CHAPTER VII.STREET MANNERS.
If every Bunny that we meetHad good manners on the street,What a pleasant world ’twould beFor other folks like you and me.
If every Bunny that we meetHad good manners on the street,What a pleasant world ’twould beFor other folks like you and me.
If every Bunny that we meetHad good manners on the street,What a pleasant world ’twould beFor other folks like you and me.
If every Bunny that we meet
Had good manners on the street,
What a pleasant world ’twould be
For other folks like you and me.
Next morning early, Aunt Etiquette called,
“Come, Bunnies, I’ll give you all a treat,We’ll take a walk upon the street.”
“Come, Bunnies, I’ll give you all a treat,We’ll take a walk upon the street.”
“Come, Bunnies, I’ll give you all a treat,We’ll take a walk upon the street.”
“Come, Bunnies, I’ll give you all a treat,
We’ll take a walk upon the street.”
All the Bunnies, except Pretty Bunny, were ready soon and in their hurry they slid down the banisters. Pretty Bunny stopped to put her room in order. This took her so long the other Bunnies had started on their way when she was ready.
As her little feet went “pitter, patter” down the stairs she heard another “pitter, patter” behind her. She turned, but saw no one. She ran out doors and none of the Bunnies were in sight. She stoodby the side of the house and called, “Boo-Hoo.” A voice answered, “Boo-Hoo.”
two bunnies
Pretty Bunny cried excitedly, “Who are you?” and the voice repeated, “Who are you?”
Pretty Bunny said, “Are you the Bunny who goes pitter, patter on the stairs?” The voice answered, “On the stairs.”
Suddenly Pretty Bunny sat down and laughed until she cried, and then she said,
“Some things are surely very funny;I think you are the Echo Bunny.”The voice replied, “Echo Bunny.”
“Some things are surely very funny;I think you are the Echo Bunny.”The voice replied, “Echo Bunny.”
“Some things are surely very funny;I think you are the Echo Bunny.”The voice replied, “Echo Bunny.”
“Some things are surely very funny;
I think you are the Echo Bunny.”
The voice replied, “Echo Bunny.”
three bunnies
Pretty Bunny said, “Good bye,” and Echo Bunny, (for it was really he,) answered, “Good bye.”
At this very minute Healthy Bunny came back and said Aunt Etiquette had just found out that Pretty Bunny had been left behind.
Healthy Bunny and Pretty Bunny bumped into several people on the walk until Pretty Bunny remarked,
“A little Bunny who is brightWill always turn out to the right.”
“A little Bunny who is brightWill always turn out to the right.”
“A little Bunny who is brightWill always turn out to the right.”
“A little Bunny who is bright
Will always turn out to the right.”
They noticed then that people turned to the right and teams turned to the right also.
By this time they had caught up with the others and noticed Aunt Etiquette bowing politely to people she met.
She said,
“How many Bunnies noticed that?How many Bunnies raised their hat?”
“How many Bunnies noticed that?How many Bunnies raised their hat?”
“How many Bunnies noticed that?How many Bunnies raised their hat?”
“How many Bunnies noticed that?
How many Bunnies raised their hat?”
She said gentlemen always raised their hats when a lady they were walking with spoke to any one.
Heedless Bunny tried to attract the attention of a Bunny across the street and Aunt Etiquette said,
“Speak when any one you meet,But please don’t shout across the street.”
“Speak when any one you meet,But please don’t shout across the street.”
“Speak when any one you meet,But please don’t shout across the street.”
“Speak when any one you meet,
But please don’t shout across the street.”
Homeless Bunny said, “Should we always wait for an older person to speak to us?”
Aunt Etiquette replied,
“You may learn street manners now;To an older person first you’ll bow.”
“You may learn street manners now;To an older person first you’ll bow.”
“You may learn street manners now;To an older person first you’ll bow.”
“You may learn street manners now;
To an older person first you’ll bow.”
She said a young person may recognize an older person first, and that it is right to always be ready to speak to a person you know.
“Where are we going to-day, Aunt Etiquette?” asked Healthy Bunny.
Happy Bunny shouted, “Where? where?” and they soon had a crowd around them, they made so much noise. When the crowd found there was nothing the matter they went on their way.
Aunt Etiquette looked quite severe and said,
“How many times must I repeat;Don’t attract attention on the street.”
“How many times must I repeat;Don’t attract attention on the street.”
“How many times must I repeat;Don’t attract attention on the street.”
“How many times must I repeat;
Don’t attract attention on the street.”
The Bunnies looked quite ashamed and Pretty Bunny said very politely, in a low voice, “Please tell us where we are going, Aunt Etiquette.”
Aunt Etiquette answered,
“To the library to get a book;We will seek a cozy nook.”
“To the library to get a book;We will seek a cozy nook.”
“To the library to get a book;We will seek a cozy nook.”
“To the library to get a book;
We will seek a cozy nook.”
At this, Heedless Bunny said, “Oh, no, please take us to the Park.”
Homeless Bunny said, “Please take us to the restaurant.”
Happy Bunny said, “We can have a good time most any place, but we have to keep still in a library.”
There were so many of them Aunt Etiquette had to say every little while,
“Step behind another, lad and lass,Step behind to let another pass.”
“Step behind another, lad and lass,Step behind to let another pass.”
