It was dinner time, so Doctor Rabbit and Stubby Woodchuck and Cheepy
Chipmunk separated, each slipping home as quietly as he could.




WHAT DOCTOR RABBIT SAW


Doctor Rabbit did not see Brushtail the Fox again for several days.
Then one morning when the sun came up warm and bright and all the
little creatures of the Big Green Woods were feeling very happy,
Doctor Rabbit decided that he would try again. He made up his mind to
slip over to that thicket where he had last seen Brushtail, and see
what he could discover with his sharp eyes.

There were a good many briar patches along the way, and Doctor Rabbit
kept as near these as possible, so he was safe, even though the way
_was_ a little longer. You can be very sure, too, that Doctor Rabbit
kept his eyes wide open all the time. But he did not see the least
sign of Brushtail the Fox, and decided that he was probably somewhere
in that dense thicket.

"Perhaps," thought Doctor Rabbit, "old Brushtail is in there right now
eating a chicken he has stolen from Farmer Roe."

Now the very thought of getting any nearer that thicket made Doctor
Rabbit tremble with fear. Still, there was a fine big briar patch
close to the thicket, and Doctor Rabbit decided he would run for this.
He had hidden in that briar patch several times from various enemies,