rry, and the old fellow trotted along on the other side
of the fence, watching out sharp for a chance to get through.

"It wasn't a great while before we came to where one of the wires had
been broken, and I knew that it was up to me to show how fast we
rabbits could run, for he came through with a rush, as he snarled:

"'I reckon you'd better go home with me this time, Bunny. It so
happens that my wife is expecting company, too, and she is needing a
fat rabbit like you for dinner.'

"It would really have done your heart good if you could have seen how
I skipped over the ground, with that red-mouthed old fellow so close
behind that his breath actually ruffled the fur on my back. Just for a
minute I began to think that I had taken too many chances, and would
really go home with the villain, for one of his strides was equal to
three or four of mine, and he was putting in his best licks, as I knew
only too well, having been chased by him many a time before.

"Then, and it wasn't any too soon, I can tell you, we came to the
clump of bushes where I knew Mr. Man and his boy Tommy had hidden the
trap, and you'd better believe I gathered my legs under me for the
jump of my life, for if I made a mistake then I was done for, sure.

"You'd thought I had wings by the way I went up into the air, counting
on striking the bushes near the top so's not to get caught, and as
luck would have it, I hit the mark just right. Over I went quick as a
shot, and in a jiffy I'd doubled back, getting under cover at the very
moment when Grandfather Fox tried the jump.

"The old fellow wasn't as spry on his feet as he had been the last
time we had a race, and when he came down, instead of clearing the
bushes as I had done, he flopped right down into the middle of them. I
heard a sharp click, and then such a howl as never was in the big
woods before. Grandfather Fox had landed exactly where I counted he
would!" and Bunny Rabbit rocked to and fro on the log, hugging his
knees with his fore paws, laughing until it was absolutely impossible
for him to continue his story for several minutes.

CHAPTER X

BOBBY COON'S TRICK

Mr. Bunny Rabbit laughed so long and so hard as he thought of how he
had outwitted Grandfather Fox that it really seemed necessary to pat
him vigorously on the back lest he should strangle and then two or
three minutes more were wasted as he coughed and choked.

When this last spasm was at an end he wiped his eyes wit