Too Many
Bunnies
V*
Tomie dePaola
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in
2010
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Too Many Bunnies
Well,"
fine spring
said
morning.
'This year,
help," said
Daddy Hopkins,
"It's
looking out at the
time to plant our gardens."
Daddy and I want all of you children to
Mommy Hopkins.
"Oh, goody!"
cried the fifteen
little
Hopkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins had
beautiful vegetable
the finest and most
and flower gardens
Fiddk'Dee'Dee Farms.
in
all
of
Every
it
spring,
they would dig up the earth and rake
smooth. Next they would make long straight rows
and put
in
the seeds. Finally they
seeds and water them.
would cover the
"When
can
we
begin?" shouted the Hopkins
children.
'This morning," said
Mommy
you can
line
and
all
up so
Hopkins. "While
go to the store to buy carrot seeds,
start
can
Daddy
on the small radish garden. Now,
tell
you what to do."
"Willy, Wiley, Wally,
Wendy
and Winny, take
the spades and start digging up the earth."
"Hurrah!" cried the quintuplets.
"Bunny, Bonny,
said
Billy
and
Biff,
you
Mommy Hopkins.
"Hooray," cried the quadruplets.
four can rake,"
"Flossie, Frannie
for the seeds," said
and
Fuffie,
Daddy.
''Goody!" cried the
triplets.
"Skipper and Skee^er," said
"We know, we
twins.
you make the rows
Mommy,
"you
know. Plant the seeds,"
."
.
cried the
"And what do
"You get
do?" asked Petey.
to water
"Now, everyone
Daddy.
it!"
the Hopkins
to work," said
all
shouted.
Mommy
and
The Hopkins
children ran to the garden.
could almost taste the fat pink radishes.
in all
at the
same
They
They started
time.
"We're supposed to dig
first,"
said Willy, Wiley,
Wendy and Winny.
"Wait until we rake," said Bunny,
Wally,
and
Bonny,
Biif.
K^
Billy
"Don't plant those seeds yet!" shouted
Flossie,
Frannie and Fuffie.
"YouVe
getting us
all
wet," cried Skipper and
Skee^er.
"It's
my JOB,"
said Petey.
"What
Daddy Hopkins, home
too many Hopkins!"
a mess!" cried
the store. "There are
jfrom
Hj
fiiTTD
"Now, now,"
Everyone
sit
said
down."
Mommy.
"Let's start again.
"All right, quintuplets DIG
Willy, Wiley, Wally,
Wendy and Winny
du]
"Next quadruplets rake."
Bunny, Bonny,
Billy
and
Biff raked.
"Triplets make the rows."
Flossie, Frannie
and
Fuffie
made
the rows.
'Twins plant
the seeds."
Skipper and Skeezer planted the seeds.
"Petey turn on the hose!" Petey
radish garden
was ready
to grow.
did.
And
the
"You
too
see," said
Mommy Hopkins.
"There are not
many Hopkins."
Daddy Hopkins. "There
many Hopkins when they are not all in
"YouVe
not too
right," said
same place
at the
same
are
the
time."
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Published by WhistleStop, an imprint
& registered
trademark of Troll Communications L.L.C.
Text and illustrations copyright
1989 by Tomie dePaola.
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada.
Reprinted by atrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Printed in U.S.A.
10
S3.50US
$4 95 CAN.
Every year the Hopkins family has the finest vegetable
and flower gardens
in
that spring has arrived,
again.
But with
it's
Mommy
time to plant those gardens
and Daddy Hopkins
buying carrot seeds and fifteen eager rabbits
to dig, rake, plant,
year
it
seems
as
if
Now
Fiddle-Dee-Dee Farms.
and water
there are too
at the
many
all
off
trying
same time,
this
bunniesl
ISBN D-fllb7-MDbM-X
04064
Troll
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