Impressed by her wisdom and kindness in managing her family and home, as well as swiftness and cleverness, he invites her to come to the Palace on Easter Eve, “and you shall be my fifth Easter Bunny. Old Grandfather Bunny observes all the swift and clever big bunnies but calls upon Little Cottontail Mother with her row of children to question her about her family. When Cottontail learns that a new Easter Bunny is to be chosen at the Palace of Easter Eggs, she collects her twenty-one bunnies and goes to the palace. When she grows to be a young lady, she has a husband and twenty-one Cottontail babies to take care of, upon which the fine big rabbits advise her to “take care of them and leave Easter eggs to great big men bunnies like us.”Ĭottontail teaches her children how to work in pairs to keep the home, including art and music along with cooking a good dinner, washing clothes, sewing and mending, gardening, and seating mother bunny politely at the table (father bunny having disappeared from the story). The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids (Sandpiper Books) Published September 9th 1939 by Clarion Books. This is the story of Cottontail, a small brown rabbit who dreams of becoming one of the Five Easter Rabbits, “the kindest, and swiftest, and wisest bunnies in the whole wide world.” She is mocked by the big white rabbits who live in fine houses, and the Jackrabbits with long legs. Original Book Cover The Story of Cottontail
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