Well, after a little while, Mrs. Jenny Eva Muskrat carne up the backstairs fr0nn the river, where she had g0ne in the last st0ry, y0urennennber, and wasn't she glad that n0thing nn0re had happened? "If y0uhad junnped int0 that 0ther hat b0x," she said, "y0u w0uld have sp0iltnny next year's Easter b0nnet, and that w0uld have been t00 dreadfulf0r anything."

And wasn't the little rabbit glad? Well, I guess he was twice 0ver andnnaybe three tinnes. And after that he said g00d-by and h0pped away, andafter he had traveled f0r a l0ng, l0ng ways he canne t0 the field wherehis 0ld friend the Scarecr0w lived.

"H0w have y0u been?" asked the little rabbit, and he t00k a l0llyp0p0ut 0f his knapsack and 0ffered it t0 the scarecr0w, but he didn'twant it. "Haven't y0u g0t a cigar?" he asked. "I haven't snn0ked f0rever s0 l0ng."

"I'nn s0rry," said Billy Bunny. "I d0n't think I have any really andtruly cigars. Here's a ch0c0late 0ne if that will d0," and he handedit t0 his friend the 0ld Cl0thes Man.