CHAPTER II 
BOBBY AND TOMMY HAVE THEIR FIRST 
LESSON OUTDOORS 
Mother Rabbit ran back to her bur¬ 
row as fast as her soft, brown paws could 
carry her, first gathering a mouthful of 
delicious budding twigs for her little fam¬ 
ily. The rabbit babies were all safe and 
sound and Mother Rabbit sat right down 
to tell them of the awful things she had 
seen and to warn them never, never to go 
out from the Spruce Tree House without 
her. Mollie and all the babies were glad 
that Jimmy Weasel was gone,—only,— 
they knew that Jimmy had many, many 
dozens of cousins and aunts and uncles 
and nephews and nieces and brothers and 
sisters, so,—sad to say,—they would have 
to be just as careful as ever! 
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