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Garis, Howard R. (Howard Roger), 1873-1962

"Sammie and Susie Littletail"


"What shall we do?" asked Susie.
"Oh, I don't know," replied her brother. "S'pose we play stump tag?"
"All right; you're 'it,' Sammie," called Susie.
So Sammie began to hop after Susie. You see, when you play stump tag
you have to keep on a stump if you don't want to be tagged. It's lots of
fun. Try it some day, if you can find a place where there are plenty of
stumps. Well, after playing this for some time, the rabbit children got
tired. Then they played other games, and they were making quite a noise,
when Uncle Wiggily Longears came out.
"You children will have to make less racket," he said, real cross like.
"Your mamma has a headache."
Then Sammie and Susie were quieter for a time, but soon they were almost
as noisy as ever.
"Now you must run right away from here!" cried Uncle Wiggily, coming to
the door of the underground house again, and he spoke still more
crossly.
"What do you s'pose ails Uncle Wiggily?" asked Susie, as she and Sammie
hopped away.
"I don't know," replied Sammie, "unless it's his rheumatism again."
"No, it can't be that. Don't you remember, the red fairy cured him?"
"Maybe it came back.


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