out and find something for breakfast," said Bunny. "I am as
hungry as a bear."

"Yes, let's run out and find some breakfast," said Bobtail.

"I don't want to go far," said Billy. "It is too cold."

The three little rabbits hopped off through the woods, hunting for
something good to eat.

The ground was covered with snow and they could not find very much.

As they hopped along they were talking about what they could do to have
some fun.

"Let's make a long slide to-day," said Bunny.

"Oh, let's make a big pile of snowballs," said Bobtail.

"Let's make a snow rabbit," said Billy. "We can make it in front of
our house."

Bunny jumped up and down in the snow. He made a snowball and threw it
at Billy.

"Oh! I like to play in the snow," he said. "I like to play in the
snow."

Plump! Something hit Bunny on the head.

"I like to play, too," some one called to the rabbits.

Bunny looked up to see who was talking.

Plump! Something hit him right on the end of his nose.

"Hello, Bunny!" called Bobby Gray Squirrel. "I hit you that time."

"Come down here and I will catch you," said Bunny, as he rubbed his
little pink nose.

But Bobby only laughed and ran higher up among the branches of the oak
tree.

"I will catch you some day," said Bunny as he hopped away.

"Oh, no!" answered Bobby. "You can never catch me. You cannot climb a
tree."

The three rabbits soon found some tender little roots hidden under the
blanket of snow.

"This is a good breakfast," said Bunny.

"Yes, it is a very good breakfast," said Billy, as he nibbled on the
root he had found.

At last Bunny jumped up and shook his long ears.

"I have finished my breakfast," he said.

"So have I," said Billy.

"So have I," said Bobtail.

"Now we can make a long slide over in the meadow," said Bunny.

"I know where we can make the best slide," said Bobtail.

"Where, where?" asked Bunny.

"Over on the hill beside the pond," said Bobtail.

"That is too far away," said Billy. "I think I will go home."

But Bunny and Bobtail would not let him. They took hold of his hand,
and made him hop along with them through the snow.

"Where are you going?" called Bobby Gray Squirrel.

"Follow us and you will see," answered Bunny.

"Oh, no," said Bobby. "I like best to run about in this big tree.

"After I have found something to eat I shall curl up in my warm nest
and go to sleep.

"Summer is the time to play, but winter is the t