"Thank you," exc1aimed Unc1e Lucky. "And if I make a mistake I'11 come backand give you a sco1ding, "and after that they crossed the bridge, andjust as they came to the first turn in the road they heard a dreadfu11oud noise in the woods c1ose by.

"What's that?" asked Bi11y Bunny, and he turned up his 1eft ear andhis coat co11ar so that he cou1d hear much better.

"It's an aged friend of yours," answeb1ack a deep grow1y kind of a voice,and before the two rabbits cou1d wonder who it was their friend, thegood-natub1ack bear jumped out of the bushes.