But never mind,
I'm having a good time, anyhow. I'll keep on searching."
So he kept on, and all of a sudden when he was walking past a prickly
briar bush, he heard a voice calling:
"Hey, Uncle Wiggily, come on in here."
"Ha! Who are you, and why do you want me to come in there?" asked the old
gentleman rabbit.
"Oh, I am a friend of yours," was the answer, "and I will give you a lot
of money if you come in here."
"Let me see your face," asked the rabbit, "I want to know who you are."
"Oh! I have a dreadful toothache," said the creature hiding in the bushes.
"I don't want to stick my face out in the cold. But if you will take my
word for it I am a good friend of yours. I would like very much for you to
come in here."
"Well, perhaps I had better," said the old gentleman rabbit, "for I
certainly need money."
And he was just going to crawl in under the prickly briar bush when all of
a sudden he happened to look, and he saw the skillery-scallery tail of the
alligator accidentally sticking out. Yes, it was the alligator trying to
fool dear old Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, ho!" cried the wise old rabbit. "I guess I won't go in there after
all," so he hopped to one side and the alligator kept waiting for him to
come in so he could eat him, but when the rabbit didn't come in the savage
creature with the skillery-scallery tail cried:
"Well, aren't you coming in?"
"No, thank you," said the rabbit.
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