Chapter IXTHE THANKSGIVING DINNER
“The Market Basket cried out”“The Market Basket cried out”
“The Market Basket cried out”
“The Market Basket cried out”
One day late in November, the Runaway Rabbit sang:
“To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away,To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.”
“To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away,To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.”
“To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away,To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.”
“To Grandma Bun I’ll hurry away,
To help her keep Thanksgiving Day.”
He had gone hippety-hop only a little way when he sat down on a stone to think.
To his surprise, the Market Basket he carried cried out:
“Will you buy a turkey while on your way,For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?”
“Will you buy a turkey while on your way,For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?”
“Will you buy a turkey while on your way,For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?”
“Will you buy a turkey while on your way,
For Old Mother Bun’s Thanksgiving Day?”
“Dear me! My fur and whiskers, I never thought about that!” he cried. “Of course I will—now that you suggest it!”
He rattled the pennies in his little bead purse. He rattled the dimes and quarters.
He went hippety-hop to the market and said:
“Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds?How very grand that order sounds!”
“Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds?How very grand that order sounds!”
“Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds?How very grand that order sounds!”
“Will you sell me a turkey of eighteen pounds?
How very grand that order sounds!”
“Surprised the butcher”“Surprised the butcher”
“Surprised the butcher”
“Surprised the butcher”
To see such a little fellow with so much money surprised the butcher. But he weighed the turkey and it quite filled the Market Basket.
The Runaway Bunny was starting merrily down the road, when the Basket cried:
“Each Thanksgiving people sighFor rich and spicy pumpkin pie.”
“Each Thanksgiving people sighFor rich and spicy pumpkin pie.”
“Each Thanksgiving people sighFor rich and spicy pumpkin pie.”
“Each Thanksgiving people sigh
For rich and spicy pumpkin pie.”
The Runaway Bunny saw a nice yellow pumpkin in a field and he managed to tuck it under his arm.
He arrived home and began to make a pumpkin pie. He measuredthis, weighed that, and cut up and cooked the pumpkin.
He baked a wonderful pumpkin pie and was about ready to set out again, when the Basket cried:
“Fine potatoes are a treatOn Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.”
“Fine potatoes are a treatOn Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.”
“Fine potatoes are a treatOn Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.”
“Fine potatoes are a treat
On Thanksgiving, if they’re sweet.”
The Runaway Bunny threw his little red cap up in the air, shouting, “Sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes!”
“He pared them and cut them up”“He pared them and cut them up”
“He pared them and cut them up”
“He pared them and cut them up”
So, leaving his turkey and pie, heran hippety-hop to the grocer’s and bought sweet potatoes and took them home. He pared them and cut them up. He pared some carrots, too. Then he put them all on to cook.
He sang:
“I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme;It is lucky I started out on time.”
“I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme;It is lucky I started out on time.”
“I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme;It is lucky I started out on time.”
“I’m the Runaway Bunny; I talk in rhyme;
It is lucky I started out on time.”
The basket spoke again and said:
“I don’t believe I have heard you sayIf you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.”
“I don’t believe I have heard you sayIf you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.”
“I don’t believe I have heard you sayIf you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.”
“I don’t believe I have heard you say
If you’ve cranberries for Thanksgiving Day.”
The Runaway Bunny ran quickly for cranberries.
He was back in less than no time,and began to pack his Basket to take with him to spend the day with Old Mother Bun.
At this very minute “Rap-a-tap!” was heard on the door; and in walked his old friends, Pit-A-Pat, Rough Coat, Old Brother Bear, and Foxy-Lox.
Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way,If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?”
Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way,If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?”
Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way,If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?”
Said Foxy-Lox, “Shall we be in the way,
If we travel with you on Thanksgiving Day?”
Pit-A-Pat began to lick her chops as she smelled the gravy. For the Runaway Bunny had the dinner all cooked to take with him, of course.
Rough Coat thought of the turkey legs. Old Brother Bear smelled the sweet potatoes.
Old Foxy-Lox had a long head on him.
So he said:
“Let’s set the table here just to seeHow fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”
“Let’s set the table here just to seeHow fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”
“Let’s set the table here just to seeHow fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”
“Let’s set the table here just to see
How fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”
The Runaway Bunny switched his ears to and fro. But he let the animals help him set the table with turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. And every minute he grew more and more hungry himself.
“He grew more and more hungry”“He grew more and more hungry”
“He grew more and more hungry”
“He grew more and more hungry”
Foxy-Lox said:
“Though we do not intend to be impolite,Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”
“Though we do not intend to be impolite,Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”
“Though we do not intend to be impolite,Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”
“Though we do not intend to be impolite,
Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”
The Runaway Bunny enjoyed a joke as well as anyone.
So he said:
“I am really amused at what you say;Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!”
“I am really amused at what you say;Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!”
“I am really amused at what you say;Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!”
“I am really amused at what you say;
Come, help yourself on Thanksgiving Day!”
Then they all had a fine feast.
The visitors felt a little guilty and whispered among themselves:
“We think our conduct is rather shocking,But we will fill his Christmas stocking.”
“We think our conduct is rather shocking,But we will fill his Christmas stocking.”
“We think our conduct is rather shocking,But we will fill his Christmas stocking.”
“We think our conduct is rather shocking,
But we will fill his Christmas stocking.”
The Runaway Bunny excused himself, saying he wanted some exercise.
And he sang:
“I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit;I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.”
“I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit;I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.”
“I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit;I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.”
“I like to travel; I’ve formed the habit;
I am well named the Runaway Rabbit.”
He ran off through the woods away, away, away! Would he never stop?
The Bunny.The Bunny.
The Bunny.
The Bunny.