But if the rabbit had only known who it was he was following he wouldn't
have been so happy, for it was a crawly snake, and that snake was only
fooling Uncle Wiggily, and trying to get him off to his den so he could
eat him. And that's why he didn't show himself. On and on the snake
wiggled through the grass, shaking his tail, and the poor rabbit followed
after him.
"Are we nearly to the gold?" asked Uncle Wiggily after a bit.
"Almost," answered the snake, making his voice soft and gentle.
The snake was nearly at his den now, and he was just going to turn around
and squeeze the rabbit to death, when all at once a yellow bumblebee that
was flying overhead looked down and saw the crawly creature, and the bee
knew what the snake was going to do.
"Run away, Uncle Wiggily! Run!" called the bee, "the snake is fooling
you!"
Well, Uncle Wiggily didn't wait a second. He jumped right over a briar
bush and away he hopped as fast as he could hop, and the snake didn't get
him, and, oh, how mad that snake was!
Uncle Wiggily hopped around and around in the woods and the first thing he
knew he couldn't find the path, he was so excited. And the more he tried
to find it the more he couldn't, until he sat down on a stump and said:
"I'm lost. I know I am! Lost in the dark, deep, dismal woods, and night
coming on! Oh, what shall I do?"
Well, he was feeling very badly, and was quite frightened, and he didn't
know what to do when, all at once he heard a bell ringing.
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