"You should be ashamed of yourself, Fido!" cried Raggedy Ann. "Just see
how the poor bunny is trembling!"
"He should not come scratching around our house if he doesn't care to be
chased!" said Fido.
"Why don't you stay out in the woods and fields where you really
belong?" Raggedy Andy asked the rabbit.
"I came to leave some Easter eggs!" the bunny answered in a queer little
quavery voice.
"An Easter bunny!" all the dolls cried, jumping about and clapping their
hands. "An Easter bunny!"
"Well!" was all Fido could say, as he sat down and began wagging his
tail.
"You may come out from behind the rocking horse now, Easter bunny!" said
Raggedy Andy. "Fido will not hurt you, now that he knows, will you,
Fido?"
"Indeed I won't!" Fido replied. "I'm sorry that I chased you! And I
remember now, I had to jump over a basket out by the shed! Was that
yours?"
"Yes, it was full of Easter eggs and colored grasses for the little girl
who lives here!" the bunny said.
When the Easter bunny found out that Fido and the dolls were his
friends, he came out from behind the rocking horse and hopped across the
floor to the door.
"I must go see if any of the eggs are broken, for if they are, I will
have to run home and color some more! I was just about to make a nice
nest and put the eggs in it when Fido came bouncing out at me!"
And with a squeeky little laugh the Easter bunny, followed by Fido and
all the dolls, hopped across the lawn towards the shed.
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