The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

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This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at / his savage whiskers and his claws and / his turned-up tail.

This is a nice gentle Rabbit. His / mother has given him a carrot.

The bad Rabbit would like some / carrot.

He doesn't say "Please." He takes it!

And he scratches the good Rabbit / very badly.

The good Rabbit creeps away and / hides in a hole. It feels sad.

This is a man with a gun.

He sees something sitting on a / bench. He thinks it is a very funny / bird!

He comes creeping up behind the / trees.

And then he shoots -- BANG!

This is what happens --

But this is all he finds on the bench / when he rushes up with his gun.

The good Rabbit peeps out of its / hole . . .

. and it sees the bad Rabbit / tearing past -- without any tail or / whiskers!

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