Bryant, Sara Cone, 1873-, Wilson, Patten, ill · Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company · leaf 40
breathe. Ah, but Mammy had heard the first cry. Straightover the fields she flew, leaping the stones and hum-mocks, fast as the wind, to save her baby. She was nta timid little cottontail rabbit then; she was a motherwhose child was in danger. And when she came toRaggylug and the big snake, she… … hop! hop! she went over the snakes back Raggylug Hop! hop! she went again, and this time she hurthim so that he twisted and turned; but he held on toRaggylug. Once more the mother rabbit hopped, and oncemore she struck and tore the snakes back with hersharp claws. Zzz! How she hurt! The snake…
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