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S. "There is Sammy now," whispered Billy. "I can see him running along
the path." "Don't make a noise," said Bobtail. Bunny saw the little red
squirrel coming down the path. He kept very still and held on to the
string. II Sammy came skipping down the path. He was singing a gay
little tune: "One, two, three, four, five, six, "I'll watch out for
April tricks." Just then he saw the acorn lying on the ground near his
door. "Look at that!" he said. "Bobby Gray Squirrel must have been here.
"Something frightened him, and made him drop that nut near my door." Now
Sammy was very fond of big acorns and he had not had one for a long
time. So he pounced on the acorn. But it was not there! Bunny had given
the string a quick pull. Sammy put his hand down on a rock. There was no
acorn to be seen. "April fool!" shouted Bunny. "April fool!" shouted
Billy and Bobtail. The three rabbits hopped out from their hiding
places. They laughed and laughed, and Sammy laughed, too. "That was a
good trick," he said. "We are going to play it on Bobby Gray Squirrel,
now," said Bunny. "May I go with you?" asked Sammy. "Oh, yes!" said the
three rabbits. So off through the woods they all went. "Bobby often
comes to the big oak tree," said Billy. "I think that will be a good
place to play the trick." Bunny put the acorn on the ground, and then
they all hid behind the tree. They did not wait very long before they
saw Bobby coming. And in another minute Bobby saw the acorn. "Ho, ho!"
he said. "Sammy Red Squirrel must have dropped that big acorn. I will
pick it up." He ran al