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"The Little Brown Hen said: “If you will bring me an ear of corn, I’ll fill your basket by Easter morn.”",
"Then Funny Bunny went with a hop, and a skip, and a jump to the little old Farmer who lived in the field and said: “Please give me corn, now that I ask it, Enough to fill my market basket.”",
"The Farmer replied: “Bring me a sack of meal all ground, I will fill your basket safe and sound.”",
"Funny Bunny went with a pitter, patter, pitter, patter, until he came to the Miller, and said: “Please give me a meal-bag, since I ask it, Enough to fill my market basket.”",
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"Then Funny Bunny sat down on a stone to think. How was he going to get some money?",
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"When Funny Bunny saw them he cried: “Please give me money, since I ask it, Enough to fill my market basket.”",
"Now, the Little Hill Men did not want to give something for nothing, so they shouted: “With a hop, skip, bound, measure our hill and your empty basket we soon will fill.”",
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"Funny Bunny was in real earnest, for he thought of Mother Tiny-Tail rocking sadly to and fro in her red plush rocking chair, so from the daisies to the apple tree, skippety-hoppety-skip went he.",
"My! How fast his legs could carry him!",
"He came back singing: “Your hill’s as long, your hill’s as wide as anyone would care to ride!”",
"The Little Hill Men were so surprised he had answered their question that they all stopped digging and crowded around Funny Bunny. “Click, click, click,” they dropped gold into his market basket.",
"Then he ran with a hop, skip and jump to the Miller and bought a bag of meal. He took the meal to the Farmer and bought the corn. Then he took the corn to the Little Brown Hen, who lived in the lane, and she counted out one dozen, two dozen, three dozen, four dozen, five dozen beautiful white eggs. They filled the market basket Funny Bunny was carrying.",
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"On Easter morning, all the Tiny-Tails cried, “Oh” and “Ah,” for they found the Easter Eggs in their shoes, in their oatmeal bowls, and in the most unexpected places.",
"Just at that very minute Funny Bunny peeped in the window and cried, as he held up a wonderful sugary egg: “Kindness comes back now and then, See my Easter egg, from The Little Hill Men!”",
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"Then, with a twinkle of nose, and a dancing of toes, Funny Bunny went hippety-hoppety, off and away, singing: “I really would not think it funny, If you should call me an Easter Bunny.”",
"Laura Rountree Smith was an American children's author and educator active in the early twentieth century, known for her playful, rhythmic stories written for young readers. The Funny Easter Bunny is a fine example of her gift for cumulative storytelling, where each cheerful errand builds on the last in a satisfying, song-like chain."
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"Funny Bunny was in real earnest, for he thought of Mother Tiny-Tail rocking sadly to and fro in her red plush rocking chair, so from the daisies to the apple tree, skippety-hoppety-skip went he.",
"My! How fast his legs could carry him!",
"He came back singing: \"Your hill's as long, your hill's as wide as anyone would care to ride!\"",
"The Little Hill Men were so surprised he had answered their question that they all stopped digging and crowded around Funny Bunny. \"Click, click, click,\" they dropped gold into his market basket.",
"Then he ran with a hop, skip and jump to the Miller and bought a bag of meal. He took the meal to the Farmer and bought the corn. Then he took the corn to the Little Brown Hen, who lived in the lane, and she counted out one dozen, two dozen, three dozen, four dozen, five dozen beautiful white eggs. They filled the market basket Funny Bunny was carrying.",
"When he got home he set the market basket down in front of Mother Tiny Tail, saying: \"I'm Funny Bunny, I cannot stay, But I wish you a happy Easter Day.\"",
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"Just at that very minute Funny Bunny peeped in the window and cried, as he held up a wonderful sugary egg: \"Kindness comes back now and then, See my Easter egg, from The Little Hill Men!\"",
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"Then, with a twinkle of nose, and a dancing of toes, Funny Bunny went hippety-hoppety, off and away, singing: \"I really would not think it funny, If you should call me an Easter Bunny.\"",
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