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Up in the garret they went and brought down Old Father Bun's suit case and began to pack it full of clothes for Pretty Bunny. They never once imagined that at that very minute, up in another garret, another Bunny was packing a suit case that looked exactly like this one.

Healthy Bunny looked sad for he wanted to go too.

Suddenly, without any warning, Old Father Bun clapped his paws and shouted,

"I think of little things like these, We should reply, if you please."

While these letters were usually put only on a formal invitation to a party, Aunt Etiquette had used them just for fun to see if Pretty Bunny would know that they stood for French words meaning, "Reply, if you please."

Now, who was going to write the letter in reply?

Said Old Father Bun, "Don't you think we'd better Sit right down to answer this kind letter?"

Then he went off in his cozy corner to smoke.

Said Old Mother Bun, "It makes me sigh, Every letter really needs a reply."

Then she went off to make apple dumplings!

Healthy Bunny said,

"I hope some one will not forget To write to Old Aunt Etiquette."

Then he went out to take exercise and Pretty Bunny was left to answer the letter, of course.

She drew up a stool beside Old Father Bun and said,

"I will write the answer now, to-day, But, Old Father Bun, what shall I say?"

Old Father Bun smoked a while in silence collecting his thoughts and then replied,

"Pretty Bunny, now, let us hope You know how to address an envelope."

Pretty Bunny did not know, for she had never addressed an envelope in all her life.

Said Old Father Bun kindly,

"Pretty Bunny, notice, as you're bright, Address each line farther to the right."

When the envelope was addressed it looked like this:

Miss Edna Etiquette, 106 Wood Avenue, Bunnyville, Wisconsin.

Old Father Bun said,

"Put a comma after each line but one; Place a period then when you are done."

Pretty Bunny said,

"Father Bun, had I not better Buy a stamp to carry the letter?"

Old Father Bun looked in his coat pocket and after quite a search found a postage stamp. He remarked,

"Right side up you will agree, On the right hand corner a stamp you see."

Now, do you know Pretty Bunny put the stamp on the right hand corner of the envelope, but she put it on the lower right hand corner, instead of on the upper right hand corner, by mistake, and so she had to soak off the stamp and paste it later in its proper place.

She was now ready to write her letter.

Old Father Bun said, "Now, I guess, At the top, to the right, put your address."

So Pretty Bunny wrote,

"Woodville, Wisconsin, March 10th, 1921.

My dear Aunt Etiquette,

We received your letter with its kind invitation and Mother and Father say I may go to visit you soon.

I can hardly wait for the time to come, and Healthy Bunny and I are anxious to receive the pretty things you are sending us.

Father Bunny says he will bring me to your home on Friday.

I hope you are real well, and I will be very happy to come and keep you company and do any errands I can for you.

Your loving niece, Pretty Bunny.

P. S. I wonder if you really did hear 'pitter, patter' of little feet on the stairs, or could it have been what we call 'imagination'?"

Old Father Bun said this was a very good letter for it answered Aunt Etiquette's questions and told her what she wanted to know.

Old Father Bun had just finished his pipe when Old Mother Bun called,

"Dinner is ready for every one; My dumplings, too, are exactly done."

Pretty Bunny went out to call Healthy Bunny and just then the expressman came with the caps and mittens.

Of course, the Bunnies had to try them on at once.

Mother Bun said, "I don't mean to scold, But my dinner will all get cold."

She might have added that it shows very bad manners to be late to meals if we can possibly help it.

The Bunnies took off their new things and came to dinner. Said Pretty Bunny,

"Excuse us, Mother, we just had to wait; To dinner we do not mean to be late."

That night after they had all gone to bed, Pretty Bunny began to wonder about the "pitter, patter" of foot-steps on Aunt Etiquette's stair-case.

She wondered if there really was another Bunny in the house.

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