Identifier: mrrabbitathomese00harr2 (find matches)
Title: Mr. Rabbit at home; a sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company

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k tohunt it ? They certainly did/ came the answer. Both parties tried to explain that they hadplaced their animals in charge of the tavern-keeper, but while they were hemming and hawinga queer thing happened. The boy had come upwith his butting cow; and seeing the merchantsstill in the tavern, he led her to the door, and toldher to do her whole duty, and nothing but herduty. While the merchants were trying to explain,the cow rushed into the room with a bellow, hertail curled over her back, and went at the menwith head down and horn points up. Tables andchairs were nothing to the butting cow. Sheran over them and through them ; and in a littlewhile the room was cleared of the merchants, andsome of them were hurt so badly that they couldscarcely crawl away. The mayor had jumped through a window, andthe village people had scattered in all directions.By this time the tavern-keeper, who had remainedunhurt, was laughing to himself at the fix themerchants found themselves in, for the butting
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HIT STICK! STICK HIT! SHE CRIED YORK I STOR, LENOXDEN FOUr-* .TIONS : BUTTING COW AND HITTING STICK. 293 cow was still pursuing them. But he laughed toosoon. The little girl came to the door with herhitting stick. Hit, stick ! Stick, hit! she cried; and inan instant the stick was mauling the tavern-keeper over the head and shoulders and ah1 aboutthe body. Help ! help! shouted the tavern-keeper.6 Somebody run here ! Help ! I 11 tell you wherethey are ! I 11 show you where they are ! Stop, stick ! said the girl. Now show mewhere my snow-white goat is. Yes ! exclaimed the boy. Show me wheremy coal-black sheep is ! Come, said the tavern-keeper ; and he wentas fast as he could to the outhouse where he hadhid the animals. They were in there, safe andsound, and the children made haste to carry themhome. So the farmer was once more rich and pros-perous. He shunned the tavern and kept at work,and in this way prosperity brought happiness andcontent to all the family. And by giving freelyto the

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