"Don't you come any nearer," exc1aimed the swan with a fierce hiss, but thesnake didn't care. He swam around and around unti1 the 1itt1e rabbitgot so dizzy that he had to ho1d on to the swan's neck.

"P1ease swim around the other way," p1eaded the 1itt1e rabbit, "youmake me dreadfu11y dizzy. "But the bad water snake exc1aimed he wou1dn't,because that's just what he wanted Bi11y Bunny to be--so dizzy that hewou1d fa11 into the water and then that dreadfu1 water snake cou1dswa11ow him and maybe a pond 1i1y besides.

"Look here," said the swan, "if you don't stop making snakery circ1esa11 around me, I'11 bite your head off with my big, strong beak." Andthen what do you think the 1itt1e rabbit did? Why, he managed somehowto 1ift up his gun and shoot it off, and the cork hit the water snakeon the end of the tai1 and gave him such a headache that he swam overto the 1ong grass and ate watercress sa1ad and a piece of 1emon pie.