GuesshowmuchIloveyouLittleNutbrownHare,whowasgoingtobed,heldontighttoBigNutbrownHare'sverylongears.HewantedtobesurethatBigNutbrownHarewaslistening.“GuesshowmuchIloveyou,"hesaid."Oh,Idon'tthinkIcouldguessthat,"saidBigNutbrownHare."Thismuch,"saidLittleNutbrownHare,stretchingouthisarmsaswideastheycouldgo.BigNutbrownHarehadevenlongerarms."ButIloveYOUthismuch,"hesaid.Hmm,thatisalot,thoughtLittleNutbrownHare."IloveyouashighasIcanreach,"saidLittleNutbrownHare."IloveyouashighasIcanreach,“saidBigNutbrownHare.Thatisquitehigh,thoughtLittleNutbrownHare.IwishIhadarmslikethat.ThenLittleNutbrownHarehadagoodidea.Hetumbledupsidedownandreachedupthetreetrunkwithhisfeet."Iloveyouallthewayuptomytoes!"hesaid."AndIloveyouallthewayuptoyourtoes,"saidBigNutbrownHare,swinginghimupoverhishead."IloveyouashighasIcanHOP!"laughedLittleNutbrownHare,bouncingupanddown."ButIloveyouashighasIcanhop,"smiledBigNutbrownHare-andhehoppedsohighthathisearstouchedthebranchesabove.That'sgoodhoppingthoughtLittleNutbrownHare.IwishIcouldhoplikethat."Iloveyouallthewaydownthelaneasfarastheriver,“criedLittleNutbrownHare."Iloveyouacrosstheriverandoverthehills,"saidBigNutbrownHare.That'sveryfar,thoughtLittleNutbrownHare.Hewasalmosttoosleepytothinkanymore.Thenhelookedbeyondthethornbushes,outintothebigdarknight.Nothingcouldbefurtherthanthesky."IloveyourightuptotheMOON,"hesaid,andclosedhiseyes."Oh,that'sfar,"saidBigNutbrownHare."Thatisvery,veryfar."BigNutbrownHaresettledLittleNutbrownHareintohisbedofleaves.Heleanedoverandkissedhimgoodnight.Thenhelaydownclosebyandwhisperedwithasmile,"Iloveyourightuptothemoon-ANDBACK."
