"Jump down inside of me, where there are no thorns to scratch
you," said the berry bush, "but if the wushky-woshky tries to come after
you I'll scratch his six eyes out. I'll save you. Jump down inside me!"
"Thank you, I will," said the rabbit, and he gave a big spring and a hop,
over the outer edge of the bush, and down he landed safely inside of it,
not scratched a bit. Up came the three-headed, two-tailed and one
crinkly-legged wushky-woshky, but when he saw the prickly briar berry bush
he stopped short, for he did not want his six eyes scratched out.
"Come out of there!" cried the wushky-woshky to the rabbit.
"Indeed, I will not," said Uncle Wiggily, politely.
"Then I'll stay here forever and you can't ever come out," said the savage
creature. "For if you come out I'll eat you!"
"Don't let him scare you," said the briar berry bush to Uncle Wiggily,
"I'll fix him," so the berry bush reached out a long arm all covered with
stickers, and she stickered and prickered the wushky-woshky on his three
heads and two tails and one leg, so that the savage creature ran away
howling, and Uncle Wiggily was safe, and not hurt a bit, I'm glad to say.
So he stayed in the briar bush that night and had berries for breakfast,
and the next day he had another adventure.
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