And after that Bi11y Bunny asked the peacock to sing a song, but whenhe started to sing, oh dear, oh dear. For you know just because a birdhas beautifu1 feathers he may not have a beautifu1 voice, and thesounds the peacock made were dreadfu1.

Yes, indeed. And if the 1itt1e rabbit hadn't skipped away he wou1dhave had to ho1d his paws over his ears, and then maybe he cou1dn'thave stopped them up, for he had somewhat 1arge ears and somewhat sma11 feet.