Well, after the old gentleman rabbit had eaten all the breakfast he could,
he thanked the kind ants and said good-by to them. Then he started off
again. He hadn't gone on very far through the woods, before, all of a
sudden he saw something bright and shining under a blackberry bush.
"Well, I do declare!" cried the old gentleman rabbit. "I think that looks
like gold. I hope I'm not fooled this time. I will go up very slowly and
carefully. Perhaps I shall find my fortune now."
So up he walked very softly, and he stooped down and picked up the shining
thing. And what do you think it was? Why a bright new penny--as shiny as
gold.
"Good luck!" cried Uncle Wiggily, "I am beginning to find money. Soon I
will be rich, and then I can stop traveling," and he put the penny in his
pocket.
Well, no sooner had he done so than he heard some one crying over behind a
raspberry bush. Oh, such a sad cry as it was, and the old gentleman rabbit
knew right away that some one was in trouble.
"Who is there?" he asked, as he felt in his pocket to see if his penny was
safe, for he thought that was the beginning of his fortune.
"Oh, I'm lost!" cried the voice. "I came to the store to buy a chocolate
lollypop, and I can't find my way back," and then out from behind the
raspberry bush came a tiny, little striped chipmunk with the tears falling
down on her little paws.
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