beneath its brim, and sometimes shed a tear. 
But, oh, it hardly seems to me, it was way back in ’63
I wore it on my wedding day, when I was frisky, young, and gay,” sang the old gentleman rabbit, wiping a tear from his left eye with his blue silk polkadot handkerchief. Then kissing the bride goodbye, he stopped for a moment to hang up an old horseshoe on the front porch and then led the guests away, leaving pretty Lady Love and Mr. Rabbit to fill the little white bungalow with happiness in the years to come.

By and by a little rabbit boy came to make their dream come true. As soon as the glad news was telephoned to dear Uncle Lucky, that happy old gentleman rabbit hopped into his Luckymobile and started off as fast as a comet for the little white bungalow. 

All the way over he honked the horn to bring out all the Shady Forest Folk from their tree houses and burrows. 

“What’s the matter?” asked Squirrel Nutcracker from his Old Tree Lodge. 

“Lady Love has a little boy rabbit!” answered Uncle Lucky. 

“What’s all the noise about?” inquired Busy Beaver, swimming up to the bank of the Shady Forest Pool. 

“Lady Love has a little rabbit boy!” answered Uncle Lucky. 

“Stop blowing that horn!” snapped Grandmother Magpie from her perch in the tall pine tree. 

“Not for a minute,” shouted back dear Uncle Lucky. “Lady Love has a little boy rabbit.” 

“Are you going crazy?” asked the Big Brown Bear as the Luckymobile whizzed by the Cozy Cave. 

“No, I’m going to see my little grandnephew,” answered Uncle Lucky. “Lady Love has a baby rabbit.” 

“You’ll wake up my babies,” cried Mrs. Bobbie Redvest, as the Luckymobile rushed past the Apple Orchard. 

“Never mind,” shouted back Uncle Lucky. “Tell ’em there’s a new baby at the Old Bramble Patch. Lady Love has a little boy rabbit.” 

“Goodness me, what a noise!” croaked Granddaddy Bullfrog, as Uncle Lucky circled the Old Duck Pond. “Has the old gentleman rabbit lost his wits?” 

“Not yet,” answered dear Uncle Lucky. “I’m off for the Old Bramble Patch to see Lady Love’s little boy rabbit. He just came today.” 

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