Very well, I will give you some carrots and cabbage
and a piece of cherry pie. I know you will like those."
So she made Uncle Wiggily that kind of a lunch, and he put it in his
valise, and after saying good-by to the old lady goat, and the three
Wibblewobbles, off he started to seek his fortune once more.
On and on he traveled up some hills, and down others and through the
woods, and pretty soon he came to a place where there was a big hole in
the ground.
"Ah, ha!" exclaimed the rabbit, "perhaps this is a gold mine. I will get
some gold dollars out of it and then I will be rich." So he went close to
the hole and looked down it, but all of a sudden out popped a great big
rat, and she gnashed her teeth at Uncle Wiggily and tried to bite him.
"What are you doing at my house?" she cried, real savagely. "Get away at
once before I eat you."
"Indeed I will," said the rabbit, politely. "I thought your hole was a
gold mine. Excuse me, I'll get right along," so he hopped away as fast as
he could hop, very thankful that he had not gone down the hole.
Well, the next place he came to was where a great big stone was sticking
out of the side of a hill. And the stone glittered in the sunshine just
like diamonds or dewdrops.
"Oh, how delightful!" cried the rabbit.
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