to play inthe distance.
He sprang up wide awake in amoment, remembering that the
children had all gone to play atthe pond, calling to Mr
Graysquirrel to follow him.
Mr Bunnigan scampered throughthe woods as fast as his four
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fat and somewhat gouty pawscould carry him.
When he reached the pond he sawNedie and Bobtail trying vainly
to throw the life preserver toa brown furry object which was
struggling in the water somelittle distance from the shore.
Come here, nettie called MrBunnican's bunny, and let me get
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on your back, then you can swimto whatever that is in the
water and I can throw at thelife preserver when we get near
enough.
Yee-haw, said Nettie, whichmeant all right, sir.
And Mr Bunnigan scrambled up onhis back with the life
preserver held tightly in hisforepaws, and off they swam.
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As soon as they came near thestruggling object, with all his
might and mane, mr Bunnigan'sbunny threw the life preserver.
It landed close to the furryone who at once pulled himself
on top of it and was safe.
But alas for poor Mr Bunnigan'sbunny, he had thrown the life
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preserver so hard that he losthis footing on Nettie's back,
which was wet and slippery andsplish.
Splash, splosh into the waterhe fell.
Nettie grabbed him quickly byhis long ears and swam towards
shore with him towing the lifepreserver with a furry object on
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it by a rope.
Such a wet, unhappy bunnikins ashe was when Neddy put him
gently down on dry land, hehated water anyhow and never
even wet the ends of his pinktoes, if he could help it.
He kept his beautiful, soft furas white as snow.
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But paddling in the water hedespised His dignity.
Besides, had been very muchhurt by his having been carried
out of the pond by his ears.
Meanwhile the brown furryobject had crawled off the life
preserver and waded ashore.
Bobtail and Ruddy Squirrel,very much excited, rushed up to
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him and asked who he was and howhe happened to be in the water
so far from land.
The furry one tried to tellthem how he had fallen off from
a high rock into deep water andhow he had tried to swim to
shore but could not.
He was so frightened andconfused that Ruddy and Bobtail
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could not understand much thathe said that.
He said, just as they had toldhim, that he had better play
with them and get warm.
A crackling of bushes and thesound of some heavy animal
plunging through the underbrushwas heard, and a moment later a
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huge brown bear lumbered out ofthe woods and came snarling
toward them.
Where is my brownie cub baby?
It growled to the terrifiedbunnies and squirrels.
Mr Bunnigan's bunny, his teethchattering with cold and fright,
(18:32):
assured the bear politely thathe did not know where his
brownie cub baby was, but hewould let him know if he met it
anywhere on his travels.
Suddenly, the bear caught sightof the furry one and with a
loud yap of joy he trottedheavily towards it.
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A loud yap of joy, he trottedheavily towards it.
The little thing began towhimper with evident delight and
the big bear, sitting up on hishaunches, lifted the small
brown object in his huge paws.
In a few moments the littlebrownie cub had told his father
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what dreadful things hadhappened to him and how brave Mr
Bunnigan's bunny had been.
The unhappy bunnies andsquirrels meanwhile sat quaking
with fright, not daring to moveand expecting every moment to be
gobbled up by the terrible bear.
Very soon, however, their fearswere relieved for Mr Brown
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Bruin, with large tears bobblingdown his cheeks and, in a husky
voice, began to thank MrBunnigan's bunny for his heroic
action.
When he saw how dripping wet hewas, he tried to lick him dry,
(20:00):
but when he opened his great redmouth he scared poor Bunnikin's
nearly out of his wits and thefirst slap of his huge, rough
tongue knocked him down andpulled out bits of his soft fur.
When he recovered his breath,mr Bonnekens thanked Mr Bruin
(20:22):
for his kindness, but he beggedto be excused from any more
drying as being subject torheumatism, he thought the
wisest thing for him to do wasto go home very quickly and
drink some ginger and cayennepepper tea.
