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evidence of having been occupied by rabbits 

 previously, he enters without hesitation. 

 Knowing this, the small boy will take a rabbit 



Small boys set an innocent- looking trap. 



caught in an old trap and confine it for a time 

 in his new trap, before setting it. If the 

 weather is fine, Bunny prefers to remain out- 

 side, and the traps are of little use to the boys 

 who set them with so much care. When the 

 weather is very cold and stormy, and there is 

 greater need of shelter, Bunny enters the trap, 



