CHAPTER V.MANNERS IN SCHOOL
Aunt Etiquette said, “I rememberSchool began here last September,And manners that you learn in schoolWill always help you, as a rule.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “I rememberSchool began here last September,And manners that you learn in schoolWill always help you, as a rule.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “I rememberSchool began here last September,And manners that you learn in schoolWill always help you, as a rule.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “I remember
School began here last September,
And manners that you learn in school
Will always help you, as a rule.”
Next morning Aunt Etiquette said, “If you are going to visit me a year and a day, you will have to start to school.”
Healthy Bunny said, “I will go back home, but Pretty Bunny can stay and go to school.”
Pretty Bunny began to feel a little homesick at that but she helped Aunt Etiquette fill up her dinner pail and bade good bye to Healthy Bunny at the crossroads and sang,
“Sing a song as you go by,And never, never, never cry.”
“Sing a song as you go by,And never, never, never cry.”
“Sing a song as you go by,And never, never, never cry.”
“Sing a song as you go by,
And never, never, never cry.”
bunny making shadow
A merry voice answered,
“I think your little rhymes are funny.Turn around—see Shadow Bunny.”
“I think your little rhymes are funny.Turn around—see Shadow Bunny.”
“I think your little rhymes are funny.Turn around—see Shadow Bunny.”
“I think your little rhymes are funny.
Turn around—see Shadow Bunny.”
Pretty Bunny turned around and saw Shadow Bunny behind her. She laughed at his long ears, but he said,
“I follow you about all day;I am Shadow Bunny—I like to play.”
“I follow you about all day;I am Shadow Bunny—I like to play.”
“I follow you about all day;I am Shadow Bunny—I like to play.”
“I follow you about all day;
I am Shadow Bunny—I like to play.”
Pretty Bunny hopped along and said to herself, “I feel rather strange for this will be my first day in the new school. I wonder if Bunny Brag may possibly come to this school.”
Bunny Brag did not appear at school, and Pretty Bunny did not meet him for days and days.
Pretty Bunny looked around when she came to the door of the school; Shadow Bunny had disappeared.
Pretty Bunny hesitated a minute, but the Bunnies in Miss Manner’s school were very polite. They told Pretty Bunny where to hang her wraps and her dinner-pail, and made her feel quite at home. As it was not yet time for school to begin, the Bunnies went and cleaned the blackboard and erasers and hung up all the erasers neatly on the hooks. They said,
“We help the teacher every dayIn our work in every way.”
“We help the teacher every dayIn our work in every way.”
“We help the teacher every dayIn our work in every way.”
“We help the teacher every day
In our work in every way.”
bunny in flowers
The teacher came in with a pleasant “Good Morning.”
She read a story that day that every one liked. The story was called, “Little Rag-Tag.”
“Once upon a time, Little Rag-Tag came to school. She had on a ragged dress and the buttons were off her shoes.
Little Miss Brag said, “Look at her dress,” and Thoughtless Tom said, “Look at her shoes.”
They made so much fun of her that it made Little Rag-Tag very unhappy.
I don’t know what she would have done but Little Miss Shy came and hugged her and showed her where to sit, and made her feel at home. She even loaned her a new blue pencil.
Little Rag-Tag made the blue pencil spell;Little Rag-Tag did her numbers well.
Little Rag-Tag made the blue pencil spell;Little Rag-Tag did her numbers well.
Little Rag-Tag made the blue pencil spell;Little Rag-Tag did her numbers well.
Little Rag-Tag made the blue pencil spell;
Little Rag-Tag did her numbers well.
She forgot her torn dress and old shoes, but at recess
Some thoughtless children made her cry,They pointed her out as she passed by.Little Miss Shy seemed to understand,She walked beside her, and took her hand.
Some thoughtless children made her cry,They pointed her out as she passed by.Little Miss Shy seemed to understand,She walked beside her, and took her hand.
Some thoughtless children made her cry,They pointed her out as she passed by.Little Miss Shy seemed to understand,She walked beside her, and took her hand.
Some thoughtless children made her cry,
They pointed her out as she passed by.
Little Miss Shy seemed to understand,
She walked beside her, and took her hand.
After that, Little Rag-Tag did not come to school for days and days and the teacher found out she was ill.
The school room Clock said, “If you don’t mind,I’ll give you a lesson in being kind;It would make you unhappy, too,If any one were to laugh at you;Why don’t you try, like Little Miss Shy,To do a kindness as you pass by?”
