the same instant, let go of the squirrel. Bunny grasped the edge of the
howl with his paws, and leaped out, bringing the bowl itself at the same
instant over upon him, spattering him all over from head to tail with
the blue dye.

The boys looked aghast for a minute, but when they saw him racing off
as fast as possible, and running up a neighboring tree, Jonas burst into
a laugh, which the other boys joined, and they continued it loud and
long, till the woods rang again.

"Well, we have spotted him, at any rate," said Jonas. "We will call him
Leopard."

The boys then looked at Jonas's bite, and found that it was not a very
serious one. In fact, Jonas was a little ashamed at having let go for so
small a wound However, it was then too late to regret it and the boys
returned slowly home.

As they were walking home, James said that the squirrel's back looked
_wet_, where the dye went upon him, but he did not think it looked very
_blue_.

"No," said Jonas, "it does not generally look blue at first, but it
grows blue afterwards. It will be a bright color enough before you see
him again, I will warrant."

So they walked along home; the fender was put back in its place in the
garret, the bowl in the house, and the box in the barn. Jonas soon
forgot that he had been bitten, and the squirrel, as soon as his back
was dry, thought no more of the whole affair, but turned his attention