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though cluing, to resuscitate the dead. It was a fantastic, 

 a gloomy, and yet, for one who knows at heart that all 

 nature is identical, a touching spectacle. 



"It afflicted us greatly; we attempted to shorten it by 

 the help of the ether, and to separate this Juliet from her 

 Romeo. But the indomitable male laughed at all our poi- 

 sons, and dismally dragged himself along. We shut him 

 up in a large box, where he did not die until after a con- 

 siderable period, and incredibl}- large doses. His punish- 

 ment — and, reader, you may justly call it ours — endured for 

 fully fifteen daj-s." 



The Rabbit's Home. 



" There, Mrs. Rabbit, that brush-heap 

 Will make for us a splendid home, 

 We'll build our nest just right in there, 

 And all around it we can roam ; 

 Then soon as we e'er spy a dog. 

 Right in it we will quickly run, 

 While he will have to stay outside 

 And miss anticipated fun. 



" We'll run from men who carry guns, 

 As soon as we e'er see them near ; 

 For they can knock us when not close, 

 Which alwaj-s seems so very queer. 

 'Tis dogs and men that we fear most 

 Of all the things that come around ; 

 But when we hide beneath that brush, 

 We cannot very soon be found. 



" Oh ! here the}' come, both dogs and men. 

 Run quickly, let us go and hide. — 

 But what is that bright light out there, 

 Which creeps around on every side ? 

 O, my ! how warm it's getting here. 

 My dear, our home's on fire, I'm sure, 

 Ah ! Mrs. Rabbit, how can we 

 The fearful heat ever endure ? 



