It became tame and
affectionate, and when it was quite well again Amos took it to the
mountains and let it go free.
As for the boy trapper, that was the last time that he ever set a trap
for any of the creatures of the woods. "Even a cage-trap must cause much
suffering from fright," Amos would say. "I shall not soon forget how
terrible it is to be a prisoner."
Adapted from a story by Mrs. C. Fairchild Allen.
One lesson, shepherd, let us two divide,
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
WORDSWORTH.
THE RABBIT.
Rabbits are such gentle, pretty, furry little creatures that boys and
girls like to make pets of them. A caged pet needs much more care and
intelligent kindness than one that can run free, and the poor little
rabbit is often made very miserable.
A boy or girl who is truly kind can take little pleasure in playing
jailer to some unhappy prisoner who longs for the sunshine and green
grass. Sometimes, however, the care of such a pet is forced upon one,
and it is well to know how to make imprisonment as easy as possible.
The rabbit lives on vegetable food, cropping leaves and grass, and
gnawing the young shoots of trees.
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