Mr Bruin begged to be allowedto call and see him the next day
(20:45):
, and as Mr Bunnicans hurriedhome and was soon in bed, well
wrapped in warm blankets andsneezing violently from the
cayenne pepper the next morning,as Mr Bunnikins' bunny was
(21:07):
rather stiff and chilly, mrsBunnikins insisted that he
should lie in his hammock in thesunshine and be very lazy.
While she was talking to him,she suddenly gave a terrified
squeak and started as fast asshe could run towards the hollow
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tree, fairly tumbling up thelittle ladder into the safety of
the nest.
How Mr Bunnigan's bunny and MrGrayskull laughed when they saw
what had frightened her.
Just Mr and Mrs Brown Bruin andtheir three children come to
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make a pleasant morning call.
They had brought a big jar ofgolden honey, the delight of
bears as a present to MrBunnigan's, and a lot of ripe
nuts and wild celery for thechildren.
The delight of bears as apresent to Mr Bunnigan's, and a
lot of ripe nuts and wild celeryfor the children.
They begged the bunnies andsquirrels to come and make them
a visit very soon, mr Bruin,offering to carry them to and
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fro on his broad back, evenpersuaded Rosamund to take a
little ride with her father.
Then and there that evening atsuppertime the hop tail was
missing and for some time hecould not be found.
(22:34):
Finally, ruddy squirrel spiedhim hidden away in the playhouse
near the brook.
When his father pulled him outhe was a sorry looking bunny.
He had been told not to touchthe honey but he was so anxious
to have a little taste that hehad tried to get a pawful out of
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the bear's big jar and, leaningover too far, he had tried to
get a pawful out of the bear'sbig jar and leaning over too far
, he had lost his balance andfallen in From the tip of his
ears to the end of his shorttail.
He was a mass of sweet, stickyhoney, and when Mr Bunnikins
took hold of him to shake himand when Mr Bunnikins took hold
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of him to shake him, his pawstuck fast to poor Benjamin's
long ear the only thing to dowas to soak him in the brook
until the honey melted out ofhis fur, which took such a long
time that Bobtail caught afearful cold and did nothing but
cough and sneeze for a weekafter.
He ate no more honey for a long, long time and did not even
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like to see it.
The rest of the summer passedvery pleasantly.
The bunnies and squirrels madeseveral visits to their new
friends, the brown bears, whohad found a hollow tree for them
near their own cave house.
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In this tree the bears built abeautiful nest and made it so
comfortable that when the timecame for the bunnies and
squirrels to go home for thewinter, they promised surely to
return the following summer.
One pleasant autumn day thetent was taken down and with all
(24:33):
the other things packed in thecart, the life preserver,
however, was given as a partinggift to Mr Brown Bruin, who was
much pleased.
Nettie, the donkey was thankfulto get rid of it, as he hated
to wear it around his neck.
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Nettie had grown so fat fromdoing nothing all summer that he
could scarcely waddle, andBobtail declared he looked like
a hippopotamus.
The bunnies and the graysquirrels felt very sad to leave
their kind friends, the brownbears, and the pretty camp with
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its running brook, but winterwas coming soon and soon the
nights would be cold so far upin the mountains.
They reached home after severaldays of travel without any
accident, accepting that severaltimes Nettie insisted on lying
down in the road and taking naps, the gray squirrel said goodbye
(25:39):
to the bunnies as they livedseveral miles away, and that
night they all settled downcomfortably.
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Welcome to Dreamful Podcast Bedtime stories for
slumber.
I would like to start off thisepisode by thanking our newest
supporters Emma Clements, deniseLaVista, erica Schaefer and
Laura.
Thank you all so much, and Ihope you have the sweetest
(00:41):
dreams.
If you'd like to support theshow and gain access to
subscriber-only episodes whilereceiving a shout-out, visit
dreamfellstoriescom and, on thesupport page, find a link to
become a Buzzsprout supporter orsubscribe via Supercast.
If you listen on Spotify, youcan also subscribe on Apple
Podcasts, but I can't see yourname, so there will not be a
(01:03):
shout-out if you subscribe onApple Podcasts, but I can't see
your name, so there will not bea shout out if you subscribe on
Apple.
