It wrote by Milton Goldsmith; by The Ullman Mfg.
Company 1908.
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Adventure_of_Walter_and_the_Rabbits/pages/01_Adventure_of_Walter_and_the_Rabbits.htm
creep:はう、ゆっくり近づく、忍び寄る
it crept into a hole at bottom of the tree.
frightened:脅えた、怖がって、驚いた
chased:《be ~》~に追いかけられる
"Once a dog chased me which frightened me a litlle, and once a man with.....