until they were coasting down the
mountain so fast that he didn't dare jump off.

Once they struck something. They couldn't see what it was, because they
were traveling like the wind. But Jimmy Rabbit thought he heard a
frightened sort of yelp. Then they tore on again.

Before they reached the foot of Blue Mountain they struck something
else. This time there was no yelp, for they ran right into a big maple
tree. And Jimmy Rabbit felt himself sailing through the air, until at
last he landed on top of a big drift, broke through the crust, and sank
into the soft snow beneath.

He crawled quickly out of the drift. And when he saw that he and the
sled had parted company he was so delighted that he never minded his
torn trousers.

He looked around. And there was the sled, as good as ever, except for
the nails Peter Mink had driven into it. And there was Peter Mink, lying
very still beneath the maple tree. Though Jimmy listened, he could no
longer hear old Spot baying.

[Illustration: JIMMY WENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR]

That was because old Spot was running home as fast as his legs would
carry him. He didn't know what it was that had struck him; and he was
frightened.

When Jimmy Rabbit saw Peter Mink slowly open one eye he knew that it
wouldn't be long before Peter was himself again. So Jimmy hurried back
up the mountain, pulling the sled after him.

The next day, who should come to Jimmy's house but Peter Mink.

"I've come for my sled," he said.

"What sled?" asked Jimmy Rabbit.

"Why, the one you gave me for getting you off it," Peter answered.

"But _you_ didn't get me off the sled," Jimmy told him. "You don't even
know how I got off. So I certainly am not going to give you my sled."

And Peter Mink had to go away empty-handed. He didn't like it at all.
But what could he do?

THE CIRCUS PARADE

If it hadn't been for the circus posters on Farmer Green's barn, the
idea of having a circus parade would never have occurred to Jimmy
Rabbit.

You see, all those wonderful pictures set him thinking. And he lost no
time in inviting everybody to help. He even invited Peter Mink, though
he was sorry, afterwards, that he had.

For a day or two everybody in the neighborhood of Blue Mountain was as
busy as he could be, getting ready for the parade. Cuffy Bear had
promised to be the elephant, because he was so big. Frisky Squirrel was
to be a wolf, on account of his being so gray. And Jimmy had invited
Pete