The Candy Rabbit stayed in the closet with the Porcelain Cat all night, and the two were company for one another.  The next day Madeline took her Easter toy for a ride in the doll carriage, and Dorothy had her Sawdust pet with her.  The little girls talked about the party.

“Wouldn’t it have been dreadful if Tom had eaten your Rabbit?” asked Dorothy.

“Terribly dreadful!” said Madeline.  “I am glad it didn’t happen.”

“And I’m glad, too,” thought the Candy Rabbit.  “I hope my adventures are over now.”

But they were not, though I have no room to tell you any more.  I will just mention a few.  Once Herbert and Dick took the Candy Rabbit and gave him a ride in Herbert’s toy train of cars.  But the engine went so fast that the train ran off the track.  The Candy Rabbit was thrown off, and a little piece of sugar was chipped off one of his paws.  But that did not hurt very much.

And, another time, the Candy Rabbit was almost run over by Dick, who was gliding around on roller skates.  Only that Patrick, the gardener, caught the Bunny out of the way just in time, the sweet chap would have been crushed.

One day Herbert called to Madeline and said: 

“Daddy is going to bring me a present from the store to-day.”

“Is he?  What kind?” asked Madeline.  “Is it going to be a Jumping Jack?”

“That, or something just as funny,” Herbert answered.  “I want something that moves and jumps.  Candy Rabbits are very nice, but I want something livelier.”

“Will you let me see it when you get it?” asked his sister.

“Yes,” promised Herbert.  And what fun he had with his toy will be told to you in the next book, to be called:  “The Story of a Monkey on a Stick.”

As for the Candy Rabbit, I might add that he grew sweeter and sweeter each day, and he and Madeline lived happily forever after.  Though one of his ears was bent, and a piece chipped off one paw, that did not matter.  Madeline loved her Bunny very much.

THE END

THE MAKE-BELIEVE STORIES

(Trademark Registered.)

By LAURA LEE HOPE

Author of THE BOBBSEY TWINS BOOKS, ETC.

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Colored Wrappers and Illustrations by HARRY L. SMITH

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In this fascinating line of books Miss Hope has the various toys come to life “when nobody is looking” and she puts them through a series of adventures as interesting as can possibly be imagined.

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THE STORY OF A SAWDUST DOLL
          How the toys held a party at the Toy Counter; how
          the Sawdust Doll was taken to the home of a nice
          little girl, and what happened to her there.

THE STORY OF A WHITE ROCKING HORSE
          He was a bold charger and a man purchased him for
          his son’s birthday.  Once the Horse had to go to
          the Toy Hospital, and my! what sights he saw
          there.