The school room Clock said, “If you don’t mind,I’ll give you a lesson in being kind;It would make you unhappy, too,If any one were to laugh at you;Why don’t you try, like Little Miss Shy,To do a kindness as you pass by?”
The school room Clock said, “If you don’t mind,I’ll give you a lesson in being kind;It would make you unhappy, too,If any one were to laugh at you;Why don’t you try, like Little Miss Shy,To do a kindness as you pass by?”
The school room Clock said, “If you don’t mind,
I’ll give you a lesson in being kind;
It would make you unhappy, too,
If any one were to laugh at you;
Why don’t you try, like Little Miss Shy,
To do a kindness as you pass by?”
Little Miss Brag and Thoughtless Tom were sorry they had been unkind and Little Miss Shy said,
“In school there are so very many,What if each one gave a penny?We can remember, if we try,And a new dress we can buy.”
“In school there are so very many,What if each one gave a penny?We can remember, if we try,And a new dress we can buy.”
“In school there are so very many,What if each one gave a penny?We can remember, if we try,And a new dress we can buy.”
“In school there are so very many,
What if each one gave a penny?
We can remember, if we try,
And a new dress we can buy.”
The pennies came thick and fast and they helped to buy a dress all ready made for Little Rag-Tag, and the next time she came to school she had on the new dress, and her shoes were neatly buttoned, and she said “I love every one.”
A little kindness had made her all smiles and sunshine.
The Bunnies liked this story so well that for three whole days they remembered not to make fun of any one as a lesson in manners and a lesson in kindness.
Next day, when Pretty Bunny got to school, she saw some of the Bunnies in a group laughing at some joke they did not explain to the others. She said,
“Good mannered Bunnies have a careTheir jokes with every one to share.”
“Good mannered Bunnies have a careTheir jokes with every one to share.”
“Good mannered Bunnies have a careTheir jokes with every one to share.”
“Good mannered Bunnies have a care
Their jokes with every one to share.”
bunnies in school
The Bunnies in this school did really want to learn good manners, so now they shared their joke with Pretty Bunny.
Then Pretty Bunny said, “I know a joke, too.”
“Yesterday, ’twas really funny,I came to school with Shadow Bunny;I thought to-day we’d run a race,But could not find her any place.”
“Yesterday, ’twas really funny,I came to school with Shadow Bunny;I thought to-day we’d run a race,But could not find her any place.”
“Yesterday, ’twas really funny,I came to school with Shadow Bunny;I thought to-day we’d run a race,But could not find her any place.”
“Yesterday, ’twas really funny,
I came to school with Shadow Bunny;
I thought to-day we’d run a race,
But could not find her any place.”
The Bunnies said,
“Shadow Bunny is full of fun,But only comes out with the sun.”
“Shadow Bunny is full of fun,But only comes out with the sun.”
“Shadow Bunny is full of fun,But only comes out with the sun.”
“Shadow Bunny is full of fun,
But only comes out with the sun.”
The day was cloudy, and Pretty Bunny said, “How much there is to learn in school, and out,” and the School Room Clock quite agreed with her, for by and by, when the Bunnies were asking to borrow pencils and erasers and rulers, the School Room Clock sang,
“Provide yourselves with things to-morrow,Then you will not have to borrow.”
“Provide yourselves with things to-morrow,Then you will not have to borrow.”
“Provide yourselves with things to-morrow,Then you will not have to borrow.”
“Provide yourselves with things to-morrow,
Then you will not have to borrow.”
Some of the Bunnies whispered and the School Room Clock ticked loudly and said,
“Good manners you must learn again,From whispering then please refrain.”
“Good manners you must learn again,From whispering then please refrain.”
“Good manners you must learn again,From whispering then please refrain.”
“Good manners you must learn again,
From whispering then please refrain.”
Some of the Bunnies had to look in the dictionary to see what the last word meant. Do you?
They all became so still in school they could hear the Clock ticking.
That day so many children wanted to go out for a drink of water and so many children asked needless questions that Miss Manners said,
“Self-control is a mighty task;Think before some things you ask.”
“Self-control is a mighty task;Think before some things you ask.”
“Self-control is a mighty task;Think before some things you ask.”
“Self-control is a mighty task;
Think before some things you ask.”
