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The easter rabbit Shrill and sharp north Wind whistled through
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the forest, where the trees and flowers were patiently awaiting
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the arrival of my Lady Spring. Jack Frost was delighted.
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Perched on the topmost branches of the great trees, he
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laughed gleefully. Ha surely old father Winter has forgotten that
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April is almost here. I will not remind him, they say.
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My Lady Spring, who was waiting in wild Flower Hollow,
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is growing most impatient, and so am I whispered Mother
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Maple to her neighbor Dame Oak. I've told my babies
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many pleasant stories about my Lady Spring and her companion
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Mary Sunshine. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep
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them in their dark cradles much longer. Oh try to
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cradle them a few more days, said Dame Oak. You
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remember what trouble that rude fellow Jack Frost made last year.
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So long as he is here, he insists on playing
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with all the babies of the forest. I do wish
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Lady Spring would come and tell him to go away.
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He'll never leave as long as his bold brother north
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Wind is here, sighed Silver Beach. Don't worry, said Dame Oak.
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I feel sure we won't have to wait much longer.
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I saw Mary Sunshine dancing near the edge of the
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forest yesterday. I feel quite hopeful. Oh how happy I
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will be to hear Thrush's song again, said Silver Beach,
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and the happy children's voices. They haven't been to the
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forest since nutting season, said Dame Oak. I'm sure they
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are longing to come again for some time. Lady Spring
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had been waiting in Wildflower Hollow, near the edge of
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the forest. Only a few days ago. The children had
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come there to gather flowers. Not a bird or blossom anywhere.
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See how brown and bare that bank is, said one.
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And easter is almost here. I wonder why Lady Spring
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is so late, said another. Maybe she has forgotten us,
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said a tiny companion. I am very disappointed. Last year,
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at this time that bank was blue with violets. Come
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let us go home and away, ran the children. I
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will wait no longer, said Lady Spring. Come, Mary Sunshine.
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Away danced Mary Sunshine, and Lady Spring followed in trailing
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robes of green and white, waving her silver wand over
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the bank of Wildflower Hollow. She whispered, Ready, violets, come,
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starry blute, my sweet anemone, come out, ah, brave arbutus,
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I see you are expecting me. Did you think I
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was never coming? My dainty Spring, beauty? How graceful Lady
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Spring looked, waving her magic wand here and there through
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the forest. Wherever she stooped and touched the brown earth,
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fresh grass appeared. When she tapped the great tree trunks,
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the bare branches above instantly veiled themselves in tender green.
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Sing Mary Sunshine, dance and sing. Lady Spring called to
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her companion, Mary Sunshine sang a beautiful song. It rang
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sweetly through the forest and echoed far away over the
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hills to the south, where the birds were waiting patiently
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for the call. How gladly they came bluebird and bobbalink,
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cardinal and chickadee, blackbird, and thrush and wren. All the
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forest birds answered Mary Sunshine's song of spring. At last,
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my work is done, said Lady Spring joyously. When are
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the children coming, asked Dame Oak. I will send them
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a message that I have arrived. Robin Redbreast, will you
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take a message of spring to the children. I'm sure
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they will want to see the lovely blossoms and hear
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the sweet bird songs. Lady Spring said, Robin, I'm afraid
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I can't go today. You see, my maid and I
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are building a soft, warm nest in oak tree. We
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are very late this year. I wonder where I can
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find another messenger. I think Red Fox would go for you. Oh,
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answered Robin, Redbreast, see here he comes. Now, will you
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take word to the children that I have come, Reynard
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asked Lady Spring. Oh, I would be happy to go,
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but the people might think I came to steal their chickens.
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I believe black Bear would be a better messenger than
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any of us. I'll run and ask him to go.
