Then
he got real angry.
"I'll chase after Uncle Wiggily and eat him!" he cried out, for by this
time the rabbit was hopping along down the road. After him went the
'gator, coming nearer and nearer.
"Stop! Stop! I want you!" cried the alligator to the rabbit.
"I know you do, but you can't have me!" replied the rabbit. "I don't want
to be eaten up!"
So he ran on as fast as he could, but still the alligator came on after
him, and the savage beast was almost up to Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, if I only had some place to hide!" panted the poor rabbit. "Then
maybe the alligator would pass me by."
So he looked around for a place in which to hide, but just then he found
himself in a field, and all that he could see were a whole lot of
sunflowers growing near a fence.
"Oh, I can't hide behind those flowers because the stems are so small
around," thought Uncle Wiggily. "And I can't climb up them, and sit on the
big flower, because I can't climb, and besides the stems are too slender
to hold me up. Oh, what shall I do?"
Well, the alligator was coming nearer and nearer, and the rabbit could
hear the gnashing of his teeth, when, all at once one of the sunflowers
called out.
"Gnaw through my stem, and cut me down, Uncle Wiggily. Then you can hold
my big blossom up in front of you and the alligator can't see you.
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