Volume 10 — MISTER RABBIT'S LOVE AFFAIR
Reading edition
BY FRANK L. STANTON
One day w'en Mister Rabbit wuz a-settin' in de grass He see Miss Mary comin', en he wouldn't let her pass, Kaze he know she lookin' purty in de river lookin'glass, O Mister Rabbit, in de mawnin'! But de Mockin'bird wuz singin' in de blossom en de dew, En he know 'bout Mister Rabbit, en he watchin' er 'im, too; En Miss Mary heah his music, en she tell 'im "Howdy-do!" O Mister Rabbit, in de mawnin'! Mister Rabbit 'low he beat 'im, en he say he'll l'arn ter sing, En he tried it all de winter, en he kep' it up in spring; But he wuzn't buil' fer singin', kaze he lack de voice en wing,— Good-by, Mister Rabbit, in de mawnin'!