When the Bunnies stopped to think they found many questions they asked were needless. The Clock talked again,
“Do not shuffle with your feet;Keep the aisles about you neat.”
“Do not shuffle with your feet;Keep the aisles about you neat.”
“Do not shuffle with your feet;Keep the aisles about you neat.”
“Do not shuffle with your feet;
Keep the aisles about you neat.”
It continued,
“Don’t snap your fingers; observe the ruleBe polite all day in school.”
“Don’t snap your fingers; observe the ruleBe polite all day in school.”
“Don’t snap your fingers; observe the ruleBe polite all day in school.”
“Don’t snap your fingers; observe the rule
Be polite all day in school.”
Miss Manners taught them all to play games and reminded them to be honest. She said,
“Take your turn, perhaps you’ll beat,No one can endure a cheat.”
“Take your turn, perhaps you’ll beat,No one can endure a cheat.”
“Take your turn, perhaps you’ll beat,No one can endure a cheat.”
“Take your turn, perhaps you’ll beat,
No one can endure a cheat.”
Some Bunnies wanted to break into a game already started and some of themboasted they could run faster than any one else. Miss Manners said,
“We’ll make a good-mannered poster;No one ever loves a boaster.”
“We’ll make a good-mannered poster;No one ever loves a boaster.”
“We’ll make a good-mannered poster;No one ever loves a boaster.”
“We’ll make a good-mannered poster;
No one ever loves a boaster.”
She continued to say that we should be willing to take our turn in playing a game and be good-natured whether we won or not.
Tattle-Tale Bunny stood in the corner of the play-ground talking to a new Bunny, and Miss Manners called him to her quietly and said that we should not repeat tales to any one, even after school; the only ones safe to confide in were the teacher, or one’s own mother.
When the recess games were over the Bunnies came trooping in, still noisy and out of breath. Then the teacher gave them a “Sitting Lesson.” They had to fold their paws and sit so still they could hear the Clock tick.
Miss Manners had them write, as a lesson, something to remember after school. They wrote,
“We will not linger about to play,We will go home from school each day.”
“We will not linger about to play,We will go home from school each day.”
“We will not linger about to play,We will go home from school each day.”
“We will not linger about to play,
We will go home from school each day.”
If Pretty Bunny had followed this advice she would not have met with misfortune. As it was, she hung around the school grounds some time and then went loitering along, singing,
“When I grow up I’ll keep each rule,And have good manners each day in school;I’ll take two pencils, so I’ll not borrowOne from my seat-mate, to-day or to-morrow;I will not whisper, you understand,And quietly I’ll raise my hand;I’ll keep my desk and aisle so neat,And not make noises with my feet;On the play ground every day,I will stand up for fair play;”Pretty Bunny behaved well as a ruleBut went on singing, “Manners in School.”
“When I grow up I’ll keep each rule,And have good manners each day in school;I’ll take two pencils, so I’ll not borrowOne from my seat-mate, to-day or to-morrow;I will not whisper, you understand,And quietly I’ll raise my hand;I’ll keep my desk and aisle so neat,And not make noises with my feet;On the play ground every day,I will stand up for fair play;”Pretty Bunny behaved well as a ruleBut went on singing, “Manners in School.”
“When I grow up I’ll keep each rule,And have good manners each day in school;I’ll take two pencils, so I’ll not borrowOne from my seat-mate, to-day or to-morrow;I will not whisper, you understand,And quietly I’ll raise my hand;I’ll keep my desk and aisle so neat,And not make noises with my feet;On the play ground every day,I will stand up for fair play;”Pretty Bunny behaved well as a ruleBut went on singing, “Manners in School.”
“When I grow up I’ll keep each rule,
And have good manners each day in school;
I’ll take two pencils, so I’ll not borrow
One from my seat-mate, to-day or to-morrow;
I will not whisper, you understand,
And quietly I’ll raise my hand;
I’ll keep my desk and aisle so neat,
And not make noises with my feet;
On the play ground every day,
I will stand up for fair play;”
Pretty Bunny behaved well as a rule
But went on singing, “Manners in School.”
She went on humming until some one said,
“Here you are, my run-a-way;I’ve looked for you most all day.”
“Here you are, my run-a-way;I’ve looked for you most all day.”
“Here you are, my run-a-way;I’ve looked for you most all day.”
“Here you are, my run-a-way;
I’ve looked for you most all day.”
Pretty Bunny looked around and before she could say a word a large Bunny was leading her off.