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Jumper The Hare Does A Brave Deed
By Thornton W. Burgess
Careless Peter Rabbit! His curiosity had led him so far from the safety of the Old Brier Patch that it was of no use to him now. He was far, far out on the Green Meadows with not so much as a bush behind which he could hide. He knew that Granny Fox saw him and he was sure from the way that she grinned that she had fully made up her mind to get even with him for the tricks he had played oh her.
What should Peter do? There wasn't even an old house for him to dodge into. Peter's heart sank way, way down to his very toes. Of course his long legs would keep him out of reach of Granny Fox for a while, but there was Reddy Fox coming down the Lone Little Path and between the two Peter felt sure he must be caught.
Not very far away was Peter's big cousin, Jumper the Hare. Jumper would be safe anyway, for his legs are so long that not even two Foxes could catch him. But perhaps he didn't know that Granny Fox was out hunting. Peter would warn him.
Thump! Thump! Peter hit the ground hard with his hind legs, for that is the way that Peter Rabbit signals.
Thump! thump! thump! That was Jumper's reply. It meant, "I see her. Come over here."
Peter scurried over fast as he could and in a few words he told Jumper the Hare of his great fright and of how foolish he had been to get so far away from shelter.
Now everyone on the Green Meadows thought Jumper the Hare a coward because he jumped nervously at every little sound, so Peter expected to see his big cousin run away as soon as he saw the danger. Instead of that Jumper told Peter to sit right down behind him and keep still. Peter did as he was told, but his heart almost stopped beating, he was so frightened.
Granny Fox grinned wickedly when she saw Peter Rabbit hide behind Jumper the Hare. "Now I wonder what he thinks a coward can do for him?" said she to herself. "Why Jumper the Hare will run the minute I say 'boo' to him."
But Jumper the Hare did not run. He kept right between Peter Rabbit and Granny Fox. Finally Granny Fox lost patience. She showed all her teeth and then she made a rush at Jumper the Hare. The next instant she was flat on her back with all the wind knocked out of her body and Jumper the Hare was sitting looking at her as innocently as if there were no such thing as a terrible kick on those big hind legs of his.
When Granny Fox had regained her breath her temper was worse than before, and she rushed again only to be met by those big hind feet of Jumper's, and be sent sprawling again. Twice more she tried and then she gave it up and started for home so sore that she could hardly walk.
And since that day none of the little meadow people have called Jumper the Hare a coward.