"
"But won't it hurt you to cut you down?" asked the rabbit.
"No, for I will grow up again next year," said the big sunflower. "Hurry
and cut me down, and hide behind me, and I'll shine in the eyes of the
alligator and blind him."
So Uncle Wiggily quickly gnawed through the sunflower stalk with his sharp
teeth, and down the flower came. Then the rabbit held the blossom up in
front of himself, and hid behind it, and the yellow flower, which is
round, just like the sun, shone so brightly into the alligator's face
that he couldn't look out of his eyes, and so he was partly blinded, and
he couldn't see to catch Uncle Wiggily, and he had to crawl away without
eating the rabbit.
Then Uncle Wiggily thanked the sunflower, and laid it gently down, and
hopped on his way again to seek his fortune.
And the story after this, in case the washbowl and pitcher don't do a
funny dance in the middle of the night and wake up my puppy dog, I'll tell
you about Uncle Wiggily and the lightning bugs.
STORY XVIII
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE LIGHTNING BUG
It was a very warm day, and as Uncle Wiggily walked along, carrying his
satchel, and sort of leaning on his crutch, for his rheumatism hurt him a
bit, he said:
"It is very hard to have to look for your fortune on a hot day, I wish it
was nice and cool, and then I would feel better.
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