Excerpt: ...o'clock to mend that Giant Rabbit's clothes. "I might just as well have made you a new suit," he said, as the last inch of the mile-long spool of thread was used up. "I declare I never had such a job before." And I guess he spoke the truth, for I never met a Giant Rabbit in my tailor's shop, although I once had a giant bill from my tailor. STORY XX. BILLY BUNNY AND PARSON CROW. Well, after the Tailor Bird got his money from the Ragged Giant Rabbit for mending his clothes, he thanked Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky ...
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Excerpt: ...o'clock to mend that Giant Rabbit's clothes. "I might just as well have made you a new suit," he said, as the last inch of the mile-long spool of thread was used up. "I declare I never had such a job before." And I guess he spoke the truth, for I never met a Giant Rabbit in my tailor's shop, although I once had a giant bill from my tailor. STORY XX. BILLY BUNNY AND PARSON CROW. Well, after the Tailor Bird got his money from the Ragged Giant Rabbit for mending his clothes, he thanked Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky and said he must be going for he had to make a suit of clothes right away for Parson Crow. "If you'll wait a minute you can go with us," said kind Uncle Lucky; "we'll take you home in the automobile." Of course the Tailor Bird was only too anxious to get a ride, although he did have a good pair of wings. But the needle was pretty heavy and, anyway, Tailor Birds don't often have the opportunity to ride in automobiles. Well, after a little ways, not so very far, the Luckymobile came to a stop and, of course, Billy Bunny had to get out to see what was the matter, and he hunted and hunted all over the machine, but couldn't find out what was wrong. By and by he saw one of the numbers had dropped off the little license plate that hung down from the rear axle. So he hopped back, and by and by, just as he was going to give up looking for it, Parson Crow flew by, and when he saw Billy Bunny he stopped and said: "What are you looking for, little rabbit?" And when Billy Bunny told him, he took the number 7 out of his pocket and handed it to the little bunny. "Here's your number," cawed the black crow, although I never heard of a white one except once, and that was a bad bird who had been whitewashed by a colored painter because he ate up all the corn. "That's my lucky number," said Billy Bunny. And then the crow said in a mournful voice: "It's mine, too, and I just hate to give it up." "Well, if you can get me another number, I don't care if you keep...
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Spencer, Hugh. Good. No Dust Jacket. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1920. Illustrated green cloth binding. Spine shaken. Prior owner's name inked on front pastedown. 114pp. Color illustrated frontis. and plates. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Spencer, Hugh. 12mo-over 6"-8" Tall.
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