Mirabell and Arnold, the other little boy and girl, came over to
Madeline's house with their gifts and every one had a happy time.
The Candy Rabbit was looked at over and over again, but, though he liked
this and was glad and happy he had come to live with Madeline, yet he
could not help worrying about what the cat had said.
"I wonder if a cat can do anything to me," thought the sweet chap, over
and over again. "I must be on the watch. He may try to sneak in again."
But, as the days passed and nothing happened, the Candy Rabbit did not
worry so much, nor think so much about it. He saw nothing more of the
cat.
Madeline took very good care of her Candy Rabbit. She got a piece of
pink ribbon and tied it around her Easter toy's neck, making him look
very pretty.
"Now I am as stylish as Dorothy's Sawdust Doll, who has a blue ribbon on
her hair," thought the Candy Rabbit.
And because of that very same pink ribbon something dreadful happened a
few days later. I will tell you about it. After Easter the weather
gradually became warmer and sunnier. Doors and windows could be left
open, and the flowers in the yard began to blossom.
One day the Candy Rabbit was placed by Madeline on a chair in the
dining room, near the bowl of goldfish on their little round table.
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