your ears."

"Oh, my ears are not made of candy. They will bend, and not break," said
Jack Hare. "Here goes! I'm going to turn a somersault just as you did.
Maybe I can cut some Monkeyshines, too!"

Well, the Live Rabbit tried, but I can not say that he did it very well.
First he fell over to one side, and then he fell to the other side. And
once he got stuck in the middle, standing on his head with his ears
lying flat along the ground and his legs sticking up in the air.

"Go on over! Why don't you turn all the way over?" asked the
Grasshopper.

[Illustration: Monkey Does Some "Monkey Shines."
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"I--I can't!" answered the Live Rabbit. "I seem to be stuck half way! If
one of you would be so kind as to give me a push, or a pull, I might
finish my somersault. Come on, help me!"

"I'll help you," kindly said the Monkey. He took hold of the Live
Rabbit's hind legs and gave him a push. Over went Jack Hare, finishing
his somersault, though not doing it very well.

The Live Rabbit thanked the Monkey on a Stick for what he had done and
then said:

"Since you have come to our meadow would you not like to visit my
house?"