Too Many

Bunnies

V*

Tomie dePaola

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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

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Hj

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"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

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