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But Reynard brought back the answer that black Bear was
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afraid he would frighten the children too much. Who will
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be my messenger, sighed Lady Spring. Robin cocked his head
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on one side and looked very thoughtful. Then he said,
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I believe Bunny Rabbit can go. I saw him hop past,
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but a moment ago, I'll call him. At Robin's whistle,
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Bunny came leaping out of the bushes. Bunny Rabbit, I
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want you to take a message to the children in
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the city. Please go and tell them Spring has come
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a message to the city. Lady Spring, exclaimed Bunny, raising
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his ears upright. Please ask me to do anything that
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that the dogs might catch me. They bark so fiercely,
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and naughty boys might chase me. I'm sure I should
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never come back. Bunny dropped his voice and looked quickly
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about in all directions. Lady Spring was puzzled. Bunny said, Robin,
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would you go at night? You know the dogs and
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boys go to sleep then, and you can hop so
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softly that I'm sure they would not hear you. Besides,
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your ears are very sharp. Well, perhaps I could go
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at midnight, said Bunny thoughtfully. But how could I take
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a message to the children without wakening them? Oh, I
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can manage that, said Lady Spring. Meet me in Wildflower
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Hollow a little before twelve o'clock. Then I will tell
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you my plan. I will come, said Bunny. Lady Spring
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made a beautiful basket out of twigs and leaves and grasses.
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She lined it with the softest moss. Around the top,
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she placed a garland of wild flowers, and when the
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birds knew that she was sending a message to the children,
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each one wanted to help her. So they sent lovely
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little eggs of all colors, greenish, blue, brown, white, and spotted.
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How beautiful they looked lying on the bed of moss
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and flowers. A little before midnight, bunny came to wildflower hollow.
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I am ready, said Lady Spring. See, Bunny, here is
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a basket. Be care careful with these precious eggs. When
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you come to a house where a little child lives,
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take out a bit of moss and form it into
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a wee nest like this, said Lady Spring, weaving quickly
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a moss nest. Then put into each one a wild
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flower and an egg. Leave an egg for each child
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in the house. Yes, yes, I understand, Lady Spring. How
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pretty the nest is. And off he hopped into the
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quiet dark. On Easter morning, Mary Sunshine wakened the children early.
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I found this little moss nest on the doorstep, cried
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one of them. There is a wild flower and three
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colored eggs in it. How beautiful an egg for each
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of us, said another. I wonder what it means. I know,
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I know, said little brother. There are bunny tracks on
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the path. He must have brought the nest to us.
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Perhaps he came to tell us Spring is here. Of
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course he did, cried the children, clapping their tiny hands
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in glee. Bunny was Spring's messenger. Away to the woods,
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ran the children, crying out, Spring is here, Spring is here.
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Bunny rabbit brought us the message.
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The easter rabbit Shrill and sharp north Wind whistled through
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the forest, where the trees and flowers were patiently awaiting
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the arrival of my Lady Spring. Jack Frost was delighted.
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Perched on the topmost branches of the great trees, he
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laughed gleefully. Ha surely old father Winter has forgotten that
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April is almost here. I will not remind him, they say.
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My Lady Spring, who was waiting in wild Flower Hollow,
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is growing most impatient, and so am I whispered Mother
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Maple to her neighbor Dame Oak. I've told my babies
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many pleasant stories about my Lady Spring and her companion
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Mary Sunshine. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep
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them in their dark cradles much longer. Oh try to
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cradle them a few more days, said Dame Oak. You
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remember what trouble that rude fellow Jack Frost made last year.
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So long as he is here, he insists on playing
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with all the babies of the forest. I do wish
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Lady Spring would come and tell him to go away.
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He'll never leave as long as his bold brother north
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Wind is here, sighed Silver Beach. Don't worry, said Dame Oak.
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I feel sure we won't have to wait much longer.
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I saw Mary Sunshine dancing near the edge of the
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forest yesterday. I feel quite hopeful. Oh how happy I
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will be to hear Thrush's song again, said Silver Beach,
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and the happy children's voices. They haven't been to the
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forest since nutting season, said Dame Oak. I'm sure they
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are longing to come again for some time. Lady Spring
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had been waiting in Wildflower Hollow, near the edge of
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the forest. Only a few days ago. The children had
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come there to gather flowers. Not a bird or blossom anywhere.
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See how brown and bare that bank is, said one.
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And easter is almost here. I wonder why Lady Spring
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is so late, said another. Maybe she has forgotten us,
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said a tiny companion. I am very disappointed. Last year,
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at this time that bank was blue with violets. Come
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let us go home and away, ran the children. I
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will wait no longer, said Lady Spring. Come, Mary Sunshine.
