Jorlie, a Children's Story

JORLIE .

ot long ago, on a far away planet there lived a little rabbit named Jorlie. She was smart, but young and still had much to learn.

Jorlie was anxious to know all about her world, and spent many hours wondering.

orlie wondered about the stars that she saw from her window on dark clear nights. And she wondered what she would do when she was old enough to leave home.

It was the custom for rabbits to spend five summers with their families before they were grown enough to make their own way. Jorlie was four-summers-old. She didn't have much time before she would be expected to do grownup things.

ou may know that intelligent rabbits (just like people) often worry a great deal. It was so with Jorlie.

She wanted to grow up and make a home of her own the way rabbits did in that land, but the more Jorlie thought about it, the more she worried.

orlie loved her mother and would miss her, but that was not her biggest worry. She was afraid that she would not be ready when the time came.
How would she know what to do without her mother's help?

orlie went to school, as all young rabbits did there. She was a good student and wanted to learn all she could. Jorlie raised her hand often in class. Sometimes she gave the wrong answers. Jorlie worried about that too.

he learned many things about her world,
and even some about the worlds she saw in
the dark evening sky.

uring the final term, Jorlie and the other young students learned about occupations that were suitable for rabbits. Still, she did not learn what was the one best thing for her to do when she grew up. Jorlie decided to ask her teacher after school.

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