E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 36052-h.htm or 36052-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/36052/pg36052-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36052/36052-h.zip) LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND UNCLE JOHN HARE by DAVID CORY Author of Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures, Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox, Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers, Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk, Little Jack Rabbit and the Big Brown Bear, Little Jack Rabbit and Professor Crow _LITTLE JACK RABBIT BOOKS_ (Trademark Registered) Illustrated by H. S. Barbour New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1922, by Grosset & Dunlap [Illustration: The Bunnymobile Horn Made Giant Rabbit Stop His Ears and Shut His Eyes.] CONTENTS UNCLE JOHN HARE A USEFUL GUMDROP THE RAGGED RABBIT GIANT JACK SPRITE THE WOODLAND ELF "FEE, FIE!" THE OLD WITCH STRAWBERRIES MRS. ANT MORE ADVENTURES THE WISHING EGG MAGIC BOOTS THE TINY COBBLER FIREFLY LANTERNS INVITATIONS UNCLE JOHN HARE'S PARTY THE LITTLE RING DOCTOR CAT THE BIG BLACK BEAR CHICKEN CITY MRS. WILDCAT PROFESSOR CROW THE WITCH'S SPELL THE MAGIC FLOWER THE RIBBON TREE THE FAIRY CAT THE BIG BLACK SNAKE THE SUGAR BARREL THE YELLOW DOG TRAMP "ALWAYS TRUST THE FAIRIES" LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE BUNNYMOBILE HORN MADE GIANT RABBIT STOP HIS EARS AND SHUT HIS EYES. THE WISHING EGG BRINGS NEW CLOTHES TO PROFESSOR CROW. JACK SPRITE AND FOREST FAY ARRIVE AT UNCLE JOHN HARE'S PARTY. THE LITTLE GIRL TIED A RIBBON AROUND UNCLE JOHN HARE'S NECK. LITTLE JACK RABBIT AND UNCLE JOHN HARE UNCLE JOHN HARE "Heigh-ho," said Little Jack Rabbit to himself one bright morning, "how happy I'd be if I could find Uncle John Hare." And then, all of a sudden he came to a sign by the road on which was printed in big red letters: "THREE MILES TO TURNIP CITY" "Perhaps someone there can tell me where he lives," and the little rabbit set out with a brave heart once more, and pretty soon, not so very far, he came to a little house painted white, with green shutters and a red chimney. And, goodness me! Before he could say "Winky pinky" Uncle John Hare himself opened the door. "How did you get here all by yourself? It's a long way from the Old Bramble Patch," inquired the old gentleman rabbit. Well, you can imagine how glad the little tired bunny was to find his uncle, and for a long time he for got to ask him how he came to leave the Sunny Meadow, and why he had bought this little house in Turnip City. But, by and by, his uncle explained it all by saying he wished to pass the rest of his days in quiet, far away from the Farmer's Boy and Danny Fox.