Shady Forest friends. In a little while he came to the Forest Pool. There sat Busy Beaver on the mud roof of his little house, happy and contented, for the day was warm and bright and he had slumbered well all night. On seeing the little rabbit, he dived into the water and swam over to the bank. “Hello, what brings you here?” he asked, for something in the little rabbit’s manner told him there was a surprise in store. “Give you three guesses,” laughed the little bunny. “Three guesses and then two more.” “Danny Fox been caught?” “No,” answered Little Jack Rabbit. “Mr. Wicked Weasel in jail?” “No,” answered Little Jack Rabbit. “Chippy Chipmunk has the measles?” “No,” replied Little Jack Rabbit, with a shake of his head. “Well, what is it, then?” asked Busy Beaver. “Circus Party!” shouted the little bunny. “I’m giving a circus party at Turnip City. Have you been to Uncle Lucky’s Circus?” “Not yet,” replied the little beaver. “Be sure to come to the Old Bramble Patch at seven to-morrow morning. We’re all going down in the Billy Goat Stage Coach. So be on time and don’t forget, for we’ll have a jolly time, you bet,” and away hopped the little rabbit to invite other friends in the Shady Forest. In a little while, not so very far, he met Peter Possum and his family."Won’t you all come to my circus party?” asked the bunny boy.
“What time?” enquired the old Possum.
“To-morrow morning at seven the Billy Goat Stage Coach will be at the Old Bramble Patch. So be on time and don’t be late, for we’ll not have a minute to wait,” shouted the little rabbit, hopping swiftly away to find another friend, and maybe two, for his circus party.
“I wonder whether Professor Crow would like to come,” thought the little bunny. “Maybe he’ll be pleased to be invited. Anyway, there’s no harm in asking him.”
“What’s the matter? Any one ill?
Doctor Quack has a wonderful pill,” shouted the old Professor Bird looking out of his window as the bunny boy knocked on the tiny door in the Tall Pine Tree.
“I don’t need Dr. Quack, the famous duck doctor,” he answered. “I’m giving a circus party. Won’t you and Mrs. Crow and Blackie Crow come? We start to-morrow morning at seven right after breakfast from the Old Bramble Patch. The Billy Goat Stage Coach will take us all to Turnip City where the circus people are giving a show. I’m sure little Blackie will love to go.”
“We all will,” answered Professor Crow. “It makes me feel young again just to think of it. Thank you. We’ll be on time.”

BUNNY TALE 9THE CIRCUS

Goodness gracious me! That Billy Goat Stage Coach will be dreadfully crowded if Little Jack Rabbit invites many more friends to his circus party. Of course, when you come to think it over, the 

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