I still really appreciate yoursupport, though, because it
helps me to keep this podcastgoing, so thank you all.
As summer comes to a close, Iwanted to do one last summary
story, so I'll be reading theBunnikins' Bunnies in camp.
(01:25):
So snuggle up in your blanketsand have sweet dreams.
(02:05):
Mr Bobtail, fitzherbertBunnigan's Bunny was a very
great dandy, for not only had hehis own beautiful white fur
coat, but he wore the finest ofother clothes besides His
feathered hats.
His fine coats, his lovelyneckties and his gay silk socks
(02:29):
were admired and copied by allthe young members of the
Cottontail Club in Rabbitsville,where Mr Bunnigan's bunny lived
.
He fell in love with a charminglittle rabbit, miss Primrose
Featherball, and after a shortcourtship and a very fine
(02:54):
wedding they settled down in abeautiful cozy nest in a hollow
tree.
When Mr and Mrs Bunnigan'sbunny had been married about two
years, they decided, for thesake of Mr Bunnigan's health, to
spend the summer camping out inthe mountains.
They had two nice little bunnychildren.
(03:15):
The elder was named Bobtail,like his father, and the younger
, a dear, soft mite of a thing,was called Rosamund.
She was a good little bunny andbehaved like a small lady,
(03:36):
while Bobtail was a bunch ofmischief.
From morning till night he wasalways getting into trouble of
some kind until his motherthought she should be obliged to
either send him to boardingschool or else to keep him
chained to a tree.
However, he had promised to bevery, very good if his father
(03:56):
would take him camping, and fora week he had been on his best
behavior.
He had been on his bestbehavior.
Mr and Mrs Bunnikin's Bunny hadinvited their great friends, mr
and Mrs Grace Goral and theirtwo children, ruddy and Chippy,
(04:19):
to spend the summer with them,and one beautiful morning they
started off bright and early forthe mountains.
They had a cart drawn by Nettie, a nice fat donkey which the
gray squirrels and thebunnigan's bunnies had loaded
(04:39):
with all sorts of things whichthey would need and many others
which they would never want butwhich Mr Bennigan's bunny had
insisted on stuffing in.
At the last moment he broughtout a large feather bed, for
which he felt sure he would needif he had rheumatism, and a
(05:02):
footbath for Rosamund in caseshe had the croup or whooping
cough.
Mrs Benekins, however, refusedquite sternly to put another
single thing in the cart, whichwas already top-heavy and might
tip over or else break down.
Tip over or else break down.
(05:30):
Besides, neddy was veryparticular and he might lie down
on the way if he thought theload too big.
Since his marriage, mr Benekenshad become not only more
particular than ever about hisbeautiful clothes but also very
fussy about himself and wasconstantly imagining that he had
some new complaint.
(05:51):
He had brought a fine silkhammock to sleep in when the
nights were warm and a soft,woolly sleeping bag if it were
cold.
As for socks, hats and fancywaistcoats, he would have
brought dozens and not MrsBunnikins limited him to half a
(06:12):
dozen of each.
Having had a cold in one of hislong ears, he had tied his grey
felt hat with its greenfeathers tightly down under his
chin, its green feathers tightlydown under his chin.
On his feet he wore green andwhite striped socks, because he
said they looked spring-like,and his coat was green and white
(06:33):
striped linen to match.
He carried a green parasol toprotect his eyes from the sun,
and on his back was strapped acunning little knapsack.
In it he carried a bottle of DrPossum's Ready Relief, a
hairbrush, a small bottle ofcayenne pepper which by making
(06:55):
you sneeze would cure a cold, anextra pair of socks, a smelling
bottle, some toothpicks asmelling bottle, some toothpicks
half a dozen acorns for lunch,a pair of rubber shoes to keep
his toes dry if it rained, apiece of maple sugar for his
little rosamund, a couple ofcabbage leaves to put on his
(07:18):
head if the sun was too hot andlastly a tiny folding umbrella,
and lastly a tiny foldingumbrella.
After a good many delays theyfinally started.
