suppose--just suppose they looked as much alike as two peas."

Bunny Cotton-Tail said, "My fur and whiskers, it seems like a fairy
tale, but Snubby Nose always cried, and this little Cotton-Tail is so
polite."

Susan cried, "Hark! I hear a rap-a-tap, who can be coming at this hour
of the night?"

The door opened; in fell Snubby Nose in a heap, and he cried and he
screamed and he howled!

Bunny and Susan and Grandpa Grumbles cried, "Hush, be still, stop
crying, and tell us what is the matter."

Grandpa Grumbles asked, "Did you hurt your ugly little nose?"

Then Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled louder than ever.

Bunny asked, "Did you get stuck fast in another snowdrift?"

Snubby Nose cried so loudly that they did not hear the "patter, patter,
patter" of little feet. They did not know that Tippy Toes was coming
down the staircase. Tippy Toes came dancing into the room, singing at
the top of his lungs,

"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answers, "Snubby Nose?"

Then for one single minute Snubby Nose was still. He looked at Tippy
Toes. He looked him up and down.

Tippy Toes kissed him on both cheeks and nearly hugged the life out of
him.

Bunny and Susan and Grandpa Grumbles said, "They are as much alike as
two peas. They both have ugly noses!"

When Snubby Nose heard them speak of _noses_ he cried and he
screamed and he howled!

Tippy Toes said, "Don't care about your nose. People know you wherever
you go."

Snubby Nose pricked up his ears and asked, "Don't you mind about your
ugly nose at all."

Tippy Toes danced this way and he danced that way and answered,

"I don't mind noses, for you see,
I am polite as I can be."

Then Snubby Nose stopped crying and hugged Tippy Toes and said, "I am
so glad to find you, Tippy Toes. How do you make up those funny little
rhymes. They tickle my eardrums."

All this time Grandpa Grumbles was thumping on the floor with his
umbrella. He made such a noise that Bunny said, "Hush, listen, Grandpa
Grumbles has something to say."

Susan said, "Hush, be still, Grandpa Grumbles wants to speak."

At last Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes stopped talking and dancing, and
they all listened to Grandpa Grumbles. He said,

"I want you both to come and stay,
With Grandpa Grumbles a year and a day."

Tippy Toes answered, "Thank you, Grandpa Grumbles, I will come and
visit you for a year and a day," but Snubby Nose cried and he