A tiny light appeared in the distance.
A tiny light appeared in the distance.
A tiny light appeared in the distance.
“Oh, won’t I be glad to get home to mother,” sighed the little bunny. “I was so frightened up there on the mountain top with Hungry Hawk. Dear, dear me! Have I been dreaming?”
“No, not this time,” answered the big circus animal.“But, cheer up! I’ll take you home in a jiffy,” and saying good-by to the little Mountain Goat he trotted off at a rapid rate.
By and by it grew dark. Oh, yes, very dark. You couldn’t see your hand behind your face. So the Circus Elephant stopped to think what was best to do. He was afraid, you see, that he might bump into something or other or be arrested by the Policeman Dog. One can never tell on a dark night what may happen.
Pretty soon a tiny light appeared in the distance. Then it came nearer and nearer, but never growing much larger. Wasn’t that strange and queer?
“My tiny lantern in the darkThrows just a little twinkle spark.But maybe it will help you seeDanny Fox behind a tree,”
“My tiny lantern in the darkThrows just a little twinkle spark.But maybe it will help you seeDanny Fox behind a tree,”
“My tiny lantern in the darkThrows just a little twinkle spark.But maybe it will help you seeDanny Fox behind a tree,”
“My tiny lantern in the dark
Throws just a little twinkle spark.
But maybe it will help you see
Danny Fox behind a tree,”
cried a little voice.
And that’s just what it did, for the little firefly swung her tiny lantern to and fro until the big elephant said all of a sudden:
“I see him!” Which so frightened the old robber that he turned and fled.
“Go ahead, little firefly. I’ll follow if you don’t go out,” went on the big brave circus animal.
“Never fear,” answered the little firefly. “I have a tiny electric bulb in my lantern. You don’t think I use a flickery candle, do you?”
“Bend your head or maybe you’ll be brushed off my back,” warned the Circus Elephant, following the tiny light. So Little Jack Rabbit lay flat down on the big animal’s back and away they went through the darkness, in and out among the forest trees, while Billy Breeze sang a sleepy song about rocking chairs and tick-tocky clocks and tired feet and little pink socks.