"My!" exclaimed Brushtail, "That meat certainly does smell good, so
good that I am almost tempted to go back and try to get it. But I'm
afraid. I'll just wait as I said. And I'll get that cow's head as sure
as anything."

And laughing to himself because he believed he was so clever,
Brushtail stole softly away into the woods.

Well, Brushtail _is_ clever, but some one else was just a bit
cleverer, and that was Doctor Rabbit.




GETTING TOGETHER


Of course Doctor Rabbit was greatly disappointed when Brushtail the
Fox discovered that there was a trap set in the sand, because he had
thought surely Brushtail would be caught. Then, after Brushtail had
gone away, Doctor Rabbit suddenly thought of something. Yes, sir! It
came to him in an instant--a plan to get rid of Brushtail the Fox!
And the plan was suggested to Doctor Rabbit by Brushtail's remark,
"Perhaps some foolish animal will drag that head away and hide it.
Then I'll just help myself."

Well, as soon as it was daylight, Doctor Rabbit hurried right over to
Jack Rabbit's, told him what his plan was, and brought Jack Rabbit
back with him. Then Doctor Rabbit hurried around through the Big Green
Woods telling his friends. He told Stubby Woodchuck, Cheepy Chipmunk,