hs and enjoying the fragrance of
the woods and the lights and shadows cast by the sun as it peeped
through the trees.

Once in a while they would pause while Fuzzy Wuz nibbled a green leaf or
Chatter Chuk cracked a fallen nut in his strong teeth, to see if it was
sound and sweet.

"It seems funny for me to be on the ground so long," he said. "But I
invited you to walk with me, and of course a rabbit can't run up a tree
and leap from limb to limb, as my people do."

"That is true," admitted Fuzzy; "nor can squirrels burrow in the ground,
as rabbits do."

"They have no need to," declared the squirrel. "We find a hollow tree,
and with our sharp teeth gnaw a hole through the shell and find a warm,
dry home inside."

"I'm glad you do," remarked Fuzzy. "If all the animals burrowed in the
ground there would not be room for us to hide from each other."

Chatter laughed at this.

"The shadows are getting long," he said. "If you wish to be home before
sunset, we must start back."

"Wait a minute!" cried the rabbit, sitting up and sniffing the air. "I
smell carrots!"

"Never mind," said the squirrel.

"Never mind carrots? Oh, Chatter Chuk! You don't know how good they
are."

"Well, we haven't any time to find them," he replied. "For my part, I
could run home in five minutes, but you are so clumsy it will take you
an hour. Where are you going now?"

"Just over here," said Fuzzy Wuz. "Those carrots can't be far off."

The squirrel followed, scolding a little because to him carrots meant
nothing especially good to eat. And there, just beside the path, was an
old coverless box raised on a peg, and underneath it a bunch of juicy,
fat, yellow carrots.

There was room under the box for Fuzzy Wuz to creep in and get the
carrots, and this she promptly did, while Chatter Chuk stood on his hind
legs a short distance away and impatiently waited. But when the white
rabbit nibbled the carrots, the motion pulled a string which jerked out
the peg that held up the box, and behold, Fuzzy Wuz was a prisoner!

She squealed with fear and scratched at the sides of the box in a vain
endeavor to find a way to escape; but escape was impossible unless some
one lifted the box. The red squirrel had seen the whole mishap, and
chattered angrily from outside at the plight of his captured friend. The
white rabbit thought he must be far away, because the box shut out so
much the sound of his voice.

"Juggerjook must have heard us, and this i