And the first thing he saw on the mantelpiece
was a tin bank, and when he shook it something inside of it rattled, and
when he peeped in Uncle Wiggily saw a whole lot of pennies in the tin
bank.
"Oh fine!" he cried, "now I have my fortune at last. Some one has gone
away and left all this money, so I might as well take it."
Well, he was just putting the bank full of pennies into his valise, when
the pussy came back with the bottle of milk.
"Oh! are you going to take my bank away from me?" she cried, very sadly.
"I have been saving up my pennies for a long time, and now you have them."
"Oh, I wouldn't take them for the world!" cried the rabbit. "I didn't know
they were yours, it's all a mistake," and he placed the bank right back
on the mantel. "But perhaps you could tell me where to find my fortune,"
said Uncle Wiggily, and he told the pussy all about his travels.
"First we will have a drink of milk," said the pussy, and she poured out
some for the rabbit. "Then I will go into the woods a little way with you
and help you look for your fortune."
"Perhaps we had better take some lunch with us," said the rabbit, so he
went to the store and got a nice lunch, which he put up in his valise, and
then he and the pussy started off together to the woods.
They looked here and there and everywhere and even around corners, but no
fortune could they find, and pretty soon it began to get a little dark.
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