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Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures
He heard Granddaddy Bullfrog singing in the Duck Pond, and the splash of the millwheel as it turned slowly over and over. How he wished he had obeyed his mother and was safe at home, listening to his father tell the school news, and who was late, and who knew hs lesson best.
By and by the Old Grandfather Clock in the Farm House struck ten and the lights went out. If it hadn't been for Mrs. Moon it would have been pitch dark.
Suddenly, he heard a familiar hoot, and the next minute dear Old Parson Owl fluttered up to the cage.
It didn't take him long to find the handle on the little door, which he opened softly.
"Jump out!" he whispered. "Hop after me as fast as you can. I'll fly low down so you won't lose sight of me."
