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The rat was one of the first to arrive, and then came the hare and the rabbit arm in arm, for they knew each other well, and were very good friends. The frog was late, for he had had a good way to hop from the nearest pond, where he lived, so that his cousin, the toad, who was slower, but lived nearer, got there before him. THE RAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AND THEN CAME THE HARE AND THE RABBIT ARM IN ARM FOR THEY KNEW EACH OTHER WELL AND WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS THE FROG WAS LATE FOR HE HAD HAD A GOOD WAY TO HOP FROM THE NEAREST POND WHERE HE LIVED SO THAT HIS COUSIN THE TOAD WHO WAS SLOWER BUT LIVED NEARER GOT THERE BEFORE HIM
or he was the eldest of the family), he would throw them away, and think no more about them. If he had left them in the nest, then out of each pretty little egg would have come a pretty little bird. But now, for every egg he had taken away, there was one bird less to sing in the woods in the spring and summer. At last this boy became such a nuisance to all the animals round about, that they determined to punish him in some way or other. They thought the first thing to do was for all of them to meet together and have a good talk about it. In a wood, not far off, there was a nice open space where the ground was smooth and covered with moss. Here they all agreed to come one fine night, for they thought it would be nice and quiet then, and that nobody would disturb them, as, perhaps, they might do in the daytime. So, as soon as the moon rose, they began to assemble, and I wish you could have been there too, to see them all come, sometimes one at a time, and sometimes two or three together. ITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR HE WAS THE ELDEST OF THE FAMILY HE WOULD THROW THEM AWAY AND THINK NO MORE ABOUT THEM IF HE HAD LEFT THEM IN THE NEST THEN OUT OF EACH PRETTY LITTLE EGG WOULD HAVE COME A PRETTY LITTLE BIRD BUT NOW FOR EVERY EGG HE HAD TAKEN AWAY THERE WAS ONE BIRD LESS TO SING IN THE WOODS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AT LAST THIS BOY BECAME SUCH A NUISANCE TO ALL THE ANIMALS ROUND ABOUT THAT THEY DETERMINED TO PUNISH HIM IN SOME WAY OR OTHER THEY THOUGHT THE FIRST THING TO DO WAS FOR ALL OF THEM TO MEET TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TALK ABOUT IT IN A WOOD NOT FAR OFF THERE WAS A NICE OPEN SPACE WHERE THE GROUND WAS SMOOTH AND COVERED WITH MOSS HERE THEY ALL AGREED TO COME ONE FINE NIGHT FOR THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE AND QUIET THEN AND THAT NOBODY WOULD DISTURB THEM AS PERHAPS THEY MIGHT DO IN THE DAYTIME SO AS SOON AS THE MOON ROSE THEY BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE AND I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TOO TO SEE THEM ALL COME SOMETIMES ONE AT A TIME AND SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TOGETHER
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