有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第14章

It was a long weary time, for theBoy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull withnothing to do all day long. But he snuggled down patiently, and looked forwardto the time when the Boy should be well again, and they would go out in thegarden amongst the flowers and the butterflies and play splendid games in theraspberry thicket like they used to. All sorts of delightful things he planned,and while the Boy lay half asleep he crept up close to the pillow and whisperedthem in his ear. And presently the fever turned, and the Boy got better. He wasable to sit up in bed and look at picture-books, while the little Rabbitcuddled close at his side. And one day, they let him get up and dress.

It was a bright, sunny morning,and the windows stood wide open. They had carried the Boy out on to thebalcony, wrapped in a shawl, and the little Rabbit lay tangled up among thebedclothes, thinking.

The Boy was going tothe seaside to-morrow. Everything was arranged, and now it only remained tocarry out the doctor’s orders. They talked about it all, while the littleRabbit lay under the bedclothes, with just his head peeping out, and listened.The room was to be disinfected, and all the books and toys that the Boy hadplayed with in bed must be burnt.