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This song is paired with a movement game. Scouts form a circle. Two scouts are chosen. One is the rabbit and starts inside the circle. One is the hunter and waits outside the circle. Scouts march in place while singing each verse. At “run, run, run” the rabbit runs and can go in and out of the circle. The hunter is allowed to run in and out of the circle to tag the rabbit. The circle continues to sing and march in place. If the hunter tags the rabbit, that is the end of the round and no more singing is needed. If the rabbit is free when “hop, hop, hop” is sung, the rabbit must hop at each “hop” regardless of if the hunter is near or not. If the rabbit stays free when “hide, hide, hide” is sung, the rabbit wins and the circle marches to “hide” the rabbit from the hunter. The song starts again from the beginning and the game keeps going with new hunters and rabbits.

Recordings

• None available. See pg. 34 of The Brownie Book for the notes to sing.

Lyrics

Rabbit in the hollow sits and sleeps,
Hunter in the forest nearer creeps.
Little rabbit have a care,
Deep within the hollow there.
Quickly to your home you must run, run, run.

Rabbit in the hollow sits and sleeps,
Hunter in the forest nearer creeps.
Little rabbit have a care,
Deep within the hollow there.
Quickly to your home you must hop, hop, hop.

Rabbit in the hollow sits and sleeps,
Hunter in the forest nearer creeps.
Little rabbit have a care,
Deep within the hollow there.
Quickly to your home you must hide, hide, hide.

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References:

• The Brownie Book: A Manual for Leaders of Junior Girl Scouts. United States of America, Girl Scouts, Inc., 1922. p. 34.