"There!" she cackled. "This is the safest place on the farm. Johnnie
Green hasn't had this hat on his head since last summer."




XIII

TWO IN A GARDEN


Jimmy Rabbit was enjoying a few nibbles at one of Farmer Green's
cabbages. He hadn't noticed that there was anybody but himself in the
garden. So it startled him to hear a shrill voice cry, "Get out of our
garden!"

Jimmy Rabbit jumped. But he didn't jump far, for he soon saw that it was
only Henrietta Hen speaking to him.

"Why should I get out of _our_ garden?" Jimmy Rabbit inquired mildly.

"I should have said, 'Farmer Green's garden,'" said Henrietta Hen.

"Thank you very much for the warning; but I don't think we need go away
just yet--if old dog Spot isn't sniffing around," said Jimmy Rabbit. "I
don't believe there's any danger."

"You don't understand," Henrietta Hen cried. "I _ordered_ you out of the
garden."