My New Rabbit
We brought him home, I was so pleased,
We made a rabbit hutch,
I give him oats, I talk to him,
I love him very much.
Now when I talk to Rover dog,
He answers me, “Bow-wow!”
And when I talk to Pussy-cat,
She purrs and says, “Mee-ow!”
But Bunny never says a word,
Just twinkles with his nose,
And what that rabbit thinks about,
Why! no one ever knows.
My Mother says the fairies must
Have put on him a spell,
They told him all their secrets, then
They whispered, “Pray don’t tell.”
So Bunny sits there looking wise,
And twinkling with his nose,
And never, never, never tells
A single thing he knows.
by Elizabeth Gould
We brought him home, I was so pleased,
We made a rabbit hutch,
I give him oats, I talk to him,
I love him very much.
Now when I talk to Rover dog,
He answers me, “Bow-wow!”
And when I talk to Pussy-cat,
She purrs and says, “Mee-ow!”
But Bunny never says a word,
Just twinkles with his nose,
And what that rabbit thinks about,
Why! no one ever knows.
My Mother says the fairies must
Have put on him a spell,
They told him all their secrets, then
They whispered, “Pray don’t tell.”
So Bunny sits there looking wise,
And twinkling with his nose,
And never, never, never tells
A single thing he knows.
by Elizabeth Gould