But when they had gone about awhile, mr Brennigan's bunny
(07:40):
suddenly stopped and insistedthat he had forgotten something
most important.
What it was, he refused to tell.
But back to the house he mustand would go.
Very well, said patient MrsBunnigan's bunny.
It is already so late that wemight as well have our lunch in
(08:01):
here by the time you come back.
We shall be ready.
Then Mrs Bunnicans and the GraySquirrels unloaded the baskets
and set the table for luncheon.
The table was a nice flat stoneand the table cover was made of
pretty ferns and flowers whichthe little bunnies and squirrels
(08:23):
picked.
Mr Nettie, the donkey, had hisdinner under a shady tree while
the others waited patiently forMr Bunnigan's bunny.
Pretty soon they saw him in thedistance, puffing and panting
along and dragging behind himsome large object.
(08:44):
Huffing and panting along anddragging behind him some large
object.
When he came near, his wife sawthat he was bringing a life
preserver.
My dear she called what can youwant that for?
For Bobtail, mr Brannigan'sshadowback.
If we should camp near a pondhe would surely fall in and then
(09:15):
, as he can't swim, he would bedrowned, unless we had a life
preserver.
But how can we carry it,protested his wife.
The cart is already so fullthat Nettie can scarcely pull it
.
Oh, I've thought it all out,replied Mr Bunnicans.
We will hang it around Nettie'sneck, where he can carry it
easily, and it will look quiteornamental.
(09:42):
They had soon finished theirluncheon of carrot and lettuce
salad and walnut pie and afterharnessing the donkey into the
cart and persuading him much,against his will, to let them
hang the life preserver aroundhis neck, they started off once
more.
(10:04):
Towards evening.
They came to a pretty littlegrove where they decided to
spend the night.
The small bunnies and squirrelsgathered sticks for campfire.
Mrs Grace Grewl and Mrs Bunnyprepared supper, while Mr
Bunnikin's bunny and Mr GraceGrewirrel gave Nettie his supper
(10:25):
and unpacked the cart, mr GraySquirrel doing most of the work
while Mr Bunny talked and madesuggestions.
There was a cunning littlewhite tent for the children and
their mothers, mr Gray Squirrelpreferring to sleep in a tree.
Their mothers, mr Gray Squirrel, preferring to sleep in a tree
(10:49):
while Mr Bunnikin's bunnydecided to try his new hammock,
swung between two strong bushesnear the tent.
They were all so tired out thatsoon after supper they went to
bed.
Little bunnies and squirrelswere asleep in two minutes and
soon after Mr Gray Squirrel,warmly covered up with his broad
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tail, could be heard snoringaway up in his tree.
Mr Bunnikins climbed into hisfine silk hammock, stretched
himself out lazily and wasdrowsily thinking how
comfortable he was when suddenlyhe felt a sharp sting in one of
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his soft paws Mosquitoes.
He growled as he drew his legsup under him and made himself
into as small a bunch aspossible.
Poor Mr Bunnikins twisted andturned, trying to forget the
mosquitoes and to go to sleep,but it was of no use.
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When morning came and themosquitoes went, they left in
the hammock a very tired andcross gentleman rabbit.
He told Mrs Bunnikins that hehad had too much of camp life
and was going home as soon as hehad eaten his breakfast.
No, no, my dear, said hisgentle little wife, you must not
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do that.
I have plenty of mosquitonetting and I can easily make
you more comfortable.
All day Mrs Bunnigan's bunnycut and sewed, and before
bedtime she had made her husbanda lovely pink mosquito netting
nightgown.
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It covered him from the tips ofhis ears to the very ends of
his toes, and when he was in hishammock, mrs Bunnikins tied it
up like a bag below his paws sothat not a single mosquito ever
again had even a taste of him.
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They traveled on for severaldays up into the mountains and
finally they came to a lovelyglade Surrounded by shady trees,
with a pretty little brookclose by.
This is just the place to campout for the rest of the summer,
said Mr Bunnigan's Bunny.
See the nut trees and cloverblossoms.
This is just the place to campout for the rest of summer, said
Mr Bunnigan's bunny.
