himself. But he worked away with wonderful 

 patience till he knew it was of no use, when 

 he pushed himself out again and sat look- 

 ing into his inhospitable doorway, blinking 

 an< ^ tousled and all covered with dust and 

 grass roots. As he sat he kept scratching 

 the place where his ear should be, as if he 

 were thinking. 



In a moment or two, as if he had solved 

 the problem, he turned around and hitched 

 his hind legs into the hole. He was going 

 in backwards, but carefully, awkwardly, as 

 if he were not used to it. This, however, 

 was worse than the other, for his obstinate 

 belly only wedged the tighter and, with a 

 paw down on either side of him, every push 

 lifted him up instead of pulling him down. 

 He gave up quicker than before, because 

 his head was out now and he could see 

 better how he was progressing. At last he 

 lay down, as if he had solved the problem, 

 --f '- and tried to squirm through his long doorway 



lengthwise. This was better. He 

 fe could get either his hind legs or 



^ s nea d an d shoulders through ; 



