"
So he walked along, looking very carefully on the ground for money. All he
found for some time were only old acorns, and, as he couldn't eat them,
they were of no use to him.
"If Johnnie or Billie Bushytail were here now I would give them some," he
said. But the squirrels were far away frisking about in the tops.
Now, as true as I'm telling you, a moment after that, just as Uncle
Wiggily was going past a big stone, he saw something bright and shining in
the leaves.
"Oh, good luck!" he cried. "I've found ten cents, and that will buy two
bags of peanuts. Now I'll get rich!"
So he picked up the shining thing, and oh! how disappointed he was, for it
was only a round piece of tin, such as they make penny whistles of.
"Oh, dear!" cried Uncle Wiggily. "Fooled again! Well, all I can do is to
keep on."
He went on a little farther, until he came to a place where there were a
whole lot of prickly briar bushes, with red berries growing on them.
"Oh, ho!" exclaimed the rabbit. "Some of those berries will do for my
dinner, as I'm getting hungry. I'll pick a few."
He was just going to pick some of the berries, when he happened to notice
a big, red thing, like a red flannel bag, standing wide open near a hole
in the bushes. And in front of the red place was a sign, which said:
"Come in, one and all.
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