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See the nut trees and cloverblossoms, said Mr Gray Squirrel,
who was fond of good things toeat.
Mrs Bunnigan's and Mrs GraySquirrel were pleased to have
the brook so near where theycould wash both the children and
the clothes.
Not far away they found an olddeserted shed which made an
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excellent stable for Nettie, andin the hollow of a tree they
made a cozy nest for cold orrainy weather.
The hollow was so near theground that by making a little
ladder the bunny family couldeasily climb in.
The little bunnies and graysquirrels loved to play in the
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brook, and not far away theydiscovered a large pond.
There.
However, they were forbidden togo unless Neddy the donkey and
the life preserver went withthem.
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One afternoon Mr Bunnikins wastaking a half a dozen winks in
his hammock when he was suddenlyawakened by the loud squealing
of Bobtail in the distance.
He sprang up wide awake in amoment, remembering that the
children had all gone to play inthe distance.
He sprang up wide awake in amoment, remembering that the
children had all gone to play atthe pond, calling to Mr
Graysquirrel to follow him.
Mr Bunnigan scampered throughthe woods as fast as his four
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fat and somewhat gouty pawscould carry him.
When he reached the pond he sawNedie and Bobtail trying vainly
to throw the life preserver toa brown furry object which was
struggling in the water somelittle distance from the shore.
Come here, nettie called MrBunnican's bunny, and let me get
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on your back, then you can swimto whatever that is in the
water and I can throw at thelife preserver when we get near
enough.
Yee-haw, said Nettie, whichmeant all right, sir.
And Mr Bunnigan scrambled up onhis back with the life
preserver held tightly in hisforepaws, and off they swam.
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As soon as they came near thestruggling object, with all his
might and mane, mr Bunnigan'sbunny threw the life preserver.
It landed close to the furryone who at once pulled himself
on top of it and was safe.
But alas for poor Mr Bunnigan'sbunny, he had thrown the life
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preserver so hard that he losthis footing on Nettie's back,
which was wet and slippery andsplish.
Splash, splosh into the waterhe fell.
Nettie grabbed him quickly byhis long ears and swam towards
shore with him towing the lifepreserver with a furry object on
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it by a rope.
Such a wet, unhappy bunnikins ashe was when Neddy put him
gently down on dry land, hehated water anyhow and never
even wet the ends of his pinktoes, if he could help it.
He kept his beautiful, soft furas white as snow.
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But paddling in the water hedespised His dignity.
Besides, had been very muchhurt by his having been carried
out of the pond by his ears.
Meanwhile the brown furryobject had crawled off the life
preserver and waded ashore.
Bobtail and Ruddy Squirrel,very much excited, rushed up to
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him and asked who he was and howhe happened to be in the water
so far from land.
The furry one tried to tellthem how he had fallen off from
a high rock into deep water andhow he had tried to swim to
shore but could not.
He was so frightened andconfused that Ruddy and Bobtail
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could not understand much thathe said that.
He said, just as they had toldhim, that he had better play
with them and get warm.
A crackling of bushes and thesound of some heavy animal
plunging through the underbrushwas heard, and a moment later a
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huge brown bear lumbered out ofthe woods and came snarling
toward them.
Where is my brownie cub baby?
It growled to the terrifiedbunnies and squirrels.
Mr Bunnigan's bunny, his teethchattering with cold and fright,
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assured the bear politely thathe did not know where his
brownie cub baby was, but hewould let him know if he met it
anywhere on his travels.
Suddenly, the bear caught sightof the furry one and with a
loud yap of joy he trottedheavily towards it.
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A loud yap of joy, he trottedheavily towards it.
The little thing began towhimper with evident delight and
the big bear, sitting up on hishaunches, lifted the small
brown object in his huge paws.
In a few moments the littlebrownie cub had told his father
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what dreadful things hadhappened to him and how brave Mr
Bunnigan's bunny had been.
The unhappy bunnies andsquirrels meanwhile sat quaking
with fright, not daring to moveand expecting every moment to be
gobbled up by the terrible bear.
