"I know where there is a string," said Bunny. "One of the boys dropped
it out of his pocket the other day.

"It is on the ground, under the pine tree. I will get it for you."

So Bunny hopped off, and in a minute he was back with the long string.

Bobtail tied the string to the short stem of the oak leaf.

"Let me fly the kite," begged Bunny.

"No, let me," said Billy.

"We will take turns," said Bobtail. "Bunny may have his turn first."

So Bunny took hold of the string.

He picked the kite up and tossed it into the air just as he had seen
the boys do.

The kite fluttered and fell to the ground at Bunny's feet.

"This is not a good kite," he said. "It will not fly up into the air."



II

"Let me try now," said Billy. "I know how to make a kite fly."