“Step behind another, lad and lass,Step behind to let another pass.”
“Step behind another, lad and lass,
Step behind to let another pass.”
Heedless Bunny began to whistle and sing, and the first thing the rest knew he had gone off down a cross street.
Homeless Bunny did not learn good manners easily so he stopped to talk to a person on a street corner.
Happy Bunny took hold of Healthy Bunny, but they took too much room that way walking on the sidewalk, so Aunt Etiquette remarked,
“Happy Bunny, you mean no harm,On the street don’t take another’s arm;To properly walk, please don’t forget,Is part of good street Etiquette;Walk straight ahead, and I supposeYou learned long ago to turn out your toes.”
“Happy Bunny, you mean no harm,On the street don’t take another’s arm;To properly walk, please don’t forget,Is part of good street Etiquette;Walk straight ahead, and I supposeYou learned long ago to turn out your toes.”
“Happy Bunny, you mean no harm,On the street don’t take another’s arm;To properly walk, please don’t forget,Is part of good street Etiquette;Walk straight ahead, and I supposeYou learned long ago to turn out your toes.”
“Happy Bunny, you mean no harm,
On the street don’t take another’s arm;
To properly walk, please don’t forget,
Is part of good street Etiquette;
Walk straight ahead, and I suppose
You learned long ago to turn out your toes.”
bunnies dressed up
Happy Bunny and Pretty Bunny looked down to see if they were really turning out their toes. They told Aunt Etiquette that sometimes at home they practised walking straight and tried to stand so erect that they could walk about carrying a book on their heads without letting it drop.
They met some Bunnies who were dressed gayly and by dress and manner tried really to attract attention.
Aunt Etiquette said, “Need I mention?We should never try to attract attention.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “Need I mention?We should never try to attract attention.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “Need I mention?We should never try to attract attention.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “Need I mention?
We should never try to attract attention.”
She continued,
“I am truly glad to seeThat you keep step with me.”
“I am truly glad to seeThat you keep step with me.”
“I am truly glad to seeThat you keep step with me.”
“I am truly glad to see
That you keep step with me.”
Sure enough, they were all keeping step.
Happy Bunny turned to look after a group of Bunnies they had passed and Aunt Etiquette said,
“Don’t turn to look back at those you meet;Please observe good manners on the street;And a youngster may be in danger,If he speaks to a beggar or stranger.”
“Don’t turn to look back at those you meet;Please observe good manners on the street;And a youngster may be in danger,If he speaks to a beggar or stranger.”
“Don’t turn to look back at those you meet;Please observe good manners on the street;And a youngster may be in danger,If he speaks to a beggar or stranger.”
“Don’t turn to look back at those you meet;
Please observe good manners on the street;
And a youngster may be in danger,
If he speaks to a beggar or stranger.”
By the time they had come to the library Happy Bunny began to ask questions. “What book are you looking for, Aunt Etiquette?”
She smiled and answered. “I am looking for a book of Home-Made Fairy Tales.”
Pretty Bunny said, “Hurrah, hurrah.”
Aunt Etiquette said, “If you really want to learn good manners you will do some thinking. In a library people are reading.”
“Though it is not quite like school,Be very still—observe this rule.”
“Though it is not quite like school,Be very still—observe this rule.”
“Though it is not quite like school,Be very still—observe this rule.”
“Though it is not quite like school,
Be very still—observe this rule.”
Aunt Etiquette got the book she wanted and they started homeward.
Happy Bunny went off by himself but Healthy Bunny and Pretty Bunny went on with Aunt Etiquette.
She gave the two cunning little Bunnies a surprise.
She took them into a restaurant and let them order ice cream and cake.
Healthy Bunny was in such a hurry to taste his ice cream and Pretty Bunny was in such a hurry to taste her cake that they began to eat before Aunt Etiquette had put on her gold rimmed spectacles, and she said quietly,
“To keep good manners at the table,Just wait to start ’till all are able.”
“To keep good manners at the table,Just wait to start ’till all are able.”
“To keep good manners at the table,Just wait to start ’till all are able.”
“To keep good manners at the table,
Just wait to start ’till all are able.”
The Bunnies now waited until Aunt Etiquette was ready to eat too, and they said they were glad to learn so many little things in a pleasant way.
When they arrived home at last, Pretty Bunny drew a picture of a side walk and wrote below it every rule of street manners she could remember.
Healthy Bunny made a little song and sang it to the tune of “Twinkle Little Star.”
“When you’re walking on the street,Be polite to all you meet;When you’re grown you’ll not regretThat you learned street Etiquette.”
“When you’re walking on the street,Be polite to all you meet;When you’re grown you’ll not regretThat you learned street Etiquette.”
“When you’re walking on the street,Be polite to all you meet;When you’re grown you’ll not regretThat you learned street Etiquette.”
“When you’re walking on the street,
Be polite to all you meet;
When you’re grown you’ll not regret
That you learned street Etiquette.”
Late that night Pretty Bunny told Healthy Bunny about hearing Echo Bunny speak.
She said, “I wonder if he caresThat I hear him patter on the stairs.”
She said, “I wonder if he caresThat I hear him patter on the stairs.”
She said, “I wonder if he caresThat I hear him patter on the stairs.”
She said, “I wonder if he cares
That I hear him patter on the stairs.”
Healthy Bunny did not answer; he was already asleep.