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Away danced Mary Sunshine, and Lady Spring followed in trailing
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robes of green and white, waving her silver wand over
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the bank of Wildflower Hollow. She whispered, Ready, violets, come,
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starry blute, my sweet anemone, come out, ah, brave arbutus,
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I see you are expecting me. Did you think I
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was never coming? My dainty Spring, beauty? How graceful Lady
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Spring looked, waving her magic wand here and there through
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the forest. Wherever she stooped and touched the brown earth,
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fresh grass appeared. When she tapped the great tree trunks,
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the bare branches above instantly veiled themselves in tender green.
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Sing Mary Sunshine, dance and sing. Lady Spring called to
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her companion, Mary Sunshine sang a beautiful song. It rang
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sweetly through the forest and echoed far away over the
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hills to the south, where the birds were waiting patiently
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for the call. How gladly they came bluebird and bobbalink,
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cardinal and chickadee, blackbird, and thrush and wren. All the
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forest birds answered Mary Sunshine's song of spring. At last,
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my work is done, said Lady Spring joyously. When are
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the children coming, asked Dame Oak. I will send them
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a message that I have arrived. Robin Redbreast, will you
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take a message of spring to the children. I'm sure
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they will want to see the lovely blossoms and hear
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the sweet bird songs. Lady Spring said, Robin, I'm afraid
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I can't go today. You see, my maid and I
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are building a soft, warm nest in oak tree. We
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are very late this year. I wonder where I can
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find another messenger. I think Red Fox would go for you. Oh,
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answered Robin, Redbreast, see here he comes. Now, will you
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take word to the children that I have come, Reynard
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asked Lady Spring. Oh, I would be happy to go,
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but the people might think I came to steal their chickens.
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I believe black Bear would be a better messenger than
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any of us. I'll run and ask him to go.
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But Reynard brought back the answer that black Bear was
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afraid he would frighten the children too much. Who will
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be my messenger, sighed Lady Spring. Robin cocked his head
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on one side and looked very thoughtful. Then he said,
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I believe Bunny Rabbit can go. I saw him hop past,
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but a moment ago, I'll call him. At Robin's whistle,
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Bunny came leaping out of the bushes. Bunny Rabbit, I
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want you to take a message to the children in
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the city. Please go and tell them Spring has come
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a message to the city. Lady Spring, exclaimed Bunny, raising
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his ears upright. Please ask me to do anything that
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that the dogs might catch me. They bark so fiercely,
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and naughty boys might chase me. I'm sure I should
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never come back. Bunny dropped his voice and looked quickly
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about in all directions. Lady Spring was puzzled. Bunny said, Robin,
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would you go at night? You know the dogs and
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boys go to sleep then, and you can hop so
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softly that I'm sure they would not hear you. Besides,
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your ears are very sharp. Well, perhaps I could go
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at midnight, said Bunny thoughtfully. But how could I take
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a message to the children without wakening them? Oh, I
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can manage that, said Lady Spring. Meet me in Wildflower
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Hollow a little before twelve o'clock. Then I will tell
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you my plan. I will come, said Bunny. Lady Spring
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made a beautiful basket out of twigs and leaves and grasses.
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She lined it with the softest moss. Around the top,
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she placed a garland of wild flowers, and when the
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birds knew that she was sending a message to the children,
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each one wanted to help her. So they sent lovely
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little eggs of all colors, greenish, blue, brown, white, and spotted.
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How beautiful they looked lying on the bed of moss
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and flowers. A little before midnight, bunny came to wildflower hollow.
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I am ready, said Lady Spring. See, Bunny, here is
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a basket. Be care careful with these precious eggs. When
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you come to a house where a little child lives,
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take out a bit of moss and form it into
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a wee nest like this, said Lady Spring, weaving quickly
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a moss nest. Then put into each one a wild
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flower and an egg. Leave an egg for each child
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in the house. Yes, yes, I understand, Lady Spring. How
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pretty the nest is. And off he hopped into the
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quiet dark. On Easter morning, Mary Sunshine wakened the children early.
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I found this little moss nest on the doorstep, cried
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one of them. There is a wild flower and three
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colored eggs in it. How beautiful an egg for each
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of us, said another. I wonder what it means. I know,
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I know, said little brother. There are bunny tracks on
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the path. He must have brought the nest to us.
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Perhaps he came to tell us Spring is here. Of
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course he did, cried the children, clapping their tiny hands
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in glee. Bunny was Spring's messenger. Away to the woods,
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ran the children, crying out, Spring is here, Spring is here.
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Bunny rabbit brought us the message.
