Raggedy Andy Stories by John B. (John Barton) Gruelle
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"Indeed you may!" the Easter bunny answered. "Can you run fast?"
Then down through the garden and out through a crack in the fence the Easter bunny hopped, with a long string of dolls trailing behind. When they came to the Easter bunny's home, they found Mama Easter bunny and a lot of little teeny weeny bunnies who would some day grow up to be big Easter bunnies like their Mama and Daddy bunny. The Easter bunny told them of his adventure with Fido, and all joined in his laughter when they found it had turned out well at the end. The Easter bunny put four eggs on to boil and while these were boiling he mixed up a lot of pretty colors. When the eggs were boiled, he dipped the four eggs into the pretty colored dye and then painted lovely flowers on them. When the Easter bunny had finished painting the eggs he put them in his basket and, with all the dolls running along beside him, they returned to the house. "Why not make the nest right in the nursery?" Raggedy Andy asked. "That would be just the thing! Then the little girl would wonder and wonder how I could ever get into the nursery without awakening the rest of the folks, for she will never suspect that you dolls and Fido let me in!" So with Raggedy Andy leading the way, they ran up to the nursery and |
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