`` Now , like most people who meddle in other folks ' affairs , Mr. Rabbit had no time to tend to his own business . His cabbage patch grew up to weeds . His house leaked , his fences fell to pieces , and altogether his was the worst looking place on the Green Meadows . `` Worse still , Mr. Rabbit was a trouble maker . He just could n't keep his tongue still . And like most gossips , he never could tell the exact truth . `` Dear me ! dear me ! '' said Grandfather Frog , shaking his head solemnly . `` Things had come to a dreadful pass on the Green Meadows . Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon never met without fighting . Jimmy Skunk and Johnny Chuck turned their backs on each other . Jerry Muskrat , Little Joe Otter , and Billy Mink called each other bad names . All because Mr. Rabbit had told so many stories that were not true . `` Now when old Mother Nature visited the Green Meadows she soon saw what a dreadful state all the meadow people were in , and she began to inquire how it all came about . '' ` It 's all because of Mr. Rabbit , ' said Reddy Fox . '' ` No one is to blame but Mr. Rabbit , ' said Striped Chipmunk . `` Everywhere old Mother Nature inquired it was the same -- Mr. Rabbit , Mr. Rabbit , Mr. Rabbit . `` So then old Mother Nature sent for blustering great Mr. North Wind , who is very strong . And she sent for Mr. Rabbit .
`` Mr. XXXXX trembled in his shoes when he got old Mother Nature 's message .
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