Very soon, however, their fearswere relieved for Mr Brown
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Bruin, with large tears bobblingdown his cheeks and, in a husky
voice, began to thank MrBunnigan's bunny for his heroic
action.
When he saw how dripping wet hewas, he tried to lick him dry,
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but when he opened his great redmouth he scared poor Bunnikin's
nearly out of his wits and thefirst slap of his huge, rough
tongue knocked him down andpulled out bits of his soft fur.
When he recovered his breath,mr Bonnekens thanked Mr Bruin
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for his kindness, but he beggedto be excused from any more
drying as being subject torheumatism, he thought the
wisest thing for him to do wasto go home very quickly and
drink some ginger and cayennepepper tea.
Mr Bruin begged to be allowedto call and see him the next day
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, and as Mr Bunnicans hurriedhome and was soon in bed, well
wrapped in warm blankets andsneezing violently from the
cayenne pepper the next morning,as Mr Bunnikins' bunny was
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rather stiff and chilly, mrsBunnikins insisted that he
should lie in his hammock in thesunshine and be very lazy.
While she was talking to him,she suddenly gave a terrified
squeak and started as fast asshe could run towards the hollow
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tree, fairly tumbling up thelittle ladder into the safety of
the nest.
How Mr Bunnigan's bunny and MrGrayskull laughed when they saw
what had frightened her.
Just Mr and Mrs Brown Bruin andtheir three children come to
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make a pleasant morning call.
They had brought a big jar ofgolden honey, the delight of
bears as a present to MrBunnigan's, and a lot of ripe
nuts and wild celery for thechildren.
The delight of bears as apresent to Mr Bunnigan's, and a
lot of ripe nuts and wild celeryfor the children.
They begged the bunnies andsquirrels to come and make them
a visit very soon, mr Bruin,offering to carry them to and
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fro on his broad back, evenpersuaded Rosamund to take a
little ride with her father.
Then and there that evening atsuppertime the hop tail was
missing and for some time hecould not be found.
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Finally, ruddy squirrel spiedhim hidden away in the playhouse
near the brook.
When his father pulled him outhe was a sorry looking bunny.
He had been told not to touchthe honey but he was so anxious
to have a little taste that hehad tried to get a pawful out of
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the bear's big jar and, leaningover too far, he had tried to
get a pawful out of the bear'sbig jar and leaning over too far
, he had lost his balance andfallen in From the tip of his
ears to the end of his shorttail.
He was a mass of sweet, stickyhoney, and when Mr Bunnikins
took hold of him to shake himand when Mr Bunnikins took hold
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of him to shake him, his pawstuck fast to poor Benjamin's
long ear the only thing to dowas to soak him in the brook
until the honey melted out ofhis fur, which took such a long
time that Bobtail caught afearful cold and did nothing but
cough and sneeze for a weekafter.
He ate no more honey for a long, long time and did not even
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like to see it.
The rest of the summer passedvery pleasantly.
The bunnies and squirrels madeseveral visits to their new
friends, the brown bears, whohad found a hollow tree for them
near their own cave house.
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In this tree the bears built abeautiful nest and made it so
comfortable that when the timecame for the bunnies and
squirrels to go home for thewinter, they promised surely to
return the following summer.
One pleasant autumn day thetent was taken down and with all
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the other things packed in thecart, the life preserver,
however, was given as a partinggift to Mr Brown Bruin, who was
much pleased.
Nettie, the donkey was thankfulto get rid of it, as he hated
to wear it around his neck.
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Nettie had grown so fat fromdoing nothing all summer that he
could scarcely waddle, andBobtail declared he looked like
a hippopotamus.
The bunnies and the graysquirrels felt very sad to leave
their kind friends, the brownbears, and the pretty camp with
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its running brook, but winterwas coming soon and soon the
nights would be cold so far upin the mountains.
They reached home after severaldays of travel without any
accident, accepting that severaltimes Nettie insisted on lying
down in the road and taking naps, the gray squirrel said goodbye
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to the bunnies as they livedseveral miles away, and that
night they all settled downcomfortably.
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