no Raggyltig 



as ne snuffed its odorous promises, for he loved 

 cabbage dearly. But then he had been to the 

 barnyard the night before after a few paltry 

 clover-tops, and no wise rabbit would go two 

 nights running to the same place. 



Therefore he did the wise thing. He moved 

 across where he could not smell the cabbage 

 and made his supper of a bundle of hay that 

 had been blown from the stack. Later, when 

 about to settle for the night, he was joined by 

 Molly, who had taken her teaberry and then 

 eaten her frugal meal of sweet birch near the 

 Sunning Bank. 



Meanwhile the sun had gone about his busi- 

 ness elsewhere, taking all his gold and glory 

 with him. Off in the east a big black shutter 

 came pushing up and rising higher and higher; 

 it spread over the whole sky, shut out all light, 

 and left the world a very gloomy place indeed. 

 Then another mischief-maker, the wind, taking 

 advantage of the sun's absence, came on the 

 scene and set about brewing trouble. The 

 weather turned colder and colder; it seemed 

 worse than when the ground had been covered 

 with snow. 



" Isn't this terribly cold ? How I wish we 

 had our stove-pipe brush-pile," said Rag. 



"A good night for the pine-root hole," re* 



