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Bunny thought this over, and then summoned his nerve, and went back to his father. "Look here, Dad! If you've got five hundred for a joke with Eli Watkins, I want five hundred for something serious."
Dad looked alarmed right away. He should not have told Bunny about that money! "What is it, son?"