{"id":707,"date":"2014-04-12T19:10:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=707"},"modified":"2015-07-22T02:38:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T02:38:48","slug":"the-country-bunny-and-the-little-gold-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One day a little country girl bunny with a brown
\nskin and a little cotton-ball of a tail said, “Some
\nday I shall grow up to be an Easter Bunny:–you
\nwait and see!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Then all of the big white bunnies<\/em>
\n who lived in<\/em>
\n fine houses,<\/em><\/p>\n

and the Jack Rabbits with long legs who can run so fast,<\/em>
\n laughed at the little Cottontail and told her to go back to<\/em>
\n the country and eat a carrot. But she said, “Wait and see!”<\/em><\/p>\n

The little cottontail grows up into a wise, kind mama bunny who teaches her twenty-one (!) children to be self sufficient.\u00a0 When a spot on the Easter Bunny roster comes open, she is ready to fulfill her lifelong dream.<\/p>\n

It is hard to believe this book was published in 1939. (It is the only children’s book by the author of Porgy <\/em>and primary lyricist of Porgy and Bess<\/em>; he wrote it for his daughter.) This charming take on the Easter bunny story (the Palace of Easter Eggs is always popular) and its demonstration of work\/life balance feels very contemporary.<\/p>\n

Author: DuBose Heyward
\nIllustrator: Marjorie Flack<\/p>\n